1) He was born on February 24, 1955 in ... (Where ...?) a) San Francisco b) Chicago 2) Jobs founded Apple together with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne in ... (When ...?) a) 1976 b) 1975 3) They called their new company Apple because ... (Why ...?)  a) Jobs had worked on an apple farm b) Jobs was allergic to apples 4) Customers had to pay ... for their first product, Apple I. (How much ...?) a) $555,55 b) $666.66 5) They released Apple II in ... (When ...?) a) 1977 b) 1978 6) Jobs left Apple in 1985 because of ... (Why ...?) a) disagreements with the CEO John Sculley b) his bad health 7) He went on and founded a new company, ... (What company ...?) a) NeXT Inc. b) FutureX Ltd. 8) In 1986, he bought Pixar which created ... (What ...?) a) computer software b) computer animation 9) The name of their first very successful film from 1995 was ... (What ...?) a) Toy Story b) Shrek 10) In 1991 he married his wife, ... (Who ...?) a) Melinda b) Laurene 11) In ..., Apple bought NeXT, and Jobs returned as CEO. (When ...?) a) 1997 b) 1980 12) Under his leadership, Apple launched products like ... (Which products ...?) a) the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad b) Microsoft Windows, Office and Word 13) In 2007, the iPhone revolutionized ... (What ...?) a) television b) mobile technology 14) In 2011, Jobs resigned after ... (Why ...?) a) a long period of illness b) disagreements with the developers 15) Steve Jobs passed away on ... (When ...?) a) October 5, 2011 b) September 12, 2012 16) Jobs made Apple so successful because he focused on ... (What ...?) a) design and user-friendliness b) price and energy consumption

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