Q 01/05

What kind of product did Amazon sell when its website launched in 1995?

A) Music CDs

B) Books

C) Computer software

D) Videotapes

Answer · why

B) Books

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

The curved arrow in Amazon's logo links which two letters?

A) A to M

B) B to Z

C) A to Z

D) A to W

Answer · why

C) A to Z

It signals that the store carries everything from A to Z, and the arrow doubles as a smile.

Q 03/05

Under what name was Amazon originally incorporated in July 1994?

A) Relentless

B) Cadabra

C) Bookstop

D) Everything Store

Answer · why

B) Cadabra

Bezos switched to Amazon within months, partly because a name starting with A would top alphabetical lists.

Q 04/05

In which year was Amazon founded?

A) 1994

B) 1996

C) 1998

D) 2000

Answer · why

A) 1994

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

Who replaced Jeff Bezos as Amazon's CEO in July 2021?

A) Jeff Wilke

B) Dave Clark

C) Andy Jassy

D) Werner Vogels

Answer · why

C) Andy Jassy

He had run Amazon Web Services from its inception and been its CEO since 2016.

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