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Tech Companies & Founders Quiz

Tech Companies & Founders Quiz

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The technology industry is dominated by a handful of companies whose products and platforms are used by billions of people daily. Companies like Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, M...

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All 20 questions in this Tech Companies & Founders quiz
  1. Which tech founder was the driving force behind the creation of the 'Linux' kernel, which now powers the majority of the world's servers?

    • A. Richard Stallman
    • B. Linus Torvalds
    • C. Steve Wozniak
    • D. Ken Thompson
  2. Which semiconductor company is currently led by CEO Lisa Su, who is credited with saving the firm from near-bankruptcy and making it a major rival to Intel?

    • A. NVIDIA
    • B. AMD
    • C. Qualcomm
    • D. Broadcom
  3. Who is the billionaire founder of Oracle Corporation, known for his love of yacht racing and owning the Hawaiian island of Lanai?

    • A. Larry Page
    • B. Larry Ellison
    • C. Michael Dell
    • D. Mark Cuban
  4. In early 2024, which tech giant officially entered the 'spatial computing' market with the release of the Vision Pro headset?

    • A. Meta
    • B. Google
    • C. Microsoft
    • D. Apple
  5. Which search engine was the most popular before Google?

    • A. Altavista
    • B. Bing
    • C. DuckDuckGo
    • D. Yahoo
  6. In 2023, which company rebranded its famous 'HBO Max' streaming service to simply 'Max'?

    • A. Netflix
    • B. Disney
    • C. Warner Bros. Discovery
    • D. Amazon
  7. Which tech company is nicknamed 'Big Blue'?

    • A. Google
    • B. Apple
    • C. Microsoft
    • D. IBM
  8. Which company was founded by John Warnock and Charles Geschke in 1982 after they left Xerox PARC?

    • A. Adobe
    • B. Autodesk
    • C. Corel
    • D. Microsoft
  9. Which tech company is famous for its 'ThinkPad' laptops?

    • A. Lenovo
    • B. Dell
    • C. HP
    • D. Asus
  10. Which company owns Facebook?

    • A. Amazon
    • B. Meta
    • C. Apple
    • D. Google
  11. Which company, founded by Stewart Butterfield, was originally a byproduct of a failed online game called 'Glitch' before being sold to Salesforce for $27 billion?

    • A. Discord
    • B. Slack
    • C. Trello
    • D. Zoom
  12. Which 2024 merger saw a massive $69 billion deal completed between Microsoft and a major video game publisher after a long legal battle?

    • A. Ubisoft
    • B. Activision Blizzard
    • C. Electronic Arts (EA)
    • D. Take-Two Interactive
  13. Which French startup, founded in 2023 by former Meta and DeepMind researchers, is often called 'Euroepee's answer to OepeenAI'?

    • A. Anthropic
    • B. Mistral AI
    • C. Perplexity
    • D. Cohere
  14. Which year was 'YouTube' founded?

    • A. 2003
    • B. 2005
    • C. 2001
    • D. 2007
  15. Who co-founded Apple with Steve Jobs?

    • A. Jeff Bezos
    • B. Bill Gates
    • C. Mark Zuckerberg
    • D. Steve Wozniak
  16. Which company acquired GitHub in 2018?

    • A. Google
    • B. Amazon
    • C. IBM
    • D. Microsoft
  17. Who are the two brothers who founded the payment processing giant 'Striepee,' which is now one of the world's most valuable private startups?

    • A. The Winklevoss Brothers
    • B. Patrick and John Collison
    • C. The Wright Brothers
    • D. The Koch Brothers
  18. What is the name of the venture capital firm founded by Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, and others, often referred to as the 'PayPal Mafia'?

    • A. Sequoia Capital
    • B. Andreessen Horowitz
    • C. Founders Fund
    • D. Benchmark
  19. Who is the current CEO of Intel who returned to the company in 2021 to lead its 'IDM 2.0' manufacturing turnaround strategy?

    • A. Pat Gelsinger
    • B. Brian Krzanich
    • C. Bob Swan
    • D. Gordon Moore
  20. What is the name of Microsoft's cloud platform?

    • A. iCloud
    • B. Azure
    • C. Google Cloud
    • D. AWS