Microsoft Excel Trivia Questions and Answers 2

Question 1

In what year was Microsoft Excel first released for Windows?

Accepted Answer

1987

Answer

1985

Answer

1990

Answer

1983

Question 2

Which spreadsheet application was Excel primarily designed to compete against?

Accepted Answer

Lotus 1-2-3

Answer

VisiCalc

Answer

Quattro Pro

Answer

Google Sheets

Question 3

What hidden Easter egg game could be found in Excel 97?

Accepted Answer

A flight simulator

Answer

A pinball game

Answer

A maze game

Answer

A card game

Question 4

What is the name of the programming language built into Excel for creating macros?

Accepted Answer

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

Answer

JavaScript

Answer

Python

Answer

ExcelScript

Question 5

What was the original name Microsoft considered for Excel before its official release?

Accepted Answer

Odyssey

Answer

Matrix

Answer

Multiplan 2

Answer

TableCalc

Question 6

How many columns are in an Excel worksheet from Excel 2007 onward?

Accepted Answer

16,384

Answer

256

Answer

65,536

Answer

1,048,576