What year was the internet first developed? How long did it take for the everyday user to have access to the internet? If you first accessed the internet on your smartphone, you may not know as much about the initial days of the World Wide Web.
If you have been using the internet since dial-up modems and that familiar beeping sound, you may not be as familiar with today’s internet. Few people have a diverse knowledge of the early and current internet days. Test your knowledge of the history of the internet, including how it has adapted over the years, with our internet trivia quiz.
Learn how much you know about the Internet of Things (IoT) and where you need to improve. These internet trivia questions will tell you how much you really know. Whether your smartphone is your primary internet source or you recall being booted offline when the phone rang, these internet trivia questions and answers are for you.
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Of these, which was an early Internet browser?
Netland Surfer
AccuNet Browser
Internet Finder
Netscape Navigator
What is the name for an email which tries to illicitly obtain someone’s data?
Phriending
Philtering
Phishing
Pheeling
How many blogs are estimated to exist on the Internet?
2.5 Million
250 Million
25 Million
250 Billion
What name do we give to spam received online via a phone?
Spook
Spot
Spit
Spat
Of which genre is the popular ’90s video game ‘Tekken’?
Adventure
Puzzle
Fighting
Racing
LinkedIn is a social networking site aimed mainly at whom?
Seniors
Students
Professionals
Children
Which of these email clients is the most popular?
Thunderbird
iOS Devices
Windows Live Desktop
Outlook
If someone tells you ‘gtg’, what are they about to do?
Listen to Music
Leave
Arrive
Watch a Video
Which ‘Super Mario’ game from the 90s was considered wildly different to the rest?
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario 2
Super Mario 3
Super Mario World
Which of these was the first entirely web-based email service?
Gmail
Hotmail
AOL Mail
Yahoo Mail
AOL was launched in which year?
1985
1996
1973
2001
Social networking site Orkut is mainly popular in which country?
Mexico
Brazil
Peru
Colombia
What was a popular term for going online when the Internet first became popular?
Riding the Net
Flying the Net
Driving the Net
Surfing the Net
People who enter forums just to cause trouble are often called what?
Goblins
Zombies
Trolls
Fairies
RSS’ often stands for what?
Real Slow Screen
Real Sleek System
Real Small Site
Real Simple Syndication
Which website’s logo features the colors red, blue, yellow and green?
eBay
Amazon
YouTube
What is an ‘intranet’?
Expanded Internet
Internal Internet
Forbidden Internet
Children’s Internet
Which of these is a popular website for playing casual games?
Littleclip
Miniclip
Smallclip
Tinyclip
When was Skype first released?
2003
2005
2007
2001
In what year was the first blog made?
2000
1997
1999
1994
What name was the company AOL previously known as?
America Online
In which of these countries is 20-30% of the population online?
Mexico
Lebanon
Cuba
Indonesia
What does ‘IRC’ stand for?
Internet Relay Control
Internet Relay Connector
Internet Relay Chat
Internet Relay Command
The first ever website is still online. What does it feature?
Pictures of cats
Help for web users
A single video of a baby
Products to buy
Facebook was founded in which year?
2007
2008
2001
2004
Super Mario had his video game debut in which arcade game?
Stallion Kong
Pony Kong
Horse Kong
Donkey Kong
What was ‘Centipede’ in 1980?
A Disease Outbreak
A Special Awards Show
An Arcade Game
A Computer Model
What color was Pac-Man?
Green
Yellow
Red
Blue
What do we call the system that stops malicious content entering a computer?
Waterwall
Earthwall
Firewall
Airwall
Which of these was not a real video game console of the ’80s?
Sega Master System
Atari 5200
Commodore 64GS
PlayGo 2100
When was the arcade game ‘Frogger’ first released?
1983
1985
1987
1981
What is Google’s slogan?
Don’t Be Evil
Think Different
Just Do It
You’re in Good Hands
What does the ‘E’ mean in email?
Electronic
Express
Easy
Encoded
How much did the Sony PlayStation cost when it came out in the USA?
$299.00
$99.00
$399.00
$199.00
Websites through which people communicate are sometimes called what?
Chat Rooms
Talk Rooms
Speak Rooms
Communicate Rooms
According to the meme, who is ‘overly attached’?
Husband
Boyfriend
Wife
Girlfriend
Finish the name of a popular Internet series: ‘Annoying ____’.
Apple
Banana
Grape
Orange
Which of these is not a song by Jack Johnson?
Better Together
Upside Down
Winter
Flake
Someone who observes Internet sites (like forums) but does not participate is called what?
Lurker
Creep
Pervert
Peeper
What was Pac-Man chased by in the arcade game?
Goblins
Ghosts
Dragons
Zombies
WWW’ stands for what?
Wide World Web
World Wide Web
Whole World Web
Whopping Whale Web
Daniel Craig was born in which British town?
Bath
Eastbourne
Chester
Hereford
The Firefox logo features a fox surrounding what?
Globe
Triangle
House
Heart
Tumblr is used for what?
Academic Research
Shopping
Homework
Blogging
The CD-ROM was both invented in which year?
1986
1984
1988
1982
The ‘Nyan Cat’ is made of which breakfast food?
Toast
Pancake
Cereal
Pop Tart
What is the profession of ’90s video game action heroine Lara Croft?
Rally Driver
Spy
Archaeologist
Movie Star
What do we call the tool that allows a user to easily find a website again?
Bookmark
Pageloader
Target Locater
Pagesaver
In what year were commercial interests cleared for legal use online in the US?
1994
1996
1991
1988
Complete the name of this popular online dance phenomenon ‘The Harlem ____’.
Dance
Bust
Swing
Shake
Google, Yahoo and Bing are all what?
Grocery Websites
Stock Websites
Humor Websites
Search Engines
Which of these specifically allows us to make purchases online safely and securely?
SSL
HTTP
DSL
DHCP
The person who invented the World Wide Web was from which country?
Luxembourg
Britain
Spain
Iceland
Which of these websites is the most visited in the world?
Amazon
YouTube
Wikipedia
Which of these did not distinguish Ms. Pac-Man from her husband?
Lipstick
Dress
Bow In Hair
Beauty Mark
What is a ‘noob’, a phrase often used in online gaming?
New Boy
New Game
Newbie
New Purchase
Which actresshas appeared on ‘Days of our Lives’ every decade since it began?
Susan Seaforth Hayes
Deidre Hall
Frances Reid
Suzanne Rogers
Which of these is the name of a ‘popular’ song on the Internet?
Monday
Friday
Wednesday
Sunday
What does one normally do on YouTube?
Play Games
Watch Videos
Read Literature
Chat With Coworkers
What does Canada use as its internet extension?
.com.cn
.ca
.com.ca
.cn
Which of these is a website which allows users to upload photos and add filters?
Fastgram
Quikgram
Speedgram
Which of these is a popular website for buying and selling goods and services?
Tomslist
Mikeslist
Craigslist
Peterslist
In what year was Windows Live Messenger discontinued in the US?
2010
2012
2011
2013
Which search engine is the most popular in China?
Yahoo
Bing
Baidu
In what year was the first high-definition television released?
1985
1989
1997
1990
What does the ‘L’ mean in ‘URL’?
Locater
List
Loader
Limiter
Google is based on ‘googol’, which is a number equaling how much?
1 followed by 10,000 zeroes
1 followed by 10 zeroes
1 followed by 1,000 zeroes
1 followed by 100 zeroes
Which of these is a type of very fast Internet?
Zoom ISP
Fiber Optic
Lightning Net
SpeedNet
Which of these is a popular meme?
Always Alone
Endlessly Alone
Forever Alone
Eternally Alone
In what year was the first video game magazine, Electronic Games, released?
1980
1981
1982
1983
The default Internet browser on Microsoft Windows is what?
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome
Firefox
What can you download to fix a problem on a program or game?
A Band-Aid
A Plaster
A Patch
A Cast
Many people send and receive money online through which website?
PayChum
PayPal
PayBuddy
PayFriend
Which website’s logohas every letter in blue, except the last, which is pink?
Billboard
Flickr
Photobucket
The Onion
What is another name for a temporary holding line for data?
Rank
Line
File
Queue
The 1996 game ‘Crash Bandicoot’ is of which genre?
Racing
Fighting
Platform
Shooter
What was the first ever instant messaging service?
AOL Chat
Yahoo Chat
ICQ
MSN
Which ’80s singerhas often been featured as an annoying pop-up known as ‘rolling’?
Bruce Springsteen
Prince
George Michael
Rick Astley
As of 2013, whohas the most Twitter followers in the world?
Justin Bieber
Taylor Swift
Rihanna
Britney Spears
Finish the name of a game made popular on the Internet, ‘6 Degrees of ____’.
Matt Damon
Ben Affleck
Kevin Bacon
Tom Cruise
What is the percentage of people online in the US?
Over 95%
Between 60%-75%
Between 75%-85%
Under 60%
Who plays the lead role in the TV show ‘Homeland’?
Dominic West
Benedict Cumberbatch
Damien Lewis
Hugh Laurie
Which of these colors is not in the Google Chrome logo?
Purple
Green
Red
Blue
How big does Google estimate the internet to be?
5 Million Terabytes
2 Million Terabytes
200 Billion Terabytes
1 Billion Gigabytes
Julia Robertshas publicly stated she is a fan of which of these TV shows?
All in the Family
The Brady Bunch
Happy Days
Days of our Lives
AltaVista was an early what?
Games Site
Search Engine
Video Site
Shopping Site
What is another name for spy programs, which secretly peek at a user’s data?
Terminator
Automaton
Cyborg
Bot
Which popular ’80s arcade game featured four heroes including Wizard and Valkyrie?
The Test
The Trial
Gauntlet
Ultimate Challenge
In which of these countries is 80-90% of the population online?
Sweden
France
Italy
United Kingdom
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