CapMac Genius Challenge - October, 2002

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To play just select your choices then compare them with the answer key at the bottom of the page.
Sorry, no interactive scoring yet. We know you'll be honest.


_____1. Which of the following was NOT a color of iMac sold by Apple Computer:

a. Sage
b. Blue Dalmation
c. Burnt Orange
d. Snow

_____2. Apple's speech recognition software which first appeared on the Quadra 840AV and 660AV was code named:

a. Victoria
b. Casper
c. Rosetta
d. Lisa

_____3. When asked in October of 1997 what he would do if he woke up in the body of Steve Jobs, who said "I'd shut Apple down and give the money back to the shareholders"?

a. Bill Gates
b. John Sculley
c. Michael Dell
d. the Gateway Cow

_____4. The Apple CEO who brought Steve Jobs back to Apple by acquiring NeXT was:

a. Dr. Gil Amelio
b. John Sculley
c. Mike Markkula
d. Steve Wozniak

_____5. Which of the following Apple computers was the earliest to offer an integrated LCD display?

a. Apple IIc
b. Macintosh Portable
c. Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh
d. Flat-Panel iMac

_____6. Apple's first "consumer" line of computers sold through retail stores like Sears featured computers named:

a. Plus
b. Quadra
c. Performa
d. Happy Mac

_____7. "Moof" is the sound made by:

a. the first generation Power Macs if they crashed on startup
b. Steve Jobs when he was ousted from Apple by John Sculley
c. the mythical Clarus the Dogcow
d. An Apple Color Laserwriter when it runs out of fuser oil.

_____8. What was the name of the third party MP3 player Apple acquired and transformed into iTunes?

a. WinAMP
b. MacAMP
c. Napster
d. SoundJam

_____9. The "1984" television commercial was directed by what famous movie director?

a. Ridley Scott
b. George Lucas
c. Ron Howard
d. Woody Allen

_____10. Which of the following was the only black Macintosh desktop computer officially sold by Apple in the US:

a. the Mac Classic
b. the Centris/Quadra 610
c. the Color Classic
d. the Mac TV

EXTRA CREDIT

_____ 11. This computer was sold to educational institutions as the "Macintosh ED." What was it called when it was sold elsewhere?

a. The Macintosh LC
b. iMac
c. Mac Plus
d. Performa 550

_____ 12. What were Berkeley Blue and Oaf Tobark?

a. codenames for the original Macintosh and its revolutionary mouse
b. characters in a roleplaying video game designed by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs
c. the names the two Steves used when selling illegal "blue boxes" to make free phone calls
d. the designers of the original Apple logo.

the end - thanks for playing!

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Our October Genius Challenge was held at the CapMac October General Meeting on the 10th of this month. Our contest was won by Jim Quinn who missed a perfect score of 12 by just one.

Jim received a silver Apple logo lunchbox from the Apple Company Store. Second place (wth just two misses) went to Mason Hale, Giles Bateman, and Ken Uecker, who were awarded a silver Apple logo pen, ruby Apple logo pen, and silver metal Apple logo travel coffee mug, respectively.

All received fancy certificates recognizing their strong showing in the Genius Challenge. Our "Perfect Score" certificates were stored in hopes of being awarded at next month's General Meeting.



KEY
1. c
2. b
3. c
4. a
5. a
6. c
7. c
8. d
9. a
10. d - Mac TV

EXTRA CREDIT

1. c - Mac Plus:
2. c - Owen Linzmayer, Apple Confidential, Chapter 1

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