Question 1

True or false: Spotify was founded in Sweden in 2006.

Accepted Answer

True. Spotify was founded in Stockholm, Sweden, by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon in 2006. It launched publicly in 2008.

Question 2

True or false: Spotify was founded by two American entrepreneurs in Boston.

Accepted Answer

False. Spotify was founded by Swedes Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon in Stockholm, Sweden. Neither founder is American nor based in Boston.

Question 3

True or false: Spotify acquired the podcast platform Anchor in 2019.

Accepted Answer

True. Spotify acquired Anchor in 2019 to bolster its podcast creation tools. Anchor allowed anyone to create and distribute podcasts easily.

Question 4

True or false: Spotify pays all artists the exact same per-stream rate.

Accepted Answer

False. Spotify's per-stream payout varies by country, subscription type, and licensing agreements. There is no single fixed rate for all artists.

Question 5

True or false: Spotify's free tier allows unlimited song skips on mobile devices.

Accepted Answer

False. On Spotify's free mobile tier, users have limited skips per hour (typically 6). Unlimited skips require a Premium subscription.

Question 6

True or false: Spotify launched its year-end Wrapped campaign in 2016.

Accepted Answer

True. Spotify Wrapped began in 2016 as a personalized year-in-review feature for users, highlighting their most-streamed songs and artists.

Question 7

True or false: Spotify's most streamed artist of the 2010s was Drake.

Accepted Answer

True. In 2019, Spotify announced Drake as the most-streamed artist of the entire decade, with over 28 billion streams across the 2010s.

Question 8

True or false: Spotify was originally named 'Streamify' before it launched.

Accepted Answer

False. Spotify was always called Spotify. The name was chosen before launch and never changed from 'Streamify' or any other placeholder.

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