Mar
12
2008

Riyaad
Thanks to all who participated in the Bill Gates trivia! Here are the answers:
1 - What is the real name of the person whom Bill Gates and Melinda Gates appeared on the cover of Time magazine with?
Paul David Hewson, aka Bono
Note: ‘Bono’ was not accepted, because we asked for the real name!
2 - Who was the director of the movie which was a comedy featuring Bill Gates and Steve Jobs?
Martyn Burke, director of Pirates of Silicon Valley
3 - Where was it that Steve Jobs and Bill Gates sat on stage together for the first time?
The D5, or ‘All Things Digital’ conference at the Four Seasons in Aviara, CA.
4 - What is the codename of Microsoft stock?
MSFT
BONUS - What was the name of the operating system that Microsoft wrote for IBM?
OS/2
Note: DOS was not accepted, since Microsoft bought DOS and sold it to IBM, they didn’t write it.
Mar
12
2008

Riyaad
These are a bit tougher today! Submit the answers to these questions with your first and last name to your instructor, and they will be collected at lunch.
1 - What is the real name of the person whom Bill Gates and Melinda Gates appeared on the cover of Time magazine with?
2 - Who was the director of the movie which was a comedy featuring Bill Gates and Steve Jobs?
3 - Where was it that Steve Jobs and Bill Gates sat on stage together for the first time?
4 - What is the codename of Microsoft stock?
BONUS - What was the name of the operating system that Microsoft wrote for IBM?
Mar
11
2008

Graeme
Hey Guys,
I hope you are all having a good week so far. I’m surprised and excited with what we’ve accomplished already. It’s good to see some returning faces and it’s great to see so many new ones. I am looking forward to seeing what you guys accomplish.

Mar
11
2008

Riyaad
Answers:
1 - At what university did Steve Jobs give a commencement speech?
StanfordĀ
2 - What movie company did Steve Jobs create?
Pixar, which was later bought by Disney.
3 - Who co-created Apple with Steve Jobs?
Steve Wozniak - also a huge geek!
4 - What middle school did Steve Jobs attend?
Cupertino Middle School
5 - What is Steve’s wife’s name?
Laurene Powell
6 - How old was Steve when he founded Apple?
21
7 - What is the name of Apple’s latest product?
Macbook Air (the IPhone came out last year!)
BONUS - What famous rock star named their daughter Apple?
Chris Martin from Coldplay
Great job to all campers to took part!
Mar
11
2008

Riyaad
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