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Milestones of Internet Culture

Internet History

A collection of factual questions covering the origins and foundational moments of the internet and digital culture.

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8 Questions Easy Ages 5+ Oct 5, 2026

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1 What was the first message ever sent over the ARPANET in 1969?

A HELLO
B LOGIN
C LO
D TEST

2 Who is widely credited with inventing the World Wide Web in 1989?

A Bill Gates
B Tim Berners-Lee
C Steve Jobs
D Mark Zuckerberg

3 What was the subject of the very first video uploaded to YouTube in 2005?

A A man at the zoo
B A cat playing piano
C A fireworks display
D A skateboard trick

4 Which company released the first commercially successful web browser, Mosaic, in 1993?

A Microsoft
B Netscape
C NCSA
D Google

5 What was the first item ever sold on eBay (then known as AuctionWeb) in 1995?

A A broken laser pointer
B A vintage comic book
C A signed baseball
D A computer mouse

6 Which popular social media platform launched in 2004 as 'TheFacebook'?

A Twitter
B Instagram
C MySpace
D Facebook

7 What is the name of the first web server, which was created at CERN?

A NeXT Computer
B Sun Microsystems
C IBM Mainframe
D Commodore 64

8 In 1971, Ray Tomlinson sent the first network email; what symbol did he choose to separate the user from the host?

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