The 10 quiz questions
Question 1 : In what year did Mark Zuckerberg launch Facebook from his Harvard dorm room?
Possible answers:
- 2004
- 2006
- 2008
- 2010
Explanation: Facebook was launched on February 4, 2004. Originally restricted to Harvard students, it quickly opened to other universities then to the general public in 2006.
Question 2 : What was the original name of the Instagram application before its launch?
Possible answers:
- Burbn
- Photogram
- Picaboo
- Filterly
Explanation: Instagram was originally called Burbn, a social app focused on location sharing. Kevin Systrom simplified the concept to focus solely on photos.
Question 3 : In 2014, for how much did Facebook acquire WhatsApp?
Possible answers:
- $1 billion
- $5 billion
- $19 billion
- $35 billion
Explanation: Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014 for approximately 19 billion dollars, one of the largest tech acquisitions at the time.
Question 4 : What feature did Snapchat popularize that was later copied by other social networks?
Possible answers:
- Voice messages
- AR filters
- Animated GIFs
- Stories
Explanation: Snapchat introduced Stories in 2013, a format later adopted by Instagram, Facebook, and many other platforms.
Question 5 : What was the first social network to reach 1 billion users?
Possible answers:
- MySpace
Explanation: Facebook reached one billion users in October 2012. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, it revolutionized online communication.
Question 6 : Which social network is considered the largest professional network in the world?
Possible answers:
- Viadeo
- Indeed
Explanation: LinkedIn, founded in 2003 and acquired by Microsoft in 2016, has over 900 million members. It is the undisputed leader of professional networks.
Question 7 : Which company owns TikTok?
Possible answers:
- Tencent
- ByteDance
- Huawei
- Alibaba
Explanation: TikTok is owned by ByteDance, founded in 2012 by Zhang Yiming. The app was called Musical.ly before being acquired and merged with TikTok in 2018.
Question 8 : Which billionaire bought Twitter in 2022 and renamed it X?
Possible answers:
- Jeff Bezos
- Bill Gates
- Elon Musk
- Mark Zuckerberg
Explanation: Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion in October 2022. He rebranded it X in July 2023, removing the famous blue bird.
Question 9 : How many characters were Twitter messages originally limited to?
Possible answers:
- 140
- 160
- 200
- 280
Explanation: Twitter was initially limited to 140 characters, corresponding to the SMS limit. This limit was increased to 280 characters in 2017.
Question 10 : What platform did Meta launch in 2023 to compete with Twitter?
Possible answers:
- Truth Social
- Bluesky
- Mastodon
- Threads
Explanation: Threads was launched by Meta in July 2023 as a text-based social platform, designed to compete directly with Twitter.
