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Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Which country hosted he 2008 olympic games?

  1. japan

  2. china

  3. india

  4. america
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The 2008 Summer Olympics were held in Beijing, China. Beijing was selected as the host city and invested heavily in infrastructure and facilities for the games. Japan has hosted the Olympics (1964 Tokyo, 2020 Tokyo), India has never hosted the Olympics, and the United States has hosted multiple times but not in 2008.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Which indoor sports most popular in US?

  1. base ball

  2. football

  3. basket ball

  4. carrom
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Basketball is one of the most popular indoor sports in the United States, with the NBA being a major professional league. While baseball and football are popular in the US, they are primarily outdoor sports. Carrom is not widely played in the US compared to basketball.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

What is the rihno's horn made of?

  1. tusk

  2. wood

  3. hair

  4. iron
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Rhino horns are made of keratin, the same fibrous structural protein that makes up human hair and fingernails. They are not made of actual bone, tusk, wood, or iron. This is why rhino horns can be shaped and polished like hair, and why they have no horn core like bovine horns.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

What was the first ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) message?

  1. "lo"

  2. "hello world"

  3. "mary had a little lamb"

  4. "cyberspace, the final frontier"
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The first ARPANET message was 'lo', sent in 1969. The intended message was 'login' but the system crashed after the first two letters. 'Hello world', 'mary had a little lamb', and 'cyberspace, the final frontier' are all incorrect and popular culture references rather than historical facts.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

'.INI' extension refers usually to what kind of file?

  1. Image file

  2. Image Color Matching Profile file

  3. Hypertext related file

  4. System file
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

.INI files are system initialization files used by Windows and other operating systems to store configuration settings. They are plain text files with a specific structure. They are not image files, color profiles, or hypertext files - those use extensions like .jpg, .icc, and .html respectively.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Who developed Yahoo?

  1. Dennis Ritchie & Ken Thompson

  2. Vint Cerf & Robert Kahn

  3. David Filo & Jerry Yang

  4. Steve Case & Jeff Bezos
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Yahoo was founded by David Filo and Jerry Yang, two Stanford graduate students, in 1994. Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson created Unix, Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn developed TCP/IP, and Steve Case founded AOL - none founded Yahoo.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

'DTP' computer abbreviation usually means ?

  1. Digital Transmission Protocol

  2. Document Type Processing

  3. Data Type Programming

  4. DeskTop Publishing
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

DTP stands for Desktop Publishing, the creation of documents using page layout software on personal computers. It refers to producing printed materials like newsletters, brochures, and books. The other options - Digital Transmission Protocol, Document Type Processing, and Data Type Programming - are not standard abbreviations for DTP.