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Friday, 31 March 2006, 07:26 GMT 08:26 UK

How much do you know about Apple?

People using Apple Macs Thirty years after it was founded on 1 April 1976, Apple Computer has grown from a tiny start-up to a household name and cultural icon. But how much do you really know about Apple?

Question 1
What was the name of the other Steve who founded Apple with Steve Jobs in 1976?
A: Steve Allen
B: Steve Wozniak
C: Steve McQueen
Question 2
What was the original Apple logo?
A: Isaac Newton sitting under an apple tree
B: A rainbow apple with a bite taken out of it
C: An apple with a smiley face in it
Question 3
Apple's first venture, known as Apple I, was essentially a personal computer kit. How many were built?
A: 200
B: 666
C: 1,000
Question 4
Apple launched its Macintosh computer with a now famous Super Bowl advertisement. What novel was the ad based on?
A: Aldous Huxley's Brave New World
B: Arthur C Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey
C: George Orwell's 1984
Question 5
During the 1990s, Apple branched out into consumer electronics but which product never caught on?
A: A digital camera called Apple QuickTake
B: A mobile phone called AppleTalk
C: A printer called ApplePublish
Question 6
The best-selling iPod digital music player started life in October 2001, but what was the size of its hard drive?
A: 1GB
B: 5GB
C: 10GB
Question 7
Which of the following has not been used by Apple as a slogan?
A: Think different
B: iThink, therefore iMac
C: To Mac or not to Mac
Question 8
Which Apple product was recently crowned as the greatest gadget of all time by a US magazine?
A: The iPod
B: The PowerBook 100
C: The iMac
Question 9
Apple iTunes store dominates the market for online music downloads. What was the billionth song to be downloaded?
A: Crazy by Gnarls Barkley
B: She Will Be Loved by Maroon Five
C: Speed of Sound by Coldplay
Question 10
What is the official annual salary of Apple boss Steve Jobs?
A: $1
B: $100
C: $1,000,000

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