IBM Fun Facts

IBM was founded in _______ over 100 years ago

• San Francisco

• Houston

• New York

• Los Angeles

Inventor Herman Hollerith started IBM as the ‘Tabulating Machine Company’ in:

• 1896

• 1911

• 1896

• 1912

____ IBM employees won the Nobel Peace Prize.

• 10

• 5

• 3

• 2

In this 1996 this computer defeated the famous chess world champion, Garry Kasparov

• Deep Blue

• Big Blue

• Watson

• Blue

Name of the IBM employee that developed the magnetic stripe technology

• Jerry Smith

• Joe Robbins

• Jerome Power

• Jerome Svigals

In the early part of----- “Watson” the IBM computer easily defeated two human “Jeopardy” game show champions and once again, proved the prowess of artificial intelligence.

• 2013

• 2015

• 2011

• 2009

The current day logo was created in 1972 by a graphic designer named -----and is meant to represent the innovation and expertise of the company.

• David Rand

• Jerome Powers

• Paul Rand

• Jerome Svigals

The company’s slogan “Think” was created in ------ by Thomas. J Watson

• 1911

• 1914

• 1915

• 1918

The company is also popularly known as ------ and the origin of this nickname is still a mystery. Many believe that it’s the logo color and its global order that are the reason for it.

• "Great blue"

• "Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company"

• "CTR"

• “Big Blue”

Name of the IBM invention: the world’s smallest computer, specifically for blockchain. (size of a grain of salt)

• Raspberry pi

• Michigan Micro Mote

• Cripto-anchor

• Compute Stick