Q 01/05

What name did Sony give the portable cassette player it launched in 1979 for private listening on the move?

A) Walkman

B) Discman

C) Watchman

D) Pressman

Answer · why

A) Walkman

Walkman began as a modified Pressman, Sony's small recorder for journalists. Overseas offices disliked the name, so it first went on sale in the Unite...

Q 02/05

Bluetooth wireless technology takes its name from a 10th-century king who united the tribes of which country?

A) Sweden

B) Finland

C) Denmark

D) Scotland

Answer · why

C) Denmark

Denmark's tribes were united by King Harald Bluetooth, and an Intel engineer borrowed the nickname for a standard meant to unite devices. The logo mer...

Q 03/05

Which kitchen appliance is said to have grown from Percy Spencer noticing a radar set melt the candy bar in his pocket?

A) Induction cooktop

B) Microwave oven

C) Electric toaster

D) Pressure cooker

Answer · why

B) Microwave oven

The microwave oven took shape once Spencer tried popcorn kernels next, which became the first microwaved popcorn. His employer Raytheon sold the first...

Q 04/05

At which photographic film company did engineer Steven Sasson build the first self-contained digital camera in 1975?

A) Polaroid

B) Fujifilm

C) Agfa

D) Kodak

Answer · why

D) Kodak

Kodak's prototype weighed 8 pounds and took 23 seconds to record each 0.01-megapixel image onto a cassette tape.

Q 05/05

Which 1978 Milton Bradley electronic game asks players to repeat ever-longer sequences of lights and tones?

A) Merlin

B) Simon

C) Bop It

D) Operation

Answer · why

B) Simon

Simon was launched with a party at New York's Studio 54 nightclub. Its tones were modeled on the notes of a bugle, so every sequence sounds in tune ho...