Who is Elon Musk?

In which country was Elon Musk born?

• Romania

• Canada

• South Africa

• America

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Musk taught himself computer programming when he was ... years old.

• eight

• ten

• twelve

• fourteen

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Aged 12, Musk sold his first computer program for $500. It was a video game called what?

• Blastar

• Space Invaders

• Pacman

• Asteroids

Aged 17, Musk left his homeland and moved to Canada. This saved him from what?

• Imprisonment

• Jury Service

• Community Service

• National Service

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In 1999, Musk founded X.com, which merged with Confinity 2 years later to become which online business?

• Google

• PayPal

• Twitter

• Facebook

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In 1999 Musk bought himself what luxury, for $3.5 million?

• An Airbus A380 private jet

• An Agusta Bell 206B helicopter

• A Westport Cavalino yacht

• A Maclaren F1 racing car

In 2002, Musk founded SpaceX, a company which builds rockets. In 2008, its Falcon 9 became the first privately funded spacecraft to do what?

• Dock with the International Space Station

• Orbit the Earth

• Launch a satellite

• Land on the Moon

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In 2004 Musk became the chairman of a company which manufactures electric cars. It is named after which historical inventor?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Nikola Tesla

• Guglielmo Marconi

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On Tuesday, February 6, _____, Elon Musk successfully launched the world’s most powerful new space rocket, the Falcon Heavy.

• 2008

• 2010

• 2015

• 2018

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Accordingly to Musk as soon as _____ it will be possible to reach and colonise Mars.

• 2024

• 2026

• 2028

• 2030