Startlabs Quiz Event

Question 1

What is the top one reason startups fail?

Accepted Answer

No market need

Question 2

What Fruit is on the Cover of Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner’s Freakonomics?

Accepted Answer

An apple with the inside of an orange

Question 3

Before facebook, which of these Social Media Companies was made first?

Accepted Answer

TheGlobe

Question 4

Which of these MIT Startup is currently valued the highest?

Accepted Answer

Scale

Question 5

In 2012, Facebook acquired Instagram for

Accepted Answer

$1 billion

Question 6

Alphabet’s Profits are…

Accepted Answer

Flat

Question 7

Instagram was originally named after which two drinks?

Accepted Answer

Scotch and Bourbon

Question 8

After turning down an offer by Facebook, which book did Snapchat CEOs give to their employees?

Accepted Answer

The art of war

Question 9

Education app Quiz has now received a $376M valuation after an investment from

Accepted Answer

Disney

Question 10

Outside of America Shark Tank is known as (specifically in Canada and the UK)

Accepted Answer

Dragon’s Den

Question 11

How many unicorns are there?

Accepted Answer

174

Question 12

As of 2018, the average number of self-driven miles for Waymo vehicles each day is

Accepted Answer

25000 mile

Question 13

How many people in the world are reported to be entrepreneurs?

Accepted Answer

400 million

Question 14

Which city outside the US has the biggest entrepreneurial scene?

Accepted Answer

London

Question 15

In the late early 20th century Boston’s own version of Silicon Valley was know as

Accepted Answer

Route 128

Question 16

Which of these is true?

Accepted Answer

an eggless Mayo company forced 77,000 of its employees to buy their Mayo., WeWork CEO owned many properties the he was leasing to his company WeWork

Question 17

How many startups fail fast?

Accepted Answer

50% within the first five years

Question 18

Which of the following is a private company?

Accepted Answer

Bose Corporation

Question 19

What did Marc Andressen do before founding a16z?

Accepted Answer

He invented the browser.

Question 20

What is the median VC-led seed round size?

Accepted Answer

$1.5 million

Question 21

Image all of a sudden a company comes up with a more efficient way to manufacture batteries. Supply/demand changes how?

Accepted Answer

Demand doesn’t change, price decreases

Question 22

What is the most popular social network in Russia?

Accepted Answer

VKontakte

Question 23

First trillion dollar company is

Accepted Answer

Apple

Question 24

Where was Spotify founded?

Accepted Answer

Stockholm

Question 25

In January, the value of bitcoin peaked. What was its price? (closest)

Accepted Answer

$18k

Question 26

Real kickstarter campaigns?

Accepted Answer

Chicken Burrito Enjoyment Graph, The Doctor Who Rap Album

Question 27

Which companies have been acquired?

Accepted Answer

WeWork by SoftBank, Play Doh by General Mills

Question 28

When Amazon was young they would ring a bell every time there was a purchase. How many bells rings per second today?

Accepted Answer

Around 400

Question 29

At the US’s current rate of Startup creation how long would it take for everyone to be an entrepreneur?

Accepted Answer

25

Question 30

In five days how many flamethrowers did Elon Musk’s The Boring Company sell?

Accepted Answer

20,000

Question 31

Popular dance app TikTok was made through a merger with

Accepted Answer

Musical.ly

Question 32

Which of these are still operating at a loss?

Accepted Answer

Instacart, Uber

Question 33

Atlassian is a company started in

Accepted Answer

Sydney

Question 34

Where did Shark Tank begin?

Accepted Answer

Japan with Money Tigers

Question 35

Which Shark Tank shark invested in squatty potty?

Accepted Answer

Lori Greiner

Question 36

Which country has the most entrepreneurs per capita?

Accepted Answer

Uganda

Question 37

Question was very long so it is here below.

Accepted Answer

A

Question 38

What was the original name of Lyft?

Accepted Answer

Zimride

Question 39

Is it better to have a cofounder?

Accepted Answer

Yes.

Question 40

How long does it take to set up a startup in Brazil? (US is around five days)

Accepted Answer

100 days

Question 41

How many rockets did space x launch in 2018?

Accepted Answer

21

Question 42

How many Crypto ICOs does Russ Hanneman Profit from in Silicon Valley?

Accepted Answer

None, he lost his USB drive with the coins., One.

Question 43

Market Share or Profit?

Accepted Answer

Divine Righteousness, Market Share, Profit, Hehe

Question 44

How long does most startups take to calculate their equity split? (closest)

Accepted Answer

Under an hour

Question 45

What sports did Mark Zuckerberg play in high school?

Accepted Answer

Tennis and Crew

Question 46

Judging by # of entrepreneurs per capita, USA is

Accepted Answer

In top 40 countries

Question 47

Which country is top in terms of entrepreneurship opportunities for women?

Accepted Answer

USA

Question 48

Which company created the first computerball mouse?

Accepted Answer

Xerox PARC

Question 49

Facebook’s release of a Snapchat copycat named slingshot was overshadowed by the popularity of an app that just sends

Accepted Answer

Yo

Question 50

How much money does Y Combinator give to the startup teams in return for 7 percent of the company’s equity?

Accepted Answer

$120,000

Question 51

This entrepreneur worked at McDonald’s for a summer and studied their automation system.

Accepted Answer

Jeff Bezos

Question 52

Shopify CEO Tobias Lutke started his own online store selling?

Accepted Answer

Snowboards

Question 53

Judging by # of entrepreneurs per capita, Japan is

Accepted Answer

In lowest 10

Question 54

Which of the following was the first fully animated film created by Disney?

Accepted Answer

Snow White

Question 55

On average entrepreneurs work … hours per week than common workers do

Accepted Answer

More

Question 56

This city had the smallest housing listed on Airbnb, the size being one square meter.

Accepted Answer

Berlin

Question 57

Why did Elon Musk start Paypal?

Accepted Answer

No one would hire him (rejected by Netscape)

Question 58

Has kickstarter been growing continually since its inception?

Accepted Answer

No, it started to decline in 2016 despite a couple small bouncebacks.

Question 59

Which US company has the most number of employees globally?

Accepted Answer

Walmart

Question 60

Many entrepreneurs, despite their wealth, continue to live frugally. Which billionaire still lives most modestly?

Accepted Answer

Warren Buffett

Question 61

Which company has never operated a bike-share program?

Accepted Answer

Bird

Question 62

Which one is a fake startup?

Accepted Answer

Low fructose corn syrup

Question 63

Which company leased out ~450,000 sq ft property in the Bay Area from WeWork?

Accepted Answer

Facebook

Question 64

Startlabs!

Accepted Answer

True

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