A number one followed by a hundred zeros is known by what name?
Correct answer: Googol
Lady HM
Player Jellybean, yes, it was a misspelling of googol that got the Google name (according to Google itself)
BioMass 9000
Remember that UK guy who won Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, then was accused of cheating? This was the winning question.
Seattleguy
Player Jellybean, Why not Google it and find out? :)
Cat Cha
Reminds me of Oprah, whose name was misspelled from biblical name Orpah from the book of Ruth.
Johnny
David, A googlplex was defined after a Google was. It's actually a 1 followed by 600 zeros.
Sal
BioMass 9000, Yes, he always seems to get called "the coughing major"... and it wasn't him that was doing the coughing!
David
Player #25874027, I seem to remember back in 7th grade that googolplex was 1 followed by 1,000 zeros.
Player #43833858
Player Jellybean, apparently they originally intended to call it Googol, but somebody misspelled it on the registration documents
Player #25874027
Tom,
I recall reading in the 1970s that a googolplex was a 1 followed by 600 zeroes
Tom
and how big is a googolplex?