The 10 quiz questions
Question 1 : In which garage was Apple founded in 1976?
Possible answers:
- Garage de Steve Jobs
- Garage de Jeff Bezos
- Mark Zuckerberg's garage
- Garage de Bill Gates
Explanation: Apple was founded in the garage of Steve Jobs' parents in Los Altos, California. Steve Wozniak assembled the first Apple I computers there.
Question 2 : Which company did Jeff Bezos found in 1994?
Possible answers:
- Amazon
- Walmart
- Alibaba
- eBay
Explanation: Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in his garage in Seattle in 1994. The company initially sold only books. The name evokes the Amazon River, the world's largest.
Question 3 : Where did Mark Zuckerberg create Facebook in 2004?
Possible answers:
- Harvard
- Stanford
- MIT
- Yale
Explanation: Facebook was born in Mark Zuckerberg's dorm room at Harvard. Initially reserved for Harvard students, it opened to the world in 2006.
Question 4 : Which company did Elon Musk co-found before joining Tesla?
Possible answers:
- SolarCity
- SpaceX
- PayPal
- Neuralink
Explanation: Elon Musk co-founded PayPal (then X.com) in 1999. The sale to eBay in 2002 earned him $165 million to fund SpaceX and Tesla.
Question 5 : What is the term for a startup valued at over one billion dollars?
Possible answers:
- Titan
- Licorne
- Phoenix
- Dragon
Explanation: The term "unicorn" was coined in 2013 by Aileen Lee. It refers to private startups worth over a billion dollars, which was rare at the time.
Question 6 : Who founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975?
Possible answers:
- Steve Ballmer
- Larry Ellison
- Steve Wozniak
- Paul Allen
Explanation: Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates. They met at Lakeside School in Seattle and shared a passion for computing.
Question 7 : Which French startup became the country's first unicorn in 2015?
Possible answers:
- OVH
- Doctolib
- BlaBlaCar
- Deezer
Explanation: BlaBlaCar, the carpooling service founded in 2006, became the first French unicorn with a valuation exceeding one billion euros.
Question 8 : Which accommodation rental platform was founded by Brian Chesky in 2008?
Possible answers:
- Booking.com
- HomeAway
- VRBO
- Airbnb
Explanation: Airbnb was born when the founders rented air mattresses ("air bed") in their San Francisco apartment to pay their rent.
Question 9 : Which music streaming service was founded in Sweden in 2006?
Possible answers:
- Spotify
- SoundCloud
- Deezer
- Tidal
Explanation: Spotify was founded in Stockholm in 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon, then launched in 2008. The service revolutionized the music industry with its freemium model.
Question 10 : Which ride-sharing service was founded in San Francisco in 2009?
Possible answers:
- Cabify
- Uber
- Lyft
- Bolt
Explanation: Uber was founded by Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp. The idea was born on a winter evening in Paris when they couldn't find a taxi.
