How many of these history of the internet trivia questions do you know the answer to? Test your friend and family, too.
15 The History of the Internet Trivia Questions
- Q: What was the precursor to the internet called?
- Q: In what year was ARPANET established?
- Q: Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web?
- Q: What does “HTTP” stand for?
- Q: What year was the first email sent?
- Q: What was the first widely used web browser?
- Q: When was the first domain name registered?
- Q: What does “IP” in IP address stand for?
- Q: Which company launched the first search engine, “Archie”?
- Q: What year was Wi-Fi technology introduced?
- Q: What was the first social media platform?
- Q: Which company introduced the concept of “cloud computing”?
- Q: What was the first video uploaded to YouTube?
- Q: When did Google become a company?
- Q: What does “URL” stand for?
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15 The History of the Internet Trivia Questions and Answers
- Q: What was the precursor to the internet called? A: ARPANET.
- Q: In what year was ARPANET established? A: 1969.
- Q: Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web? A: Tim Berners-Lee.
- Q: What does “HTTP” stand for? A: HyperText Transfer Protocol.
- Q: What year was the first email sent? A: 1971.
- Q: What was the first widely used web browser? A: Mosaic.
- Q: When was the first domain name registered? A: 1985.
- Q: What does “IP” in IP address stand for? A: Internet Protocol.
- Q: Which company launched the first search engine, “Archie”? A: McGill University.
- Q: What year was Wi-Fi technology introduced? A: 1997.
- Q: What was the first social media platform? A: Six Degrees, launched in 1997.
- Q: Which company introduced the concept of “cloud computing”? A: Amazon, with AWS in 2006.
- Q: What was the first video uploaded to YouTube? A: “Me at the zoo.”
- Q: When did Google become a company? A: 1998.
- Q: What does “URL” stand for? A: Uniform Resource Locator.

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