Q 01/05

What kind of organisation runs Hacker News?

A) A university lab

B) A newspaper group

C) A nonprofit foundation

D) A startup accelerator

Answer · why

D) A startup accelerator

Y Combinator, launched in 2005, is also a venture capital firm.

Q 02/05

In which year was Hacker News created?

A) 2005

B) 2007

C) 2009

D) 2011

Answer · why

B) 2007

Paul Graham built it that February as a test of his Arc language; it was first called Startup News.

Q 03/05

Hacker News was written in which programming language?

A) Python

B) Arc

C) Clojure

D) Ruby

Answer · why

B) Arc

Arc is a Lisp dialect co-developed by Paul Graham and Robert Morris.

Q 04/05

How many karma points does a Hacker News user need before they can downvote?

A) 501

B) 301

C) 101

D) 51

Answer · why

A) 501

Flagging comments needs only 30.

Q 05/05

How many karma points are needed to flag a comment on Hacker News?

A) 30

B) 50

C) 100

D) 200

Answer · why

A) 30

Karma is upvotes minus downvotes on your content.