Silicon Valley History

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Question 1

In whose parents' garage was the Apple Computer Company officially formed on April 1, 1976?

Question 2

What historical agricultural industry dominated Santa Clara County before it became known as Silicon Valley?

Question 3

Who popularized the term 'Silicon Valley' in a 1971 series of articles for the trade tabloid Electronic News?

Question 4

What research center in Palo Alto invented the graphical user interface, the mouse, Ethernet, and laser printing in the 1970s?

Question 5

What was the group of eight engineers called who left William Shockley's laboratory in 1957 to establish Fairchild Semiconductor?

Question 6

Which Stanford University Dean of Engineering is widely revered as the academic 'Father of Silicon Valley'?

Question 7

What legendary Menlo Park venture capital street became the financial nerve center for tech startup investments?

Question 8

What iconic amateur computer hobbyist club met at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in 1975, incubating the personal computer revolution?

Question 9

Who invented the silicon planar integrated circuit at Fairchild in 1959, independently of Jack Kilby's germanium version at Texas Instruments?

Question 10

What 1939 audio oscillator was the first successful commercial product manufactured by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in a Palo Alto garage?

In whose parents' garage was the Apple Computer Company officially formed on April 1, 1976?