Q 01/05
A) Music CDs
B) Books
C) Computer software
D) Videotapes
Answer · why
Bezos picked books from a shortlist of five because of the huge number of titles in print and their low unit price.
Q 02/05
A) A to M
B) B to Z
C) A to Z
D) A to W
Answer · why
It signals that the store carries everything from A to Z, and the arrow doubles as a smile.
Q 03/05
A) Relentless
B) Cadabra
C) Bookstop
D) Everything Store
Answer · why
Bezos switched to Amazon within months, partly because a name starting with A would top alphabetical lists.
Q 04/05
A) 1994
B) 1996
C) 1998
D) 2000
Answer · why
Bezos had just left his vice-president job at D. E. Shaw to chase the internet's projected 2,300% annual growth.
Q 05/05
A) Jeff Wilke
B) Dave Clark
C) Andy Jassy
D) Werner Vogels
Answer · why
He had run Amazon Web Services from its inception and been its CEO since 2016.
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