What was the first registered domain name?
Answer
symbolics.com
16373 Hard Trivia Questions
16373 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What was the first commercially successful Wi-Fi standard?
Answer
802.11b
What was the name of the first web server software?
Answer
CERN httpd
What does MIME stand for in email?
Answer
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
What was the name of the first significant computer worm on the internet?
Answer
Morris worm
Which group won the Grammy for Best Metal Performance in 1992?
Answer
Metallica
Which artist won the most Grammys in a single night?
Answer
Michael Jackson
Who wrote the epic poem 'The Faerie Queene'?
Answer
Edmund Spenser
What is the name of the protagonist in 'The Sun Also Rises'?
Answer
Jake Barnes
In 'Moby-Dick', what is the name of the ship's first mate?
Answer
Starbuck
Who wrote the novel 'Gravity's Rainbow'?
Answer
Thomas Pynchon
Who wrote the poem 'The Waste Land'?
Answer
T.S. Eliot
Which novel by Gabriel García Márquez begins with the line 'Many years later...'?
Answer
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Which alternative rock band's 1984 album "Let It Be" is a classic of the genre?
Answer
The Replacements
Which alternative rock band's 1985 album "Psychocandy" is a landmark of noise pop?
Answer
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Which alternative band's 1999 album 'The Soft Bulletin' received critical acclaim?
Answer
The Flaming Lips
Which alternative band was originally named "On a Friday"?
Answer
Radiohead
Which alternative band's 1998 album is based on the diary of Anne Frank?
Answer
Neutral Milk Hotel
Which NHL player scored the fastest hat trick in league history (21 seconds)?
Answer
Bill Mosienko
Which team won the Stanley Cup in the lockout-shortened 1994-95 season?
Answer
New Jersey Devils
Who was the first woman to play in an NHL preseason game?
Answer
Manon Rheaume
Which player has the most career penalty minutes in NHL history?
Answer
Tiger Williams
What is the driest non-polar desert?
Answer
Atacama Desert
What is the largest island in a lake in the world?
Answer
Manitoulin Island
What is the world's largest power station by capacity?
Answer
Three Gorges Dam
What is the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history?
Answer
Mount Tambora
Which country has the highest number of languages spoken?
Answer
Papua New Guinea
What is the most remote point on Earth from any land?
Answer
Point Nemo
What is the longest canal in the world?
Answer
Grand Canal
Which city has the largest administrative area in the world?
Answer
Chongqing
What is the highest navigable lake in the world?
Answer
Lake Titicaca
What was the largest empire by land area in history?
Answer
British Empire
What is the deepest man-made hole on Earth?
Answer
Kola Superdeep Borehole
What is the most remote inhabited island group?
Answer
Tristan da Cunha
Which country has a non-rectangular national flag?
Answer
Nepal
Which country has the most official languages?
Answer
Bolivia
Which country is the world's largest producer of coffee?
Answer
Brazil
What is the most spoken language in the world by native speakers?
Answer
Mandarin Chinese