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Web addresses all end with a story. How many of the dots can you connect? @hoppy scored 698 in Domains & the Internet on Outlier Trivia. Can you beat it?

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1Technology › Tech HistoryEasyThe Y2K bug worried the world because old software stored years how?Right1.4s+100
2Technology › InternetEasyBitcoin was launched in 2009 by a creator using which pseudonym?Right0.9s+100
3Technology › InternetExpertWhich company operates both the A and J root servers?Wrong1.4s0
4Technology › Tech HistoryVery hardWhich of these was NOT one of the original top-level domains created in 1985?Right1.1s+100
5Technology › Tech PioneersMediumWikipedia was launched in 2001 by Jimmy Wales and whom?Wrong1.6s0
6Technology › AcronymsMediumWhat does the name "Wi-Fi" officially stand for?Right0.5s+100
7Technology › InternetHardMany British universities use .ac.uk, but the .ac domain on its own belongs to which island?Right2.0s+100
8Technology › InternetHardWhat was ICANN's application fee for each new gTLD in its 2012 round?Right1.1s+100
9Technology › Tech PioneersHardWho wrote RFC 1, the first in the internet's Request for Comments series, in 1969?Wrong0.7s0
10Technology › InternetMediumIn 2010, programmer Laszlo Hanyecz spent 10,000 bitcoin on what?Right3.0s+98