Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different Quizizz 1

What was one lesson Jobs learned from his adoptive father?

• Carry the quality all the way through your work, even to unseen parts of equipment

• Always behave in school - you are responsible for your own behavior

• Rounded rectangles epitomize the beauty of modern design

• A computer is like a car - just a simple machine that can easily be understood, if you find a way to look closely.

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How much did Steve Jobs' fourth-grade teacher pay him to behave and finish a math workbook?

• $5 and a lollipop

• $100 and a bike

• $1 and a Heath Kit

• $10 and a lens-grinding kit

What was a "Heath Kit"?

• Collection of parts and instructions from which you could build simple machines like radios

• Collection of parts and instructions from which you could build a screenless computer

• Toolbox for hacking long-distance phone calls

• Toolbox for building modern furniture with rounded corners

Who was older, Steve Jobs or Steve Wozniak?

• Steve Wozniak

• Steve Jobs

How did Steve Jobs react when Wozniak tried to quit his position at Apple?

• He ranted and raved, throwing a fit and destroying an office typewriter
• He lobbied Woz incessantly, and even got Woz's friends and family to call him until Woz came back.
• He offered to triple Woz's salary and let him be employee #1 on the payroll
• He went into the bathroom, sat on the toilet with his feet on the bowl, and flushed and cried for hours

What went wrong when Jobs split the money for his Atari payment with Woz?

• He split the official payment, but not the much larger bonus

• Jobs changed the split from 50/50 to 60/40 even though Woz did most of the word

• Woz did all the work and later asked for a change from the 50/50 split, which Jobs refused.

• Jobs gave Woz only the bonus, and kept the standard payment for himself.

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In India, Jobs learned the power of "intuition and experiential wisdom." What does this phrase mean?

• Relying on experience and common sense as opposed to rationality and logic

• Leaving the world to have experiences instead of going to traditional school

• Wisdom acquired through meditation and feelings-checking

• Insights gleaned from primal scream therapy and recovery of repressed memories

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What is an entrepreneur?

• Someone who thinks different
• Someone who starts a business
• Someone who invents entirely new products
• Someone with excellent leadership skills

Who was Ron Wayne?

• A tiebreaker partner in Apple, who sold his shares and lost his chance to be a billionaire

• The investor who gave Apple a chance, and later became a billionaire because of it

• The business partner who constantly fought with Jobs about his dirty work habits

• The college friend who introduced Jobs and Wozniak

What was Jobs' first legitimate job?

• Working on an HP manufacturing line

• Creating an Atari video game

• Founder/CEO of Apple

• Helping his father construct furniture