Web Browsers History Quiz

What was the name of the world's first web browser?

December 25^th, 1990 – At CERN, a Swiss research center, a British physicist and internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee created the world's first web browser, called WorldWideWeb.

• Mosaic
• ViolaWWW
• Netscape
• WorldWideWeb

What was the name of the popular browser created by Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina in 1993?

April 22^nd, 1993 – Students Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina from the University of Illinois programmed one of the first web browsers with a graphical interface Mosaic (full name NCSA Mosaic).

• Google Chrome
• Opera
• Mosaic
• Internet Explorer

In which year was the first version of Netscape Navigator released?

October 13^th, 1994 – The Mosaic Communications Corporation launched, under the name Mosaic Netscape 0.9, the first one in a series of browsers, called Netscape Navigator in the subsequent versions.

• 1991
• 1994
• 2002
• 2004

Which browser can you see in this picture?

April 10^th, 1995 – The Norwegian company Opera Software first introduced to the public a new MultiTorg Opera 1.0 web browser that used MDI (Multiple Document Interface) technology.

• MultiTorg Opera 1.0
• Mosaic 1.0
• Netscape Navigator 4.0
• ViolaWWW

In which year did Microsoft release Internet Explorer 1.0?

August 16^th, 1995 – Microsoft released, as a part of its bonus package, the Windows 95 Plus! Jumpstart Kit (later also known as the Internet Connection Wizard), which included Internet Explorer 1.0.

• 1990
• 1995
• 1998
• 2001

Which browser was the first to support the <marquee> HTML tag?

• MultiTorg Opera 1.0
• Netscape Navigator 2.0
• Google Chrome 1.0
• Internet Explorer 2.0

Which browser was the first to support JavaScript and animated GIFs?

September 18^th, 1995 – The Netscape Communications Corporation launched Netscape Navigator 2.0. This browser supported JavaScript, animated GIFs, the HTML tag <frame> and proprietary tags <blink>.

• Opera 5.0
• Netscape Navigator 2.0
• Internet Explorer 6.0
• Microsoft Edge

Which browser was first associated with the term DHTML?

October, 1997 – The term Dynamic HTML (DHTML) was first introduced in connection with the release of browser Internet Explorer 4.0.

• Netscape 1.0
• MultiTorg Opera 1.0
• Internet Explorer 2.0
• Internet Explorer 4.0

Which browser first used Favicon?

March, 1999 – Favicon (a combination of the words favorite and icon) first appeared in Internet Explorer 5.0. The term favicon refers to a webpage icon that appeared in older browsers in the address bar next to the URL or in favorites.

• Mozilla 1.0
• Internet Explorer 5.0
• Microsoft Edge
• Google Chrome 2.0

In which year did Microsoft release Internet Explorer 6.0?

August 27^th, 2001 – Less than two months before the official release of the Windows XP operating system, Microsoft released Internet Explorer 6.0. IE 6 was integrated into Windows XP.

• 1995
• 2001
• 2006
• 2007