Technology Robots and Inventions Trivia

Question 1

The IBM 1311, a 5-megabyte storage device, was about the size of what?

Accepted Answer

a washing machine

Question 2

In 1990, Allan Emtage invented the first search engine, which was called what?

Accepted Answer

Archie Query Form

Question 3

In 1976, Apple's first computer, the Apple I, sold for what price?

Accepted Answer

$666.66

Question 4

According to the book, how many varieties of computer are recognized?

Accepted Answer

eight

Question 5

Researchers at which university developed the first computer software in 1948?

Accepted Answer

the University of Manchester

Question 6

Compared to the average human running speed, how fast can the robot named 'Raptor' run?

Accepted Answer

twice as fast

Question 7

Who was the first person credited with developing the digital robot?

Accepted Answer

George Devol

Question 8

Although the term nanorobots was first picked up by scientists in the 1950s, they didn't truly exist until which decade?

Accepted Answer

the 2010s

Question 9

What is the formal name for the irrational fear of robots, recognized as an anxiety disorder by psychologists?

Accepted Answer

Robophobia

Question 10

Sophia made history as the first robot to be granted what?

Accepted Answer

citizenship

Question 11

The steam engine, a game-changer, was patented by whom?

Accepted Answer

Jerónimo de Ayanz

Question 12

The compass used to be used for what, before changing to practical use around 200 B.C. in China?

Accepted Answer

Fortune telling

Question 13

The transistor, invented in 1947, is credited to whom?

Accepted Answer

John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley

Question 14

X-rays were reportedly discovered accidentally by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen in what year?

Accepted Answer

1897

Technology Robots and Inventions trivia