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How much do you know about Apple?

Thirty years after it was founded on 1 April 1976, Apple Computer has grown from a tiny start-up to a household name and cultural icon. But how much do you really know about Apple?

Question 1

What was the name of the other Steve who founded Apple with Steve Jobs in 1976?


	A: Steve Allen


	B: Steve Wozniak


	C: Steve McQueen

Question 2

What was the original Apple logo?


	A: Isaac Newton sitting under an apple tree


	B: A rainbow apple with a bite taken out of it


	C: An apple with a smiley face in it

Question 3

Apple's first venture, known as Apple I, was essentially a personal computer kit. How many were built?


	A: 200


	B: 666


	C: 1,000

Question 4

Apple launched its Macintosh computer with a now famous Super Bowl advertisement. What novel was the ad based on?


	A: Aldous Huxley's Brave New World


	B: Arthur C Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey


	C: George Orwell's 1984

Question 5

During the 1990s, Apple branched out into consumer electronics but which product never caught on?


	A: A digital camera called Apple QuickTake


	B: A mobile phone called AppleTalk


	C: A printer called ApplePublish

Question 6

The best-selling iPod digital music player started life in October 2001, but what was the size of its hard drive?


	A: 1GB


	B: 5GB


	C: 10GB

Question 7

Which of the following has not been used by Apple as a slogan?


	A: Think different


	B: iThink, therefore iMac


	C: To Mac or not to Mac

Question 8

Which Apple product was recently crowned as the greatest gadget of all time by a US magazine?


	A: The iPod


	B: The PowerBook 100


	C: The iMac

Question 9

Apple iTunes store dominates the market for online music downloads. What was the billionth song to be downloaded?


	A: Crazy by Gnarls Barkley


	B: She Will Be Loved by Maroon Five


	C: Speed of Sound by Coldplay

Question 10

What is the official annual salary of Apple boss Steve Jobs?


	A: $1


	B: $100


	C: $1,000,000

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