access 2016 - sub junior quiz finals

SUB-JUNIOR QUIZACCESS 2016

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Q1

The name “X" was derived from the city name ___ _________, which is why the company's engineers insisted on using the lower case “X" in its early years. The logo is intended to depict the two towers of the Golden Gate Bridge.

X?

CISCO, SAN FRANCISCO

Q2

This company was started in Chicago, Illinois, as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation. Some of its important milestones are:Made the radio that went to the moonCreated the first mobile phone everGot acquired by Google, then Lenovo

MOTOROLA

Q3

Ritesh Aggarwal founded Oravel Stays as a method for people to easily book rooms. He then changed its name to “X”, which has become one of the most popular startups in the country. Its logo is a location pin.

OYO ROOMS

Q4

This man is often called a Serial Entrepreneur, founding a series of successful companies, and then leaving them for new ventures. Following are some of his companies:Zip2SolarcityOpenAI

ELON MUSK

Q5

The company was founded by and is managed by James Park and Eric Friedman, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company's stock began trading with the symbol “___“(First three letters of their name) on June 18, 2015.

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FITBIT

Q6

was born at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas, on May 27, 1999. He was named by Dan Van Coppenolle after the 1988 Shanachie song “_______(Working Together for Freedom)" by Rita Marley. _________ is a Swahili term for communal labor.On September 18, 2014, _______ was transferred to the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden to learn adult gorilla behavior and join a new social group.

HARAMBE

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Q7

This was founded as a card company in late 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi. Based in Kyoto, Japan, the business produced and marketed a playing card game called "Hanafuda". Currently, it is one of the biggest companies in the gaming world.

What company?

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NINTENDO

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Q8

Who is called the Father of Supercomputers ?

SEYMOUR CRAY

Q9

What is the name given to the three lined menu button which is seen on most websites ?

HAMBURGER MENU

Q10

Which company’s name translates to “Three Seas” in its native language ?

SANYO

Q11

Deep Kalra, alumnus of St.Stephen’s College is the founder of which popular travel company ?

MAKE MY TRIP

Q12

Which company provides GPS Service to Apple Maps ?

TOMTOM

Q13

This entity is named after the girlfriend of the founder.Identify this entity which is known for producing distribution of Linux OS

DEBIAN

Q14

Which company was founded by ex-Modernite Deepak Puri and is the largest optical storage manufacturer ?

MOSERBAER

Q15

It was a project started by Apple in the 90’s to create a handheld personal assistant device. What was the name of the project ?

NEWTON PDA

Q16

Which popular tech personality offered to donate his kidney to Steve Jobs ?

TIM COOK

Q17

After being rejected by Twitter and Facebook, Brian Acton founded which popular messaging company valued at more than $17 Billion ?

WHATSAPP

Q18

A computer scientist and inventor hailing from Gujarat. He is the head of the think tank of a huge global conglomerate. Project Beyond and Sixth Sense are some of his most known works. Where does he work ?

SAMSUNG

Q19

Which popular music software was earlier known as SoundJam ?

ITUNES

Q20

Developed by Plain Vanilla Games from Iceland. It matches up users to compete against each other in an activity dear to our heart.

QUIZUP

Q21

John Tukey early in his career worked on developing statistical methods for computers at Bell Labs where he invented the term “bit”. However the term X which Paul Niquette claims he coined in 1953 wsa first used in print by Tukey in a 1958 article in American Mathematical Monthly and thus some attribute the term to him. Which term ?

SOFTWARE

Q22

Connect :-Max LevchinReid HoffmanKen HoweryLuke NosekSteve Chen Keith RabeosChad HurleyEric M JacksonDave McClure

PAYPAL MAFIA

Q23

X is a New Delhi based company which was founded on 10 June 1988 by Rakesh Malhotra. The tagline of X is “Jispe Desh Kare Bharosa”. In 2004 X tied up with Eagle Picher Inc USA for battery technology. Today X is a part of Schneider Electric Conglomerate and Sachin Tendulkar is the brand ambassador of X.

LUMINOUS

Q24

_______ Ravindran cracked the CAT Examinations several times but he decided not to join IIM and instead founded his own company which is named after him and is known for using technology to impart education. Identify this company ?

BYJU