Gadget quiz
1. Sony put its robotic pet Aibo out to grass in 2006. What
type of animal was it?
Dog
Hamster
Goldfish
2. What did inventor Clive Sinclair come up with after the failure of the C5, a three-wheeled electric car.
Bagless vacuum cleaner
Fold-up bicycle
Wind-up radio
3. What was the first film released on the ill-fated
Laserdisc system?
Jaws
Brief Encounter
Jurassic Park
4. In 2006, who finally hung up on his Emailer, a home phone
that could also send emails?
Charles Dunstone, of Carphone Warehouse
Alan Sugar
Richard Branson
5. VHS beat the Betamax video format in the 1980s. Which of
the following does VHS not stand for?
Vision Household Sound
Vertical Helical Scan
Video Home System
6. Atari failed to make a splash with a video game console
named after which animal?
Jaguar
Skunk
Frog
7. In a high-profile failure, Microsoft dropped an on-screen
cartoon character who was supposed to make computers easier to
use. What was he called?
Pixel
Bob
Mr E-Z
8. Which gadget was unveiled in 2001 after months of hype
that included the claim that it would be "bigger than the
Internet"?
Segway human transporter
Digital radio
The first flat-screen plasma TV
9. The Squarial was launched in 1990 with the slogan "It's
smart to be square". What was it?
Cube-shaped television
Square satellite dish
Smartphone
10. Apple designed an unusually shaped mouse in the 1990s that
never really caught on. What did it look like?
Doughnut
Golf ball
Hockey puck
