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The History of Google Trivia Quiz

What began as a research project by two university students has evolved into one of the largest corporations in the world. Let's see how much you know about the world-famous search engine.

A multiple-choice quiz by unbelievable1 . Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
unbelievable1

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
287,255

Updated
Sep 22 22

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Question 1 of 10

1. Google was founded by Larry Page and who else?
Hint

Sergey Brin

Bill Gates

Steve Jobs

Terry Winograd

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Question 2 of 10

2. The name "Google" originated from a misspelling of:
Hint

Googad

Goolink

Goosearch

Googol

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Question 3 of 10

3. In January of 1996, shortly before the launch of Google, a new search engine was brought into existence. What was this search engine called?
Hint

BackUp

BackLinks

BackRub

BreakUp

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Question 4 of 10

4. The domain name www.google.com was registered on:
Hint

January 12, 1998

September 7, 1996

August 7, 1999

September 15, 1997

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Question 5 of 10

5. In 1998, when Google.com was still in beta, they were answering up to how many search queries a day?
Hint

10,000

80,000

30,000

450,000

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Question 6 of 10

6. In the year 2000, Google began selling what?
Hint

Smaller versions of Google known as Googlers

Image-based advertisements associated with search keywords

Text-based advertisements associated with search keywords

A patent ranking mechanism

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Question 7 of 10

7. The basis of Google's search technology is called PageRank. Who is it named after? Hint

Google co-founder Larry Page

Sergey Brin's girlfriend, Paige

The number of pages Google is capable of searching

The original Google home page

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Question 8 of 10

8. Google's informal corporate motto or slogan is?
Hint

"Always First "

"Don't Be Evil"

"Experience the Difference"

"Turning the page"

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Question 9 of 10

9. Google received its first funding from Andy Bechtolscheim, a co-founder of Sun Microsystems. How much was this?
Hint

$100,000

$400,000

$150,000

$200,000

10. Lars and Jens Rasmussen launched a mapping-related start-up in 2003, together with Noel Gordon and Stephen Ma frm Australia, before it was bought by Google and the company started working on the Google Maps project that launched in 2005. The name of this mapping-related start-up was:
Hint

Get Lost Technologies

FindIT Tech

Where 2 Technologies

MapIT Technologies

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Google was founded by Larry Page and who else?

Answer: Sergey Brin

In 1996, Larry Page met, Sergey Brin at Stanford University. The two found a common interest in retrieving relevant information from large data sets and this formed the basis of their eventual launch of Google, which originally started as a research project.

2. The name "Google" originated from a misspelling of:

Answer: Googol

The name "Google" originated from a misspelling of 'googol', which is the mathematical term for 1 followed by 100 zeros. This reflects Google's intention of organising the amount of information available on the Web.

3. In January of 1996, shortly before the launch of Google, a new search engine was brought into existence. What was this search engine called?

Answer: BackRub

BackRub was a search engine developed by Larry and Sergey shortly before the launch of Google. The name BackRub came from the search engine's ability to analyse the back links pointing to a given Web site.

4. The domain name www.google.com was registered on:

Answer: September 15, 1997

Though the domain www.google.com was registered on September 15, 1997, Larry and Sergey didn't incorporate the company, Google Inc. till September 7, 1998.

5. In 1998, when Google.com was still in beta, they were answering up to how many search queries a day?

Answer: 10,000

In 1998 Google.com, still in beta, was answering 10,000 search queries each day. The media began to take notice of the Website with the relevant search results, and articles on Google appeared in "USA Today" and "Le Monde".

6. In the year 2000, Google began selling what?

Answer: Text-based advertisements associated with search keywords

These advertisements were text-based in order for Google to maintain an uncluttered page design - a feature that made Google attractive compared to competitors at the time. Keywords were sold based on a combination of price bid and click-throughs.

7. The basis of Google's search technology is called PageRank. Who is it named after?

Answer: Google co-founder Larry Page

The basis of Google's search technology is called PageRank and this technology assigns an importance value to each page on the Web, giving it a rank to determine how useful it is.

8. Google's informal corporate motto or slogan is?

Answer: "Don't Be Evil"

"Don't Be Evil" is the informal corporate motto for Google. The phrase was established by Gmail inventor Paul Buchheit. Buchheit later admitted that the slogan was also taking a swipe at Google's competitors, who - they felt - were exploiting users.

9. Google received its first funding from Andy Bechtolscheim, a co-founder of Sun Microsystems. How much was this?

Answer: $100,000

"Sun Microsystems" co-founder Andy Bechtolscheim was the first to give Google as a company $100,000 in funding.

Answer: Where 2 Technologies

In early 2003, Lars and Jens Eilstrup Rasmussen co-founded Where 2 Technologies, a mapping-related start-up, with Noel Gordon and Stephen Ma from Australia. According to Lars, after the 'Tech Bubble' burst, he and Jens discussed various ideas and eventually settled on the mapping space idea when they moved to Sydney, Australia. Everyone in the US online used a mapping site but the pair felt there hadn't been a lot of development in the space. And many different companies had essentially the equivalent offerings - Microsoft, Yahoo and MapQuest. Google liked the idea and hence Google Maps was born, in Sydney.

Source: Author unbelievable1

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