Vapor was in the air this week as rumors swirled around two products that exist only as pixels, not molecules: the Google Phone and the Apple Tablet. In its war over 3G ads, AT&T fired back at Verizon (and missed); Twitter got dissed; and Activision dodged a Kalashnikov bullet with its wildly popular Modern Warfare 2. Can you hit the bull's-eye with this week's quiz? Give yourself 10 points for each correct answer. Now: ready, aim ... fire!
1. Google announced a number of cool new things this week. Which of the following was not among them?
a. Google-branded phoneb. Google Image Swirlc. Closed captioning for YouTube videosd. YouTube Direct service
2. A “computer glitch” grounded or delayed flights all over the United States briefly this week. In what airport did it originate?
a. Chicago's O'Hare
b. New York's La Guardia
c. Washington's Reagan
d. Atlanta's Hartsfield
3. News of the as-yet-mythical Apple Tablet arose yet again this week. Which of the following is not one of the rumors currently swirling?
a. It will come in two versions, one with an OLED screen
b. It will feature content from Conde Nast
c. It will ship in the second half of next year
d. It will be manufactured by Michael Arrington
4. Having failed to block Verizon's “There's a map for that” ads, AT&T fired back with ads of its own. Which of the following is not one of the claims AT&T's ads make?
a. You can talk and surf the Web at the same time
b. It offers most popular smartphones
c. You can access over 100,000 phone apps
d. Samsung's smartphones are really, really good
5. The New Oxford American Dictionary has named its word of the year for 2009, and once again it comes from the world of tech. What is it?
a. Tweet
b. Hashtag
c. Unfriend
d. App
6. The Webby Awards has named the Top 10 most influential moments of the decade. Which of the following is not on its list?
a. Wikipedia launches
b. Napster shuts down
c. Twitter debuts
d. Craigslist expands
7. Russia has apparently objected to some of the content inside Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Why?
a. Too sympathetic to Chechen rebels
b. Scene involving slaughter of Russian civilians
c. Failed to include Siege of Stalingrad
d. Vladimir Putin portrayed as gay
8. “I have never used Twitter. My thumbs are too clumsy to type in things on the phone.” Who admitted this heresy in public?
a. President Bill Clinton
b. President Barack Obama
c. President George W. Bush
d. The Real Ashton Kutcher
9. Anonymous blogger and book author “Belle de Jour” is anonymous no more. What is the real identity of the infamous courtesan?
a. Dr. Brooke Burke
b. Dr. Brooke Magnanti
c. Dr. Joyce Brothers
d. Dr. Carrie Prejean
10. Take the total number of hours fans of the Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii have wasted spent playing that game, per Nintendo. Add the five-day gross sales, in dollars, for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Divide by the number of employees AOL chief Tim Armstrong has asked to voluntarily resign to keep the beleaguered online service from losing even more cash. Dip that in a vat of red ink and stir. What do you get?
a. 260,000
b. 2,600,000
c. 26,000,000
d. 260,000,000
Answer key
Question 1: Google announced a number of cool new things this week. Which of the following was not among them?
Correct Answer: Google-branded phone
Google did not announce it would be commissioning its own G-branded handset, but that didn't stop TechCrunch's Michael Arrington from insisting they would, or everyone else from speculating on whether Arrington was full of it (again). It did announce groovy enhancements to how it displays related images (Image Swirl), automated captions for hearing-impaired YouTube fans, and a service that lets news outlets request video footage from citizen journalists. None of them were as sexy as a gPhone, though.
Question 2: A “computer glitch” grounded or delayed flights all over the United States briefly this week. In what airport did it originate?
Correct Answer: Atlanta's Hartsfield
Though delays were felt at all of those airports and several others, the
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