Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

False. The internet is a global network of computers; the Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the internet.

Question 2

True or false: The World Wide Web was invented by a British scientist while working at CERN.

Accepted Answer

True. Tim Berners-Lee proposed the Web in 1989 and built the first browser and server at CERN, Switzerland, in 1990.

Question 3

True or false: The 'www' prefix in web addresses is required for all websites to function.

Accepted Answer

False. 'www' is just a common subdomain; many websites work fine without it (e.g., google.com). It's not technically required.

Question 4

True or false: The first website is still online and accessible today.

Accepted Answer

True. The first website, info.cern.ch, went live in 1991 and is still hosted by CERN as a historical artifact.

Question 5

True or false: The World Wide Web was originally designed for military communication.

Accepted Answer

False. The Web was created for academic and research collaboration at CERN, not military use. The internet's precursor, ARPANET, was military-funded.

Question 6

True or false: The first web browser was called Mosaic.

Accepted Answer

False. The first web browser was WorldWideWeb (later renamed Nexus), created by Tim Berners-Lee in 1990. Mosaic came later in 1993.

Question 7

True or false: The World Wide Web's source code was released into the public domain, ensuring its free use.

Accepted Answer

True. In 1993, CERN released the Web's foundational code into the public domain, a key move for its rapid global adoption.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

True. In 1991, scientists set up a camera to check a coffee pot remotely via the web, arguably the first webcam.

World Wide Web Trivia Questions