Websites' First-ever Posts
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Q 01What was the content of the very first tweet sent by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey?
- A"testing 1 2 3"
- B"hello world"
- C"just setting up my twttr"
- D"New social network launching soon"
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"just setting up my twttr"
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey sent the first-ever tweet on March 21, 2006, with the simple message "just setting up my twttr".
Q 02What was the title of the first video ever uploaded to YouTube?
- A"Me at the zoo"
- B"A Day at Stanford"
- C"San Francisco Sunset"
- D"Welcome to YouTube!"
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"Me at the zoo"
The first video uploaded to YouTube was titled "Me at the zoo" and was posted on April 23, 2005, by co-founder Jawed Karim.
Q 03What was the focus of Tim Berners-Lee's first public website at CERN in 1991?
- AA directory of online shopping sites
- BInformation about the World Wide Web project
- CA platform for online gaming
- DA personal blog of scientific discoveries
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Information about the World Wide Web project
The first website, created by Tim Berners-Lee and launched on August 6, 1991, served to explain the World Wide Web project itself, including how to set up servers and access documents.
Q 04What kind of item was the very first product ever sold on eBay (then known as AuctionWeb) in 1995?
- AA collectible comic book
- BA vintage Pez dispenser
- CA broken laser pointer
- DA rare baseball card
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A broken laser pointer
The first item sold on eBay (originally AuctionWeb) in 1995 was a broken laser pointer. The buyer was a collector of broken laser pointers.
Q 05What was the subject of the first photo ever posted on Instagram by co-founder Kevin Systrom?
- AA pair of stylish shoes
- BA plate of sushi
- CThe Golden Gate Bridge
- DA golden retriever dog
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A golden retriever dog
Systrom's July 16, 2010 test shot showed a dog beside a taco stand in Mexico, with his girlfriend's foot in frame. Co-founder Mike Krieger's harbor photo from Pier 38 went up the same day.
Q 06Who was automatically every new Myspace user's first friend?
- ACo-founder Chris DeWolfe
- BCo-founder Tom Anderson
- COwner Rupert Murdoch
- DA bot named 'Today On MySpace'
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Co-founder Tom Anderson
Tom Anderson was every new user's default friend until 2010, when News Corp swapped him for a profile called 'Today On MySpace', abbreviated T.O.M.
Q 07Flickr grew out of software built for which unreleased Ludicorp product?
- AA web-based online game
- BA calendar-sharing app
- CA music recommendation site
- DA photo-printing service
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A web-based online game
Flickr launched in February 2004 out of Ludicorp, reusing tools first written for the company's browser-based multiplayer game Game Neverending.
Q 08Which phrase is the earliest surviving edit in the world's largest online encyclopedia, made January 15, 2001?
- A"Hello, World!"
- B"This is the new WikiPedia!"
- C"The Free Encyclopedia"
- D"Welcome to the wiki"
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"This is the new WikiPedia!"
Co-founder Jimmy Wales reportedly made an earlier 'Hello, World!' test edit that was later lost; the earliest surviving edit, on January 15, 2001, reads 'This is the new WikiPedia!'.
Q 09Who wrote the very first book ever sold on Amazon.com, in 1995?
- AStephen Hawking
- BNeal Stephenson
- CDouglas Hofstadter
- DBill Gates
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Douglas Hofstadter
Amazon's first sale was Hofstadter's dense cognitive-science title 'Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies', a far cry from the bestsellers that later defined the store.
Q 10Which company registered the world's very first .com domain, on 15 March 1985?
- AIBM
- BSymbolics
- CXerox
- DHewlett-Packard
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Symbolics
Symbolics, a Lisp-machine maker, claimed symbolics.com in 1985; the domain is still registered, making it the oldest .com in existence.
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