There’s an oldest file meme, first seen here, where you find the oldest files in your home directory and figure out where they came from. The page I linked to uses a Linux-specific search, but some other pages have a scripted way to do it that should work on DragonFly.
I also found a link to a Unix History quiz from the same location, with some answers. It’s a tough quiz.
I forwarded a copy of the ;login: with the answers to christian.
Just posted on the NYCBUG talk list at:
http://lists.nycbug.org/pipermail/talk/2009-January/011926.html
Thanks, George – this is far more than I expected anyone to know/find on this.