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Quiz on Steve Jobs

20 questions · June 25, 2026

Below is the full Quizmo quiz devoted to the theme "Steve Jobs": each question, its four options, the correct answer highlighted and, where available, its source. A chance to brush up on your general knowledge and then test what you know.

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Question 1

Easy

Which company did Steve Jobs co-found in 1976?

Source: Apple was founded on April 1, 1976, by Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne.

Question 2

Easy

What item of clothing became Steve Jobs' signature look?

Source: His black turtlenecks were made by designer Issey Miyake, who reportedly made him hundreds of them.

Question 3

Easy

Which revolutionary phone did Apple launch in 2007?

Source: Jobs unveiled the first iPhone in January 2007, calling it a phone, an iPod, and an internet device in one.

Question 4

Easy

Which tablet did Apple introduce in 2010?

Source: The iPad sold over 300,000 units on its first day and created the modern tablet market.

Question 5

Easy

Which animation studio did Steve Jobs own before Disney bought it?

Source: Jobs bought Pixar from Lucasfilm in 1986 and became Disney's largest shareholder when Disney acquired it in 2006.

Question 6

Easy

What portable music player did Apple release in 2001?

Source: The iPod promised '1,000 songs in your pocket' and reshaped how the world listened to music.

Question 7

Easy

In which US state did Steve Jobs build Apple in his garage?

Source: The garage in Los Altos, California, became a symbol of Silicon Valley startup mythology.

Question 8

Easy

What word did Jobs famously repeat to describe great design?

Source: Jobs believed 'simplicity is the ultimate sophistication,' a line borrowed from Leonardo da Vinci.

Question 9

Easy

What was the name of Apple's first big hit computer in 1984?

Source: The Macintosh was launched with the famous '1984' Super Bowl ad directed by Ridley Scott.

Question 10

Easy

Which company did Steve Jobs found after leaving Apple in 1985?

Source: NeXT's software later became the foundation of Mac OS X, the very system that revived Apple.

Question 11

Medium

Which famous commencement speech did Jobs give in 2005?

Source: His Stanford speech ended with 'Stay hungry, stay foolish,' a phrase he took from the Whole Earth Catalog.

Question 12

Medium

Who co-founded Apple alongside Jobs and built the first computers?

Source: Wozniak was the engineering genius; Jobs was the visionary who saw how to sell it.

Question 13

Medium

Which Pixar film, Jobs' studio's first feature, premiered in 1995?

Source: Toy Story was the first entirely computer-animated feature film in history.

Question 14

Medium

Which country did Jobs visit seeking spiritual enlightenment in his youth?

Source: He traveled through India in 1974 and returned a practicing Buddhist with a shaved head.

Question 15

Medium

Which Apple feature did Jobs say was shaped by a class he dropped in on at college?

Source: A dropped-in calligraphy class at Reed College inspired the Mac's beautiful proportional fonts.

Question 16

Medium

What fruit-based diet was Jobs known for following at times?

Source: His fruitarian phase reportedly inspired the name 'Apple,' which he found 'fun and not intimidating.'

Question 17

Medium

What title did Jobs hold at Apple from 1997 until 2011?

Source: He returned as 'interim CEO,' jokingly called 'iCEO,' before dropping the interim tag.

Question 18

Hard

What was the codename slogan of Apple's 1997 comeback ad campaign?

Source: 'Think Different' honored rebels like Einstein and Gandhi, relaunching Apple's brand identity.

Question 19

Hard

What kind of car did Jobs drive without license plates?

Source: He exploited a California rule giving six months to register, leasing a new plate-free Mercedes repeatedly.

Question 20

Hard

Which board member famously ousted Jobs from Apple in 1985?

Source: Jobs had recruited Sculley from Pepsi by asking if he wanted to 'change the world' or 'sell sugar water.'

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