Q 01/05

Which star's record for the most-liked Instagram post fell in January 2019 to a stock photo of an egg?

A) Kim Kardashian

B) Kylie Jenner

C) Selena Gomez

D) Taylor Swift

Answer · why

B) Kylie Jenner

Kylie Jenner's photo announcing baby Stormi had topped 18 million likes; weeks later the egg's creator, a London ad creative, used it in a Hulu mental...

Q 02/05

When Instagram launched in October 2010, which phone could run it?

A) BlackBerry

B) iPhone

C) Android phones

D) Windows Phone

Answer · why

B) iPhone

iPhone: the founders built Instagram around photos taken on the iPhone 4, which had come out only months before the launch.

Q 03/05

Kevin Systrom co-founded Instagram with which Brazilian software engineer?

A) Jan Koum

B) Eduardo Saverin

C) Evan Spiegel

D) Mike Krieger

Answer · why

D) Mike Krieger

Mike Krieger later teamed up with Systrom again on Artifact, an AI news app that Yahoo bought, and in 2024 became Anthropic's chief product officer.

Q 04/05

What was the name of the mobile check-in app that became Instagram?

A) Snapr

B) Pikr

C) Whiskr

D) Burbn

Answer · why

D) Burbn

Burbn let people check in, make plans and post photos, but it had too many features, so its founders cut everything except photos, comments and likes.

Q 05/05

Instagram's founders dropped their check-in app partly because it was too similar to which rival?

A) Gowalla

B) Loopt

C) Brightkite

D) Foursquare

Answer · why

D) Foursquare

Foursquare's venue database still powered Instagram's location tags for years, until Instagram began testing a replacement in 2014.