The Invention of the World Wide Web — Questions and answers

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What year did Amir and Arjun find themselves in?

Choices

  1. 2023
  2. 1989 ✓
  3. 1999
  4. 2005

Answer: 1989

From page 3

How was the man who approached Amir and Arjun described?

Choices

  1. He had a long beard and a hat.
  2. He was wearing a suit and glasses.
  3. He had kind eyes and messy hair. ✓
  4. He was juggling papers.

Answer: He had kind eyes and messy hair.

From page 4

What was Amir doing while asking his question to Tim?

Choices

  1. Drawing a picture
  2. Eating a snack
  3. Scribbling furiously in his notebook ✓
  4. Reading a book

Answer: Scribbling furiously in his notebook

From page 5

What did CERN do by 1993 that helped the web grow?

Choices

  1. They sold all the web protocols.
  2. They made web protocols available royalty-free. ✓
  3. They kept the web system closed.
  4. They created a new type of smartphone.

Answer: They made web protocols available royalty-free.

From page 6

Why did Tim decide not to patent his invention?

Choices

  1. He didn't think it was important.
  2. He wanted to keep it a secret.
  3. He thought it was the best way to make it grow. ✓
  4. Hassan told him not to.

Answer: He thought it was the best way to make it grow.

From page 7

How did Amir and Tim stop the virus?

Choices

  1. They unplugged all the computers.
  2. They called an expert to help.
  3. They wrote a program based on Amir's idea to find and quarantine infected files. ✓
  4. They waited for the virus to disappear.

Answer: They wrote a program based on Amir's idea to find and quarantine infected files.

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