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Question 1

What memorable name was given to Twitter's official bluebird logo silhouette, named after an NBA Hall of Fame basketball player?

Question 2

What was the very first tweet published to Twitter by co-founder Jack Dorsey on March 21, 2006?

Question 3

Why did Twitter originally impose its famous 140-character limit on individual tweets?

Question 4

What iconic error illustration, created by artist Yiying Lu, appeared whenever Twitter servers were overloaded in its early years?

Question 5

Which tech innovator proposed using the hash symbol (#) to group related topics on Twitter in August 2007?

Question 6

At which Austin technology festival in March 2007 did Twitter experience its massive mainstream viral breakthrough?

Question 7

In what year did Twitter double its standard tweet character limit from 140 to 280 characters worldwide?

Question 8

In October 2022, billionaire Elon Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter for what total transaction price?

Question 9

In July 2023, Elon Musk rebranded Twitter, replacing the bluebird logo and corporate identity with what single letter?

Question 10

What crowdsourced fact-checking program did Twitter establish to add contextual corrective notes directly beneath misleading posts?

What memorable name was given to Twitter's official bluebird logo silhouette, named after an NBA Hall of Fame basketball player?