Q 01/05

What was Snapchat originally called when it launched on iOS in July 2011?

A) Picaboo

B) Snapshot

C) Ghostly

D) Peekaboo

Answer · why

A) Picaboo

It was relaunched under its current name that September.

Q 02/05

At which university did the founders meet?

A) Harvard

B) Stanford

C) Princeton

D) Berkeley

Answer · why

B) Stanford

Evan Spiegel first proposed an ephemeral-messaging app as a product design class project there in April 2011.

Q 03/05

Which co-founder was pushed out months after launch and later settled for $157.5m?

A) Bobby Murphy

B) Evan Spiegel

C) Reggie Brown

D) Anthony Pompliano

Answer · why

C) Reggie Brown

According to depositions he brought the disappearing-pictures idea to Spiegel in the first place.

Q 04/05

Snapchat's ghost mascot 'Ghostface Chillah' is named after a member of which hip-hop group?

A) N.W.A

B) Public Enemy

C) A Tribe Called Quest

D) Wu-Tang Clan

Answer · why

D) Wu-Tang Clan

The mascot was designed by Reggie Brown and kept even as the team ignored branding.

Q 05/05

Which company was reported to have offered $3bn for Snapchat in November 2013?

A) Google

B) Facebook

C) Yahoo

D) Twitter

Answer · why

B) Facebook

Spiegel declined the cash offer; a $4 billion Google offer was reported the following day.