Short answers, pulled from the story.
The name Ogg originated from the computer game Netrek, where the term ogging described the act of forcefully consuming server resources. Developers chose the name as an inside joke reflecting the ambitious and somewhat reckless nature of the early software project.
The Ogg container format was created in 1993 by a group of developers seeking to build a flexible audio compression format. The project initially bore the name Squish before a trademark dispute forced a rebranding to OggSquish and eventually Ogg.
The Xiph.Org Foundation manages the Ogg format and develops official codecs for various platforms. This organization responded to the need for open standards by creating codecs compatible with QuickTime-based applications on Windows and Mac OS X.
The Ogg container format supports audio codecs such as Speex, Vorbis, Opus, and FLAC, as well as video codecs like Theora and Daala. It also accommodates text codecs including Continuous Media Markup Language and Annodex for timed metadata and captioning.
By 2009, the Ogg container format was the only container format included in Firefox 3.5's implementation of the HTML5 video and audio elements. This milestone marked the format as a standard for web-based multimedia during that period.