Startups & Apps 1
Challenge your tech-crowd with this trivia game featuring famous startups and apps.
15 questions · Published April 22, 2020
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. What gaming app was built-in to the Nokia 6110 in 1997 and is often considered the first mobile phone app?
The Nokia 6110 came preprogrammed with the basic arcade game "Snake."
- Multiple Choice
2. In what year did the American Dialect Society proclaim "app" to be its Word of the Year?
FUN FACT
On naming "app" Word of the Year in 2010, ADS chair Ben Zimmer said "One of the most convincing arguments from the voting floor was from a woman who said that even her grandmother had heard of it."
- Multiple Choice
3. Which television network debuted the tech industry takedown sitcom "Silicon Valley" in 2014?
"Silicon Valley" ran for six seasons on cable giant HBO from 2014 to 2019.
- Fill In The Blank
4. In 2013, Canadian company Research in Motion changed its name to _____________, reflecting the device for which it was best known.
Despite Research in Motion's pivot away from smartphones and into cybersecurity, the company still changed its name to honor their game changing smartphone the Blackberry.
- Multiple Choice
5. What is the informal term used by investors to refer to a privately-held company valued at over $100 billion?
Unicorn: valued at $1 billion
Decacorn: $10 billion
Hectocorn: $100 billion
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