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Quiz #8 - Computers

Ponster · 2008-09-07 22:26:35

The point of the game is pretty simple. In a PM to me, answer each of the 10 questions below. Try to think of the most popular answer If you need to comment or clarify a question then do it in thread please. And if you could reply once you've sent a PM it'd keep the thread alive Thanks! Write your answers like this... Do…

07-09-2008 10:26pm

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The point of the game is pretty simple. In a PM to me, answer each of the 10 questions below.

Try to think of the most popular answer

If you need to comment or clarify a question then do it in thread please. And if you could reply once you've sent a PM it'd keep the thread alive Thanks!

Write your answers like this...

Do not repeat the questions, no full-stops at the end of answers, no spaces between lines, no comments, no fancy list coding. Thanks.

JUST LIKE THIS:

1. Dr Maria O' Brien
2. Kathy Wells
3. XXXX

Those who don't reply like this will be ignored.

The game will end when we have 40 entrants or after 5 days, whichever comes first.

Please, no full-stops after the answers and put a space in between the 1. and the answer ok?

1. Name a programming language.
2. Name a unit of measure for computer data.
3. Name a Web browser.
4. Besides Apple, name a computer brand. (i.e. a company that makes computers)
5. Name a type of data storage media that is now considered obsolete.
6. Name a computer/computing pioneer.
7. Name a popular video game console
8. Name a free game normally found pre-installed on Microsoft XP.
9. Name a MMORPG multiplayer online role-playing game.
10. Name a key found on a computer keyboard but not on a typewriter.

PM HERE

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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

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#2 07-09-2008 10:51pm

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pm sent thanks ponster

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#3 07-09-2008 11:18pm

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pm sent.

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#4 07-09-2008 11:25pm

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pm sent. Last question is the trickiest

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#5 08-09-2008 12:48am

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pm sent

that ones hard had to ask for help loadsa times

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#6 08-09-2008 12:54am

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PM sent- fun quiz, a litle easy, but I am a computer science student

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#7 08-09-2008 12:58am

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PM Sent...

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#8 08-09-2008 5:04am

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entered

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#9 08-09-2008 7:14am

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jaffa20 wrote: »

pm sent. Last question is the trickiest

I guess it depends on how old you are

Remember there's no harm in using the 'net to search for answers. The goal is to find the most popular answer and not to test subject knowledge.

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#10 08-09-2008 8:45am

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PM Sent.

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#11 08-09-2008 9:02am

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Entered.

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#12 08-09-2008 9:14am

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PM Sent

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#14 08-09-2008 11:10am

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pm'ed

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#15 08-09-2008 11:21am

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PM Sent, Thanks!

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#16 08-09-2008 11:45am

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pm sent

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#17 08-09-2008 12:19pm

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PM'd - thanks

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#18 08-09-2008 2:18pm

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PM sent Thanks

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#19 08-09-2008 3:17pm

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Thanks pm'd

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#20 08-09-2008 3:41pm

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Interesting... PM Sent.

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#21 08-09-2008 5:35pm

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#22 08-09-2008 5:52pm

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Entered, ta

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#23 08-09-2008 6:07pm

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Pm sent.

Cheers.

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#24 08-09-2008 7:13pm

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done

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#25 08-09-2008 7:14pm

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Sent PM earlier, forgot to post here, sorry.

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Done

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#27 09-09-2008 8:11am

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#28 09-09-2008 9:22am

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Pm sent...

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#29 09-09-2008 11:29am

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PM sent.

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#30 09-09-2008 5:05pm

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pm sent thanks

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#31 09-09-2008 6:44pm

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sent, ty

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PM Sent

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#33 11-09-2008 11:26am

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MP envoyé

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#34 11-09-2008 11:45am

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submitted :-)

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#35 11-09-2008 7:35pm

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1. Java 16
1. C/C++ 13
1. Basic 2
1. Cobol 2
1. html 1
1. Hugo 1
1. Pascal 1
1. SQL 1
1. VB 1
1. linux 1
1. Binary 1

Come on people. You have to name the most popular answer, not just any answer... hugo?

2. byte 15
2. Megabyte 10
2. gigabyte 9
2. Bit 2
2. kilobyte 2
2. Ram 1
2. Yobibit 1

Before anyone says it, I know that all these are multiplies of bits but I didn't group them together as there would have been no real point in doing so.

3. Internet Explorer 19
3. Firefox 16
3. explorer 3
3. Google 1
3. MSN 1

Hmmm, I wonder who surfs using MSN?

4. Dell 34
4. HP 2
4. IBM 1
4. Microsoft 1
4. Sony 1
4. Toshiba 1

For info....Microsoft don't actually make computers

5. floppy 35
5. Iomega Bernoulli disks 1
5. Microfiche 1
5. Minidisc 1
5. Tape 1
5. Vinyl 1

Obvious answer here...

6. bill gates 26
6. John Backus 3
6. Alan Turing 2
6. Amstrad 1
6. Bill Joy 1
6. Clive Sinclair 1
6. Gordon Moore 1
6. Howard Aiken 1
6. James Gosling 1
6. Martin Richards 1
6. Steve Jobs 1
6. Tim Berners-Lee 1

Bill wins out over all of people that some would consider 'real' heros of the age of the computer.

7. playstation/PS2/PS3 25
7. xbox/360 8
7. Nintendo/Wii 6
7. Space Invaders 1

I grouped answers together here or else it would have been impossible to score properly. I pity the kid with just Space Invaders though....

8. Solitaire 30
8. Minesweeper 5
8. hearts 2
8. Jezzball 1
8. Pinball 1
8. reversi 1

9. world of warcraft 27
9. Warhammer 3
9. Dungeons & Dragons* 1
9. final fantasy 1
9. Inclomplete Union 1
9. KAL online 1
9. Lord of the Rings 2
9. Mazewar 1
9. Runescape 1
9. Second Life 1
9. Tomb Raider 1

10. Ctrl 10
10. Esc 9
10. WinKey 6
10. Delete 3
10. @ 2
10. enter 2
10. Alt 1
10. Caps Lock 1
10. F1 1
10. f5 1
10. Home 1
10. Pause/Break 1
10. Scroll Lock 1
10. Slash 1

Ahhh, I was hoping I'd get a few of these answers. It seems that some of the younger members don't remember typewriters all that well. 'Enter', 'Caps lock' '@' and 'delete/backspace' are all keys found on typewriters.

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#36 11-09-2008 7:37pm

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And the computer geek with these answers is...

Square_igloo 580,00

1. Java
2. Megabyte
3. Internet Explorer
4. Dell
5. floppy
6. Bill Gates
7. playstation
8. Solitaire
9. World Of Warcraft
10. CTRL

The rest of the gang.....

christeb 577,50

dulpit 568,00

ecaf 567,50
genie_us 552,50
jaffa20 552,50
Mark Hamill 545,00
Lariainne 520,00
Aisling 520,00

Sean_K 515,00
spike440 515,00
See Ye 510,00
Mathew 505,00
$hifty 500,00
Cacio 495,00

Jane LS 88 487,50
rgiller 487,50
patrickc 487,50
Macros42 482,50
Tony 2 Tone 472,50
Blisterman 465,00

Janets on clubs 455,00
jobucks 452,50
Shrapnel222 440,00
Culchie 430,00
Eliza64 430,00
Flojo 420,00

Karlr42 407,50
Sulukie 405,00
Quality 400,00
shinobi 395,00
elmolesto 385,00
Scotchannie 380,00

sully 357,50
Barnicles 352,50
Peadar06 315,00
lorweld 312,50
nummnutts 310,00
Suziewong 297,50
Baby4 97,50

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#37 11-09-2008 8:07pm

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Dang, I can't believe people said bill gates. He didn't even enter my head:pac:

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#38 11-09-2008 8:57pm

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3rd in my first one of these quiz things, not bad... Cheers ponster...

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#39 11-09-2008 9:11pm

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It hurt me to say Gates - really hurt me - but I had to go for the most popular answer from the great unwashed

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#40 11-09-2008 11:06pm

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I'm glad someone said Bill Joy

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#41 12-09-2008 1:55am

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Yay!

I'm shocked I won because I know feck all about computers tbh!

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#42 12-09-2008 7:29am

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Came joint 4th.Not bad

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#44 12-09-2008 8:27am

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Baby4 wrote: »

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Well I suppose that someone always has to come last !

Your answers weren't incorrect but some were a little too obscure to get many points, for example:

1. SQL
4. Sony
5. Microfiche
6. Howard Aiken
8. Hearts
9. Mazewar

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#45 12-09-2008 10:04am

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I would have got away with it too if it wasn't for that pesky Steve Jobs.

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