1. What was the first video game ever created, released in 1958?
- A) Pong
- B) Space Invaders
- C) Tennis for Two
- D) Pac-Man
Answer: C) Tennis for Two
2. Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web in 1989?
- A) Steve Jobs
- B) Bill Gates
- C) Tim Berners-Lee
- D) Mark Zuckerberg
Answer: C) Tim Berners-Lee
3. What year was the first iPhone released?
- A) 2005
- B) 2007
- C) 2006
- D) 2008
Answer: B) 2007
4. Which company developed the world’s first commercially successful personal computer (PC)?
- A) IBM
- B) Apple
- C) Microsoft
- D) Xerox
Answer: A) IBM
5. Who is often referred to as the “father of the light bulb,” although many inventors contributed to its development?
- A) Nikola Tesla
- B) Thomas Edison
- C) George Westinghouse
- D) Alexander Graham Bell
Answer: B) Thomas Edison
6. Which invention is Alexander Graham Bell famous for?
- A) Radio
- B) Phonograph
- C) Telephone
- D) Telegraph
Answer: C) Telephone
7. What iconic gaming console did Nintendo release in 1985, revitalizing the video game industry?
- A) Sega Genesis
- B) GameCube
- C) PlayStation
- D) Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
Answer: D) Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
8. Who invented the first mechanical computer, known as the Analytical Engine, in the 1830s?
- A) Ada Lovelace
- B) Alan Turing
- C) Charles Babbage
- D) Blaise Pascal
Answer: C) Charles Babbage
9. In what year did the Wright brothers successfully complete the first powered flight?
- A) 1903
- B) 1912
- C) 1899
- D) 1910
Answer: A) 1903
10. What groundbreaking invention did Johannes Gutenberg introduce to Europe in the 15th century, significantly advancing the spread of knowledge?
- A) Typewriter
- B) Printing press
- C) Paper
- D) Fountain pen
Answer: B) Printing press
11. Which early computer was used by the Allied forces during World War II to help break the Enigma code?
- A) ENIAC
- B) Colossus
- C) UNIVAC
- D) Turing Machine
Answer: B) Colossus
12. What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space in 1957 by the Soviet Union?
- A) Explorer 1
- B) Sputnik 1
- C) Vostok 1
- D) Luna 2
Answer: B) Sputnik 1
13. The Silicon Valley in California is named after what material that is essential for making semiconductors in electronic devices?
- A) Carbon
- B) Silicon
- C) Copper
- D) Aluminum
Answer: B) Silicon
14. Who is credited with the invention of Facebook in 2004, which became a pivotal platform in social media history?
- A) Jack Dorsey
- B) Mark Zuckerberg
- C) Larry Page
- D) Evan Spiegel
Answer: B) Mark Zuckerberg
15. What was the first search engine on the Internet, developed in 1990?
- A) Yahoo!
- B) Google
- C) WebCrawler
- D) Archie
Answer: D) Archie
16. Who developed the first programmable digital computer, known as Z3, in 1941?
- A) Alan Turing
- B) Konrad Zuse
- C) John von Neumann
- D) Howard Aiken
Answer: B) Konrad Zuse
17. What was the name of the first portable music player released by Sony in 1979, revolutionizing personal audio?
- A) Walkman
- B) Discman
- C) iPod
- D) Zune
Answer: A) Walkman
18. What technological revolution in the 18th century saw the rise of machines and factories, fundamentally changing societies and economies?
- A) Information Age
- B) Industrial Revolution
- C) Agricultural Revolution
- D) Space Age
Answer: B) Industrial Revolution
19. Who is credited with inventing the World’s first airplane?
- A) Orville and Wilbur Wright
- B) Howard Hughes
- C) Charles Lindbergh
- D) Amelia Earhart
Answer: A) Orville and Wilbur Wright
20. What was the name of the first successful Mars rover to land on the Red Planet in 1997?
- A) Opportunity
- B) Spirit
- C) Curiosity
- D) Sojourner
Answer: D) Sojourner
