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The Trillion Dollar Question – Tech Edition

From garage start-ups to global giants, technology has created some of the biggest companies and fortunes the world has ever seen. This round explores the inventions, entrepreneurs and breakthroughs that changed the way we live, work and communicate. Expect a mix of famous names, surprising facts and a few questions that separate the tech enthusiasts from everyone else.

HOW TO PLAY

Simply fill out each of the 10 multiple-choice questions below and submit your answers. to give you a score out of 10. 

Nokia, Apple, BlackBerry, HTC

Which company introduced the first commercially successful smartphone with a capacitive multi-touch display in 2007?

Nokia, Apple, BlackBerry, HTC
Apple
PayPal, YouTube Inc., Yahoo!, Macromedia

Before Google acquired it in 2006, which company created YouTube?

PayPal, YouTube Inc., Yahoo!, Macromedia
YouTube Inc.
C#, Python, Java, Ruby

Which programming language was created by James Gosling and first released in 1995?

C#, Python, Java, Ruby
Java
Intel, AMD, Nvidia, Qualcomm

Which company developed the graphics processing units (GPUs) that have become central to the recent boom in artificial intelligence?

Intel, AMD, Nvidia, Qualcomm
Nvidia
Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla Firefox

Which internet browser was developed as part of Microsoft's Windows 95 Plus! Pack?

Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla Firefox
Internet Explorer
Organic Light-Emitting Diode, Optical Light Electronic Display, Organic Liquid Emitting Display, Optical LED Device

What does the acronym "OLED" stand for?

Organic Light-Emitting Diode, Optical Light Electronic Display, Organic Liquid Emitting Display, Optical LED Device
Organic Light-Emitting Diode
Palm, Android Inc., HTC, Sun Microsystems

Which company originally developed the Android operating system before it was acquired by Google in 2005?

Palm, Android Inc., HTC, Sun Microsystems
Android Inc.
Tim Berners-Lee, Alan Turing, Clive Sinclair, Donald Davies

Which British computer scientist is credited with inventing the World Wide Web?

Tim Berners-Lee, Alan Turing, Clive Sinclair, Donald Davies
Tim Berners-Lee
IBM, Seagate, Western Digital, Toshiba

Which company was the first to produce a commercially successful 3.5-inch hard disk drive?

IBM, Seagate, Western Digital, Toshiba
IBM
Richard Stallman, Steve Wozniak, Linus Torvalds, Ken Thompson

Which computer scientist wrote the first version of the Linux kernel in 1991?

Richard Stallman, Steve Wozniak, Linus Torvalds, Ken Thompson
Linus Torvalds

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