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Answers:

1. "Minimum Viable Product": At the onset of the series, this music star is performing at party attended by dozens well-behaved tech-heads:
Skrillex
Kid Rock
Avicii
Ice Cube
 
2. "Minimum Viable Product": Pied Piper had as its origin a platform for:
Video
Images
Text
Music
 
3. "Minimum Viable Product": When we first see Peter Gregory, he encouraging people to:
Drop out of college
Obey traffic laws
Refrain from voting in political elections
Pursue technical training
 
4. "Minimum Viable Product": This person relates to Richard a completely unhelpful parable of a man who faced the "Take the money or keep the company" dilemma:
A traffic cop
A newspaper advice columnist
A clerk in an electronics store
A doctor
 
5. "The Cap Table": The stripper at the launch party is named:
Jazzzmine
Mochachino
Brandywine
Crystal
 
6. "The Cap Table": Erlich tells Richard to be more of a/n
Bro
Tyrant
A$$hole
Visionary
 
7. "The Cap Table": During the formulation of the business plan, who goes missing for several hours?
Jared
Erlich
Big Head
Dinesh
 
8. "The Cap Table": And speaking of which, in the second episode, we learn Big Head's first name is actually:
Edison
Nelson
Zev
Truman
 
9. "Articles of Incorporation": Pied Piper, Inc. already exists in the state of California as a:
Fertilizer manufacturer
Tractor manufacturer
Exterminator company
Sprinkler company
 
10. "Articles of Incorporation": This member of the team is revealed to be a foreign national:
Jared
Richard
Gilfoyle
Dinesh
 
11. "Articles of Incorporation": Peter Gregory is able to make an emergency loan to a business based on futures of:
Coffee beans
Sesame seeds
Mustard seeds
Chili peppers
 
12. "Fiduciary Duties": Richard tries to describe his company to a lawyer, who is too distracted ____________ to care:
By his guitar
Trying to fasten new laceless shoes
With his secretary's backside
Watching stock reports
 
13. "Fiduciary Duties": The guys attend a party wearing:
Togas
Sports uniforms
Ties and underwear
American flags
 
14. "Fiduciary Duties": Richard tells Erlich that he will, in fact, not be a board member:
During a meeting with Peter Gregory
In a restroom
While playing video games
While they are getting their picture taken
 
15. "Signaling Risk": The hologram-type system that operates horribly when Big Head tries to talk to Gavin Belson is called:
Tele-Human
Nearly There
Hello-gram
Futurachat
 
16. "Signaling Risk": In arguments about Pied Piper's logo, it's pointed out that many, many tech logos:
Use primary colors
Consist of lower case letters
Are ambigrams
Contain Satanic markings
 
17. "Signaling Risk": The first version of the logo rendered by acclaimed graphic artist Chuy displays this person in a rather unusual position:
Erlich
Richard
Dinesh
Jared
 
18. "Third Party Insourcing": The Carver reputedly - but in actuality, not really at all - hacked into this very, very large company:
eBay
Bank of America
Citi
Oracle
 
19. "Third Party Insourcing": Arallon, the island Peter Gregory is building:
Is sinking
Straddles the International Date Line
Is populated by ex-Hooli employees
Is protected with cloaking technology
 
20. "Third Party Insourcing": Dinesh, Gilfoyle and Erlich attend a Satanic:
Wedding
Baptism
Funeral
Canonization
 
21. "Proof of Concept": It turns out that ________ is gay for ________'s code:
Dinesh / Gilfoyle
Richard / Dinesh
Gilfoyle / Dinesh
Erlich / Big Head
 
22. "Proof of Concept": Who doesn't show up on ID-Keen, the facial recognition app that identifies someone and shows how important they are to the conference?
Monica
Erlich
Jared
Richard
 
23. "Proof of Concept": The name of the girl with whom Richard is either obsessed or not obsessed is:
Elaine
Jenny
Angie
Sherry
 
24. "Optimal Tip-to-Tip Efficiency": In order to mess with Gavin Belson, Erlich rattles off a number of rumors, all of which he says are unsubstantiated. Which is not something Erlich mentions?
The impending collapse of Hooli stock
The fact that Gavin is no longer welcome in Thailand
Gavin's alcoholism
A sexual impropriety at work
 
25. "Optimal Tip-to-Tip Efficiency": Richard uses this type of file during his proof of the new version of Pied Piper at the Tech Crunch Disrupt finals:
Video
3D Video
Audio
3D CAD
 




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