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In which city was Microsoft founded in 1975?
Answer: Albuquerque
Why: Albuquerque was home to MITS, the maker of the Altair 8800 computer Microsoft first wrote software for.
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Into how many companies did a judge order Microsoft split in 2000?
Answer: Two
Why: In June 2001 an appeals court threw out the break-up but upheld that Microsoft had broken antitrust law.
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What venture did Gates and Allen run before Microsoft?
Answer: Traf-O-Data
Why: Traf-O-Data processed road traffic counts by using an Intel 8008 microprocessor to read paper punch tapes.
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Which messaging app closed for good in May 2025?
Answer: Skype
Why: Microsoft had bought Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion, its biggest deal up to that point.
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Who composed the Windows 95 startup sound?
Answer: Brian Eno
Why: Eno made 84 tiny pieces of music for the job before one became the startup sound.
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Where did Microsoft sink a data center in 2018?
Answer: Orkney Islands
Why: Raised in 2020, its servers had failed at one-eighth the rate of comparable servers on land.
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