This is the seventh of eight quizzes taken from the 8 pillars of geekdom (software, TV, literature, gaming, movies, science, hardware, Internet) found in The BBook of Geek. In the BBook, there are six facts listed for each of the 128 topics. Of those facts, only two are real. For the quiz, I've made it easier. You only have to tell if one fact is true or false. Answer carefully, your geekiness is at stake. First Computer - The first electronic computer in America was developed in Iowa.

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Robots - In the distant future our robot overlords will self-destruct after the irony of killing us because of our destructive tendencies causes a fatal exception.

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False

Swiss Army Knife - The Swiss Army's refusal to carry guns lead to the country adopting their neutrality in wars.

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False

Commodore 64 - Enthusiasts have developed hard drives, flash drives and Ethernet cards that work with the C64's aged hardware.

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False

IBM - IBM paid $400,000 (a large sum at the time) to have the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey be named HAL, which is IBM shifted by one letter.

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False

Charles Babbage - He was best friends with noted chemist Harold Butubaga.

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False

iPod - The first iPods released were 5 GB and had mechanical scroll wheels.

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False

Transistor - Transistors are more sensitive to an electromagnetic pulse caused by a nuclear explosion than vacuum tubes.

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False

Dremel - Dremel is the official rotary tool of Guantanamo Bay.

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False

Rube Goldberg Machine - In Japan such machines are called Pythagorean devices.

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False

Intel - Intel was going to be called Moore Noyce, but it sounded too much like 'more noise' so they decided on Intel.

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False

AMD - AMD was going to be called Just as Good as Intel but Cheaper, but was too long to put on the letterhead so they went with AMD.

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False

Steve Wozniak - Credits his love of electronics to the fact that the hairs on his beard can conduct electricity.

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False

Steve Jobs - Jobs's father's name is Abdulfattah Jandali.

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Moore's Law - Moore's Law is named after Bond actor Roger Moore, and refers to the fact that the bond movies were released with doubly ridiculous gadgets every 18 months.

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False

Overclocking - Overclocking refers to electrons traveling faster than the speed of light thus warping time inside the CPU making it perform faster.

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False



