Question 1

True or false: Brendan Eich also invented the CSS programming language.

Accepted Answer

False. CSS was created by Håkon Wium Lie at CERN in 1994, not by Eich. Eich's main contribution is JavaScript.

Question 2

True or false: Eich now works on a blockchain-based browser called Brave.

Accepted Answer

True. After leaving Mozilla, he co-founded Brave Software in 2015, developing the privacy-focused Brave browser and Basic Attention Token.

Question 3

True or false: Eich donated to a political campaign that led to his resignation as Mozilla CEO.

Accepted Answer

True. A 2008 donation to California's Proposition 8, opposing same-sex marriage, sparked controversy and forced his 2014 resignation.

Question 4

True or false: Brendan Eich was the lead developer of the V8 JavaScript engine.

Accepted Answer

False. V8 was created by Lars Bak and his team at Google. Eich worked on SpiderMonkey, Mozilla's JavaScript engine.

Question 5

True or false: Brendan Eich created JavaScript in just 10 days while at Netscape.

Accepted Answer

True. He developed the first prototype of JavaScript in May 1995 over 10 days, originally naming it Mocha.

Question 6

True or false: Eich co-founded Mozilla and served as its first CEO.

Accepted Answer

True. He co-founded the Mozilla Foundation in 2003 and later became Mozilla Corporation's first CEO in 2014.

Question 7

True or false: Brendan Eich earned a PhD in computer science from Stanford University.

Accepted Answer

False. He holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of Illinois, not a PhD, and never attended Stanford.

Question 8

True or false: Eich originally named JavaScript 'LiveScript' before it was renamed for marketing reasons.

Accepted Answer

False. It was first called Mocha, then LiveScript, and finally JavaScript. LiveScript was indeed a step, but the statement is false because it implies LiveScript was the original name.

Brendan Eich Trivia Questions