Q 01/05

Which storage medium, first made by IBM in 1971, is pictured on the save icon in many computer programs?

A) Floppy disk

B) Compact disc

C) Zip disk

D) Punch card

Answer · why

A) Floppy disk

The floppy disk became so familiar that software kept its outline as the save button long after the drives disappeared. The most popular 3.5-inch vers...

Q 02/05

Which typewriter-era office duplicate is the usual explanation for the cc at the top of an email?

A) Courtesy copy

B) Complimentary copy

C) Carbon copy

D) Circular copy

Answer · why

C) Carbon copy

Carbon copy was the name for a duplicate typed through a sheet of carbon paper. Business letters listed the extra recipients after the letters cc, and...

Q 03/05

Which singer's 1985 song Running Up That Hill topped the UK chart in 2022 after featuring in Stranger Things?

A) Cyndi Lauper

B) Kate Bush

C) Annie Lennox

D) Pat Benatar

Answer · why

B) Kate Bush

Kate Bush reached number one 37 years after releasing the song, which had stalled at number three in 1985. It was only her second UK chart-topper, aft...

Q 04/05

Which video rental chain, with over 9,000 stores at its 2004 peak, turned down a chance to buy Netflix in 2000?

A) Hollywood Video

B) Movie Gallery

C) West Coast Video

D) Blockbuster

Answer · why

D) Blockbuster

Blockbuster could have had the young DVD-by-mail company for $50 million. Ten years later the chain filed for bankruptcy protection, beaten by mail-or...

Q 05/05

Which band's 1977 hit Dreams returned to the charts in 2020 after a skateboarder's viral TikTok video?

A) The Eagles

B) Fleetwood Mac

C) The Doobie Brothers

D) Steely Dan

Answer · why

B) Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac owed the revival to Nathan Apodaca, an Idaho man who filmed himself skating to work with a bottle of juice after his truck broke down. T...