Question 1

True or false: The Internet and the World Wide Web are the exact same thing.

Accepted Answer

False. The Internet is the global network of computers; the Web is a service on it (like email or streaming).

Question 2

True or false: Using incognito mode hides your internet activity from your internet service provider.

Accepted Answer

False. Incognito only hides browsing from local device history; your ISP can still see all your traffic.

Question 3

True or false: According to the 2024 Imperva Bad Bot Report, bot traffic accounted for 49.6% of all internet traffic in 2023.

Accepted Answer

True. The Imperva 2024 report states that 49.6% of internet traffic in 2023 came from bots (good and bad), just under half. Earlier years had peaked above 50%.

Question 4

True or false: The first email was sent by Alan Turing in the 1940s.

Accepted Answer

False. The first email was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson; Turing died in 1954, decades before email existed.

Question 5

True or false: The first website ever created went live in 1991 and remains accessible online.

Accepted Answer

True. The first website, info.cern.ch, launched in 1991 and is preserved by CERN, remaining accessible online.

Question 6

True or false: The Internet was originally designed to withstand a nuclear attack.

Accepted Answer

False. While ARPANET had decentralized routing, the nuclear attack story is a popular myth; its real goal was reliable research communication.

Question 7

True or false: The '404 Not Found' error code was named after hotel room 404 at CERN.

Accepted Answer

False. The 404 code was simply the next available number in the HTTP specification's 400-series client error codes. The story linking it to a CERN room number is a widely circulated but false myth, debunked by the code's creators.

Question 8

True or false: The first webcam was invented to monitor a coffee pot at Cambridge University.

Accepted Answer

True. In 1991, researchers set up a camera to check the coffee level remotely, leading to the first webcam stream.

Internet Trivia Questions