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Basic Apple Knowledge Trivia Quiz

A bunch of Apple questions for you lot. They're all pretty easy, one or two tricky ones. Good luck and please be careful.

A multiple-choice quiz by decampos. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
decampos

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
105,558

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which computer did Apple release in January 1983? Hint

The Apple Newton

The Apple Lisa

The Candy Apple

The Apple Macintosh

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Question 2 of 10

2. A lot of the ideas for the user interface of the computer Apple released in 1983 come from Xerox's PARC. What is that an acronym of? Hint

Play Away Riot Collection

Piefield Apple Research Cambelt

Palo Alto Research Center

Professional Accelerator Regional Club

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Question 3 of 10

3. What specifically did Apple's CEO Steve Jobs see at PARC that impressed him the most? Hint

A PDP with a video monitor

a prototype Amiga on the Internet

The 'Smalltalk' Environment running on an Alto

All the engineers wearing white and pink suits

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Question 4 of 10

4. Jobs says the people at PARC showed him three things - personal computers on a LAN using email, print servers etc, the graphical user interface and what else? Hint

Good toast

Clean T-shirts

Wireless networking

Object Oriented Programming

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is Apple said to have done with the thousands of unsold Apple Lisas? Hint

They burned them all in a huge oven

They buried them all like corpses

They gave them away to schools for free

They de-activated them by removing the 'booting pin'

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Question 6 of 10

6. What inspired the name 'Macintosh'? Hint

They were the first 'rain-proof' computers

The company loved 'Columbo'. He used to wear a dirty mac

It's Steve Wosniak's middle name

It was the name of one of America's favorite apples

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of the following wasn't a compact Mac? Hint

the SE/30

the Performa 5200

the Color Classic

the Potato

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Question 8 of 10

8. How many buttons are there on an old-style Apple mouse? Hint

one

twenty

two

three

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the industry standard publishing package on the Mac before QuarkXpress? Hint

MacPaint

Pagemaker

Internet Explorer

PageSpinner

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Question 10 of 10

10. When a Macintosh is switched on what can usually be heard first of all? Hint

The startup chime

a computerized voice saying 'hello'

the startup crunch

the keyboard click as it resets the caps-lock

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which computer did Apple release in January 1983?

Answer: The Apple Lisa

Apple Newtons were Palm-like devices introduced in the early 1990s.

2. A lot of the ideas for the user interface of the computer Apple released in 1983 come from Xerox's PARC. What is that an acronym of?

Answer: Palo Alto Research Center

The modern mice, windows, and icons style of software interface was invented at PARC along with the laser printer and the local-area network.

3. What specifically did Apple's CEO Steve Jobs see at PARC that impressed him the most?

Answer: The 'Smalltalk' Environment running on an Alto

Smalltalk was a graphic oriented programming language developed at PARC.

4. Jobs says the people at PARC showed him three things - personal computers on a LAN using email, print servers etc, the graphical user interface and what else?

Answer: Object Oriented Programming

He says this on the programme 'Triumph of the Nerds'.

5. What is Apple said to have done with the thousands of unsold Apple Lisas?

Answer: They buried them all like corpses

This is well documented. There are still unused Lisas available to buy at www.sunremarketing.com

6. What inspired the name 'Macintosh'?

Answer: It was the name of one of America's favorite apples

While available worldwide, Macintosh apples are not among the most popular in England. 'The Apple Braeburn' sounds better to me anyway.

7. Which of the following wasn't a compact Mac?

Answer: the Potato

A potato is a vegetable grown from a tuber.

8. How many buttons are there on an old-style Apple mouse?

Answer: one

There's always been just the one button (on the more recent mice the one button is the whole top of the mouse). There is a second mouse button - it's the 'control' key on the keyboard.

9. What was the industry standard publishing package on the Mac before QuarkXpress?

Answer: Pagemaker

10. When a Macintosh is switched on what can usually be heard first of all?

Answer: The startup chime

Source: Author decampos

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