Q 01/05

With whom did Jobs co-found Apple Computer Company in 1976?

A) Jony Ive

B) Paul Allen

C) Steve Wozniak

D) Bill Gates

Answer · why

C) Steve Wozniak

Steve Wozniak designed the Apple I and offered it to his employer five times, only to be turned down, so he and Jobs started a business to sell it.

Q 02/05

Which Apple ad campaign, launched after Jobs returned in 1997, saluted 'the crazy ones'?

A) Think Different

B) Get a Mac

C) Switch

D) Shot on iPhone

Answer · why

A) Think Different

Think Different's TV ad was narrated by Richard Dreyfuss, though Jobs recorded his own version, which Apple played at its memorial for him in 2011.

Q 03/05

What company did Jobs found in 1985 immediately after leaving Apple?

A) Be Inc.

B) NeXT

C) General Magic

D) Silicon Graphics

Answer · why

B) NeXT

Apple bought NeXT for over $400 million in 1997, bringing Jobs back.

Q 04/05

In which city was Jobs born in February 1955?

A) San Francisco

B) Los Angeles

C) Palo Alto

D) Cupertino

Answer · why

A) San Francisco

San Francisco is where his birth mother, an unmarried University of Wisconsin student, travelled to give birth and arrange a closed adoption.

Q 05/05

Abdulfattah Jandali, who fathered Jobs, was born to wealthy parents in which country?

A) Iran

B) Syria

C) Lebanon

D) Egypt

Answer · why

B) Syria

Syria was Jandali's homeland; he met Jobs's mother at the University of Wisconsin, but her father opposed the relationship because Jandali was Muslim.