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So, you think you know your chips from your chads? Can you tell a floppy from a punch card and speak fluent BASIC in your sleep?

April 11, 2025

🖥️ From Stone Age to Silicon: A Computer History Quiz 🧠

So, you think you know your chips from your chads? Can you tell a floppy from a punch card and speak fluent BASIC in your sleep? It’s time to boot up your brain and test your knowledge of the quirky, clever, and occasionally clunky evolution of computers. Ready to CTRL + SHIFT + LEARN? Let’s go!

đź’ˇ How to Play:

  • Read each statement carefully.

  • Decide whether it’s True or False.

  • Check the explanation after answering to learn something new!

🧠 Scoring System: Are You a Computer History Whiz or a Glitch in the Matrix?

Give yourself 1 point for each correct answer.

  • 13–15 points: đź’ľ Silicon Sage
    You’ve clearly got bytes in your blood! You're basically a walking encyclopedia with a floppy disk heart and a quantum brain. Welcome to the Hall of Tech Fame!

  • 10–12 points: đź”§ Digital Dynamo
    You know your way around the motherboard. You've got solid history chops—just don’t forget to update your memory cache once in a while!

  • 7–9 points: ⌨️ Tech Tourist
    You’ve visited Computerland but didn’t stay long enough to read the manual. A little more study and you'll be coding like it's 1999.

  • 0–6 points: đź§Ż System Error
    Oof. You might want to Ctrl+Alt+Delete your memory and reboot your knowledge. Don’t worry—every tech guru starts as a confused user.

Here’s the 15-question True or False quiz on Computer History:

  1. The first programmable computer was developed in the 19th century. True or false?

  2. The first computer mouse was made of metal. True or false?

  3. ENIAC, one of the first general-purpose computers, weighed over 25 tons. True or false?

  4. COBOL was developed in the 1980s. True or false?

  5. The term "bug" in programming originated from an actual insect. True or false?

  6. Apple’s first computer, the Apple I, was sold as a fully assembled product. True or false?

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