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Business and Tech Leaders

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Business and tech leaders covers prominent founders, chief executives, and economists who shaped global industries. This section features questions on leaders of major technology corporations and financial institutions. It is a highly scoring topic in general awareness.

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Business and Tech Leaders Questions

Multiple choice

Who invented the internet?

  1. Tim Berners-Lee

  2. Vinton Cerf

  3. Robert Kahn

  4. Leonard Kleinrock
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Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing the World Wide Web in 1989.

Multiple choice

Who invented the personal computer?

  1. Steve Jobs

  2. Steve Wozniak

  3. Bill Gates

  4. Paul Allen
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are credited with inventing the first personal computer, the Apple I, in 1976.

Multiple choice

Who invented the World Wide Web (WWW)?

  1. Tim Berners-Lee

  2. Vinton Cerf

  3. Robert Kahn

  4. Leonard Kleinrock
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Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989.

Multiple choice

Who invented the search engine?

  1. Larry Page

  2. Sergey Brin

  3. David Filo

  4. Jerry Yang
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Larry Page and Sergey Brin are credited with inventing the first search engine, Google, in 1998.

Multiple choice

Who invented the social networking site?

  1. Mark Zuckerberg

  2. Eduardo Saverin

  3. Dustin Moskovitz

  4. Chris Hughes
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Mark Zuckerberg is credited with inventing the first social networking site, Facebook, in 2004.

Multiple choice

Who is the founder of the 'Earth First!' movement, which advocates for direct action to protect the environment?

  1. Dave Foreman

  2. Paul Watson

  3. Julia Butterfly Hill

  4. Chico Mendes
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Dave Foreman is an American environmental activist and co-founder of the Earth First! movement. Earth First! is a radical environmental organization that advocates for direct action to protect the environment, including tree-sitting, civil disobedience, and sabotage.

Multiple choice

Who is the current Governor of the Bank of Canada?

  1. Tiff Macklem

  2. Stephen Poloz

  3. Mark Carney

  4. David Dodge
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Tiff Macklem is the current Governor of the Bank of Canada. He was appointed to the position in 2020.

Multiple choice

Who is the Secretary of Commerce?

  1. Gina Raimondo

  2. Wilbur Ross

  3. Penny Pritzker

  4. Gary Locke
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Gina Raimondo is the current United States Secretary of Commerce, serving since March 3, 2021.

Multiple choice

Who invented the internet?

  1. Tim Berners-Lee

  2. Vinton Cerf

  3. Robert Kahn

  4. Leonard Kleinrock
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Tim Berners-Lee invented the internet in the 1980s.

Multiple choice

Who invented the smartphone?

  1. Steve Jobs

  2. Bill Gates

  3. Larry Page

  4. Sergey Brin
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Steve Jobs invented the smartphone in the 2000s.

Multiple choice

Who is known as the "Father of the Internet"?

  1. Tim Berners-Lee

  2. Bill Gates

  3. Steve Jobs

  4. Mark Zuckerberg
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Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing the World Wide Web in 1989.

Multiple choice

Which entrepreneur founded the electric car company Tesla?

  1. Elon Musk

  2. Jeff Bezos

  3. Warren Buffett

  4. Bill Gates
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Elon Musk founded Tesla in 2003.

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Who is the founder of the online marketplace Amazon?

  1. Jeff Bezos

  2. Elon Musk

  3. Mark Zuckerberg

  4. Bill Gates
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Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994.

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Which entrepreneur is known for founding the social media platform Facebook?

  1. Mark Zuckerberg

  2. Elon Musk

  3. Jeff Bezos

  4. Bill Gates
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Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004.

Multiple choice

Who is the founder of the software company Microsoft?

  1. Bill Gates

  2. Steve Jobs

  3. Larry Page

  4. Sergey Brin
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Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975.