Google quiz

More questions about Google

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1. 1 Easy

   Which homepage button takes users directly to the top search result?

   Answer: I'm Feeling Lucky

   Why: About one percent of searches used it, and an analyst estimated in 2007 that those skipped ads cost Google roughly 110 million dollars a year.

2. 2 Medium

   What is the name of the annual developer conference hosted by Google?

   Answer: I/O

   Why: The name plays on input and output, and on the phrase innovation in the open.

3. 3 Hard

   How much did Google’s founders first ask Excite for the company in 1999?

   Answer: $1 million

   Why: Excite’s chief executive said no, and said no again after an investor talked the asking price down for them.

4. 4 Easy

   Which video-sharing platform did Google buy for $1.65 billion in 2006?

   Answer: YouTube

   Why: The site was under two years old at the time, and the deal was paid in stock rather than cash.

5. 5 Medium

   Which mathematical term was misspelled to create the company name Google?

   Answer: Googol

   Why: The number whose name it misspells was christened by a mathematician’s nine-year-old nephew, asked to invent a word for something very large.

6. 6 Hard

   What yellow hardware server was the first physical product sold by Google?

   Answer: Search Appliance

   Why: The yellow box ran Google's software on hardware made by Dell, and Google announced its phase-out in early 2016.