History of Computers Quiz

Who is credited with writing the world's first computer program?

• Herman Hollerith

• Alan Turing

• Ada Lovelace

• Charles Babbage

Which Swedish inventor designed the world's first printing calculator?

• Charles Babbage

• Herman Hollerith

• Per Georg Scheutz

• Ada Lovelace

Who designed the punch-card system to help calculate the 1890 U.S. Census?

• John Vincent Atanasoff

• Charles Babbage

• Ada Lovelace

• Herman Hollerith

Which British scientist presented the principle of a universal machine known as the Turing machine?

• Alan Turing

• Ada Lovelace

• Charles Babbage

• Herman Hollerith

Who designed the first digital electronic computer in the U.S. called the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)?

• Herman Hollerith

• Ada Lovelace

• Charles Babbage

• John Vincent Atanasoff

Which company was founded by David Packard and Bill Hewlett in Palo Alto, California?

• Hewlett Packard

• Apple

• IBM

• Microsoft

Who invented the first computer mouse in 1963?

• Douglas Engelbart

• Steve Jobs

• Larry Page

• Bill Gates

Which company released the first commercially successful video game, Pong?

• Atari

• Nintendo

• Sega

• Sony

Who developed the first computer language known as COBOL?

• Tim Berners-Lee

• Sergey Brin

• John Backus

• Grace Hopper

Which company co-founders unveiled the Apple I, the first computer with a single-circuit board and ROM?

• Microsoft

• Apple

• IBM

• Hewlett Packard