Technology Quizzes

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A Good Old-Fashioned Quiz

Can you name these antiquated items?

New Quizzes

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What's That Symbol Mean?

Can you tell the difference between an ampersand and an octothorpe?

James Watt as a young man, c1769. Scottish engineer and instrument maker. Invented the modern steam engine which became the main source of power in Britain's textile mills. His engine had a separate condenser in which steam from the cylinder; (see notes)

Weaponry, Energy, and Power Systems Quiz

Which English engineer and inventor built and patented the first steam engine? Who developed the first process for manufacturing steel inexpensively? Test your knowledge. Take the quiz.

vintage Leica photo camera at KPI Museum, July 24, 2015, in Kiev, Ukraine

Some Practical Inventions Quiz

Which is a method of graphic tracing of the electric current generated by heart muscle during a heartbeat? Who introduced the Brownie, a simple box camera with a removable film container? Test your knowledge. Take the quiz.

Men of the Royal Norfolk Regiment at Aldershot now undergoing a course of revolver shooting wear gas masks while at practice in order to got used to wearing the masks under all conditions. Two Tommies sighting the target in their gas masks. (World War I)

Do You Know Which African American Inventor Created Which Product?

Who invented the gas mask? Who invented the first form of a home security system? Test your knowledge. Take the quiz.

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Thumbnail for image quiz: Old Fashioned quiz. Background color changed. Original image asset 254486. Old 8-track audio tapes of different colors. Music, technology

A Good Old-Fashioned Quiz

Can you name these antiquated items?

Laundry (washing, drying, ironing, cleaning) symbols set. Icons, vector illustration

What's That Symbol Mean?

Can you tell the difference between an ampersand and an octothorpe?

James Watt as a young man, c1769. Scottish engineer and instrument maker. Invented the modern steam engine which became the main source of power in Britain's textile mills. His engine had a separate condenser in which steam from the cylinder; (see notes)

Weaponry, Energy, and Power Systems Quiz

Which English engineer and inventor built and patented the first steam...

vintage Leica photo camera at KPI Museum, July 24, 2015, in Kiev, Ukraine

Some Practical Inventions Quiz

Which is a method of graphic tracing of the electric current generated...

Men of the Royal Norfolk Regiment at Aldershot now undergoing a course of revolver shooting wear gas masks while at practice in order to got used to wearing the masks under all conditions. Two Tommies sighting the target in their gas masks. (World War I)

Do You Know Which African American Inventor Created Which Product?

Who invented the gas mask? Who invented the first form of a home...

Hindenburg zeppelin crashing, 1937

Transportation and Technology Firsts Quiz

Where was the first practical subway line in the United States?...

A botanical illustration from the Voynich manuscript, a codex, scientific or magical text in an unidentified language, in cipher; end of the 15th or during the 16th century (?).

Codes, Secrets, and Ciphers Quiz

What is the best-known public-key scheme cryptoalgorithm? Who...

Armed Forces Radio Services broadcaster Jack Brown interviews Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall for broadcast to troops overseas during World War II.

Communications Firsts Quiz

Who coined the term microphone? What satellite...

NASA's Reduced Gravity Program provides the unique weightless or zero-G environment of space flight for testing and training of human and hardware reactions. NASA used the turbojet KC-135A to run these parabolic flights from 1963 to 2004.

All About The Wright Brothers Quiz

Up, up, and away! Take off with this quiz to find out how much...

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True or False: Video Games Through the Ages

From Pong to World of Warcraft, from the Atari...

Internet http://www blue screen. Hompepage blog 2009, history and society, media news television, crowd opinion protest, In the News 2009, breaking news

What Do You Actually Know About the Internet?

You’re using it right now. But you have to take this quiz to...

Alberto Santos-Dumont. Postcard of Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont's (1873-1932) airship or dirigible and Eiffel Tower. The Santos Dumont Air-Ship rounding the Eiffel Tower; on Octoboer 19th 1901. airplane

A History of Everyday Technology in 68 Quiz Questions

Have you ever wanted a nonchronological history of technologies...

Technician operates the system console on the new UNIVAC 1100/83 computer at the Fleet Analysis Center, Corona Annex, Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach, CA. June 1, 1981. Univac magnetic tape drivers or readers in background. Universal Automatic Computer

A Brief History of the Computer Told from the 1990s: A Quiz

Sure, you may know all there is to know about the latest Macbook...

Beautiful skyline of Midtown Manhattan from Rockefeller Observatory - Top of the Rock - New York, USA

Empire State Building Quiz

You don’t have to be from New York to get yourself into an “Empire...

computer chip. computer. Hand holding computer chip. Central processing unit (CPU). history and society, science and technology, microchip, microprocessor motherboard computer Circuit Board

Computers and Technology Quiz

Computers host websites composed of HTML and send text messages...

NASA's Reduced Gravity Program provides the unique weightless or zero-G environment of space flight for testing and training of human and hardware reactions. NASA used the turbojet KC-135A to run these parabolic flights from 1963 to 2004.

History of Flight Quiz

What was the famed “Sheet Metal Donkey”? How did the Wright brothers...

KC-135 Stratotanker refueling U.S. Airforce military F-16 Falcon. Transportation aircraft refueled in mid-air aka aerial refueling.

Military Technology Quiz

What did Patton call “the greatest battle implement ever devised”?...

Microsoft sign adorns new office building housing computer giant's office in Vancouver, Canada, May 7, 2016.

Tech Companies

Think yourself a tech aficionado? Test your knowledge of some...

Happy business woman talking on cell phone in office, telephone, mobile phone

Mobile Phones

Hello? Can you hear me now? Test your knowledge of on-the-go...

Screenshot of Microsoft Outlook Spam Folder. Junk folder. Internet. Communication. Email. E-mail.

Internet Firsts: Fact or Fiction?

You may fancy yourself a denizen of the internet, but how much...

radio. Old analog electric radio with speaker, knobs and tuner. transmission, radio wave

Acoustics and Radio Technology: Fact or Fiction?

Do cellular phones use relayed radio signals? From antennas to...

White male businessman works a touch screen on a digital tablet. Communication, Computer Monitor, Corporate Business, Digital Display, Liquid-Crystal Display, Touchpad, Wireless Technology, iPad

Gadgets and Technology: Fact or Fiction?

Is virtual reality only used in toys? Have robots ever been used...

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Technological Ingenuity

From the first tools of early humans to IBM’s Deep Blue computer,...

keyboard. Human finger touch types www on modern QWERTY keyboard layout. Blue digital tablet touch screen computer keyboard. Web site, internet, technology, typewriter

Computers: Fact or Fiction?

Is QWERTY a computer language? Was the first Web site established...

radio. Early radio technology. An antique crystal set using a cat's whisker from the early 1920s. A crystal radio receiver or cat's whisker receiver a radio receiver. Runs on the power received from radio waves (diode).

Can You Hear Me Now?

Who invented the radio? Who first used radio waves to transmit...

Technician operates the system console on the new UNIVAC 1100/83 computer at the Fleet Analysis Center, Corona Annex, Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach, CA. June 1, 1981. Univac magnetic tape drivers or readers in background. Universal Automatic Computer

Computers and Operating Systems

How does the Internet move information between computers? What...

The iPod nano, introduced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs in San Francisco, May 2007. A revolutionary full-featured iPod that holds 1,000 songs and is thinner than a standard #2 pencil. MP3 player, music player, digital music

Electronics & Gadgets Quiz

Who is the maker of the iPhone? In what year was the DVD introduced?...

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