Q 01/05

Journalist Ben Hammersley coined the word 'podcast' in February 2004 while writing for which newspaper?

A) The Guardian

B) The New York Times

C) The Times

D) Wired

Answer · why

A) The Guardian

It is a portmanteau of iPod and broadcast, and Hammersley tossed it off almost as an aside among other suggested names.

Q 02/05

The word 'podcast' is a blend of 'broadcast' and the name of which device?

A) The Palm Pilot

B) The Zune

C) The iPod

D) The Walkman

Answer · why

C) The iPod

Ironically most podcast listening now happens on phones, and Apple discontinued the iPod in 2022.

Q 03/05

Which former MTV VJ, nicknamed the 'Podfather', launched the early show Daily Source Code in 2004?

A) Kennedy

B) Matt Pinfield

C) Kurt Loder

D) Adam Curry

Answer · why

D) Adam Curry

He went on to co-host No Agenda with John C. Dvorak from 2007 and launched the open Podcast Index in 2020.

Q 04/05

Which software developer implemented attaching audio files to RSS feeds, the technical basis of podcasting?

A) Dave Winer

B) Marc Andreessen

C) Evan Williams

D) Kevin Rose

Answer · why

A) Dave Winer

Winer's RSS 'enclosures' let a feed carry an MP3, and Adam Curry built the first popular podcatcher on top of them.

Q 05/05

Apple mainstreamed the medium in June 2005 by building podcast support into which of its programs?

A) QuickTime

B) iTunes

C) Safari

D) GarageBand

Answer · why

B) iTunes

It arrived in iTunes 4.9; suddenly no separate download app was needed, and podcast directories exploded overnight.