World Wide Web quiz

More questions about World Wide Web

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1. 1 Easy

   Who owns the web?

   Answer: No one

   Why: The W3C, which Berners-Lee founded in 1994, writes the web's open standards, but it owns none of the web.

2. 2 Medium

   Which language describes how a web page looks?

   Answer: CSS

   Why: CSS means Cascading Style Sheets: when several rules target one element, the cascade decides which one wins.

3. 3 Hard

   What did the University of Minnesota's 1993 license fees stall?

   Answer: Gopher

   Why: Two months later, in April 1993, CERN made the web's software public domain, free for anyone to use.

4. 4 Easy

   Which color marks a visited link by default?

   Answer: Purple

   Why: Unvisited links default to blue, and any link turns red for the moment it is being clicked.

5. 5 Medium

   How long did the first JavaScript take to build?

   Answer: 10 days

   Why: Despite the name, JavaScript is a separate language from Java and differs greatly in design.

6. 6 Hard

   Which HTTP method puts form data into the web address?

   Answer: GET

   Why: POST keeps form data out of the address bar by sending it in the request body, but only HTTPS actually encrypts it.