Bill Gates and the Rise of Microsoft

Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, was born in 1955 and showed an early interest in computers. He excelled academically and co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975. Microsoft became a major player in the tech industry, especially after developing MS-DOS for IBM. Gates launched Windows, which dominated the market, making him the world's youngest billionaire. He later stepped down as CEO to focus on philanthropy, funding global health and education initiatives.

What was the first program Bill Gates wrote at the age of 13?

• A calculator

• A tic-tac-toe game

• A chess game

• A word processor

Which university did Bill Gates attend before dropping out?

• Harvard University

• Stanford University

• MIT

• Yale University

What inspired Gates and Allen to start Microsoft?

• An article in Popular Electronics

• A lecture at Harvard

• A meeting with Steve Jobs

• A government contract

What was the name of the operating system Microsoft acquired for IBM's PCs?

• CP/M

• UNIX

• 86-DOS

• Linux

How much did Microsoft pay for the 86-DOS operating system?

• $25,000

• $100,000

• $50,000

• $10,000

Which company invited Microsoft to write software for their computers, leading to the development of Windows?

• HP

• IBM

• Intel

• Apple

In what year did Bill Gates become the world's youngest billionaire?

• 1985

• 1987

• 1984

• 1986

By 1993, what percentage of the world's computers were running Windows?

• 80%

• 90%

• 75%

• 85%

What was the name of the memo that led to Microsoft's expansion into the World Wide Web?

• Web Revolution

• Internet Tidal-Wave

• Digital Future

• Online Expansion

After stepping down as CEO, what did Bill Gates focus on?

• Starting a new company

• Writing books

• Philanthropy

• Teaching