Are you an Apple?
Apple was founded in this year
Designed by Apple in California. _______ for everyone else."
"Assembled"
What is the full form of ARPA and what is avg compensation $ for a breach?
Apple Restricted Project Agreement
$1M
What's Apple's most commonly used aluminum alloy series for enclosures?
DOUBLE DOWN: On the Mohs hardness scale (1-10), what's the rating for Sapphire?
6000 series
9
Which country has the most time zones?
DOUBLE DOWN OPPY: Which country does it share the largest Land border?
France
Brazil
Apple's largest supplier by revenue
Foxconn
What was Steve Jobs original employee number?
0
What is the empirical rule? (with details)
The empirical rule (or 68–95–99.7 rule) states that for a normal (bell-shaped) distribution, nearly all data falls within three standard deviations of the mean
CNC machines use G-code for instructions. What does the "G" stand for?
Geometric (or "Preparatory" — G-codes are geometric/motion commands)
What country/countries share the most borders with other countries?
DOUBLE DOWN OPPY: Number of countries bordering?
Russia and China
14
Apple was founded by? 100 for each correct answer
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne
What was Steve Job's best $ investment?
Pixar ($10M -> $4.6B from 1986 to 2006)
In statistical process control, Cpk measures process capability. A Cpk of 1.33 means defects occur at approximately what rate?
~63 defects per million opportunities (63 DPMO)
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What is ion exchange (IOX) strengthening?
What is commonly being exchanged and into?
Ion exchange (IOX) strengthens glass by replacing smaller ions with larger ones. K⁺ ions are larger (1.38Å vs 1.02Å) — they're stuffed into sites sized for Na⁺, creating compression at surface
This country consumes more whiskey per capita than any other nation
India
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1. What's Apple's smartphone global market share %?2. Total number of iPhones sold since inception?
1. ~30%
2. 3B+
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How many employees does Apple have? (Closest to 20k)
How many people have an Apple account (from slack)? (includes vendors and contractors)
1. ~166-170k
2. 226k
In lean manufacturing, what are the 7 wastes (TIMWOOD)?
Transport, Inventory, Motion, Waiting, Overproduction, Overprocessing, Defects
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A machine has CT of 30 seconds, OEE of 85%, and yield of 95%. What's the UPH?
~97 UPH (3600/30 × 0.85 × 0.95 = 96.9)
Name the 7 wonders of the world (from New7Wonders Foundation) + 1 honorary mention = 8
Each answer: 50 points
Great Wall of China, Petra, the Colosseum, Chichen Itza, Machu Picchu, Christ the Redeemer, and the Taj Mahal + Pyramids of Giza
$ value of transactions processed by Apple Pay annually (2025)? (closest to ~$500M)
$7.5 trillion
Apple's first product to use an M1 chip was this compact desktop introduced in November 2020
Mac mini
In ramp planning, what's an "S-curve" and why is it shaped that way?
Production volume curve — slow start (learning), rapid ramp (optimization), plateau (full capacity)
In traceability, what's the difference between Level 4 and Level 5 traceability?
Level 4: 1:1 barcode-to-dimensional-data.
Level 5: 1:1:1 barcode-to-data-to-image
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How many countries in the world as recognized by UN? 400pts
Name the two non-member observer states? 100pts
193 + 2, Vatican and Palestine