Outliers Chapter 2 Quiz

What does Gladwell call having a higher IQ?

• a curse

• a non-issue

• an advantage

• a result of privilege

The Beatles spent 10,000 hours practicing in _____ before they arrived in America.

• Liverpool

• London

• Berlin

• Hamburg

Bill Joy is associated with success in ...

• medical research

• computer programming

• law

• engineering

According to Gladwell, which of the following is a conventional ingredient to amazing success?

• hard work

• cultural influence

• natural talent

• lucky opportunities

What "state of the art" feature did the University of Michigan have in 1971?

• Artificial turf football field.

• A high-tech computer center.

• A thermonuclear generator.

• A 3-D printer lab.

What major, long-lasting accomplishment did Bill Joy achieve?

• Co-created Facebook & consulted on Twitter.

• Founded Apple Computers & invented the iPad.

• Co-founded Sun Micro-systems & rewrote Java.

• Founded Microsoft & developed Windows.

To what does Bill Gates attribute his success?

• His parents

• His teachers.

• His intellect.

• A lucky series of events.

What makes computer moguls Gates's, Allen's, Job's, Schmidt's, and Joy's birth years so ideal?

• Born during the "good old days."

• Perfect age during the dawn of the personal computer age.

• Oldest students in their class.

• Born after WWII & before the Korean & Vietnam wars.

What "amazing thing" happened at Bill Gates's school, Lakeside?

• Bill Joy visited as a guest speaker.

• The mothers group started a computer club.

• Students learned computer programming with the computer-card.

• He created Microsoft.

Gladwell defines achievement as:

• School smarts plus street smarts.

• Hard work plus good grades.

• Talent plus preparation.

• People skills plus professional skills.

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