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Are You Down With Downloads? Trivia Quiz

The internet has become an essential tool in the world today. Whether its playing games, buying gifts, or part of your job, the internet is used. There are also many popular downloads people use for pleasure and for work.

A multiple-choice quiz by jbooker8. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
jbooker8

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
357,849

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
919

Last 3 plays: GBfan (8/10), Guest 136 (10/10), Guest 117 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What popular social networking site did Mark Zuckerberg create in 2004? Hint

Myspace

Bebo

Yahoo

Facebook

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Question 2 of 10

2. Limewire, Frostwire, BitComet, and Vuze are all P2P programs you can download to share items with others. What does P2P stand for? Hint

Person to Person

Post to Pass

Private to Public

Peer to Peer

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Question 3 of 10

3. There are also a lot of music sites offering downloads for music lovers. Which of the four choices is a real music site? Hint

MySpace

eBay

Candystand

Pandora

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Question 4 of 10

4. What popular download allows users to hold video chats and hold meetings online via the internet? Hint

iTunes

Avast

Skype

KM Player

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which one of these downloads can protect your computer from harmful viruses? Hint

Norton

Adobe

CamFrog

AIM

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these popular downloads is NOT an internet browser? Hint

Google Chrome

OoVoo

Mozilla Firefox

Safari

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Question 7 of 10

7. Shawn Fanning developed which music download site? Hint

ITunes

Napster

Limewire

Frostwire

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Question 8 of 10

8. Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith founded which public email service in 1996? Hint

Yahoo Mail

Gmail

AOL Mail

Hotmail

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of these internet sites allow users to stream and share videos? Hint

YouTube

Wiki

Outlook

ESPN

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Question 10 of 10

10. What internet site was created to allow payments and money transfers to be made through the internet? Hint

Cnet

GoDaddy

PayPal

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Most Recent Scores

Nov 06 2024 : GBfan: 8/10
Nov 02 2024 : Guest 136: 10/10
Oct 04 2024 : Guest 117: 7/10
Oct 04 2024 : daveguth: 9/10
Sep 30 2024 : DaMoopies: 10/10
Sep 26 2024 : Aph1976: 7/10
Sep 26 2024 : S4a4m4: 10/10
Sep 26 2024 : mazza47: 9/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What popular social networking site did Mark Zuckerberg create in 2004?

Answer: Facebook

Facebook has become a worldwide internet phenomenon that allows users to text, message, post, and share all sorts of things to friends and family. Facebook is a free site and users must be 13 years of age to open an account.

2. Limewire, Frostwire, BitComet, and Vuze are all P2P programs you can download to share items with others. What does P2P stand for?

Answer: Peer to Peer

P2P file sharing has become a popular way to share music, videos, and movies over the internet. Although copyright issues and piracy have hindered legitimate sharing, there are sites out there who have filters to prevent this.

3. There are also a lot of music sites offering downloads for music lovers. Which of the four choices is a real music site?

Answer: Pandora

Pandora was created by Will Glaser, Jon Kraft, and Tim Westergren. Savage Beast Technologies launched Pandora Online Radio July 21, 2005.

4. What popular download allows users to hold video chats and hold meetings online via the internet?

Answer: Skype

Skype was created by a group of Estonian, Danish, and Swedish developers in 2003. Skype is used as a video caller, messenger, and also as a chat site. Popular with the military, Skype has been used as a communication tool since its existence.

5. Which one of these downloads can protect your computer from harmful viruses?

Answer: Norton

Norton AntiVirus is a downloadable computer protection program designed to prevent malware, viruses, and other typical threats. Norton was created by Symantec and named after Peter Norton, the founder of Norton Computing.

6. Which of these popular downloads is NOT an internet browser?

Answer: OoVoo

Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari are all internet browsers. ooVoo is actually a video chat and instant messaging site created in 2006 by Clayton Mathile.

7. Shawn Fanning developed which music download site?

Answer: Napster

Northeastern University student Shawn Fanning created Napster in 1999. Napster allowed its users to share MP3 files through a P2P system. Many celebrity artists went to court against Napster due to copyright violations and piracy issues.

8. Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith founded which public email service in 1996?

Answer: Hotmail

Hotmail was a free public service that allows users their very own email address. Microsoft later purchased the site and rebranded it as MSN Hotmail, before integrating it into outlook.com in early 2013.

9. Which of these internet sites allow users to stream and share videos?

Answer: YouTube

YouTube was created by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim in 2005. Its headquarters are located in San Bruno, California.

10. What internet site was created to allow payments and money transfers to be made through the internet?

Answer: PayPal

PayPal was founded in 1998 by Max Levchin, Peter Thiel, Luke Nosek, and Ken Howery. In 2002, PayPal was purchased by eBay for $1.5 billion dollars.

Source: Author jbooker8

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