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• History Of Video Games

Which 1981 arcade game was the first video game to feature a continuing story across multiple levels?

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Donkey Kong

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• History Of Video Games

What was Sega’s 16-bit console called in Japan before it was renamed Genesis in North America?

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Mega Drive

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• History Of Video Games

What was the first commercially available handheld electronic game, released by Mattel in 1976?

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Auto Race

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• History Of Video Games

What was the first commercially released arcade video game, created by Nutting Associates in 1971?

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Computer Space

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• Silicon Valley Tech Culture

What was the original name of Google’s search engine, developed by Stanford students in 1996?

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BackRub

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• Silicon Valley Tech Culture

On Twitter, what phrase did Jack Dorsey post as the platform’s first tweet in 2006?

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just setting up my twttr

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• Silicon Valley Tech Culture

Which company became the first major Internet company to complete an initial public offering, in August 1995?

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Netscape

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• Silicon Valley Tech Culture

What was the original name of the first Apple computer, demonstrated by Steve Wozniak in 1976?

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Apple I

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• Silicon Valley Tech Culture

Which company created JavaScript in 1995 for the Netscape Navigator web browser?

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Netscape

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• Silicon Valley Tech Culture

In what year did the Homebrew Computer Club hold its first meeting in Menlo Park, California?

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1975

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• Silicon Valley Tech Culture

Which company launched the first mass-market electronic book reader, the Rocket eBook, in 1998?

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NuvoMedia

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• Silicon Valley Tech Culture

Who coined the term “Silicon Valley” in a 1971 series of articles for Electronic News?

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Don Hoefler

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