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) The Independent

Answer · why

A) The Guardian

The Guardian. Hammersley floated the word in a single line, next to 'audioblogging' and 'GuerillaMedia', as one of three possible names for a new boom...

Q 02/05

The word 'podcast' blends the name of Apple's iPod with which other word?

A) Webcast

B) Newscast

C) Broadcast

D) Telecast

Answer · why

C) Broadcast

Broadcast. The word has outlived the gadget in its name: Apple discontinued the iPod line in May 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

Adam Curry. The show began as a proof of concept for his own small program that fetched new audio automatically, under the tagline 'Where developers a...

Q 04/05

Which web technology, adapted in the early 2000s to carry audio files, still delivers podcast episodes to listening apps?

A) FTP

B) RSS

C) BitTorrent

D) Usenet

Answer · why

B) RSS

RSS. Developer Dave Winer added an 'enclosure' tag that let a feed point to a media file, and showed it off in January 2001 by attaching a Grateful De...

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

iTunes. Version 4.9 came with a directory of 3,000 free shows and made separate download software unnecessary; Steve Jobs called podcasting 'the next ...