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Q.1
Linden Lab, the creator of Second Life, started off life as
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An NSA-funded virtual world aiming to spy on US citizens under direction of the 2001 Patriot Act.
A gaming company seeking to build a gun-focused shooter game.
A hardware company researching and developing haptic technology.
Q.2
The inspiration behind the name "Linden Lab" was
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The street on which its first offices were situated
Unter den Linden, meaning "under the Linden trees"
Philip Linden
Q.3
Early name candidates for what would become Second Life included
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The 3D Internet
Sayonara
LindenWorld
TerraViva
Philips's World
Q.4
True or False: The first avatars were made entirely of prims and were called "Primitars"
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True. And they were damned sexy!
False. How can that be?
Q.5
In an early presentation for investors at Linden Lab, Philip Rosedale and Cory Ondrejka created a scene in LindenWorld involving
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A slithering swarm of snake-like creatures named "Ators" attacking hapless birds in order to grow.
A Primitar building the Statue of Man in the Natoma Region.
A gunfight involving shooting and terraforming grenades.
A giant snowman surrounded by a small horde of snowman worshippers.
Q.6
On March 13, 2002, the first resident logged into Second Life, their name was
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Jo Yardley
Steller Sunshine
Gene Replacement
Hamlet Au
Philip Linden
Q.7
The first region in Second Life was called...
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Welcome Island
Zoe
Stillman
Da Boom
Q.8
True or False: The Linden Dollar was introduced in December 2003, over a year after Second Life launched its closed beta in 2002.
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True, we didn't always have money in Second Life.
False. A world without money? What made it go 'round?
Q.9
True or False: It once cost money to rez a prim
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False: It's always been free to rez prims.
True: A tax system was in place as early as 2003 requiring every Resident to pay a weekly fee depending on the number of prims they had rezzed inworld.
Q.10
True of False: Teleporting was introduced in 2003 and you had to pay to do so.
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False: The point-to-point teleporting we now enjoy has been available since the start of Second Life.
True: Not only that, but teleporting was restricted from one telehub to another
Q.11
User-created animations were first available in
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2002
2004
2007
2003
Q.12
True or False: in 2006, a resident figured out how to pay residents a negative amount of Linden dollars, resulting in taking money from their accounts.
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True! No way, really?
False! Impossible, Second Life would be ruined!
Q.13
Name the Second Life innovation NOT introduced in 2007:
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Audio streaming
Open-source viewer code enabling third-party viewers
Windlight
Voice
Q.14
The 1 millionth Second Life resident registered in...
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March 2007
January 2010
October 2006
March 2004
Q.15
True or False: Linden Lab once suffered a leak of real names, contact information, account passwords and encrypted payment information.
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False. Everyone would have quit Second Life right then and there if that were true.
True. It happened in 2006 and was ironically a boom for media attention, leading to more registrations!
Q.16
True or False: The Second Life Viewer 1 interface caused a public outcry in 2003 with many saying it would spell the end of Second Life forever.
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False. That viewer rocks!
True. Yep, they were at it even then...
Q.17
In 2005, Linden Lab offered "amnesty" for underaged Residents that were banned for being under 18, leading to the development of
The invention of Gachas
Teen Second Life
Pathfinding - a career guidance service offered by Linden Lab
Daniel Voyager
The proliferation of the thigh gap phenomenon
Q.18
Anshe Chung, Second Life's first self-made millionaire made her money from
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Selling XStreet to Linden Lab, which eventually would become the Second Life Marketplace
Virtual real estate
Hair
starting The Chamber
Sex beds
Q.19
There were once banks in Second Life. Unfortunately, they were unregulated and in August 2007, a major Second Life bank failed and took all its customers savings with it. The name of that bank was:
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Zero Linden
GOM
Ginko Financial
Second Life Savings & Loan
Q.20
In 2007, the FBI investigated Second Life which led to the banning of inworld gambling.
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Yes, and Linden Lab was to blame.
No. Linden Lab conformed to pre-existing legislation.
Q.21
Linden Lab once paid every resident L$300 a week to be in Second Life.
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False. It was L$50/week
True. And you got a Linden Home with it too.
Q.22
True or False: Philip Rosedale, founder of Second Life, stepped down as CEO of Linden Lab in 2008
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False.
True.
Q.23
The name of the "Adult" rated continent introduced in 2008 was...
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Tigre
Project Moonshine
Zindra
XXXStreet
Q.24
Name the Second Life innovation NOT introduced in 2009:
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Linden Premium Memberships
Linden Homes
The new avatar last name: "Resident" (errata - this was introduced in 2010 - do not select this option)
The Second Life Marketplace
Mesh
Q.25
True or False: The Second Life viewer 2.0 interface caused a public outcry in 2010 with many saying it would spell the end of Second Life forever.
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False. That viewer rocks!
True. Yep, they were at it even then...
Q.26
Name the Second Life innovation NOT introduced in 2011:
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Second Life Community Platform (blogs, forums, answers and knowledge base)
Project Shining (SSB, interest lists, object caching)
Second Life Social Web Profiles
The Basic Viewer for new users
Grid-wide Mesh
Q.27
Materials were introduced in...
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2013
2012
2015
2014
Q.28
Linden Lab's latest CEO, Ebbe Altberg, has NOT presided over the introduction of the following innovation into Second Life
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A Project Viewer that made it possible to use the first generation Oculus Rift
Experience Keys Testing
New Mesh Starter Avatars
Second Life Facebook Share
SL Go by OnLive
Q.29
in 2014, Ebbe Altberg announced that Linden Lab was developing a next generation virtual world named...
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We don't know yet
Higher Fidelity
V-World
Second Life 2.0
NextLife
Q.30
True or False: Open Grid Public Beta was a program sponsored by Linden Lab in 2008 to enable developers to make their own virtual worlds interoperate with Second Life.
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False.
True.
Q.31
For what 2008 accomplishment are Zero Linden and Zha Ewry best known?
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Creators of the first Linden Teddy Bear.
The gridnauts making the first successful teleport between Second Life and Open Sim
The geniuses behind the Greenies.
Interworld nudism.
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