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Stories of the tech giants quiz — Office party

The “Stories of the tech giants” quiz — Office party. It has 25 questions in five categories: Origin Stories, What's in a Name?, Breakthroughs, Big Acquisitions, Plot Twists. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: Stories of the tech giants

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

Origin Stories

  1. 100Picture for the question

    What did Amazon mainly sell when its website opened to customers in 1995?

  2. 200

    What was the search engine Larry Page and Sergey Brin built at Stanford called before Google?

  3. 300

    Which programming language did…

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  4. 400

    Which film did Netflix…

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  5. 500

    In what month and…

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What's in a Name?

  1. 100

    What new corporate brand did the Facebook company adopt in October 2021?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    What holding company became Google's parent after the 2015 reorganization?

  3. 300

    What first name did…

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  4. 400

    Which mathematical term for…

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  5. 500

    What hyphenated spelling did…

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Breakthroughs

  1. 100Picture for the question

    What is the 1984 Apple computer with a graphical interface and mouse called?

  2. 200

    What is the e-reader that Amazon introduced in 2007 with wireless book downloads called?

  3. 300

    What internet viewing model…

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  4. 400

    What new Windows 95…

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  5. 500

    Which 1999 NVIDIA product…

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Big Acquisitions

  1. 100

    Which video platform did Google agree to acquire in 2006 for $1.65 billion in stock?

  2. 200

    Which photo-sharing app did Facebook agree to buy in 2012 for about $1 billion?

  3. 300

    Which professional network did…

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  4. 400

    Which grocery chain did…

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  5. 500

    Which networking company did…

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Plot Twists

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which 2001 console marked Microsoft's entry into the home video game system market?

  2. 200

    Who was Apple's third co-founder alongside Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak?

  3. 300

    At which 24-hour diner…

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  4. 400

    Who wrote Google's founders…

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  5. 500

    Which series does Netflix…

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  3. Choose questions on the board, buzz in first and collect points.

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