2. History of the
Internet Trivia

3. Question 1
What two schools made the first
internet connection?

4. Question 2
What was the protocol that was
created in 1974 that made
transmission of data over
interconnected networks possible?

5. Question 3
In 1975, what two features
were added to email that made it
more functional?

6. Question 4
What did these guys invent?

7. Question 5
What internet “first”
happened in 1978?

8. Question 6
Who is this guy?

9. Question 7
What was this institution’s
contribution to the internet?

10. Question 8
What does DNS stand for?

11. Question 9
How many hosts were there on the
internet in 1987?

12. Question 10
What does IRC stand for and
why was it important?

13. Question 11
What is this company that came into
existence in 1989?

14. Question 12
What two things happened in 1991?
a. First email & Steve Jobs born
b. First web page and Gopher browser
c. Mosaic search engine & MP3’s

15. Question 13
What did Al Gore do to allow him to make
the claim of “inventing the internet?”

16. Question 14
What technology from 1995 allows us to
purchase items online?

17. Question 15
Java and javascript...
a. Are the same thing
b. Are related but not the same thing
c. Are not internet technologies and are
thus not related to this trivia game

18. Question 16
The first entirely web-based email service
was know as...

19. Question 17
1997 brought us...
a. the first blog
b. the first internet election
c. Google
d. the first web page

20. Question 18
Name two of the 3 significant historical
internet “events” from 1997.

21. Question 19
In what year did the NASDAQ
“dot com collapse” happen?
a. 1997 d. 2001
b. 1998 e. 2002
c. 2000 f. 2003

22. Question 20
What year was the
CAN-SPAM act passed?
a. 1997 d. 2001
b. 1998 e. 2002
c. 2000 f. 2003

23. Question 21
Which came first:
a. Myspace
b. Wikipedia
c. Facebook

24. Question 22
Who were the two presidential candidates
in the first “internet election?”

25. Question 23
Hulu was a joint effort between:
a. NBC, FOX, MTV
b. ABC, NBC, FOX
c. HBO, Showtime, ABC
d. ABC, NBC, WB

26. Question 24
In what year was the first App Store
opened online?

27. Question 25
Which came first, Twitter or Facebook?

28. Question 1
What two schools made the first
internet connection?

29. Question 1
What two schools made the first
internet connection?

30. Question 2
What was the protocol that was
created in 1974 that made
transmission of data over
interconnected networks possible?

31. Question 2
What was the protocol that was
created in 1974 that made
transmission of data over
interconnected networks possible?
TCP/IP

32. Question 3
In 1975, what two features
were added to email that made it
more functional?

33. Question 3
In 1975, what two features
were added to email that made it
more functional?

34. Question 4
What did these guys invent?

35. Question 4
What did these guys invent?
The modem!

36. Question 5
What internet “first”
happened in 1978?

37. Question 5
What internet “first”
happened in 1978?
First spam message sent.

38. Question 6
Who is this guy?

39. Question 6
Who is this guy?
Tim Berners-Lee

40. Question 7
What was this institution’s
contribution to the internet?

41. Question 7
What was this institution’s
contribution to the internet?
Allowed Tim
Berners-Lee to
write the HTML
specs for WWW

42. Question 8
What does DNS stand for?

43. Question 8
What does DNS stand for?
Domain Name System
or Domain Name Server

44. Question 9
How many hosts were there on the
internet in 1987?

45. Question 9
How many hosts were there on the
internet in 1987?
30,000

46. Question 10
What does IRC stand for and
why was it important?

47. Question 10
What does IRC stand for and
why was it important?
Internet Relay Chat
Paved the way for chat as we know it.

48. Question 11
What is this company that came into
existence in 1989?

49. Question 11
What is this company that came into
existence in 1989?
AOL
America Online

50. Question 12
What two things happened in 1991?
a. First email & Steve Jobs born
b. First web page and Gopher browser
c. Mosaic search engine & MP3’s

51. Question 12
What two things happened in 1991?
a. First email & Steve Jobs born
b. First web page and Gopher browser
c. Mosaic search engine & MP3’s

52. Question 13
What did Al Gore do to allow him to make
the claim of “inventing the internet?”

53. Question 13
What did Al Gore do to allow him to make
the claim of “inventing the internet?”
Sponsored “Gore Bill” (theHigh-
Performance Computing and
Communications Initiative) providing
funding for Mosaic browser.

54. Question 14
What technology from 1995 allows us to
purchase items online?

55. Question 14
What technology from 1995 allows us to
purchase items online?
SSL

56. Question 15
Java and javascript...
a. Are the same thing
b. Are related but not the same thing
c. Are not internet technologies and are
thus not related to this trivia game

57. Question 15
Java and javascript...
a. Are the same thing
b. Are related but not the same thing
c. Are not internet technologies and are
thus not related to this trivia game

58. Question 16
The first entirely web-based email service
was know as...

59. Question 16
The first entirely web-based email service
was know as...
HoTMaiL

60. Question 17
1997 brought us...
a. the first blog
b. the first internet election
c. Google
d. the first web page

61. Question 17
1997 brought us...
a. the first blog
b. the first internet election
c. Google
d. the first web page

62. Question 18
Name two of the 3 significant historical
internet “events” from 1997.

63. Question 18
Name two of the 3 significant historical
internet “events” from 1997.

64. Question 19
In what year did the NASDAQ
“dot com collapse” happen?
a. 1997 d. 2001
b. 1998 e. 2002
c. 2000 f. 2003

65. Question 19
In what year did the NASDAQ
“dot com collapse” happen?
a. 1997 d. 2001
b. 1998 e. 2002
c. 2000 f. 2003

66. Question 20
What year was the
CAN-SPAM act passed?
a. 1997 d. 2001
b. 1998 e. 2002
c. 2000 f. 2003

67. Question 20
What year was the
CAN-SPAM act passed?
a. 1997 d. 2001
b. 1998 e. 2002
c. 2000 f. 2003

68. Question 21
Which came first:
a. Myspace
b. Wikipedia
c. Facebook

69. Question 21
Which came first:
a. Myspace
b. Wikipedia
c. Facebook

70. Question 22
Who were the two presidential candidates
in the first “internet election?”

71. Question 22
Who were the two presidential candidates
in the first “internet election?”

72. Question 23
Hulu was a joint effort between:
a. NBC, FOX, MTV
b. ABC, NBC, FOX
c. HBO, Showtime, ABC
d. ABC, NBC, WB

73. Question 23
Hulu was a joint effort between:
a. NBC, FOX, MTV
b. ABC, NBC, FOX
c. HBO, Showtime, ABC
d. ABC, NBC, WB

74. Question 24
In what year was the first App Store
opened online?

75. Question 24
In what year was the first App Store
opened online?
2008

76. Question 25
Which came first, Twitter or Facebook?

77. Question 25
Which came first, Twitter or Facebook?