Q 01/05

The web browser Firefox, developed by the Mozilla community, takes its name from a nickname for which animal?

A) The Arctic fox

B) The fennec fox

C) The red panda

D) The maned wolf

Answer · why

C) The red panda

The red panda is sometimes called a firefox, although the browser's logo shows a stylized fox. The project was first named Phoenix, then Firebird, bef...

Q 02/05

Which card game did Microsoft bundle with Windows 3.0, helping newcomers learn to drag and drop with a mouse?

A) Solitaire

B) Hearts

C) FreeCell

D) Blackjack

Answer · why

A) Solitaire

Solitaire was written by summer intern Wes Cherry, with cards drawn by Susan Kare. His planned 'boss key', which swapped the screen for a fake spreads...

Q 03/05

Thomas Knoll began which image-editing program in 1987 as a tool called Display on his Macintosh Plus?

A) CorelDRAW

B) MacPaint

C) Paint Shop Pro

D) Photoshop

Answer · why

D) Photoshop

Photoshop grew out of Display after Knoll's brother John, who worked at Industrial Light & Magic, urged him to build a full editor. Early copies shipp...

Q 04/05

Bliss, the green hillside photograph used as the default wallpaper of Windows XP, was taken in which US state?

A) Washington

B) California

C) Oregon

D) Kentucky

Answer · why

B) California

California's wine country supplied the hill: Charles O'Rear shot it in 1996 near the Napa–Sonoma county line. Vines had been cleared after a pest infe...

Q 05/05

Microsoft Excel 97 concealed a famous Easter egg that let users play which kind of hidden game?

A) A pinball table

B) A text adventure game

C) A flight simulator

D) A racing game

Answer · why

C) A flight simulator

A flight simulator was tucked inside Excel 97, while Word 97 hid a pinball game. Microsoft formally stopped adding Easter eggs in 2002 under its Trust...