General Questions
What is a computer?
Who invented the computer?
When was the first computer invented?
Why did Time name the computer the Machine of the Year in 1982 (in lieu of their annual Man of the Year?)
What women have make important contributions to history?
What do you think are the most important events or inventions computer history?
Which was (is) more influential in computer history: businesses or educational institutions?
What led to the creation of the World Wide Web?
The early computer inventors were mathematicians. Is that still true today?
Trivia Questions (helpful in getting students going to find specific information for their stamps)
What was the first full-length computer generated movie?
Who coined the term "personal computer?"
When did the current 3 1/2 inch floppy disk come into existence? How about the first hard drive?
When were computers first used to break enemy code in a war?
How and when did Bill Gates and Paul Allen get their start?
What is a punchcard, what was it used for, and what is significant about it's size?
What was the first computer used to predict a presidential election and was it's prediction correct?
What was the first IBM PC clone?
What computer casualties were there in the Vietnam War?
What was the first computerized video game? What was the first mass produced video game?
What computer was shaped in the letter C and why was that configuration important?
What programming language uses a turtle?
When was the first spreadsheet program invented?
How much did the Apple Macintosh computer cost? How much did an IBM cost at the time?
What is binary code?
When was the first e-mail sent?
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