How much do you know about the Internet.

Go on - take the quiz; you know you want to. I don't keep any sort of note as to who takes it or what score you get - so don't worry if you do badly!

  1. How many years did it take for the Internet to attract 50 million users?
 
  2. What date is generally recognised as being the year the Internet started?
 
  3. What was the name given to the first browser, created by Marc Andreasen?
 
  4. How many top level domains (.com, .net, .org and so on) were there originally?
 
  5. What was the forerunner of the Internet called?
 
  6. An email message ending in "sa" is from a person in
 
  7. What has been described as "a world-wide distributed discussion system":
 
  8. The World Wide Web started as a project at
 
  9. The Internet's design is based on it being
 
10. Computers today are about how much more powerful than they were 50 years ago?
 
Well done! Or not so well done, according to how you did. 8-10 You're an Internet Guru 6-8 You're pretty clued up about the Internet 4-6 Well never mind - spend some more time on the net and you'll do better 2-4 You're quite new to the Internet arn't you! 0-1 This is your first time on the Internet?