Friday, January 27, 2006

Multiple Choice #9 - Technology

Well, we are coming down to the wire here... This quiz is about Technology. As always, good luck and don't forget to e-mail me at gleezus@hotmail.com (if the pop-up doesn't work just type my e-mail address into whatever e-mail program you are using). The next quiz will be Miscellaneous and the answers to this one are due by next Friday (February 3rd). Also, I want you to e-mail me two or three suggestions of categories for the next set of quizzes (i.e. Tom Hanks, The Civil War, Nasa, Disney, The Beatles, etc.) which are going to be more specialized quizzes. I will use two from each person to make the next 10 quiz round. Please send these suggestions to me by the end of February. Thank you, and have fun!

1. Which of these is NOT a simple machine?

A. Wedge
B. Screw
C. Gear
D. Pulley

2. What is the number 10 in binary?

A. 0010
B. 0101
C. 1001
D. 1010

3. Blue is what number on the resistor color code?

A. 4
B. 1
C. 2
D. 6

4. What does 'HTML' stand for?

A. Hyper Terminal Markup Language
B. Hyper Terminal Meta Language
C. Hyper Text Markup Language
D. Hyper Text Meta Language

5. How many bits in a byte?

A. 2
B. 4
C. 8
D. 10

Bonus - What is the number 10 in hexadecimal (hex)?

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D

2 comments:

Gleezus said...

Okay, the results are in (I am working on the Misc. Quiz right now as well)...

Grandpa - 3 right plus bonus = 4
Laura - 4 right = 4
Jimmy - 2 right plus bonus = 3
Debbie - bonus right = 1
Glen - 0 stumped = zippola!

Okay, the totals are up now and here is the current scores and standings.

Grandpa - 35.5
Debbie - 28
Laura - 25
Jimmy - 21
Glen - 8.5
Diana - 4

Good Luck with the next quiz and don't forget to send me some suggestions for categories. Later!

Gleezus said...

Whoops... forgot to post the correct answers.

1. C - Gear
2. D - 1010
3. D - 6
4. C - Hyper Text Markup Language
5. C - 8
B. A - A