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Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk - Quiz
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  • 1. Who instructed employees not to share commentary on a purported cancellation?
A) Edgett
B) Zatko
C) Musk
D) Agrawal
  • 2. By what percentage did Tesla shares rise in the hours after Musk's announcement?
A) 1.11 percent
B) 3.11 percent
C) 5.11 percent
D) 2.11 percent
  • 3. How did Trump initially describe the acquisition after criticizing Musk?
A) illegal
B) necessary
C) rotten
D) brilliant
  • 4. Who attacked Twitter for allegedly lying about the prevalence of its spambot accounts?
A) Steve Bannon
B) Charlie Kirk
C) Chris Murphy
D) Donald Trump
  • 5. What did Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk muse that Musk may have been seeking to do?
A) expose Twitter
B) retire early
C) buy Facebook
D) delete the internet
  • 6. How did Agrawal describe Zatko's complaint in an email to employees?
A) a false narrative
B) an absolute truth
C) a brilliant strategy
D) a minor misunderstanding
  • 7. How did Trump respond to the purchase after the deal was closed?
A) angrily
B) critically
C) indifferently
D) approvingly
  • 8. What term did Trump use to describe what he felt was running Twitter prior to the purchase?
A) radical right extremists
B) biased communists
C) corporate elites
D) radical left lunatics
  • 9. Which Democrat voiced distrust of Musk and called for tighter government regulation?
A) Amy Klobuchar
B) Dan Crenshaw
C) Chris Murphy
D) Marsha Blackburn
  • 10. Which Democrat advocated for a federal investigation into the role of Saudi Arabia in the purchase?
A) Chris Murphy
B) Amy Klobuchar
C) Darrell Issa
D) Jordan
  • 11. Who stated that he hoped Twitter would eliminate political bias and ideological dictatorship?
A) Dmitry Medvedev
B) Bin Talal Al Saud
C) Thierry Breton
D) Jamie Dimon
  • 12. What law did Breton remind people that Twitter was bound by?
A) Digital Services Act
B) General Data Protection Regulation
C) Digital Markets Act
D) Free Speech Act
  • 13. On which platforms did Twitter employees express uncertainty and fear regarding layoffs?
A) Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram
B) Slack, Discord, and LinkedIn
C) Reddit, Tumblr, and Pinterest
D) Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
  • 14. Who tweeted her disappointment with Gadde's dismissal?
A) Margarita Simonyan
B) Beeban Kidron
C) Seyi Akiwowo
D) Amy Kremer
  • 15. Who praised Musk for his aspirations after the purchase?
A) Charlie Kirk
B) Stew Peters
C) Joe Rogan
D) Steve Bannon
  • 16. Which media personality attempted to circumvent their Twitter block after the purchase?
A) Rob Reiner
B) Stew Peters
C) John Pavlovitz
D) Joe Rogan
  • 17. Who demanded that Musk lift her Twitter suspension?
A) Marjorie Taylor Greene
B) Beeban Kidron
C) Margarita Simonyan
D) Seyi Akiwowo
  • 18. Who urged Musk to eradicate spambot accounts?
A) Bin Talal Al Saud
B) Jamie Dimon
C) Dmitry Medvedev
D) Thierry Breton
  • 19. Which Tesla rival announced it would temporarily stop paid advertising on Twitter?
A) General Motors
B) Audi
C) Volkswagen Group
D) Porsche
  • 20. Which alt-tech platform welcomed Musk's purchase?
A) Parler
B) Gettr
C) Mastodon
D) Truth Social
  • 21. Which alt-tech platform was more skeptical of the purchase, believing Twitter was fundamentally broken?
A) Telegram
B) Gettr
C) Mastodon
D) Parler
  • 22. With which 2022 film were similarities drawn regarding the acquisition?
A) Don't Look Up
B) The Big Short
C) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
D) The Social Network
  • 23. Who directed the film that was compared to Musk's acquisition?
A) Rian Johnson
B) Adam McKay
C) Denis Villeneuve
D) Christopher Nolan
  • 24. Which digital investigations company reported on follower changes after the deal was finalized?
A) Network Contagion Research Institute
B) Center for Countering Digital Hate
C) Anti-Defamation League
D) Memetica
  • 25. Which platform experienced a surge in sign-ups following the acquisition?
A) LinkedIn
B) Gettr
C) Parler
D) Mastodon
  • 26. Which left-wing influencers urged fellow leftists to remain on Twitter for the time being?
A) Amy Klobuchar and Chris Murphy
B) Joe Rogan and Stew Peters
C) John Pavlovitz and Rob Reiner
D) Seyi Akiwowo and Beeban Kidron
  • 27. What percentage spike in the use of a specific racial slur did the NCRI observe in the 12 hours after the acquisition?
A) 500 percent
B) 100 percent
C) 200 percent
D) 1000 percent
  • 28. How did Twitter respond to reports of accounts using racial slurs after the acquisition?
A) They blamed automated spambots.
B) They disabled the entire platform temporarily.
C) They ignored the reports completely.
D) They stated it was a trolling campaign and accounts would be banned summarily.
  • 29. Which organization reported an increase in antisemitic content?
A) Network Contagion Research Institute
B) Anti-Defamation League
C) Memetica
D) Center for Countering Digital Hate
  • 30. When did Musk begin purchasing Twitter stock?
A) April 14, 2022
B) January 31, 2022
C) April 4, 2022
D) April 15, 2022
  • 31. What milestone did Twitter's stock experience following Musk's April 4 announcement?
A) Largest intraday surge since its 2013 IPO
B) Largest single-day drop in company history
C) Complete delisting from the stock exchange
D) Trading suspension by the SEC
  • 32. What did Twitter invite Musk to do the day after his share acquisition announcement?
A) Sell his shares immediately
B) Become CEO of the company
C) Join the company's board
D) Fund a new research division
  • 33. Who did Musk phone on the day he was invited to join the board, suggesting he remain on it?
A) Taylor
B) Morgan Stanley
C) Dorsey
D) The SEC chairman
  • 34. What did Musk inform Twitter he intended to do after deciding not to join the board?
A) Make an offer to take the company private
B) Launch a competing social media platform
C) Sue the board members for stock manipulation
D) Sell all of his Twitter shares
  • 35. Who sued Musk on April 12 for allegedly manipulating stock prices and violating SEC rules?
A) Tesla's board of directors
B) A company shareholder
C) The Securities and Exchange Commission
D) Jack Dorsey
  • 36. When did Musk make an unsolicited and non-binding offer to purchase Twitter?
A) April 4, 2022
B) January 31, 2022
C) April 20, 2022
D) April 14, 2022
  • 37. How much was Musk's buyout offer to purchase Twitter?
A) $62.5 billion
B) $43 billion
C) $54.20 billion
D) $2.64 billion
  • 38. What was the price per share offered by Musk in his buyout bid?
A) $43.00
B) $27.00
C) $54.20
D) $9.20
  • 39. Why was Musk's buyout bid described as a hostile takeover attempt?
A) Because of the implied threat to purchase outstanding stock if management declined
B) Because he threatened to fire all Twitter employees immediately
C) Because he used illegal funding methods
D) Because he bypassed the SEC entirely
  • 40. What did Musk state he aimed to make Twitter during a TED interview?
A) A profitable e-commerce marketplace
B) A platform for free speech around the globe
C) A government-regulated utility
D) A subsidiary of Tesla
  • 41. What strategy did Twitter's board of directors announce on April 15?
A) Stock split initiative
B) Hostile merger defense
C) Golden parachute policy
D) Poison pill strategy
  • 42. When did Twitter's poison pill strategy expire?
A) January 31, 2023
B) April 14, 2023
C) April 20, 2023
D) April 14, 2022
  • 43. Who was urged by Twitter's largest institutional shareholders to seriously consider Musk's offer on April 17?
A) Dorsey
B) The SEC
C) Musk
D) Taylor
  • 44. Which bank led the group of banks providing financing for Musk's potential tender offer?
A) Morgan Stanley
B) Barclays
C) BNP Paribas
D) Bank of America
  • 45. How much were the senior secured bank loans secured by the bank group?
A) $6 billion
B) $20 billion
C) $6.25 billion
D) $7 billion
  • 46. How much was the subordinated debt secured for the buyout?
A) $7.1 billion
B) $7 billion
C) $13 billion
D) $6 billion
  • 47. How much were the bank loans to Musk personally, secured by his Tesla stock?
A) $20 billion
B) $7 billion
C) $6.25 billion
D) $12.5 billion
  • 48. How much Tesla stock value was used to secure Musk's personal bank loans?
A) $2.64 billion
B) $21 billion
C) $62.5 billion
D) $43 billion
  • 49. How much cash equity was Musk providing from sales of Tesla stock and other assets?
A) $7 billion
B) $13 billion
C) $20 billion
D) $6.25 billion
  • 50. How much equity was provided by 19 independent investors?
A) $6 billion
B) $6.25 billion
C) $7.1 billion
D) $7 billion
  • 51. What name did Musk use to register three holding companies two days after announcing his bid?
A) X Holdings
B) Tesla Acquisitions
C) Free Speech Corp
D) Twitter Takeover LLC
  • 52. How much of a paper loss did Musk incur on the day after the acquisition was announced?
A) $7 billion
B) $21 billion
C) $2.64 billion
D) $43 billion
  • 53. Who was the previous CEO of Twitter fired by Musk?
A) Bret Taylor
B) Parag Agrawal
C) Linda Yaccarino
D) Jack Dorsey
  • 54. What proportion of the company's workforce did Musk lay off?
A) Three quarters
B) All employees
C) One quarter
D) Half
  • 55. What kind of work did Musk demand employees commit to in an ultimatum?
A) Part-time remote work
B) Standard 40-hour work weeks
C) Volunteer community work
D) Extremely hardcore work
  • 56. Who was appointed as the CEO of X Corp.?
A) Jack Dorsey
B) Linda Yaccarino
C) Parag Agrawal
D) Sheryl Sandberg
  • 57. Which political group in the United States has largely supported the acquisition?
A) Socialists
B) Conservatives
C) Liberals
D) Green party members
  • 58. How many journalists had their accounts suspended by Musk in December 2022?
A) Five
B) Ten
C) Hundred
D) Twenty
  • 59. When did Elon Musk publish his first tweet on his personal Twitter account?
A) March 2022
B) April 2022
C) September 2017
D) June 2010
  • 60. How many followers did Elon Musk have on Twitter by April 2022?
A) More than 50 million
B) Exactly 80 million
C) Less than 10 million
D) More than 80 million
  • 61. Who is Egon Durban?
A) Tesla board member
B) Twitter co-founder
C) Silver Lake co-CEO
D) Axel Springer CEO
  • 62. Whose CEO was revealed in September 2022 to have urged Musk to buy Twitter?
A) Axel Springer
B) Babylon Bee
C) Palantir
D) Silver Lake
  • 63. What is the name of the Axel Springer CEO who urged Musk to buy Twitter via text?
A) Parag Agrawal
B) David Sacks
C) Mathias Döpfner
D) Bret Taylor
  • 64. Which publication reported that a group of libertarian-leaning activists and businessmen encouraged Musk?
A) Bloomberg
B) The Nation
C) New York Times
D) Wall Street Journal
  • 65. What term is used to describe former executives at the online payments company PayPal who encouraged Musk?
A) Silver Lake group
B) PayPal mafia
C) Silicon Valley elites
D) Tesla board
  • 66. What relation is Kimbal Musk to Elon Musk?
A) Co-founder
B) Business partner only
C) Cousin
D) Brother
  • 67. Which publication noted the role of the Saudi government in close financial ties with Silicon Valley elites?
A) The Nation
B) The Washington Post
C) Wall Street Journal
D) Financial Times
  • 68. Who did Musk say accepted the deal and finalized it?
A) Taylor
B) Dorsey
C) Agrawal
D) Jack
  • 69. What did Musk suggest he might convert Twitter's San Francisco headquarters into?
A) A Tesla showroom
B) A data center
C) A homeless shelter
D) A public park
  • 70. Which Twitter executive was criticized by Musk in published tweets and subsequently harassed?
A) Bruce Falck
B) Vijaya Gadde
C) Martha Lane Fox
D) Kayvon Beykpour
  • 71. On what date did Musk reveal he had placed the deal "on hold"?
A) June 3
B) May 25
C) May 13
D) May 16
  • 72. What emoji did Musk tweet in response to Agrawal's May 16 Twitter thread?
A) A laughing emoji
B) A thumbs down emoji
C) A fire emoji
D) A poop emoji
  • 73. Which government agency did Musk urge to investigate Twitter's daily user numbers?
A) U.S. Justice Department
B) FTC
C) IRS
D) SEC
  • 74. Which Twitter investor filed a class-action lawsuit against Musk alleging market manipulation?
A) Jack Dorsey
B) Peiter Zatko
C) Parag Agrawal
D) William Heresniak
  • 75. In which state did the lawsuit allege Musk violated corporate laws?
A) California
B) Texas
C) New York
D) Delaware
  • 76. What did Musk pledge his commitment to as a source of revenue for Twitter during the all-hands meeting?
A) Subscription fees
B) Advertising
C) Government grants
D) Cryptocurrency transactions
  • 77. Who filed a complaint with the SEC, U.S. Justice Department, and FTC on July 6?
A) Whistleblower Aid
B) Tesla Inc.
C) The Washington Post
D) William Heresniak
  • 78. Who was the former Twitter security officer who accused executives of making false or misleading statements?
A) Parag Agrawal
B) William Heresniak
C) Jack Dorsey
D) Peiter Zatko
  • 79. Which publication reported on July 7 that the deal was "in peril" amid a slowdown in discussions on funding?
A) The Wall Street Journal
B) Bloomberg
C) The New York Times
D) The Washington Post
  • 80. On what date did Musk announce his intention to terminate the proposed acquisition of Twitter?
A) August 29
B) July 10
C) July 8
D) July 12
  • 81. What specific data requests did Musk claim Twitter refused to comply with?
A) Spambot account data
B) Employee salary data
C) Internal chat logs
D) User financial records
  • 82. Which law firm was hired by Twitter on July 10 to represent its case?
A) Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
B) Potter Anderson & Corroon
C) Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
D) Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
  • 83. Which law firm did Musk employ for the legal battle, having previously used them for Unsworth v. Musk?
A) Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
B) Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
C) Ballard Spahr
D) Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
  • 84. Who served as Musk's personal lawyer during the legal proceedings?
A) Leo Strine
B) David Sacks
C) Alex Spiro
D) William Savitt
  • 85. What was Musk's tweeting response to the filing of Twitter's lawsuit?
A) "Deal terminated"
B) "Free speech prevails"
C) "Oh the irony lol"
D) "Bring it on"
  • 86. What trial dates did Twitter initially request?
A) October 17 through October 21
B) October 10 through October 14
C) September 19 through September 22
D) February 13 through February 22, 2023
  • 87. What was the originally scheduled "drop dead" date for the deal?
A) October 24
B) February 13, 2023
C) October 10
D) September 19
  • 88. Who was the judge who ruled that the trial would last for five days in October?
A) Kathaleen McCormick
B) William Savitt
C) Leo Strine
D) Alex Spiro
  • 89. What did Twitter cite during its quarterly earnings investor call on July 22 as the primary factor for its decline in revenue?
A) The "chaos" caused by the proposal
B) A drop in active daily users
C) Legal fees from the lawsuit
D) Decreased advertising demand due to inflation
  • 90. What trial start date did judge McCormick ultimately grant after Musk's lawyers requested October 17?
A) February 13, 2023
B) October 17
C) September 19
D) October 10
  • 91. Which former Twitter employee's documents was Twitter ordered to produce following a request by Musk's team?
A) Beykpour
B) Taylor
C) Zatko
D) Agrawal
  • 92. Name one of the businessmen and investors, aside from Dorsey, who was subpoenaed by Musk.
A) Marc Andreessen
B) Leo Strine
C) Kathaleen McCormick
D) William Savitt
  • 93. Which subpoenaed individual filed a failed motion to dismiss the subpoena?
A) Sacks
B) Lonsdale
C) Dorsey
D) Zatko
  • 94. Approximately how many total subpoenas were issued by lawyers for Twitter?
A) Exactly 41
B) 9,000
C) More than 36
D) Over 84
  • 95. With which team did Twitter announce it would combine its health team to face increasing pressure from Musk?
A) Executive board
B) Legal team
C) Anti-spam team
D) Investor relations team
  • 96. On what date did Musk file a "termination letter" with the SEC citing Zatko's claims?
A) August 6
B) August 29
C) September 13
D) July 8
  • 97. Whose claims did Musk cite as evidence that Twitter breached their contract in his August 29 SEC filing?
A) Beykpour's
B) Agrawal's
C) Dorsey's
D) Zatko's
  • 98. Which company did Musk deposit a $1 billion loan from during this time?
A) Tesla
B) SpaceX
C) Bloomberg News
D) The Washington Post
  • 99. How did the White House respond to reports about a potential national security review?
A) Confirmed the reports
B) Denied the reports
C) Announced an immediate ban
D) Refused to comment
  • 100. What object was Musk jokingly carrying in a video he tweeted upon visiting Twitter's headquarters?
A) A broom
B) A box of files
C) A computer tower
D) A kitchen sink
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