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Fun: Everyone should have a bit of fun now and again.

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Our Quiz Master delights in asking tricky questions, test your skills on our previous contests published in the Nautalex News. We have provided the answers, so you don't have to wrack your brains too long.

Christmas 2003

In 1996, what was the most common use of computers on the job?

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Spring 2003

This feature allows a laptop user to replace one external drive with another without having to shut down and reboot.
a) jam sync
b) cross fade
c) mean-swap-before-failure
d) heatsink
e) hot swap

Answer

Winter 2003

"Alive without breath,
As cold as death,
Never thirsty,
Ever drinking
All dressed in mail never kinking...",
What am I?

Answer

Winter 2002

How many top level domain names were there originally and what are they?

Answer

Spring 2001

Send us your technology-related stories. They can be of any nature: a crazy dilemma, an amazing creation, or a downright hilarious predicament.

Answer

Summer 2001

Shauna likes 225 but not 224; she likes 900 but not 800; she likes 144 but not 145. Which does she like: 1600 or 1700?

Answer

Summer 2000

A math puzzle: Arrange the 9 digits (1 through 9) in a 3-by-3 square so that they add up the same vertically, horizontally and through both diagonals, in each case working through the middle digit.

Answer

Fall 2000

A _______ provides dedicated bandwith?

a) hub

b) router

c) modem

d) switch

Answer

Winter 2000

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Join all the dots using only four straight lines and without lifting your pencil from the page.

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