Macintosh 1984 Quiz: Apple's Mouse, Icons and Super Bowl Ad

This Macintosh 1984 quiz boots up Apple's compact all-in-one computer that made the graphical interface famous. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on the Super Bowl ad, its January launch, the price, the mouse, icons by Susan Kare, MacPaint, the tiny screen, the 3.5-inch floppy and Xerox PARC's influence.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Launch
When did the first Macintosh go on sale?
Ad
During which event did the famous 1984 ad air?
Price
About how much did the original Macintosh cost?
Mouse
What input device came with the Macintosh?
GUI
What made the Mac's interface easy to use?
Icons
Who designed many of the Mac's icons and fonts?
Paint
Which drawing program came with the Mac?
Screen
What kind of screen did it have?
Disk
Which storage did the first Mac use?
Influence
Which lab's research inspired the Mac's interface?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: When did the first Macintosh go on sale?
Answer: January 1984
Steve Jobs introduced it on stage.
Q2: During which event did the famous 1984 ad air?
Answer: The Super Bowl
Ridley Scott directed it.
Q3: About how much did the original Macintosh cost?
Answer: 2,495 dollars
It was expensive for the time.
Q4: What input device came with the Macintosh?
Answer: A one-button mouse
Many people used a mouse for the first time.
Q5: What made the Mac's interface easy to use?
Answer: Windows, icons and menus
It was a graphical user interface.
Q6: Who designed many of the Mac's icons and fonts?
Answer: Susan Kare
She drew the Happy Mac.
Q7: Which drawing program came with the Mac?
Answer: MacPaint
MacWrite came too.
Q8: What kind of screen did it have?
Answer: A small black and white screen
It was about 9 inches.
Q9: Which storage did the first Mac use?
Answer: 3.5-inch floppy disks
They had hard plastic cases.
Q10: Which lab's research inspired the Mac's interface?
Answer: Xerox PARC
Jobs visited it in 1979.

Macintosh 1984 Quiz – Apple's Mouse, Icons and Super Bowl Ad

Apple introduced the Macintosh in January 1984, two days after its famous 1984 ad aired during the Super Bowl. Directed by Ridley Scott, the ad promised that 1984 would not be like the novel.

The Mac cost about 2,495 dollars and had a small black and white screen, a 3.5-inch floppy drive and a one-button mouse. Its graphical interface, inspired partly by Xerox PARC, used windows, icons and menus instead of typed commands.

Susan Kare designed many of its icons and fonts, including the Happy Mac. MacPaint and MacWrite showed what everyday people could do, and the Mac changed how computers looked and felt.

What This Quiz Teaches

Tech fans will enjoy these questions.

When it launched
How it was advertised
What came in the box
Who designed its look
What inspired it

Did You Know?

The team's signatures were molded inside the case.
The Mac said hello using speech software at its launch.
It had 128 kilobytes of memory.
Its handle on top made it easy to carry.
The trash can icon became a lasting symbol.