Q 01/05

In which city is Uber headquartered?

A) Seattle

B) New York

C) San Francisco

D) Los Angeles

Answer · why

C) San Francisco

San Francisco's oldest cab company, DeSoto, rebranded as Flywheel and sued Uber for predatory pricing in 2016, but a federal judge threw out most of t...

Q 02/05

What was Uber originally called when it was founded in 2009?

A) UberCab

B) UberTaxi

C) UberRide

D) Ubr

Answer · why

A) UberCab

UberCab dropped 'Cab' after city and state regulators ordered it to cease and desist as an unlicensed taxi service, and it kept operating anyway.

Q 03/05

Which co-founder of StumbleUpon came up with the idea for Uber?

A) Garrett Camp

B) Travis Kalanick

C) Jason Calacanis

D) Kevin Rose

Answer · why

A) Garrett Camp

Garrett Camp was partly inspired by struggling to find a taxi on a snowy night in Paris, during a 2008 trip with Travis Kalanick.

Q 04/05

What does Uber call the higher fares it charges when rider demand outstrips available drivers?

A) Surge pricing

B) Peak billing

C) Rush fares

D) Boost rates

Answer · why

A) Surge pricing

Surge pricing sent Sydney fares soaring during the 2014 cafe siege; after angry replies, Uber made rides out of the city centre free and refunded ride...

Q 05/05

Who was Uber's first employee, briefly its CEO in 2010 before Kalanick took over?

A) Emil Michael

B) Bill Gurley

C) Ryan Graves

D) Oscar Salazar

Answer · why

C) Ryan Graves

Ryan Graves landed the job by replying 'here's a tip' to a Kalanick tweet seeking a product and business-development hire, then tweeting his email add...