Few of the many other things which share this popular computer technology’s name. Which technology?

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Good old-fashioned trivia: Who is he and what is his claim to fame?

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Answer

Brian Eno, creator of the (in)famous Windows 95 startup sound. Some missed out the second part, but i’m feeling generous :)

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1 started his company as a part of a website which he had set up for information on 2. Who is he, which company did he start?

He is a billionaire now, btw.

1. 2.

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This famous ad campaign featured many celebrities,

and created some others.

Which campaign? (and who is the “created” celebrity shown above?)

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Yes, Simple. Identify and Connect

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Identify and connect the computer (1) to the politician in (2)

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Answer

As part of a publicity stunt CBS used the UNIVAC (1) to predict the outcome of a US presidential election.

While the popular media and political pundits of the time were expecting his rival, Adlai Stevenson, to win the UNIVAC predicted a landslide in favour of Dwight Eisenhower(2), which is exactly what happened.

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Identify

This thing is quite famous and has made appearences in multiple famous titles.

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Who is he and what is he doing?

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Identify the magazine turned blog which these people co-author.

The third guy from the left famously appears like this elsewhere on the web (its him in the pic)

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Identify and connect to a historic document

Since this is a weekend, put full fundaes :)

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