Q 01/05

Which 1995 Pixar release became the first feature film made entirely with computer animation?

A) Balto

B) Toy Story

C) Space Jam

D) Casper

Answer · why

B) Toy Story

Toy Story earned director John Lasseter a Special Achievement Academy Award, and its script was the first for an animated film to be nominated for a w...

Q 02/05

Which website, launched by Pierre Omidyar in 1995, made its first sale with a broken laser pointer?

A) eBay

B) Yahoo

C) Amazon

D) Netscape

Answer · why

A) eBay

eBay began as a hobby site called AuctionWeb, and the pointer fetched $14.83 from a buyer who said he collected broken laser pointers.

Q 03/05

Which product was Jeff Bezos's Amazon set up to sell when the online store opened in July 1995?

A) Toys

B) Music

C) Books

D) Shoes

Answer · why

C) Books

Books were the whole catalogue at first, and the first one sold was a Douglas Hofstadter title about computer models of thought. Bezos had founded the...

Q 04/05

Which sport had Michael Jordan been playing professionally before he returned to the Chicago Bulls in March 1995?

A) Golf

B) Football

C) Boxing

D) Baseball

Answer · why

D) Baseball

Baseball had been a struggle: Jordan batted .202 for the minor-league Birmingham Barons in 1994, and a Major League players' strike helped push him ba...

Q 05/05

Which Rolling Stones song did Microsoft use in its advertising to launch Windows 95 in August 1995?

A) Start Me Up

B) Brown Sugar

C) Satisfaction

D) Paint It Black

Answer · why

A) Start Me Up

Start Me Up was a nod to the new Start button. Reports put the fee as high as $14 million, though Microsoft said it had paid the band about $3 million...