Q 01/05

Which computer company did Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak form in 1976?

A) Atari

B) Commodore

C) Apple

D) Oracle

Answer · why

C) Apple

Their first product, the Apple-1, was an 8-bit machine designed by Wozniak; Microsoft was also officially registered that November.

Q 02/05

Which supersonic airliner began carrying paying passengers on 21 January 1976?

A) Tupolev Tu-144

B) Boeing 2707

C) Convair 990

D) Concorde

Answer · why

D) Concorde

Air France flew out of Paris and British Airways out of Heathrow on the same day; Washington service followed in May.

Q 03/05

Which home video format did JVC introduce in 1976?

A) Betamax

B) VHS

C) LaserDisc

D) Video 2000

Answer · why

B) VHS

It went on to beat Sony's rival system and dominate living rooms through the 1980s and 1990s.

Q 04/05

The Cray-1, released in March 1976, was the first commercially developed what?

A) Supercomputer

B) Laptop computer

C) Pocket calculator

D) Home games console

Answer · why

A) Supercomputer

The first buyer was the Energy Research and Development Administration in Los Alamos, New Mexico.

Q 05/05

On July 20, 1976, Viking 1 made the first successful landing on which planet?

A) Venus

B) Mercury

C) Jupiter

D) Mars

Answer · why

D) Mars

The landing had been planned for the Bicentennial on July 4 but the chosen site looked too rough, so it slipped to the Apollo 11 anniversary.