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Amazon Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Amazon? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

In 2011, Amazon announced that its Kindle e-book sales had surpassed sales of all physical books combined.

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On May 19, 2011, Amazon announced that since April 1, it was selling 105 Kindle e-books for every 100 print books, including hardcovers and paperbacks. This was the first time e-book sales surpassed total physical book sales.

2.

Amazon originally sold only books from its founding in 1994.

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Easy
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Amazon began as an online bookstore, selling only books upon its 1995 website launch. Music and video sales were added in 1998.

3.

Amazon was originally named 'Cadabra' before becoming Amazon.

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The company was incorporated as Cadabra, Inc. in July 1994. Jeff Bezos changed the name to Amazon later that year after a lawyer misheard 'Cadabra' as 'cadaver'.

4.

Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos founded the company in his garage like many tech startups.

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Medium
✗ FALSE

Bezos started Amazon in a rented house in Bellevue, Washington, not a garage. The 'garage myth' is common but inaccurate.

5.

Amazon Web Services generates more profit than Amazon's entire retail division.

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AWS consistently accounts for the majority of Amazon's operating income, far surpassing retail margins.

6.

Amazon's first employee was a woman named Shelly Kapoor.

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Hard
✗ FALSE

Amazon's first employee was actually Shel Kaphan, a male software engineer hired by Jeff Bezos in 1994. Shelly Kapoor is not a known figure in Amazon's early history.

7.

Amazon's headquarters in Seattle includes a building with a giant dog statue.

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Amazon's Seattle headquarters features a life-sized bronze statue of Rufus the corgi, not a giant dog statue.

8.

Amazon has a patent on one-click purchasing that expires in 2024.

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Hard
✗ FALSE

Amazon's one-click patent (US 5,960,411) was granted in 1999 and expired in September 2017, not 2024.

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