[["What comedian was brought to the Microsoft campus to help introduce WINDOWS 95?","Yakov Smirnov","Jerry Seinfeld","Jay Leno*","Freddy 'Floppy' Disk","Bm0100","Bm0101","Bm0102"],["What was Bill Gates^ childhood nickname?","Nerdelus Nerdleby","The Notorious B.G.","Bilbo","Trey*","Bm0110","Bm0112","Bm0113"],["What is a Trojan Horse?","A PC floppy disk disguised as an Apple disk which crashes an Apple operating system upon insertion.","An otherwise harmless looking program that hides a virus.*","A code name for Microsoft^s on-line service.","An extra-large condom.","Bm0130","Bm0131","Bm0132"],["Bill Gates home is a futuristic, state of the art, technological marvel. Which architect was his greatest inspiration?","I.M. Pei who said, 'we must return to elemental forms.'","Michael Brady who said, 'Whoa, slow down kids.'","Le Corbusier who said, a house is a 'machine for living'.*","Theodore Kaczynski who said, 'If the industrial-technological system survives, it MAY eventually achieve a low level of physical and psychological suffering, but only after passing...'","Bm0140","Bm0141","Bm0142"],["What is the motto for Xerox^s Palo Alto Research Center?"," 'Duplication is the sincerest form of flattery.'"," 'The easiest way to predict the future is to invent it.'*","'Don^t pee in my pool, I don^t swim in your toilet.'","'Tomorrow^s future... today.'","Bm0150","Bm0151","Bm0152"],["A special surprise or game hidden within the code of a program by its creator is called...","A stocking stuffer"," The Afi Khomen"," A Salman Rushdie"," An Easter egg*","Bm0160","Bm0161","Bm0162"],["On March 13, 1986, the first share of Microsoft stock was sold. Which of the following is equivalent to the value of that single share?","A Whopper","A night in the Lincoln Bedroom","Smashing Pumpkins^ double CD 'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness'*","An AOL disk","Bm0170","Bm0171","Bm0172"],["What is the 'Chinese wall' at Microsoft?","The supposed division between Microsoft operating systems and application software.*","The 'glass ceiling' for Asian employees at Microsoft.","The home of the best Mu Shu in Redmond.","The office game where employees run around the cubicles and switch seats.","Bm0180","Bm0181","Bm0182"],["Which of the following is a legitimate Microsoft Word font?","Visalia Italic","Chlamydia Bold","Avant Garde*","Greco-Roman","Bm0190","Bm0191","Bm0192"],["According to an example in Bill^s book, THE ROAD AHEAD, what is the correct binary translation for the phrase, 'Socrates is a man'?","01010011 01101111 01100011 01110010 01100001 01110100 01100101 01110011 00100000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01100001 00100000 01101101 01100001 10010001","10101100 01101111 01100011 01110010 01100001 01110100 0110010101110011 00100000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01100001 00100000 01101101 01100001 01101110","01010011 01101111 01100011 01110010 01100001 01110100 01100101 01110011 00100000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01100001 00100000 01101101 01100001 01101110*","01010011 01100011 01110010 01101111 01100001 01110100 01100101 01110011 00100000 01101001 0111001101 100001 00100000 00100000 01101101 01100001 01101110","Bm0200","Bm0201","Bm0202"],["What is the first program Bill Gates wrote?","DOS","Cootie Virus Protection","Tic-Tac-Toe*","Global Thermonuclear War","Bm0210","Bm0211","Bm0212"],["What unique feature does Bill^s 'smart house' NOT have?","Bathtub that can be filled remotely from car","Heated floors and driveway","4500 lb. granite shower curtain","Throw rugs that digitally change patterns*","Bm0220","Bm0221","Bm0222"],["Complete this sentence. Bill Gates is to Paul Allen as _______.","John Lennon is to Paul McCartney*","Winston Churchill is to Margaret Thatcher","Notorious B.I.G. is to Tupac Shakur","Homer Simpson is to Ned Flanders","Bm0230","Bm0231","Bm0232"],["The teenage Bill Gates impressed girlfriends by reciting from which of the following books?","Where the Wild Things Are","On The Road","Catcher in the Rye*","The IBM 360 Assembly Language Manual","Bm0240","Bm0241","Bm0242"],["The official song for WINDOWS 95 was 'Start Me Up'. What other song was in the running?","Help! by the BEATLES","It^s The End Of The World As We Know It by R.E.M.*","Money For Nothing by Dire Straits","Baby Got Back by Sir Mix A Lot","Bm0250","Bm0251","Bm0252"],["What was the code name for WINDOWS 95 when it was in development?"," Cairo"," Apple Sauce"," Project Sssshhhh"," Chicago*","Bm0260","Bm0261","Bm0262"],["What is a 'worm'?"," Nickname for a Microsoft attorney."," A self-replicating and destructive piece of code that travels across a network.*"," A Microsoft delegate sent to court a software company for acquisition."," A line dance created by MS programmers.","Bm0270","Bm0271","Bm0272"],["Which of the following is one of Bill Gates^ favorite sayings?","That^s the stupidest @#$%! thing I^ve ever heard!*","Our mission is simple: a computer chip in every brain.","I^m a naughty, naughty bunny.","I^m not sure, that sounds kinda pricey.","Bm0280","Bm0281","Bm0282"],["If you are in 'graybar land', where are you?","The cocktail lounge at the Microsoft Retirement Home.","In the middle of reading an actual book.","The most boring part of Disney World.","In front of your computer, staring at the progress bar.*","Bm0290","Bm0291","Bm0292"],["In 1961, the first computer game was introduced to the world. What was it called?","Spell Something: The Game","Space Wars*","Cursor Attack","Pong","Bm0300","Bm0301","Bm0302"],["What is MOORE^S LAW?","If anything can go wrong, it will.","Processor speed and power will double every eighteen months.*","A computer may not be restricted to one exclusive operating system.","No matter how hard you try, you will never be the coolest Bond.","Bm0310","Bm0311","Bm0312"],["Programmers at Microsoft are notorious for blowing off steam in what way?","Making home-made bombs.*","Spontaneously holding cage fights in the MS Thunderdome.","Shooting out campus road signs.","Giving each other Micro-tatts.","Bm0320","Bm0321","Bm0322"],["To say Bill Gates is a wealthy billionaire is about as redundant as it gets. Which of the following computer terms is NOT redundant?","PIN number","RAM memory","WEB browser*","DOS operating system","Bm0330","Bm0331","Bm0332"],["Which of the following is a book about Bill Gates?"," BAD AS I WANT TO BE"," HYPER DRIVE"," HARD DRIVE*"," HEIDI","Bm0340","Bm0341","Bm0342"],["Bill Gates invites you to a dinner party at his 'smart house'. His idea of a fun party game is to have everybody speak in a binary language. Which of the following might they be speaking?","Yiddish","Cobol*","Aramaic","Ubby-Dubby","Bm0350","Bm0351","Bm0352"],["What significant event took place on January 20, 1993?","Kevin Costner was nominated for an Academy Award.","Microsoft overtook IBM in total market value. *","Finally, a woman agreed to take Bill Gates^ hand in marriage.","Bill upgrades from sponge baths to showers.","Bm0360","Bm0361","Bm0362"],["What is the name of Paul Allen^s 154 foot yacht?","The 154 Footer","Charade*","Pauly^s Shore","Micro Surfer","Bm0370","Bm0371","Bm0372"],["According to British mathematician Alan Turing, computers can only be considered truly intelligent when they..."," Graduate from Oxford with honors."," Can successfully impersonate a human in text form.*"," Score above 140 on a standard IQ test."," Move out on their own and get a job.","Bm0380","Bm0381","Bm0382"],["In 'geek speak,' what is 'POTS'?","Short for potentiometer","The organization of People Opposed to Technology and Science","An acronym for Plain Old Telephone Service*","I don^t know, I^m just holding it for a friend","Bm0390","Bm0391","Bm0392"],["Ridley Scott^s Macintosh ad hearkened to what famous novel?","L. Ron Hubbard^s DIANETICS","George Orwell^s 1984 *","Sue Grafton^s H IS FOR HACKER","Aldous Huxley^s BRAVE NEW WORLD","Bm0400","Bm0401","Bm0402"],["The first personal computer, the ALTAIR 8800, got its name from what TV show?","Star Trek*","Space: 1999","Battlestar Galactica","F Troop","Bm0410","Bm0411","Bm0412"],["In 1986 Bill Gates and Paul Allen made a generous contribution to the Lakeside School for the construction of a new science and math center. What is the name of that building?","The Allen Gates Hall*","The Gates Allen Hall","Micro Hall","Dorkopolis","Bm0420","Bm0421","Bm0422"],["What device did the silicon chip replace?","The Electric Capacitor","The Vacuum Tube*","The Pocket Fisherman","The Musket","Bm0430","Bm0431","Bm0432"],["Bill knows when to hold them, and he sure knows when to fold them, but what was his favorite type of poker game back in college?","Five Card Stud, moustaches wild","Strip Poker with a round-the-clock bitch","Omaha, blind Petey style, with a kill","Seven Card Stud with a high/low split*","Bm0440","Bm0441","Bm0442"],["What is 'TED'?","Bill^s partner for an 'excellent adventure'","A boozy Kennedy","An acronym for TRANSITIONAL ELECTRONIC DEFAULT","A four day think tank*","Bm0450","Bm0451","Bm0452"],["Douglas Coupland sends up the Microsoft sub-culture in what book?","THE BRIDGES OF REDMOND COUNTY","MICROSERFS*","GENERATION X","LESS THAN GOOGOLPLEX","Bm0460","Bm0461","Bm0462"],["In early computer experimentation, what was the purpose of the 'ELIZA' program?","To simulate a psychologist.*","To co-star with Joel Grey in CABARET.","To teach a computer to learn on its own.","To simulate female companionship for lonely men.","Bm0470","Bm0471","Bm0472"],["In the micro world of TRON, how did programs view their users?","As Gods*","As slave drivers","Through kaleidoscopes","As Peeping Toms through their bedroom windows","Bm0480","Bm0481","Bm0482"],["Which group is responsible for giving Bill his first opportunity to work with a computer?","The Lakeside Mother^s Club*","Devo","Xerox P.A.R.C. ","N.A.M.B.L.A.","Bm0490","Bm0491","Bm0492"],["What is 'vaporware'?","software applications designed specifically for hydroponic facilities","Nickname for any software built in and around the misty Seattle area. ","A product that doesn^t exist yet that the company is already marketing.*","Bill^s pungent wardrobe","Bm0500","Bm0501","Bm0502"],["Where did the profits from Bill Gates^ book, THE ROAD AHEAD, go?"," Into a fund for teachers who incorporate computers into classrooms*"," Toward Bill^s insatiable shoe fetish"," To a foundation for Hodgkin^s Disease research"," Underneath the Smart mattress","Bm0510","Bm0511","Bm0512"],["In 1945, the first computer glitch was called a 'bug'. What was the 'bug'?","A blown vacuum tube","A bad flux capacitor","An internal system error","A moth*","Bm0520","Bm0521","Bm0522"],["From which ailment do people who work long hours at computer stations often suffer?","carpal tunnel syndrome","vitamin D deficiency","a sore ass","all of the above*","Bm0530","Bm0531","Bm0532"],["Which company is responsible for writing DOS?","Microsoft","IBM","Seattle Computer Products*","Haagen-DÜs","Bm0540","Bm0541","Bm0542"],["What is a 'big endian'?","The large statue of an Apache in front of a tobacco store","A state-of-the-art home computer system","A format for multi-byte integers*","A huge booty","Bm0550","Bm0551","Bm0552"],["Fill in the blank. The one person in the world richer than Bill Gates is ______.","Michael Jordan","The Sultan of Brunei","Don King","No one*","Bm0560","Bm0561","Bm0562"],["The Internet evolved from a governmental network called ARPANET. What department is responsible for its creation?","National Endowment for the Arts","Department of Transportation","Defense Department*","Macy^s Housewares","Bm0570","Bm0571","Bm0572"],["What does HTTP stand for?","Home Terminal Transfer Port","Hypertext Transfer Protocol*","High Transmission Telecom Pathway","Hungry Time Toilet Paper","Bm0580","Bm0581","Bm0582"],["A 'killer app' is a software application that is so popular that it becomes an indispensable and dynamic force in the market place. What was considered the first 'killer app' for the personal computer?"," Word Perfect"," PYST"," VisiCalc*"," MS-Turbation","Bm0590","Bm0591","Bm0594"],["What group of grown men does Paul Allen essentially own?","Cirque du Soleil","Harlem Globetrotters","Portland Trailblazers*","Australia^s Tap Dogs","Bm0600","Bm0601","Bm0602"]]
