Q 01/05

Apple Computer was founded on April 1 of which year?

A) 1976

B) 1978

C) 1980

D) 1982

Answer · why

A) 1976

The partnership was signed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and a third partner who bailed out within two weeks; it was incorporated the following January...

Q 02/05

Which co-founder sold his stake in the newborn company back to Jobs and Wozniak for $800?

A) Ronald Wayne

B) Mike Markkula

C) Rod Holt

D) Daniel Kottke

Answer · why

A) Ronald Wayne

He filed his withdrawal twelve days after drafting the partnership papers, worried that as the only partner with real assets he was exposed to Apple's...

Q 03/05

What was the sale price of the Apple I when it went on sale in July 1976?

A) $333.33

B) $444.44

C) $555.55

D) $666.66

Answer · why

D) $666.66

The machine was sold as a bare circuit board; a local retailer's order for 50 fully assembled units is what got production started.

Q 04/05

Which retailer's order for 50 computers allowed the Apple I to go into production?

A) RadioShack

B) The Byte Shop

C) Computerland

D) Fry's Electronics

Answer · why

B) The Byte Shop

Paul Terrell placed the order after seeing the prototype demonstrated at the Homebrew Computer Club, and insisted on fully assembled boards rather tha...

Q 05/05

Which company, Steve Wozniak's pre-Apple employer, turned down his computer design five times?

A) Texas Instruments

B) Atari

C) Hewlett-Packard

D) Intel

Answer · why

C) Hewlett-Packard

He resigned from that job in 1977 to work at Apple full time, the same year the Apple II shipped.