Apple Trivia!

Welcome! Take the quiz below to see how much you know about the history of Apple Computer. To see the answer page, click the link at the bottom.


1. Shortly before the creation of Apple Computer Company, Steve Jobs worked:
a. For Hewlett-Packard
b. At Homebrew Computer
c. For Motorola
d. At McDonald's
e. In an Apple Orchard

2. The original Apple I computers were sold at a small computer shop, at the price of:
a. $100.00
b. $666.66
c. $999.95
d. $1,100.11
e. $2,500.00

3. The name of the shop in which these first Apples were sold was:
a. Quality Computers
b. The Byte Shop
c. Nybbler's Northwest
d. Big Red
e. California Computer Parts

4. Steve Wozniak was quoted as saying "It's Amazing!" on the cover of the October 1986 InCider magazine in response to the release of which Apple computer?
a. The Apple IIgs
b. The Apple IIc+
c. The Apple III
d. The (first) Macintosh
e. The Macintosh LC

5. The dogcow's name is...
a. Max
b. Clarus
c. Spot
d. Freelance
e. Cyberdog

6. And what does a dogcow say?
a. Marf
b. Mooarf
c. Moof
d. Moowoof
e. Oom oom

7. Elk Cloner, Festering Hate, Burp, and Blackout are all:
a. Apple II Viruses
b. Macintosh Viruses
c. Nicknames of people who work for 1-800-SOS-APPLE
d. Nicknames of some of the people who programmed AOL software for Mac
e. Nicknames of some of Apple's former CEOs

8. Rob Janoff, designer of Apple's logo, was once quoted as saying he added the bite (or "byte") to the Apple logo because:
a. It keeps the it from being too symmetrical
b. It helps the colors to stand out more
c. It draws attention away from the leaf and towards the apple
d. He wanted to imply that Apple computers gave you more 'bytes for your buck'
e. It keeps it from looking like a cherry tomato

9. Apple's own (but short-lived) Internet/BBS service was called:
a. Uptime
b. Apple Blossoms
c. eWorld
d. AppleNet
e. Warp Six

10. Who played the Steve Jobs in The Pirates of Silicon Valley?
a. Noah Wyle
b. Anthony Michael Hall
c. Joey Slotnick
d. Bob Sagat
e. Jim Carey

11. The following two sentences were written in the introduction of the owner's manual to one of Apple's systems.

The Apple [snip] is a complete microprocessor system, consisting of a
Mos Technology 6502 microprocessor and support hardware, integral video
display electronics, dynamic memory and refresh hardware, and fully
regulated power supplies. It contains resident system monitor
software, enabling the user, via the keyboard and display, to write,
examine, debug, and run programs efficiently; thus being an educational
tool for the learning of microprocessor programming, and aid in the
development of software.
For which computer was this written?
a. Apple I
b. Apple II
c. Apple II+
d. Apple III
e. LISA

12. The option key was once added to Apple's keyboard in place of the currently extinct:
a. Reset key
b. Open-Apple key
c. Closed-Apple key
d. Clear key
e. F16 key

13. Which of the following iMac colors came first?
a. Snow
b. Graphite
c. Blueberry
d. Bondi Blue
e. Blue Dalmatian

14. Which of the following Apple computers did NOT come standard with a mouse?
a. Apple LISA
b. Apple IIGS
c. 512k Macintosh
d. Macintosh LC II
e. Mac Book Pro

15. What is the name of the Apple's own mail application included with Mac OS X?
a. MacMail
b. xMail
c. AppMail
d. iMail
e. Mail

16. The original Apple Logo pictured:
a. An Apple
b. An Apple Tree
c. Sir Isaac Newton
d. An "Apple Computer" Banner
e. All of the Above

17. The first Macintosh Computer (not counting LISA) had how much RAM?
a. 64 kilobytes
b. 128 kilobytes
c. 256 kilobytes
d. 512 kilobytes
e. 768 kilobytes

18. Which of the following Apple II products was produced by the FTA?
a. Appleworks
b. FredWriter
c. Disk Munchers
d. Copy II Plus
e. Photonix

19. Steve Wozniak's Web page is at:
a. http://www.woz.net
b. http://www.woz.org
c. http://www.wozniak.net
d. http://www.wozniak.com
e. http://www.wozniak.edu

20. What is an Apple Newton?
a. a small, hand-held computer
b. a video game system
c. an Internet server
d. an MP3 player
e. a special computer to celebrate Apple's 20th anniversary

21. Which color was NOT in the multi-colored Apple logo?
a. Turquoise
b. Purple
c. Orange
d. Green
e. They all were!




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Final Notes

I'd like to extend a big salute to PC Magazine for mentioning this page in their magazine (Sept/01).

Many of the information sources from which the questions are based can be found on my Apple Links Page.

It is the ever-increasing number of responses to this quiz that has been leading to my maintaining and improving on this page regularly. Many, many thanks to all who have responded with answers, ideas, suggestions, and Apple stories!






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