What are boards on Pinterest?

Collections where users organize pins

A saved image or video linked to its source

What does Pinterest Lens do?

Searches using a photo from your camera

What did the Pin It button let people do?

Save images from other websites to Pinterest

What is Pinterest Predicts?

An annual report on upcoming trends

Pinterest Quiz: Boards, Pins and Visual Search

Three founders launched a virtual pinboard in 2010 that turned saving images into a habit for hundreds of millions of people, and this Pinterest quiz looks at how it grew. Play 10 interactive questions on Ben Silbermann, Evan Sharp, Paul Sciarra, boards and pins, the Pin It button, Pinterest Lens, the 2019 stock listing and the annual trend report.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Name
Where does the name Pinterest come from?
Founders
Which founder served as Pinterest's first CEO?
Launch
In which year did Pinterest launch?
Boards
What are boards on Pinterest?
Pins
What is a pin?
Lens
What does Pinterest Lens do?
Button
What did the Pin It button let people do?
IPO
When did Pinterest list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange?
HQ
In which city is Pinterest headquartered?
Trends
What is Pinterest Predicts?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Where does the name Pinterest come from?
Answer: A blend of pin and interest
Users pin images that match their interests.
Q2: Which founder served as Pinterest's first CEO?
Answer: Ben Silbermann
He co-founded the site with Evan Sharp and Paul Sciarra.
Q3: In which year did Pinterest launch?
Answer: 2010
It started in closed beta with invitations.
Q4: What are boards on Pinterest?
Answer: Collections where users organize pins
Boards might cover recipes, home ideas or travel.
Q5: What is a pin?
Answer: A saved image or video linked to its source
Pins often lead to recipes, products or articles.
Q6: What does Pinterest Lens do?
Answer: Searches using a photo from your camera
Point the camera at an object to find similar ideas.
Q7: What did the Pin It button let people do?
Answer: Save images from other websites to Pinterest
Browser buttons helped the site grow quickly.
Q8: When did Pinterest list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange?
Answer: 2019
The listing came in April 2019.
Q9: In which city is Pinterest headquartered?
Answer: San Francisco
It moved from Palo Alto to San Francisco.
Q10: What is Pinterest Predicts?
Answer: An annual report on upcoming trends
It uses search data to forecast popular ideas.

Pinterest Quiz – The Visual Discovery Engine

Pinterest launched in 2010 as an invite-only virtual pinboard. Ben Silbermann, Evan Sharp and Paul Sciarra founded it, and its name blends pin and interest.

Users save pins, images or videos linked to their sources, and organize them into boards about recipes, fashion, travel and home ideas. The Pin It button let people save images from across the web. Pinterest Lens added visual search from a phone camera.

Pinterest moved its headquarters to San Francisco and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2019. Its annual Pinterest Predicts report uses search data to spot coming trends.

What This Quiz Teaches

Tech and social media fans will enjoy these questions.

Who founded Pinterest
What pins and boards are
How visual search works
When it went public
How it predicts trends

Did You Know?

Pinterest is popular for wedding and recipe planning.
Many users are planners rather than posters.
Shopping features link pins to products.
Pinterest calls itself a visual discovery engine.
Idea Pins added multi-page posts.