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Carly Fiorina Trivia Questions

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

1.

Fiorina was the first woman to lead a Fortune 20 company as CEO of Hewlett-Packard.

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She became HP’s CEO in 1999, making her the first woman to head a Dow 30 and a Fortune 20 company.

2.

Carly Fiorina ran for U.S. President in 2016 and won the New Hampshire primary.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

Fiorina sought the Republican nomination in 2016 but dropped out after the New Hampshire primary, which she lost to Donald Trump.

3.

Carly Fiorina was born in England and holds dual citizenship.

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She was born in Austin, Texas, to a law professor father and an artist mother; she is solely a U.S. citizen.

4.

Carly Fiorina was fired from HP with a severance package worth over $20 million.

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Fiorina was ousted in 2005 but received a severance of about $21 million, plus stock options, making it one of the largest at the time.

5.

Carly Fiorina once worked as a secretary at a brokerage firm early in her career.

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Before business school, she temped as a secretary at a brokerage, which gave her insight into the corporate world from the bottom up.

6.

Fiorina once donated a kidney to a complete stranger.

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In 2009, Fiorina donated a kidney anonymously to a stranger through a kidney exchange program. She kept the donation private until it emerged during her 2010 Senate run.

7.

Carly Fiorina is a trained opera singer who performed at Carnegie Hall.

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Fiorina studied medieval history and philosophy at Stanford, not opera; no record of her performing at Carnegie Hall exists.

8.

Fiorina served on the board of directors for the cybersecurity firm Cybereason.

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Carly Fiorina joined the board of directors of Cybereason, a cybersecurity firm, in September 2020.

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