Q 01/05

Which company did Steve Wozniak co-found in 1976?

A) Microsoft

B) Hewlett-Packard

C) Apple

D) Atari

Answer · why

C) Apple

It was originally called Apple Computer and he started it with Steve Jobs.

Q 02/05

In which California city was Wozniak born in 1950?

A) Cupertino

B) Los Gatos

C) San Jose

D) San Francisco

Answer · why

C) San Jose

His father was an engineer for the Lockheed Corporation.

Q 03/05

From which Cupertino school did Wozniak graduate in 1968?

A) Monta Vista

B) Lynbrook

C) Fremont

D) Homestead

Answer · why

D) Homestead

Steve Jobs later attended the same school, and Bill Fernandez introduced the two.

Q 04/05

What nickname did Wozniak earn in the phone-phreaking community?

A) Berkeley Blue

B) Captain Crunch

C) The Wizard

D) Oak Toebark

Answer · why

A) Berkeley Blue

It came from his blue box design in the early 1970s.

Q 05/05

Why was Wozniak expelled from the University of Colorado Boulder?

A) Cheating on a final exam

B) Running a gambling ring

C) Setting off fireworks

D) Hacking its computer system

Answer · why

D) Hacking its computer system

He later funded a Woz Lab there and received an honorary doctorate from the university in 1989.

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