Amazon Trivia Quiz Questions
In 2011, Amazon had how many full-time employees
in the USA?
A: 30,000.
How many employees did it have by the end of
2016?
A: 180,000.
In June 2017, Amazon announced that it would
acquire what supermarket chain?
A: Whole
Foods.
How many stores did Whole Foods have?
A: Over 400 stores.
How much did Amazon pay for Whole Foods?
A: $13.4 billion.
The acquisition was seen by media experts as a
move to do what?
A: Challenge
Walmart's supremacy as a brick and
mortar retailer.
In September 2017, Amazon announced plans to do
what?
A: Locate a second headquarters in a
metropolitan area with at least a million
people.
At the end of 2017, Amazon had how many
employees worldwide?
A: Over 566,000.
According to an August 8,
2018 story in
Bloomberg Businessweek, Amazon has what percent
share of U.S. retail spending (excluding
cars
and car parts and visits to restaurants and
bars)?
A: About a 5 percent share.
The forecast is for Amazon to own what
percentage of the total American online spending
in 2018?
A: 49 percent.
Amazon launched the last-mile delivery program
and ordered how many Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Vans
for the service in September 2018?
A: 20,000.
On January 22, 2018, what was opened to the
general public in Seattle?
A: Amazon Go, a store that uses cameras and
sensors to detect items that a shopper removes
from the shelves and automatically charges the
customer’s Amazon account.
In order to enter the store, what do the
Customers have to have?
A: They are required to have an Amazon Go app
installed on their smartphone and a linked
Amazon account.
The technology is meant to eliminate the need
for what?
A: Checkout lines.
Amazon Go was initially opened for whom in
December 2016?
A: Amazon employees.
When did the second Amazon Go store open its
doors?
A: In August 2018.
From 2001 until August 2011, Amazon hosted the
retail website for what brick and mortar store?
A: Target.
On October 18, 2011, Amazon.com announced a
partnership with whom for the exclusive digital
rights to what popular comics?
A: DC Comics.
In November 2013, Amazon.com announced a
partnership with the United States Postal
Service to do what?
A: To begin delivering orders on Sundays.
In June 2017,
Nike confirmed what with Amazon?
A: A partnership, stating it to be in an initial
phase where they'll be selling goods on Amazon.
As of October 11, 2017, AmazonFresh sells a
range of Booths branded products for what?
A: Home delivery in selected areas.
How many subsidiaries does Amazon own?
A: Over 40 subsidiaries, including Zappos,
Shopbop, Diapers.com, Kiva Systems (now Amazon
Robotics), Audible, Goodreads, Teachstreet and
IMDb.
The domain amazon.com attracted how many
visitors annually by 2008?
A: At least 615 million.
Amazon attracts how many customers to its US
website per month by the start of 2016?
A: Over 130 million.
Results generated by Amazon's search engine are
partly determined by what?
A: Promotional fees.
Amazon allows users to submit “what” to the web
page of each product?
A: Reviews.
Reviewers rate the product on a rating scale of
from one to five what?
A: Stars.
Amazon provides a badging option for reviewers
that indicate what?
A: The real name of the reviewer or that the
reviewer is one of the top reviewers by
popularity.
Customers may comment or vote on the reviews,
indicating what?
A: Whether they found a review helpful to them.
Where does a review appear if it is given enough
"helpful" hits?
A: It appears on the front page of the product.