May 2008

ICT Competition

Win £30

Answer the following ten questions correctly

1. Who invented email?

2. In 1963, which device did Douglas Engelbart invent?

3. What "law" describes the fact that, on average, computers have doubled in capacity every 18 to 24 months since 1900?

4. Which feature film was the first to be entirely computer animated?

5. A person who buys a domain name and then keeps it for a long time, hoping to sell it for a profit is known as a ..

6. Who is known as ‘the father of the WWW’?

7. If you see ‘Error 404’ on a web page, what does it mean?

8. Which company developed the first hard disk drive?

9. Which country has the domain initial .za?

10. In computer terms, what is a ‘nibble’?

The entries with the highest number of correct answers will be put together. A winner will be randomly selected.

Closing date: Friday 30th May 2008

How to enter

Read the rules below - these are important.

When you are ready, send your answers to admin@teach-ict.com

Make sure you supply a valid email address - if you win, we need to know how to contact you to arrange your prize.

Competition rules

1. You must be aged between 11-18 yrs

2. If you are under the age of 16, you must obtain permission from your parent/guardian before entering.

3. You must be a U.K. resident and currently attend a school in the U.K.

4. You must provide a valid email address, name and school. This is to ensure that we can contact you should you win. We guarantee that we will not pass or sell your details to anyone else. If you do not provide an email address that we can contact you with, then you cannot win, even if you are picked!

5. Only one entry will be accepted per person. If you submit two entries, only the first one will count.

6. We do not accept responsibility for lost or late entries due to the Internet. Proof of sending is not proof of receipt.

7. The winner will be chosen by teach-ict. Teach-ict's decision is final.

8. Entrants will be deemed to have accepted these rules and to agree to be bound by them when entering this competition.