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You Don’t Know Tech: The News Quiz

Windows holes, Google food, aging tunesmiths, cranky billionaires, Tony Soprano, and — yes — the ghost of MicroHoo dominate this week’s quiz. Are you ready to demonstrate your geek street cred? Give yourself 10 points for correct answers and bupkis for everything else. Ready? Then let’s rock and roll.

– Dan Tynan

1. Australian security researchers have determined that Windows Vista is more secure than XP — but more prone to attack than Windows 2000. How many unique Vista vulnerabilities did the researchers find?

a. 478
b. 586
c. 639
d. 1,021

2. “CD quality is very low resolution, maybe a step above MP3s. It was a crime to make that the standard for so many years. It was the Patriot Act of music.” Which aging rocker said it?

a. Neil Diamond
b. Neil Young
c. Neil Schon
d. Neil Sedaka

3. Thumb typists are all atwitter: Research in Motion has introduced a new BlackBerry flavor — err, smartphone. What’s the latest BB called?

a. BlackBerry Bravo
b. BlackBerry Bold
c. BlackBerry Bronco
d. BlackBerry B—-h

For the rest of this quiz (and the snarky answers) visit Infoworld.com’s quizmaster page.