Question 1: What’s the name of this eye-catching building at the CERN particle physics research center?
- Exploratorium
- Center for Innovators and Dreamers
- The Globe of Science and Innovation
Correct Answer: The Globe of Science and Innovation
Fact: The ball-shaped building in Geneva, made up of five different types of timber, was built for Switzerland's 2002 national exhibition and gifted to CERN in 2014 for its 50th anniversary.
Question 2: Who invented the World Wide Web?
- Bill Gates
- Tim Berners-Lee
- Grace Hopper
Correct Answer: Tim Berners-Lee
Fact: The British computer scientist invented the World Wide Web in 1989 while working at CERN. Berners-Lee also created the uniform resource locator (URL), the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), and hypertext markup language (HTML).
Question 3: What is the main memory in a computer called?
- HDD
- PTO
- RAM
Correct Answer: RAM
Fact: RAM—shortened from random-access memory—is a hardware component of the computer that stores content that is available instantly thanks to the central processing unit, the CPU.