Internet History Quiz
Try out this Internet History quiz to test your knowledge. Internet History trivia explores how a research network evolved into a global system that transformed communication, commerce, and culture.
15 questions
~3 min to finish
Easy to hard difficulty
430 pts max score
Question 1 · Easy · 10 pts
Who appeared in the first video uploaded to YouTube?
Question 2 · Medium · 20 pts
What is the title of the very first video uploaded to YouTube?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
Who led the UCLA team that sent the first ARPANET message?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
The first ARPANET message was received by whose lab at SRI?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
Which French networking pioneer designed the CYCLADES network?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
What packet-switching concept is specifically credited to Louis Pouzin in this fact set?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
Many early Requests for Comments were edited by which internet figure?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
At SRI, who helped manage early internet directories and naming records?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
Which computer scientist invented the spanning tree protocol used in network bridges?
Question 10 · Hard · 40 pts
The first transatlantic ARPANET connection in 1973 linked the U.S. to which institution?
Question 11 · Hard · 40 pts
What phrase was scribbled onto Tim Berners-Lee's 1989 web proposal?
Question 12 · Easy · 10 pts
What does ARPANET stand for?
Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts
Who is credited with sending the first network email?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
Which symbol became standard in email addresses thanks to Ray Tomlinson's usage?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
Who invented the World Wide Web?