October 2026 edition

Technology quiz

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Q14 / 50Easy15.0s
In which French city was the Airbus A380 assembled?
AParis
BToulouse
CLyon
DBordeaux
112 pts+10

How much technology do you really know? Put it to the test with Zip Blitz, the quick-fire trivia game - fifty free questions, covering everything from Concorde and the Game Boy to the first steam railway journey.

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Technology · October 2026 edition

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Q4 / 50Opener
What nickname was given to the Year 2000 computer problem?
ACentury worm
BMillennium bug
CCalendar virus
DZero-day flaw

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Five rounds, climbing10 questions each
1OpenerConcorde, TikTok and the printing press
2EasyGame Boys, airships and the Spitfire
3TrickyRoll film, M-Pesa and Britain's railways
4HardENIAC, Lego bricks and the Sinclair C5
5BrutalLighthouses, naval mines and Amelia Earhart
Technology titlesout of 500
Changed the world50 / 50
Household name350+
Bestseller275+
On the market200+
Prototype100+
Bright idea1+
Blown fuse0

44 of 50 right · six short of Changed the world

You vs Sam BTechnology · Tricky
412 pts
78%
You
389 pts
72%
Sam
What does the "DC" in the DC-3 stand for?
Douglas Cruiser
Douglas Commercial✓GBKB
Douglas Cargo
Douglas Carrier

Speed scores

No time to read the manual.

Twenty seconds a question, and the faster you answer, the more you score. Quick - what was the Year 2000 computer problem called?

The ramp

Plug and play, then rocket science.

Five rounds of ten. Each gadget gets trickier.

Titles

Aim to change the world.

When you finish, your score earns a title: Blown fuse if you score nothing, Changed the world if you get every question right.

Answer Sheet

See who really knows their tech.

Review every question and compare answers with friends. Who knew what the DC in DC-3 stands for?