It All Started in the Garage Quiz Stats

by Hejman
Quiz Updated May 6, 2014

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History Company % Correct
This company started with the sale of 50 of Steve Wozniak's computers from a Cupertino, CA garage in 1976.Apple
97%
Jeff Bezos started this company as an online bookstore from his Bellevue, Washington garage in 1994.Amazon
92.5%
This company started in 1923 when Walt and Roy moved into uncle Robert's Los Angeles garage.Disney
90.5%
William and his friend Arthur started this motorcycle business in a 10x15' shed in Milwaukee, WI in 1901.Harley Davidson
89.5%
Mark Zuckerberg founded this king of social networking sites from his Harvard dorm room in 2004.Facebook
88.9%
Larry Page and Sergey Brin started this search engine in 1998 in Susan Wojcicki's Menlo Park, CA garage.Google
86.5%
Pierre Omidyar wrote the code for this website in his Silicon Valley home in 1995 and then immediately used it to sell a broken laser pointer.eBay
76.6%
Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman started their swooshy Blue Ribbon Sports company from the trunk of Knight's Plymouth Valiant in Eugene, OR in 1964.Nike
74%
Craig Newmark didn't have a garage so he started this online classifieds business in his San Francisco home in 1995.Craigslist
71.5%
History Company % Correct
Michael didn't have a house, so he started this computer company in his Austin, Texas dorm room in 1984.Dell
71.2%
Bill and Dave founded this company- now known for computers and printers- with the sale of eight oscillators to Walt Disney from their Palo Alto, CA garage in 1939.Hewlett-Packard
67%
Harold Matson and Elliot Handler started a framing business in a California garage in 1945. They made doll houses from scraps and that turned into the world's largest toy company.Mattel
61.5%
James, a UK engineer, wasn't very happy with how badly his home cleaning device sucked, so he started this company in his Wiltshire garage.Dyson
59.9%
This electric car business, named for an electricity pioneer and most connected with Elon Musk, started in the Palo Alto garage of CTO JB Straubel in 2003.Tesla Motors
55.5%
Michael Kittredge melted candles in his South Hadley, MA garage in 1969 to start what is now the largest scented candle company in the U.S.Yankee Candle Company
54.4%
John Mackey and Rene Lawson got kicked out of their apartment for using its storage facility to house the stock for this 1978 natural food start-up in Austin, TX.Whole Foods
45.2%
Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman started this car company in a stable behind the Railway Hotel in London in 1948, His initials can still be seen in the logo.Lotus
9.5%
Tony Maglica was a recent Croatian immigrant when he started this precision parts business in a Los Angeles garage in 1955. How illuminating!Maglite
6.4%
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Number % Answered
18 (all)
2.4%
16-17
13%
14-15
27.7%
12-13
21.4%
10-11
13.4%
8-9
7.6%
6-7
6%
4-5
4.1%
2-3
2.8%
1-1
1.6%

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