Apple Quiz

1. Apple was founded in 1976 by which three co-founders?

1. Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Steve Wozniak
2. Steve Jobs, Jony Ive, and Tim Cook
3. Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne
4. Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and Andy Rubin

2. Apple's iconic 1984 Macintosh ad — directed by Ridley Scott and widely considered the greatest TV commercial ever made — aired during which event?

1. New Year's Eve
2. The Academy Awards
3. The Olympics Opening Ceremony
4. The Super Bowl

3. The original Macintosh was significant because it was one of the first mass-market personal computers to feature:

1. A colour display
2. A graphical user interface (GUI) and a mouse
3. A hard disk drive
4. Internet connectivity

4. Steve Jobs was forced out of Apple in 1985. When did he return?

1. 1990
2. 1993
3. 1997
4. 2000

5. The iPod, launched in October 2001, was introduced by Steve Jobs with which memorable phrase?

1. 'A thousand songs in your pocket'
2. 'All your music, everywhere'
3. 'Ten thousand songs in your pocket'
4. 'The music store in your hand'

6. The first iPhone was announced on January 9, 2007. Steve Jobs described it as 'three revolutionary products in one': a widescreen iPod, a revolutionary phone, and:

1. A breakthrough internet communicator
2. A GPS navigation device
3. A high-definition camera
4. A laptop replacement

7. Apple's virtual assistant, first introduced with the iPhone 4S in October 2011, is named:

1. Alexa
2. Cortana
3. Google Now
4. Siri

8. When the iPad was announced in January 2010, Steve Jobs described it as sitting between what two existing products?

1. A desktop and a laptop
2. A digital camera and a computer
3. A laptop and a television
4. A smartphone and a laptop

9. Apple's AirPods were launched in 2016 alongside which iPhone that controversially removed a standard feature?

1. iPhone 6
2. iPhone 7
3. iPhone 8
4. iPhone X

10. Tim Cook became Apple's CEO in August 2011. What was his background before leading Apple?

1. Financial analysis
2. Marketing and product design
3. Operations and supply chain management
4. Software engineering

11. The App Store launched in July 2008, allowing third-party developers to sell apps on iPhone. Approximately how many apps were available at launch?

1. About 100,000
2. About 20,000
3. About 5,000
4. About 500

12. Apple's macOS operating system is based on which earlier OS that Steve Jobs developed at his post-Apple company?

1. BeOS
2. Linux
3. NeXTSTEP
4. Solaris

13. Apple became the first publicly traded US company to reach a market valuation of $1 trillion in which year?

1. 2012
2. 2015
3. 2018
4. 2020

14. The MacBook Air, introduced in 2008, was famous for being revealed from what unusual location at its launch event?

1. A glass tank of water
2. A locked safe
3. A manila envelope
4. A shirt pocket

15. Apple's M-series chips, first introduced in 2020, represented which major change for the Mac lineup?

1. Adding 5G connectivity to MacBooks
2. Moving from AMD to Nvidia graphics
3. Moving to ARM-based Windows compatibility
4. Transitioning from Intel processors to Apple's own silicon

16. Which of Apple's subscription services, launched in 2019, streams Apple's own original TV shows and films?

1. Apple Arcade
2. Apple Music
3. Apple One
4. Apple TV+

17. Jony Ive, Apple's legendary Chief Design Officer, is responsible for designing which iconic products?

1. Only Apple Watch and AirPods
2. Only software (iOS interface)
3. The App Store and iTunes
4. The iMac G3, iPod, iPhone, iPad, and MacBook lineup

18. The original rainbow-striped Apple logo was replaced in 1998. What replaced it?

1. A metallic silver apple
2. A monochrome chrome/glass effect apple
3. A solid black apple
4. A solid white apple

19. Apple Music launched in June 2015 to compete with Spotify. As a streaming service, how does Apple Music primarily differ from Spotify's free tier?

1. Apple Music exclusively sells music and does not stream
2. Apple Music has a larger music catalogue
3. Apple Music has no free ad-supported tier — it is subscription-only
4. Apple Music streams in higher quality than Spotify

20. The Apple Watch, first released in April 2015, quickly became the world's best-selling watch. In terms of units sold, it surpassed which traditional Swiss watch industry milestone within a few years?

1. It became the best-selling watch in the US only
2. It outsold all smartwatches combined
3. It outsold Rolex specifically
4. It outsold the entire Swiss watch industry combined