Silicon Smarts, No Safety Net

Five sharp tech questions standing between you and nerd glory.

The Daily Desk24 Sep 2026 1 min 1
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Silicon Smarts, No Safety Net

Today’s gauntlet jumps from internet plumbing to pocket supercomputers, with a few iconic milestones in between. Some answers are instant flexes; others separate casual scrollers from the people who actually read the spec sheet.

The Five-Question Gauntlet

0/5 answered

Q1What does the 'HTTP' in HTTP:// stand for?

Q2Which company developed the first commercially successful smartphone line called the BlackBerry?

Q3In computing, what does 'GPU' stand for?

Q4Which 1997 IBM supercomputer defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov in a match?

Q5Which USB connector type is reversible, allowing it to be plugged in either way up?

Answer all five to reveal your score

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