intra college quiz 2012 round-5 (6/8)

DO YOU KNOW!!

Mark Taylor, Australian Test Captain declared with himself out at 334*, because he thought he didn’t deserve to pass Don Bradman’s score(334).

ROUND - 5

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WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE TERM GOOGLE AND WHY IS IT CALLED SO?

Originating from a misspelling of the word GOOGOL meaning one followed by one hundred zeros

WHAT IS FACEBOOK’S DOMINANT COLOUR AND WHY WAS IT CHOSEN?

BLUE , because Mark Zuckerberg has RED-GREEN COLOUR-BLINDNESS

WHAT IS THE COMPANY WITHIN RICHARD BRANSON’S VIRGIN GROUP

THAT PLANS TO PROVIDE SUB ORBITAL SPACE FLIGHTS TO SPACE TOURISTS

AND WHY IS IT FAMOUS?

VIRGIN GALACTIC, as of may 2012 there are 550 ticker-holders including STEPHEN HAWKING, TOM HANKS, ASTON KUTCHER, KATY PERRY, PRINCE ZULF ALI, BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE

OFFICIALLY CALLED VOLKSWAGEN TYPE 1 AND IN GERMANY KAFER

WHAT IS THE NICKNAME OF THE CAR REFERRED TO AND WHY IS IT FAMOUS ?

VOLKSWAGEN BUG(Volkswagen Beetle), It is the most manufactured car of a single design platform

THIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT HAS ALL IT’S REACTORS DESIGNED BY GENERAL

ELECTRIC, WHAT IS IT AND WHY IS IT KNOWN FOR?

FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, suffered major damage from the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on march 11, 2011.

WHAT IS CAPTCHA AND WHY IS IT USED?

Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart,

used to prevent unwanted internet bots from accessing websites

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