Q 01/05

Which video rental chain turned down a chance to buy the fledgling Netflix for $50 million in 2000?

A) Hollywood Video

B) Blockbuster

C) Movie Gallery

D) Family Video

Answer · why

B) Blockbuster

Blockbuster passed on the deal and filed for bankruptcy protection in 2010, undone in part by competition from the very company it had declined to buy...

Q 02/05

Which talking 1998 toy did the National Security Agency ban from its property as a spying risk?

A) Tickle Me Elmo

B) Teddy Ruxpin

C) Poo-Chi

D) Furby

Answer · why

D) Furby

Furby begins by speaking its own language, Furbish, and swaps in English words over time, which made officials suspect it could learn by listening.

Q 03/05

Which social network automatically gave every new member the same first friend, a co-founder named Tom?

A) MySpace

B) Friendster

C) Facebook

D) Bebo

Answer · why

A) MySpace

MySpace made Tom Anderson everyone's first friend, and in June 2006 it passed Google to become the most visited website in the United States.

Q 04/05

Which film starring Tom Hanks and Tim Allen was the first feature made entirely with computer animation?

A) A Bug's Life

B) Antz

C) Toy Story

D) Ice Age

Answer · why

C) Toy Story

Toy Story was also the first feature film Pixar ever produced, and it grew out of the studio's 1988 short Tin Toy.

Q 05/05

Which egg-shaped digital pet from Bandai could die if 1990s kids forgot to feed and clean it?

A) Giga Pet

B) Tamagotchi

C) Nano Baby

D) Pocket Pikachu

Answer · why

B) Tamagotchi

Tamagotchi translates roughly as "Egg Watch", and its two creators won a tongue-in-cheek Ig Nobel Prize for economics in 1997.