Technology trivia

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• AI and RobotsAbout 250 questions Artificial intelligence and robots from Turing's imitation game and the 1956 Dartmouth workshop to Deep Blue, Watson, AlphaGo and today's chatbots, plus machine learning in plain words, robots at work, at home and on Mars, famous movie and book robots, AI pioneers including Canada's own, and the basics of AI safety.
• Coding and ProgrammingAbout 250 questions Coding from Ada Lovelace to vibe coding: the languages and the people who made them, Grace Hopper and Margaret Hamilton, everyday programming terms, famous bugs from the moth to Y2K, binary and hexadecimal, Linux and open source, the first website, and Scratch, Logo and other ways kids learn to code.
• ComputersAbout 250 questions Computers from Babbage to quantum: history, hardware, software, programming, shortcuts, famous companies and AI.
• Gadgets, Software and Cyber SafetyAbout 260 questions Computers, the internet, phones, software, tech history and everyday cyber safety.
• Cloud, Data, Space Tech and the FutureAbout 250 questions Cloud computing, data and storage, space technology, energy tech, quantum computing and other emerging technology shaping the future.
• Video Game Tech and ConsolesAbout 250 questions The hardware behind gaming: console chips and specs, controllers, storage media, graphics tech, handhelds, VR and gaming PC parts, from the 8-bit era to today.
• Hardware, Chips and ComponentsAbout 250 questions Processors, memory, storage, GPUs, motherboards, power and cooling: how computer hardware works, who made it and the records it set.
• Tech Pioneers and Computing HistoryAbout 250 questions The people, machines and companies that built computing, from abacus and Babbage to the web, smartphones and AI, with firsts, records and nicknames.
• The InternetAbout 250 questions How the internet was built and how it works, the websites and apps that shaped it, internet culture and slang, and staying safe online.
• Networking, Wi-Fi and TelecomAbout 250 questions How networks and phone systems work: Wi-Fi, Ethernet, IP addressing, routers, cellular generations, cables, satellites and the history behind them.
• Retro TechAbout 250 questions Gadgets and media from the past: the Walkman and the boombox, cassettes and 8-tracks, VCRs and the Betamax war, LaserDiscs, floppies and Zip disks, rotary phones, pagers and brick phones, Polaroids and film cameras, CRT TVs, dial-up modems, Game Boys, Tamagotchis, PalmPilots and the iPod, plus who made them, the format wars and the sounds and quirks we still remember.
• Passwords, Privacy and Online ScamsAbout 250 questions Everyday online safety: strong passwords and passkeys, privacy settings and tracking, common scams and how to spot them, and safe habits for phones, Wi-Fi, shopping and banking.
• Smartphones and AppsAbout 250 questions Mobile phones from the brick-sized Motorola DynaTAC to today's foldables: Nokia, BlackBerry, the iPhone and Android, phone makers and where they come from, features and jargon, app stores and famous apps, 1G to 5G networks, texting, emoji and the mobile games that took over our commutes.
• Social MediaAbout 250 questions The networks that changed how we share, from Six Degrees, Friendster and MySpace to Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and X, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, LinkedIn, Reddit and Pinterest: who founded them and when, the big buyouts, the lingo, the moments that went viral, and how to stay safe and polite online.
• Operating Systems and Software SkillsAbout 250 questions How operating systems work and where they came from, from Windows, macOS, Linux and Android to file types, keyboard shortcuts, spreadsheet and document skills, browsers and troubleshooting.
• Tech Words and AcronymsAbout 250 questions The alphabet soup of everyday tech: what Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB, GPS, LED, PDF, CAPTCHA, HDMI, JPEG and dozens more really stand for and where the names came from, cookies, caches, clouds and spam, data sizes from kilobytes to quettabytes, the file extensions on your desktop and the handiest keyboard shortcuts on Windows and Mac.