1) Where was the abacus first used? a) Greece b) China c) Babylon d) UK 2) Why did Pascal invent the first calculator in 1645 a) to collect rent b) to help with his business c) to  d) to collect taxes 3) What did the “Stepped Reckoner” do that Pascal’s machine couldn’t? a) add up to 1 million b) multiply and divide c) divide d) multiply 4) What were the "punch cards" from musical boxes first used for? a) doing calculations b) keeping records c) making cloth d) adding up taxes 5) Who invented the "Difference Engine" and the "Analatyical Engine" a) Joseph Jaquard b) Ada Lovelace c) Charles Babbage d) Tommy Flowers 6) Which of these didn't Ada Lovelace do to help him? a) make models of the machines b) kept records c) added notes to his work d) wrote programmes 7) What numbers do computers use to process information? a) prime numbers b) 0s and 1s c) 5s and 10s d) dozens 8) What happened at Bletchley Park in World War 2? a) They tried to find ways to break the German codes b) They invented the first computer c) They trained spies d) They used the Difference Engine 9) What was "Colossus"? a) The name of a computer programmer b) A type of weaving machine c) A machine to break codes d) a huge computer 10) What was the first English computer language called? a) COBOL b) ADA c) APPLE d) ELECTRON 11) How was the first Apple different to many other computers at the time? a) It was very small b) It could do a lot more c) It was designed for home use d) It was very expensive 12) What was Google first called and why did they change its name? a) Googol; because it was the name of a big number b) BackRub; to have a name related to the infinite amount of information c) RubBack; to sound more mathematical d) BrinPage; to show they wouldn't stop searching for information

The History of Computers E3

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