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Tech Peeps
100

This social media platform was founded by a Harvard dropout in 2004.

What is Facebook.

100

This technology company is known for producing the iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers.

Who is Apple?

100

Nickname for the region in California that is the global center for technology and innovation.

What is Silicon Valley

100

In computing, the interface that uses graphics.

What is Graphical User Interface

100

Purchaser of X, CEO of Tesla, Inc. and SpaceX?

Who is Elon Musk?

200

The fictitious animal term given for a startup company with a valuation over $1 billion.

What is a Unicorn?

200

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What is Twitter or X?

200

This technology is the foundation of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.

What is Blockchain?

200

This term is often used to describe the initial public offering of a company's stock in the tech industry.

What is IPO?

200

Co-founder of Microsoft and one of the world's wealthiest individuals, who doesn't own the Clippers!

Who is Bill Gates?

300

This term is used to describe the rapid scaling and growth of a company, often associated with startups in Silicon Valley.

What is Hypergrowth?

300

The largest e-commerce and cloud computing company in the world?

What is Amazon?

300

The year the World Wide Web (WWW) was created by Tim Berners-Lee

What is 1989?

300

The destination form in a web browser.

What is Uniform Resource Locator (URL)?

300

Co-founder of Google while pursuing their Ph.D. at Stanford University.

Who is Larry Page or Sergey Brin?

400

The investment approach involves providing funding, resources, and expertise to early-stage startups in exchange for equity.

What is Venture Capital?

400

Founded in April of 1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, it's a blend of the words "microcomputer and software".

What is Microsoft?

400

The name of the most widely used open-source operating system based on the Linux kernel.

What is Android?

400

This famous technology conference held annually in Nevada that showcases new product launches and innovations!

What is CES?

400

Co-founder of Apple Inc. with Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne.

Who is Steve Wozniak (WoZ)?

500

Arguably the most famous of all the VC firms, can count it's famous investments including Apple, Cisco, Google, Instagram, LinkedIn, PayPal, WhatsApp, and Zoom.

What is Sequoia Capital?

500

This company developed the first commercially successful microprocessor, the 4004.

Who is Intel?

500

This British mathematician and computer scientist, Author of the First published computer program.

Who is Ada Lovelace?

500

Often used to describe the physical devices and objects that are connected to the internet, allowing them to collect and exchange data.

What is Internet Of Things (IOT)

500

He is known as the "Father of the Internet" for his contributions to its development.

Who is Vint Cerf?

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