Scavenger Hunt

Computers have changed dramatically over the years.  Do you know when the very first computer was manufactured?  Click on the links below to find the answers to this and other questions.

Instructions:  Follow the links below and record your answers on paper or type up.  Submit your answers to the teacher.

 1.      What did Charles Babbage invent?  What title was he given?

Link:   www.inventorsmuseum.com/CharlesBabbage.htm

 

2.  Who was Lady Lovelace?  What is she best known as?

Link:  http://www.aimsedu.org/Math_History/Samples/ADA/Ada.html

 

3.  What did Herman Hollerith invent?  What did it do?

Link:  www.maxmon.com/1890ad.htm

 

4.  What is the ENIAC?  What year was it built?

Link:  www.library.upenn.edu/special/gallery/mauchly/jwmintro.html

 

5.  When was the transistor developed?  Where was it developed?

Link:  www.pbs.org/nerds/timeline/index.html

 

6.  What is another name for UNIVAC?  When was it developed?

Link:  http://inventors.about.com/library/blcoindex.htm

 

7.  When was the first video game released and what was its name?  Who manufactured it?

Link:  www.geekcomix.com/vgh/first/atpongarc.shtml

 

8.  When was Microsoft founded and by whom?

Link:  http://www.microsoft.com/museum/default.mspx

 

9.  Who started Apple Computers?  When was the first Apple computer released?

Link:  www.inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa121598.htm

 

10.  What is CERN and why is it important?  Where is it located?

Link:  www.hitmill.com/internet/web_history.html