Trivia Quiz #189 - Easy Computer Trivia Quiz

Computer Trivia Quiz - Easy Computer Trivia Questions with the Answers

1. The generic term for the mechanical, electrical and electronic
   components of a computer are called what?
    
2. Which computer language is an acronym of the name of the world's
   first computer programmer?
    
3. What letter is between Q and E on a computer keyboard?
    
4. In computer lingo what is a MUD?
    
5. What kind of fruit was used to name a computer in 1984?
    
6. In what field of study are the terms CPU, PC, and VDU used?
    
7. From what source did William Henry Gates III amass his fortune?
    
8. Charlie the pet dog was replace by what in the remake of the
   Absent-minded Professor called "Flubber" in 1997?
    
9. What did Charles Babbage invent when he designed his analytical
   engine in 1833?
    
10. Movie maker George Lucas Filed a law suit against President
    Ronald Reagan to get him to stop referring to an outer space
    computer controlled defense system as what?
     
11. What time doe the computer virus W32.MARIJUANA interrupt you to
    suggest taking a break?
     
12. Hal, the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey, got its name how?
     
13. Pixar created a 1995 blockbuster hit move using computer
    animation. What was the title of the movie?
     
14. Which computer company dropped the Play Station line and created
    an Aptiva brand computer for home users?
     
15. Red Hat and Yellow Dog are computer outfits that distributed an
    alternative computer operating system. What was the name of the
    system?
     
16. The Electronic Frontier Foundation named its $250,000 computer
    designed to crack the U.S. government's outdated DES cryptographic
    code what?
     
17. What common element is used in the manufacture of computer chips?
     
18. On the birthday of a famous painter, every March 6th, what
    computer virus strikes?
     
19. The Dancing Baby computer generated 3D image danced it's way onto
    what TV show in 1998?
     
20. What U.S. Democratic senator had the first internet home page?
     
21. Originally, ENIAC, the world's first "modern" computer was
    constructed to do what?
     
22. The Los Angeles Police Department developed a computer program to
    help solve homicides. What was it called?
     
23. The first computer used for weather research was named what?
     
24. The displays commonly found in notebook and laptop computers are
    called what?
     
25. After breaking into physicist Tsutomu Shimomura's computer on
    Christmas in 1994, what legendary hacker was taken down?
     
26. What personal computer became a video production system with the
    addition of New Tek's Video Toaster?
     
27. Digital Equipment Corporation sued what computer chip
    manufacturer claiming it stole the technology to develop the Pentium
    Pro?
     
28. What was the name of the computer language named after a French
    philosopher and mathematician?
     
29. What was the name of the computer company that was named after
    the founder's memories of a summer in an Orchard in Oregon? 

Answers to Trivia Quiz #189 - Computer Trivia Answers

1. Hardware.
2. ADA.
3. W.
4. Multi User Computer Game.
5. Apple.
6. Computer Science.
7. Computer software.
8. Weebo, the computer.
9. Computer.
10. Star Wars.
11. 4:20 p.m.
12. Take the letters IBM, and select the preceding letter for each
    one.
13. Toy Story.
14. IBM corporation.
15. Linux.
16. Deep Crack.
17. Silicon.
18. Michelangelo.
19. Ally McBeal.
20. Ted Kennedy.
21. To compute ballistic trajectories for artillery shells.
22. HITMAN, for Homicide Information Tracking Management Automation
    Network.
23. MANIAC - Mathematical Analyzer, Numerical Integrator and
    Computer.
24. Liquid Crystal Display.
25. Kevin Mitnick.
26. Amiga.
27. Intel Corporation.
28. PASCAL.
29. Apple.