Actually, Jim Rapoza got one wrong too.

8:What is Flex? - A Rich Internet Application technology developed by Macromedia (now Adobe) that utilizes Flash to run outside of browsers.

Flex generated Flash runs only inside the browser. It's Adobe AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime), which utilizes Flex generated Flash to run outside of browsers.
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air

Actually I'm running a Flex application that I built a while ago (pre Apollo/Air) when I was reviewing Flex 2 that is running outside of a browser.
Air is more of a true desktop application technology as it uses its own runtime and can run applications offline. Flex uses Flash instead of its own runtime.

SWF files can run outside of a browser, which is the end product after FLEX is compiled into a swf file.

But is a slideshow really Web2.0.Maybe next time the quiz could be built on an SOA utilizing RIA technology to develop the portal that will allow online collaboration. jk

Enjoyed the quiz, and oped.

I know Web 2.0 means different things to different people and therefore to give a precise definition is difficult but this 'quiz' is a perfect example of how some people just don't get it. What does 'trackback', cost of MySpace, definition of RSS, the founder of Wikipedia, etc. have to do with Web 2.0? Perhaps it is Jim Rapoza who is, "pretending" to know.

You might want to read Tim O'Reilly's article on What is Web 2.0 (at http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html)
He focused very heavily on blogs (of which trackback is a key feature), social networking, RSS, and Wikipedia (as an example of Web 2.0 site).
All of these are cores of Web 2.0. It is interesting that in recent months it seems that many people have focused strictly on rich interfaces as being Web 2.0 and forget all the blog, wiki, social stuff that is even more core to Web 2.0.
Though I'll give you that Amanda Congdon is a bit of stretch.

Only a trade-rag, geek freek would could come up with a mostly useless 'required' knowledge test like that!

Well, what bigger "Web 2.0 IQ" does it give you to know that these blokes paid $580m for MySpace? I don't feel like I know more about Web 2.0 after learning that useless info.

And Flex is actually the lex tool from GNU to generate tokenizers. It's been around since 1987 (its C version), thanks to Vern Paxson.
I hate these $$$ companies that steal names and acronyms. Specially when they trademark the name as Adobe did. &*#$%!

I agree with Adrian, from a "Web 2.0 wizard" I was expecting a cool quiz...

I have to agree with Brian. When compared to real people building real web based applications being used by people performing real world everyday jobs, this type of Web 2.0 hype is of no help to those of us living in the real world. Well, I conceed it is probably good for the popup web advertisers...

There is only one important question, what will this do for my business (ie why would I care). The rest is just a waste of time for those who think it's about "the technology".

Within the AJAX community, there is a growing belief that the X represents the XMLHttpRequest object, rather than XML in general (though this is of course open to debate).

A few perhaps more pertinent Web 2.0 questions?

1) What is Atom?
2) What is APP?
3) What is JSON?
4) Prototype is part of what library?
5) Who first coined the term AJAX?
6) What does binding mean in a Web 2.0 context?
7) What is the XMLHttpRequest object, and who initially developed it?
8) What is Microsoft's AJAX technology called?
9) What is E4X?
10) What is a namespace?
11) What is canvas?
12) Name at least four XML-based AJAX frameworks?

Answers will be posted later if there are no takers.

Kurt's quiz would only be understood by a programmer or ultra tech engineer. For someone who just wants to test their general knowledge of Web 2.0, I thought the quiz was right on! I worked for a social networking company for three years and these terms were always battered about on a daily basis - real -live - everyday terms that reflected our business. I wasn't an engineer or a programmer, but I did have to have an understanding of those terms to be effective at my job. And question #4 is relevant if you are in sales and marketing, which I was.

Thanks Jim. That was fun. I know I'm two years late, but hey, I've been too busy working to seek out these kinds of things. Now that I have joined the thousands of layed-off workers, I can participate in life more.