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Bill
Family
Early Career
The Monopoly
Charity
100
Where was Bill born and raised?
Seattle
100
What did Bill's father do for work?
Lawyer
100
What is a PC?
Personal Computer
100
What was the name of the company Bill and Paul started?
Microsoft
100
What is the name of the charity Bill founded?
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
200
What characteristic did Bill learn from his family?
being competitive
200
What did Bill's mother do?
Charity work
200
Who did Bill meet at school who later became his business partner?
Paul Allen
200
Who are one of Bill and Paul's biggest competitors?
Apple (Apple Computers)
200
Who inspired them to set up the charity?
Bill's dying mother
300
What happened to Bill at elementary school?
He was bullied and unpopular.
300
What card game did Bill's family teach him as a child?
Bridge
300
Where did Bill and Paul work on their first BASIC program?
Havard computer lab
300
What is a monopoly?
When one company gets rid of all their competition.
300
What does the charity focus on in Africa?
Fighting disease
400
What was the name of the private school Bill later went to?
Lakeside School
400
What was Bill's wife's name before she got married?
Melinda French
400
At which company did Bill and his friends first experiment with computers?
C-cubed
400
What happened to Microsoft when they tried to get rid of all of their competition?
There were lawsuits against them.
400
What does the charity focus on in the US?
Education
500
Which one of Bill's friends died in a mountaineering accident?
Kent
500
How many children do Bill and Melinda have?
Three
500
What is a copyright?
When you create something and people have to pay you to use it.
500
How do Microsoft and Google differ when thinking about information?
Google thinks it should be free.

Microsoft thinks you should have to pay for everything.

500
Who does the book compare Bill to in terms of how they used their fortunes?
Andrew Carnegie