Question 2 of 21

What year was the first e-mail sent?

... In 1971, researchers sent the first e-mail. The sending and receiving computers sat side by side in the same room.

Question 3 of 21

Many consider this site, which allowed users to create their own Web pages, to be the first social networking site.

... Launched in 1994, Geocities had more than 1 million members by 1997.

Question 4 of 21

This 1997 program allowed computer users to instantly chat with other users.

... AOL Instant Messenger introduced instant messaging to the masses, and helped AOL rise to early dominance in the computing field.

Question 5 of 21

What social networking site gained 3 million users in three months after its 2002 launch?

... Facebook dominates the social networking market, but social gaming site Friendster gained 3 million members after its 2002 launch and maintains 90 million members as of 2010.

Question 6 of 21

How long did it take developers to create the first version of MySpace?

... The first public version of MySpace was launched in 2003 after only 10 days of work by its developers. It was designed to compete with Friendster.

Question 7 of 21

In what year was social networking site Six Degrees launched?

... Six Degrees, launched in 1997, was one of the first sites that allowed users to create profiles and send friend requests to other members.

Question 8 of 21

What social networking site, launched in 2003, distinguished itself with customizable profiles and pages?

... After its 2003 introduction, MySpace quickly became the world's largest social networking site, hitting that mark by 2006.

Question 9 of 21

Which site is primarily designed to host user-uploaded pictures and photos?

... Flickr said it hosted more than 3.6 billion pictures as of 2009.

Question 10 of 21

Which social networking site is owned by Google?

... Though not as popular as Facebook or MySpace, Orkut claims 100 million members as of 2010, most of them in countries such as Brazil; the site never really caught on in the United States. In 2011, Google announced the launch of Google+ and early research showed it attracted young, male and educated adopters.

Question 11 of 21

What site edged out MySpace in July 2011 to become the second largest social networking site in the U.S.?

... LinkedIn serves as the social network for the business world, allowing users to share resume and job information; it's also the second largest social network. Facebook still reigns as the top site, with more than 160 million users.

Question 12 of 21

Facebook was launched at this U.S. university in 2004.

... Within the first month of its launch, more than half of the Harvard student body joined Facebook.

Question 13 of 21

What Disney-owned social network is designed just for kids?

... Club Penguin allows kids to interact online, but limits their ability to share personal information with strangers.

Question 14 of 21

Which social networking site is primarily designed to allow users to share videos?

... YouTube users watch more than 2 billion videos per day.

Question 15 of 21

What percentage of teens regularly use social networking sites in the U.S.?

... Nearly 75 percent of teens use social media, but only 40 percent of adults over age 30 participate on these sites.

Question 16 of 21

What year did Facebook expand membership to noncollege students?

... Facebook opened its doors to nonstudents in 2006, and just two years later, it became the largest social media site in the world.

Question 17 of 21

On January 22, 2010, the first tweet was sent from this location.

... NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer sent the first tweet from space in 2010.

Question 18 of 21

How many characters can Twitter users fit into a standard tweet?

... As of 2011, Twitter users send 6.5 million tweets of 140 characters or less every day.

Question 19 of 21

As of 2011, how many blogs are available online?

... About 11 percent of adults and 14 percent of teens -- or 168 million people -- maintain blogs.

Question 20 of 21

Which social networking site broke the news of 2009's "Miracle on the Hudson?"

... As ferries headed out to rescue passengers from the downed plane, a ferry rider sent a tweet that exposed the story to the public.

Question 21 of 21

What percentage of the world's population has access to the Internet?

... As of 2010, only 30 percent of the world's population, or slightly less than 2 billion people, had access to the Internet.

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