On Thursday, July 17th, Tech in Motion: Boston hosted its first ever Tech Trivia Night with over 75 techies present. As everyone arrived, teams were formed and then it was off to the races! We broke the game into 6 rounds, worth up to 35 points each. If you weren’t able to make it, here are the questions we asked – see how well you would have done!
Round 1- Logos
Round 2- Boston Tech
- When was MIT founded? The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was founded in 1861 by William Barton Rogers.
- Who is Boston’s new CIO? Jascha Franklin-Hodge
- Name one Boston based company which contributed to Uber’s new funding.
Summit Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Fidelity, Wellington Management, BlackRock - What Boston based startup has received the most single round funding since the start of 2014. Wayfair — home goods e-commerce site. Raised $157 million in March.
- What programming language is Boston.com written in? Java
Round 3- General Tech
- What is an intranet that extends over the Internet called? Extranet
- What programming language does Android use? Java
- What part of a laptop does the bezel surround? Screen/Monitor
- What does HTML stand for? Hyper Text Markup Language
- Comprised of Kay McNulty, Marlyn Wescoff, Fran Bilas, Ruth Lichterman, Adele Goldstine (and Betty Snyder), these ladies were the first “computers” working on ENIAC at what University? University of Pennsylvania
Round 4- Entertainment and Tech
- When was the first iPod sold? 2001
- Where was the Nintendo invented? Kyoto, Japan
- What was Mario’s original name? Jumpman
- When did the Pac-Man arrive? 1980
- Pixar created a 1995 blockbuster hit move using computer animation. What was the title of the movie? Toy Story
Round 5- History of Tech
- What year was the first email sent? 1971
- Who did Time magazine name its “Man of the Year” in 1982? The Computer
- What was the first ever YouTube video uploaded on April 23rd 2005, by Jawed Karim (one of the founders of the site) entitled? Me At The Zoo
- What was the first graphical browser for the World Wide Web? Mosaic
- Domain name registration was free until what year? 1995
Round 6- Social Media and Tech
- What is the #1 blogging platform in the world? Wordpress
- What is the limit for number of friends on Facebook? 5,000
- Where did Chatroulette start? Russia
- How many hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute? 100 Hours
- Many consider this site, which allowed users to create their own Web pages, to be the first social networking site. Launched in 1994, Geocities had more than 1 million members by 1997.
And here are the results!
Congrats to our winners, Dorchester Globe Trotters, who walked away with $50 in iTunes and Google Play gift cards!
We want to thank our gracious sponsors who helped make this event possible: Jobspring Partners, Workbridge Associates, Microsoft, Boston Globe Media Partners, and Coalition.
So how do you think you would have done? Any suggestions for next time?