Question 1

True or false: Brian Roberts' father, Ralph Roberts, originally founded Comcast as a cable TV company in 1963.

Accepted Answer

True. Ralph Roberts founded Comcast in Tupelo, Mississippi, with a single cable system; Brian later became chairman and CEO.

Question 2

True or false: Brian Roberts dropped out of college to start his first internet company in the 1990s.

Accepted Answer

False. He earned a degree from the University of Pennsylvania and worked at Comcast, which his father founded, from graduation.

Question 3

True or false: Brian Roberts was a key architect of Comcast's $30 billion acquisition of NBCUniversal in 2011.

Accepted Answer

True. As CEO, he led the deal to buy 51% of NBCUniversal from GE, reshaping the media landscape.

Question 4

True or false: Brian Roberts played a key role in the founding of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.

Accepted Answer

False. Brian Roberts is the CEO of Comcast, not a founder of Wharton. Wharton was founded in 1881 by Joseph Wharton.

Question 5

True or false: Brian Roberts is an accomplished squash player who competed in the Pan American Games.

Accepted Answer

True. Roberts was a nationally ranked squash player and won a gold medal at the 1991 Pan American Games in doubles.

Question 6

True or false: Brian Roberts once served as a White House intern under President Bill Clinton.

Accepted Answer

False. There is no record of Roberts interning at the White House; he joined Comcast directly after college.

Question 7

True or false: Brian Roberts holds the record for the longest-serving CEO of any major U.S. media company.

Accepted Answer

False. While he has led Comcast since 2002, others like Rupert Murdoch served longer as head of News Corp.

Question 8

True or false: Brian Roberts is an avid art collector and owns works by Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko.

Accepted Answer

True. He and his wife have a notable art collection, including pieces by Pollock and Rothko, worth millions.

Brian Roberts Trivia Questions