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89 Internet Questions For The Most Tech-Savvy Users

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

Twitter

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

Facebook

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

Instagram

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

Google

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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My passion for travel seamlessly integrates with my love for trivia, as I spend a lot of time on the road. I create engaging trivia quizzes based on the information I gather about new locations, food, music, customs, and people.

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