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Question 1
Named for an AI in the video game Halo, what virtual assistant did Microsoft release in 2014 to rival Apple's Siri?
Jen Taylor, the voice actress who played Cortana in the Halo franchise, also provided the original voice for the Microsoft assistant.
Question 2
Added to a 1990 Microsoft OS to subtly teach users to drag and drop with a computer mouse, what classic digital game is this?
Intern Wes Cherry programmed this version of Solitaire, which Microsoft used as a disguised tutorial for its newly introduced computer mouse.
Question 3
Microsoft originally added the card game Solitaire to Windows to teach users what skill?
Before graphic interfaces, computers relied on typed commands. Dragging digital cards helped users practice holding and moving a mouse simultaneously.
Question 4
Microsoft Windows displays the infamous "Blue Screen of Death" to signal what event?
Often abbreviated as the BSOD, this full-system halt prevents the computer's memory and hardware from suffering permanent corruption.