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Which company acquired PayPal in 2002, after Elon Musk had helped lead its predecessor?
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eBay
Who played Bill Gates in the 1999 television film Pirates of Silicon Valley?
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Anthony Michael Hall
In 2005, which magazine named Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, and Bono its Persons of the Year?
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Time
What position did Bill Gates hold at Microsoft when Satya Nadella became CEO in 2014?
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Technology adviser
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In which city was Elon Musk born on June 28, 1971?
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Pretoria
Who played Bill Gates in the 1999 television film Pirates of Silicon Valley?
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Anthony Michael Hall
What position did Bill Gates hold at Microsoft when Satya Nadella became CEO in 2014?
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Technology adviser
Which award did Bill Gates receive from Queen Elizabeth II in 2005 for his contributions to enterprise and philanthropy?
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Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Which climate-focused organization did Bill Gates launch in 2015 to support clean-energy innovation?
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Breakthrough Energy
Which Leonardo da Vinci manuscript did Bill Gates buy at auction in 1994?
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Codex Leicester
What was the title of Bill Gates’s 1976 message defending software copyright for hobbyist computer users?
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An Open Letter to Hobbyists
What is the title of Bill Gates’s 2021 book about reducing greenhouse-gas emissions?
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster