InfoWorld tech celebrity quiz

Match your tech-fame wits against our dirt-filled industry-insider quiz

By Dan Tynan , Gina Smith
May 26, 2008

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So you've already passed our Geek IQ Test and think you have the latest dirt on today's tech celebrity set? Well, it will also take some old-school lowdown on the folks who first brought fame and infamy to the tech industry to ace our quiz. Correct responses are worth 5 points. Ready? Then put your tech-gossip insight and industry-insider lore to the test.

1. Which tech celebrity has an asteroid named after him?

a. Bill Gates
b. Steve Jobs
c. Intel co-founder Gordon Moore
d. Linux inventor Linus Torvalds

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Dan Tynan is contributing editor at InfoWorld and author of the Tynan on Technology blog. Gina Smith is an author and a journalist specializing in tech and biotech.

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