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Technology 80 questions.
Modern and ancient technology
Pub quiz question 4874 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the first active communications satellite which gave its name to the first single by a British group to top the US BIllboard chart?
  2. Answer: A: Telstar
  3. Notes: *: Both in 1962
  4. Categories: Science (2) Space (2) Music (2) Entertainment (2) Technology (2)
Pub quiz question 4848 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which company was the world's largest producer of cars in 2006?
  2. Answer: A: General Motors
  3. Categories: 2000s (6) Business (6) Science (6) Technology (6)
Pub quiz question 4850 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What does Otto Benz take the credit for inventing?
  2. Answer: A: Car/Automobile
  3. Categories: Science (2) Technology (2)
Pub quiz question 4875 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the name of the Earth's first artificial satellite?
  2. Answer: A: Sputnik I
  3. Categories: Science (2) Space (2) Technology (2)
Pub quiz question 4851 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What car stoppers were first patented in Birmingham in the late 19th century?
  2. Answer: A: Disk brakes
  3. Categories: Technology (8) Science (8) History (8)
Pub quiz question 8396 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Explorer are different types of what?
  2. Answer: A: Web browsers
  3. Categories: Technology (2) Computing (2)
Pub quiz question 8119 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: The German band "Die Ärzte" released a mini-CD that ran for over 41 minutes. However the maximum length of a Mini-CD is 21 minutes. How did they do it?
  2. Answer: A: They put two separate mono tracks on the CD, one left, one right.
  3. Categories: Technology (9) Music (9)
Pub quiz question 4286 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was William Fox Talbot a pioneer of?
  2. Answer: A: Photography
  3. Notes: *: 1800's
  4. Categories: Technology (6) History (6) Leisure (6)
Pub quiz question 4830 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What have Antonio Meucci, Johann Phillip Reis and Alexander Graham Bell all been credited with inventing?
  2. Answer: A: Telephone
  3. Categories: Technology (3) Science (3)
Pub quiz question 4882 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What parts of a Space Shuttle's power system are referred to as SRBs?
  2. Answer: A: Solid Rocket Boosters
  3. Categories: Acronyms/Abbreviations (6) Space (6) Technology (6)