Steve Jobs Quiz: Apple, Pixar, the iPhone and More

This Steve Jobs quiz follows the Apple co-founder from a garage with Steve Wozniak to the Macintosh, his exit to NeXT and Pixar, his return to Apple, the iPod and iPhone, his famous Stanford speech and the handover to Tim Cook. Ten questions.

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Apple
With whom did Steve Jobs co-found Apple in 1976?
Apple
Where did Apple's story famously begin?
Products
Which computer did Apple launch in 1984 with a famous Super Bowl ad?
Pixar
Jobs bought the company that became Pixar from which filmmaker's studio?
Career
What company did Jobs found after leaving Apple in 1985?
Products
Which device did Jobs unveil in 2001 with the promise of 1,000 songs in your pocket?
Products
In which year did Jobs introduce the first iPhone?
Speeches
Which phrase ended Jobs's famous 2005 Stanford commencement speech?
Education
Which class Jobs dropped in on at Reed College later inspired the Mac's typefaces?
Legacy
Who succeeded Jobs as Apple's CEO in 2011?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: With whom did Steve Jobs co-found Apple in 1976?
Answer: Steve Wozniak
Jobs and Wozniak started Apple with a third partner, Ronald Wayne, who sold his share after just 12 days. Their first product was the Apple I.
Q2: Where did Apple's story famously begin?
Answer: In a family garage
Apple's early work took place at the Jobs family home in Los Altos, California. The garage has become a symbol of Silicon Valley start-ups.
Q3: Which computer did Apple launch in 1984 with a famous Super Bowl ad?
Answer: Macintosh
The 1984 ad, directed by Ridley Scott, played on George Orwell's novel. The Macintosh made the mouse and graphical interface popular.
Q4: Jobs bought the company that became Pixar from which filmmaker's studio?
Answer: George Lucas
In 1986, Jobs bought the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm. Pixar later made Toy Story, the first fully computer-animated feature film.
Q5: What company did Jobs found after leaving Apple in 1985?
Answer: NeXT
Apple bought NeXT in 1996, bringing Jobs back. NeXT's software became the basis for macOS and later iOS.
Q6: Which device did Jobs unveil in 2001 with the promise of 1,000 songs in your pocket?
Answer: iPod
The iPod, together with the iTunes Store from 2003, transformed how people bought and listened to music.
Q7: In which year did Jobs introduce the first iPhone?
Answer: 2007
Jobs presented the iPhone in January 2007 as a phone, an iPod and an internet device in one. It went on sale that June.
Q8: Which phrase ended Jobs's famous 2005 Stanford commencement speech?
Answer: Stay hungry, stay foolish
Jobs borrowed the line from the farewell issue of the Whole Earth Catalog. The speech has been viewed millions of times online.
Q9: Which class Jobs dropped in on at Reed College later inspired the Mac's typefaces?
Answer: Calligraphy
Jobs said that learning about serif and sans-serif type helped him insist on beautiful fonts in the first Macintosh.
Q10: Who succeeded Jobs as Apple's CEO in 2011?
Answer: Tim Cook
Tim Cook took over in August 2011. Jobs died on October 5, 2011, at age 56, after a long illness.

Steve Jobs Quiz – The Man Behind Apple

Steve Jobs was one of the most influential business leaders and product designers of the modern age. As co-founder of Apple, he helped bring personal computers into homes, and later he led the creation of devices that changed music, phones and computing. His focus on simple, beautiful design shaped the way millions of people use technology every day.

Born in San Francisco in 1955 and adopted as a baby, Jobs grew up in California's Santa Clara Valley. In 1976 he and his friend Steve Wozniak founded Apple. Their Apple II became a huge success, and in 1984 the Macintosh introduced many people to the mouse and graphical interface, launched with a famous Super Bowl commercial.

In 1985, after a power struggle, Jobs was pushed out of Apple. He founded NeXT and bought the company that became Pixar, which produced Toy Story in 1995. When Apple bought NeXT in 1996, he returned, and within a few years he had turned the struggling company around with the colorful iMac.

What followed was a remarkable run: the iPod in 2001, the iTunes Store, the iPhone in 2007 and the iPad in 2010. Jobs was known for his dramatic product launches, his line one more thing and his demanding management style. He died in 2011, and Apple later became one of the most valuable companies in the world.

This quiz covers the life, products and legacy of Steve Jobs.

What This Quiz Teaches

This quiz is ideal for technology fans, Apple users and anyone interested in business history.

How Apple was founded and by whom
Why the Macintosh mattered
What Jobs did during his years away from Apple
How the iPod and iPhone changed technology
What he said in his Stanford speech
Who took over after him

Quick Facts About Steve Jobs

Jobs once worked at the video game company Atari.
He took a long trip to India in 1974 seeking spiritual insight.
His biological father was a Syrian-born political scientist.
Jobs was a vegetarian for much of his life.
Apple's Think Different campaign launched after his return in 1997.
Jobs is listed as an inventor on hundreds of patents.