Linkedin History
Bay Area Grab Bag
Economics
Acronyms
(mix of Linkedin and non-linkedin )
100

This Microsoft CEO led his company to buy Linkedin for +26B

Satya Nadella

100

What is the name of the row of houses featured in the full house intro?

Painted Ladies

100

What decade did the great depression take place?

 1930’s

100

This doc is used by PMs to help engineers know what to build

PRD

200

In its largest acquisition to date, Linkedin acquired this learning platform to accelerate Linkedin Learning Solution.

200

What is the name of the fog in SF? And How do you spell its name?

Karl

200

What is the economic graph? Why is it relevant to Linkedin

various, Lizzie + Phil decide

200

Sometimes Acronyms appear as syllables. Like in Benelux, which stands for these three countries in europe.

Belgium, netherlands, luxemburg

300

Only 18 months ago, Linkedin opened its first office in this West Coast City, despite it being a tech hub for some time

Seattle

300

What neighborhood is known for the historic “Summer of Love”

Haight-Ashbury

300

What are the two most famous economic theories/categories/beliefs?

 Keynesian and Classical

300

Some may frequently forget that LASER is actually an acronym…and they also may forget what this R stands for, but it is not as dangerous as it sounds

Radiation. (so others know: Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation)

400

This is the year Linkedin was founded, and you may find it surprising that Lose Yourself by Enimen was the longest running #1 song that same year

2002

400

What year did Alcatraz close OR why did it close?

1963 and very expensive to operate

400

Due to COVID many people around the world started switching fields/career paths? What was this change labeled as?

The Great Reshuffle

400

Calling all Computer Science majors! URL Stands for this…where did I leave that file again?

Uniform Resource Locator

500

This man is a Linkedin Founder who still is a full time employee today

Allen Blue

500

What is the name of the man made island that the Bay Bridge passes by on its way from San Francisco to Oakland?

Treasure Island

500

Who is the Chief Economist at Linkedin? Clue: Their first and last name start with a “K”

Karin Kimbrough

500

FYI, this is the term for when you say each individual letter out loud of an abbreviation, unlike an acronym LOL

initialism