techno-quiz prelims
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Prelims
There are 20 questions to follow. Each question carries one mark except those * marked whose
value is +3. Please keep your phones switched off, any unfair means will
lead to disqualification. The quiz master’s decision is final and binding.
General Rules
PrelimsQ1) *This company was ,founded in 1979 by Richard Egan and Roger
Marino, introducing its first 64-kilobyte memory boards for the Prime
Computer in 1981 . It has 60,000 employees and is considered the world’s
largest provider of data storage systems, competing
against NetApp, IBM,Hewlett-Packard, and Hitachi Data Systems. In
2012 and 2013, it was included on a number of award lists, including the
World's Most Admired Computer Companies, Top 100 Global
Innovators, and Best Multinational Workplaces in Europe. It also received
a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign 2012 and 2013 Corporate
Equality Index.Which famous company is being described here ?
EMC
PrelimsQ2) In 2012, X co-founded a start-up called Jelly Industries where he serves as CEO. The Jelly app came out of stealth in January 2014. Available for both iOS and Android, it is a Q&A platform that relies on images.X is a co-inventor and co-founder of Twitter, Inc and also helped to create and launch Xanga, Blogger, Odeo, The Obvious Corporation.Who is this famous X being described here ?
Biz Stone
PrelimsQ3) * Identify this famous person from the world of Apple ?
Guy Kawasaki
PrelimsQ4) What is depicted in this comic strip ? (Hint :Recent)
Bitcoin
PrelimsQ5) Everyone knows he is Satya Nadella the present CEO of Microsoft . Simply ans me what was he heading at Microsoft before joining the post of CEO ?
Microsoft Cloud Services
PrelimsQ6) Project 2x1 is a 2013 American documentary film about the Hasidic and West Indian residents of Crown Heights, Brooklyn. It is shot in part using a Google offering . In November 2012, this Google offering received recognition by Time Magazine as one of the "Best Inventions of the Year 2012", alongside inventions such as the Curiosity Rover.Which famous offering is this from the world of Google?
Google Glass
PrelimsQ7)*On 2nd Jan 2014 Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg have officially launched this famous website , described as a “new tech and media news, reviews and analysis site.” Behind this new site is the same team from the former All Things Digital site — which Swisher and Mossberg ran for Dow Jones from 2007 onward. They explain as “ Because everything in tech and media is constantly being refreshed, renewed and reimagined. And this is the reinvention of ourselves.” Which is this newly launched website ?
Re/code
PrelimsQ8) Who is this famous X from the history of computing ?• X was portrayed by Derek Jacobi in the 1996 television
movie Breaking the Cod. • X was depicted in the drama-documentary Codebreaker,
was aired by UK's Channel 4 in 2011 and was released in the US in October 2012.
• The historical drama The Imitation Game, directed by Morten Tyldum and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as X, is set for cinematic release in 2014.
Alan Turing
Q9) Identify the person behind these tweets.
Prelims
Brian Acton (whatsapp founder)
PrelimsQ10) Identify the company from its beginning advertisement?
Dell
PrelimsQ11) Identify the famous organization form its recent innovation ?
Nasa Pizza
PrelimsQ12) Identify the logo of this free messaging app ? This was founded by 4 Israeli partners: Talmon Marco, Igor Megzinik, Sani Maroli and Ofer Smocha.
Viber
PrelimsQ13) Apply Logic and connect/infer from the image
Facebook’s first Indian Acuisition
PrelimsQ14)* Identify the company ?
Prometric
PrelimsQ15) Last week, a developer made a cubelike version of this for Minecraft. Another developer created a version that can run on the Commodore 64, an 8-bit home computer that went on sale in 1982 from Commodore International. And in one of the most impressive instances, it has been ported to a Texas Instrument graphics calculator. "Splashy Fish," "Hoppy Frog" are all parodies of it . What am I describing that created a huge rage among the people ?
Flappy Bird
PrelimsQ16) Identify the clame to fame of this ?
First Movie Shot in Space
PrelimsQ17) Blue Man Group is an organization founded in 1987 by Chris Wink, Matt Goldman and Phil Stanton. The organization produces theatrical shows and concerts featuring experimental music (with an emphasis on percussion), comedy and multimedia; recorded music and scores for film and television; television appearances for shows. Identify the product being advertised here ?
Intel Pentium 4
PrelimsQ18) X is a personal Stanford University assistant application used by
Google. The application uses natural language processing to answer
questions based on user voice request. It was developed in 8 hours by
Narayan Babu and his team at Dexetra Software Solutions Private
Limited, a Bangalore based firm. It stands for stands for "Intelligent Rival
Imitator of Siri". What is X ?
IRIS
PrelimsQ19)The studio behind A well known game Bioshock Infinite was shut down recently, Name the studio.• Infinity Ward• Rocksteady Studios • Bungie • Irrational Studios
Irrational Studios
PrelimsQ20) What concept is this which will make news in the future ?
LIFI
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