The resolution
- Question 1: Where did the search engine actually get its name from?
In mathematics, the number one followed by a hundred zeros is called a googol. The nine-year-old nephew of the mathematician Edward Kasner (1878–1955) gave his name to this unimaginably large number. Larry Page, the developer of Google, derived the name of his search engine from the word googol. The company name should reflect that the search engine covers a massive number of websites. The number “ten to the power of one googol” is called the googolplex. In reference to this, the headquarters of Google is called the Googleplex.
- Question 2: Everyone knows the Google logo. What color are the two letters “o”?
The Google logo consists of four colors: G = Blue; o = red; o = yellow; g = blue; l = green; e = red
- Question 3: What do you see when you enter the numbers 241543903 in Google search?
This search result phenomenon came about because of the New York artist David Horvitz. In 2009, in his blog, he asked readers to take a picture of themselves when they put their heads in the fridge or freezer. You should then upload this photo with the file name “241543903”.
- Question 4: How many people work for Google?
Google has over 60,000 employees in 50 different countries.
- Question 5: What are the names of the founders who are among the ten richest people in the world today?
Page and Brin are behind Google, Gates and Allen are behind Microsoft, Stone and Dorsey are behind Twitter, and Wales and Sanger are behind Wikipedia.
- Question 6: What was the most googled person worldwide in 2021?
After Alec Baldwin, the most wanted people were Kyle Rittenhouse, Christian Eriksen, Tiger Woods and Simone Biles.
- Question 7: Google Street View: Which sight was most visited virtually from May 2021 to April 2022?
Burj Khalifa was the top attraction on Google Street View, followed by the Eiffel Tower and the Taj Mahal.
- Question 8: What was the original name of Google?
If everything had gone as planned, we wouldn’t be “googling” today, but “backrubbing”. Because when the two Stanford students Sergey Brin and Larry Page started to develop a search engine for the Internet, they gave it the name “Backrub” (back massage). With this, the two wanted to point out, in a somewhat convoluted manner, that hits are more relevant if there are more links (“backlinks”) for them. In search of a more catchy name, legend has it that a roommate suggested the term “googol”.
- Question 9: Google was founded in a garage in 1998. The landlady of the garage is now the boss of …
Susan Wojcicki is now the managing director of the video subsidiary YouTube.
- Question 10: Explanation of terms: How does the Duden describe the verb “google”?
After some googling, it has become so established in our usage that this term has made it into our dictionary. The description for googling is: “Search the Internet with Google, research”.
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