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3. When did Bill Gates retire from day-to-day activities at Microsoft? May 1, 2007 Jan 27, 2008 April 1, 2008 June 27, 2008

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5. In both WarGames and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Matthew Broderick’s on-screen mother has the same profession. What is it? Teacher Secretary Engineer Real Estate Agent

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9. What is the most popular command in Microsoft Office? “Paste” in Microsoft Word “Copy” in Microsoft Excel “Delete” in Microsoft Outlook “Open” in Microsoft Word

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11. Which first-trilogy Star Wars actor initially refused to sign a three-picture deal? Carrie Fisher Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Alec Guinness That’s why Han Solo was frozen in carbonite – just in case he decided not to return.

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13. What does FORTRAN stand for? FORmula TRANslator FORmula TRANsfer FORtune TRANsistor FORmer TRANslator

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20. How many episodes of Monty Python’s Flying Circus were recorded? 25 32 40 45

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22. How many Windows Live ID authentications are made each day? over 10 million over 55 million over 1 billion over 1.5 billion

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28. Now 15 years old, how many Hotmail users are there? over 150 million over 300 million over 450 million over 500 million

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30. In what year was COBOL invented? 1959 1960 1961 1962

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34. What did Xerox establish in 1970? The Xerox 3600 Duplicator The industry’s first automatic document feeder The first-generation laser printer The Palo Alto Research Center The Palo Alto Research Center (known as Xerox PARC) to perform basic computing and electronic research.

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51. When did GPS first become available for commercial and civilian use? 1960 1967 1975 1984 GPS became available for commercial use in 1967, but it would be almost 40 years before it was commonly used. It wasn't available for personal use until a policy directive in 1996.

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53. Who invented the first computer mouse? Steve Jobs James Gosling Herbert Simon Douglas Engelbart

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59. What was the first movie to use extensive 3D computer-generated special effects? Alien The Last Starfighter Tron Star Wars Released July 9, 1982, Tron was the first movie with extensive use (15 min. fully computer generated) of 3D CGI.

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67. What did Dennis Ritchie do in 1972? Created hybrid circuits for IBM Invented the C programming language at Bell Labs Developed the Commodore PET Invented the hot-pluggable hard disk for Atari

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76. When was the first floppy disk introduced? 1969 1971 1973 1975 The 8” floppy was introduced in 1971 and could hold 1 MB – more than most early 5 ¼” and 3 ½” disks introduced later.

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82. When was the first home VCR introduced? 1974 1975 1976 1977 The Sony Betamax

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89. How many members are in the Xbox Live community? over 10 million over 15 million over 20 million over 25 million Larger than any city or satellite provider

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93. In what year did Visual C++ 3.0 ship? 1995 1997 1998 None of the above There was no Visual C++ 3.0 – Visual C++ 2.0 shipped with MFC 3.0

95. When was Bing, Microsoft’s Decision Engine, first unveiled? May 15, 2009 May 28, 2009 June 3, 2009 June 28, 2009 Steve Ballmer unveiled Bing on May 28, 2009 at the All Things Digital Conference. Bing went live on June 3, 2009

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97. On average, a new Xbox Live account is created every: 5 seconds 10 seconds 30 seconds minute

98. Presented by: John Weston IT Pro Evangelist Microsoft Corporation John.weston@microsoft.com http://blogs.technet.com/jweston http://www.twitter.com/technetguy

99. Sometimes heralded by Don Box as the first component technology, what does “TSR” stand for? Tactical Studies Rule Technology Software Restricted Terminate and Stay Resident Total Shareholder Return

100. Today’s Event Schedule 8:30AM – 9:00AM : The Future of Productivity…Today 9:00AM – 10:10AM : A Day in the Life in the Next Wave of Business Productivity 10:10AM – 10:30AM : Partner Presentation & Giveaway 10:45AM - 11:45AM : Planning for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 11:45AM – 12:45PM : Lunch and Partner Pavilion 12:45PM – 2:00PM : Deploying Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 2:10PM – 3:20PM : Configuring Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 3:30PM – 4:30PM : The Next Wave of Business Productivity: Success Stories 4:30PM : Done!

101. What first began in Pittsburgh, PA in 1920? Construction of the Link River Dam The National Football League Construction of Carnegie Mellon University Radio Broadcasting

102. Today’s Event Schedule 8:00AM – 9:00AM : A Day in the Life in the Next Wave of Business Productivity 9:00AM – 9:45AM : Planning for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Break 10:00AM – 10:45AM : Deploying Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Break 11:00AM – 11:45AM : Configuring Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 11:45AM : Raffle!

103. What does POST stand for? Positive-Overwrite Sendup-Task Power-On Self-Test Performance-Option Standard-Testing Pre-Optimized Setup-Test

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105. In what year did Microsoft open its first international office in Japan? 1977 1978 1980 1982

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110. When did Microsoft announce the end of Clippy? April 11, 2001 May 15, 2001 June 5, 2001 April 1, 2001

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112. In 1993, Microsoft pitched Windows as a potential GUI for what computer? Altair BASIC Commodore PET Atari ST Commodore 64

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114. By 1983, approximately how many computers were in use in the United States? more than 4 million more than 6 million more than 8 million more than 10 million

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118. Which Star Wars movie was filmed entirely in the studio? Revenge of the Sith The Phantom Menace Attack of the Clones Return of the Jedi

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120. What does the TIE in TIE fighter stand for? Triple Ignition Engine Twin Ion Engine Trans-Interplanetary Expansion Trained Interception Elite

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122. Which Microsoft exec dressed in drag and posed on a Harley to motivate employees? Ray Ozzie Rick Rashid Brian Valentine Eric Rudder

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124. “Chicago” was the codename for what? Windows 95 Internet Explorer Windows CE 1.0 Windows XP

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126. On September 29, 1983, Microsoft introduced what product? Xenix Windows 1.0 Word for MS-DOS 1.0 Excel 1.0

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128. How many Bing queries are made each month? over 75 million over 100 million over 2 billion over 2.5 billion

129. The Right Security Education Learning Paths for Security http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/learning Find security resources here: * Webcasts * Virtual Labs * Planning Guides * Tools Forplanning,preventing, detecting and responding to security threats and risks

130. What was Microsoft’s second language product? FORTRAN-80 COBOL BASIC ASCII

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136. When was the first Pentium CPU introduced? January 22, 1992 June 22, 1992 March 22, 1993 December 22, 1993

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145. How many 1.44mb 3.5” floppies did VB3 Pro come on? One Two Three Four None of the Above Four disks sealed in plastic, but only three were required to install Visual Basic.

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147. What movie included a touch interface inspired by MS Surface talks? Fight Club Minority Report I, Robot Mission: Impossible Steven Spielberg heard about early Surface prototypes.

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153. What city was home to Microsoft just before Bellevue? Atlanta Santa Fe Phoenix Albuquerque

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159. How many versions of DOS did Microsoft release? 10 19 17 15

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161. Who wears Microsoft badge #00001? Steve Ballmer Bill Gates Marc McDonald Paul Allen Marc McDonald was the company’s first employee

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168. Since the launch of the new Xbox Live Experience, how many times have members changed their avatars’ clothes? Nearly 50 million Nearly 100 million Nearly 150 million Nearly 250 million

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170. What was the original code name for Windows 3.1? Janus Jupiter Starlight Apollo

171. Visit the Windows Vista Compatibility Center now at www.windows.com/compatibility Know what works More than 5,500 devices and 3,500 software programs listed…

172. What was the first backwards-compatible Intel processor? The 80286 was a 16-bit processor introduced on February 1, 1982 and first used in the IBM PC/AT in 1984. The 8086 The 80386 The 8088 The 80286

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174. When did Commodore computers file for Bankruptcy? 1990 1992 1994 1995 April 29, 1994, despite having the best-selling computer of all time, Commodore closed its doors.

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181. What was the retail price for Windows 1.0? $89 $100 $129.99 $150

182. Microsoft Desktop Player Where can I find the best content about…? A one-stop search tool for technical resources and connections On your desktop! Where can I reach that evangelist…? Where can I get training on….?

183. What is the image name for the Windows Task Manager application? wtm.exe tkmanager.exe taskmgr.exe wtm.png

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185. On which date was War of the Worlds first broadcast, causing widespread panic? October 30, 1938 October 31, 1939 October 30, 1940 October 31, 1941