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Quiz on Google

20 questions · June 19, 2026

Google began as a research project at Stanford University and has grown into one of the world's most influential technology companies, reshaping how we search for information and interact with the digital world. From its iconic homepage to its expanding ecosystem of products and services, Google's impact spans search, email, maps, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Whether you're curious about the company's origins, its pivotal innovations, or its role in modern technology, this quiz invites you to test what you know about the search giant that has become woven into our daily lives.

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Question 1

Easy

In what year was Google founded?

Source: Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in 1998, the year Windows 98 also launched.

Question 2

Easy

Google's main business comes mostly from which activity?

Source: Ads bring in roughly 80% of Google's revenue, even though search itself is free.

Question 3

Easy

Which web browser is made by Google?

Source: Chrome launched in 2008 and became the world's most-used browser within a few years.

Question 4

Easy

What is the name of Google's mobile operating system?

Source: Google bought Android in 2005 for about $50 million, one of tech's best-ever deals.

Question 5

Easy

What is Google's free email service called?

Source: Gmail launched on April 1, 2004, and many people first thought it was an April Fools' joke.

Question 6

Easy

Which video-sharing platform is owned by Google?

Source: Google bought YouTube in 2006 for $1.65 billion, a price critics then called insane.

Question 7

Easy

What is Google's map and navigation service called?

Source: Google also owns Waze, but Maps is its flagship navigation product launched in 2005.

Question 8

Easy

What is the parent company that owns Google today?

Source: Alphabet was created in 2015 so Google's many side bets could run as separate companies.

Question 9

Easy

Where is Google's headquarters located?

Source: The Googleplex sits in Mountain View, California, in Silicon Valley.

Question 10

Easy

What is Google's cloud-based document app called?

Source: Google Docs grew from Writely, a startup Google acquired in 2006.

Question 11

Medium

What was Google originally called when it was a research project?

Source: It was named BackRub because it analyzed the web's 'back links' to rank pages.

Question 12

Medium

The name 'Google' is a play on which mathematical term?

Source: A googol is 1 followed by 100 zeros; the misspelling 'Google' stuck after a typo.

Question 13

Medium

What is Google's voice assistant called?

Source: Google Assistant launched in 2016, succeeding the older 'Google Now' service.

Question 14

Medium

Which Google project develops self-driving cars?

Source: Waymo began inside Google in 2009 before becoming its own Alphabet company.

Question 15

Medium

What does the 'G' stand for in Google's '20% time' policy?

Source: Engineers could spend 20% of their time on side projects; Gmail was born this way.

Question 16

Medium

What is the name of Google's translation service?

Source: Google Translate now handles over 100 languages, some with no written dictionary.

Question 17

Medium

Which Google product lets you store files online?

Source: Google Drive launched in 2012, replacing the older Google Docs storage limits.

Question 18

Hard

What was Google's first company headquarters?

Source: Google started in a Menlo Park garage rented from Susan Wojcicki, later YouTube's CEO.

Question 19

Hard

Which programming language did Google create for systems work?

Source: Go, released in 2009, was designed at Google partly to speed up slow build times.

Question 20

Hard

What is the codename system Google uses for Android versions?

Source: From Cupcake to Pie, Android versions were named after sweets until numbering took over.

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