Steve Jobs quiz

More questions about Steve Jobs

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1. 1 Easy

   Who collaborated with Steve Jobs to build and sell Blue Boxes?

   Answer: Steve Wozniak

   Why: Wozniak built the tone generator, Jobs sold the boxes for about 150 dollars each, and the pair once phoned the Vatican posing as Henry Kissinger.

2. 2 Medium

   How did Steve Jobs first acquire the company that became Pixar?

   Answer: He bought it from George Lucas

   Why: On February 3, 1986 he paid five million dollars to Lucas for the technology rights and put another five million into the new company.

3. 3 Hard

   Who is the famous novelist and biological sister of Steve Jobs?

   Answer: Mona Simpson

   Why: Simpsons writer Richard Appel, her husband at the time, named Homer's mother Mona after her in 1995.

4. 4 Easy

   How did Steve Jobs change the music industry in 2003?

   Answer: By launching the iTunes Store

   Why: The store opened on April 28, 2003 with songs at 99 cents, Mac only at first, and passed one million downloads in its first week.

5. 5 Medium

   What was Steve Jobs's official annual salary after returning to Apple in 1997?

   Answer: $1

   Why: Apple's board thanked him in 2000 with a Gulfstream V jet and ten million stock options, saying he had taken no compensation until then.

6. 6 Hard

   Which computer did Steve Jobs name after the daughter he initially disowned?

   Answer: Apple Lisa

   Why: Apple said Lisa stood for Local Integrated Software Architecture, an acronym its own engineers admitted was invented to fit the name.