Access 2016 - Open Quiz Finals

Access 2016 Open Quiz
Finals
Prepared By – Apratim Chandra Singh, Paavas
Bhasin & Ayan Marwaha
Hosted By – Apratim Chandra Singh & Paavas
Bhasin

Rules
• 42 Questions in the finals (36 Questions on B&P, 6 Questions on buzzer)
• Infinite Bounce and Pounce
• +15/-10 on pounce
• +10 on bouncing
• Last 6 questions on buzzer
• +20/-20 on buzzer

Q1
X was designed by the Bigelow & Holmes design studio in
1985. Charles Bigelow is an American type historian, professor and
designer. Kris Holmes coauthored Chicago, Geneva, Monaco and
New York, the original Macintosh city fonts. Both designers wanted
to create a font family that gave nice output on laser printers and
displays, was available in a wide range of variants and weights, and
included many mathematical symbols. Over the years they extended
the font family which now includes serif, sans-serif, blackletter,
calligraphic, mono-spaced, handwritten, casual and fax-optimized
variants. Which popular font’s origin history is this ?

Q2
X was the codename for a rumoured Booklet PC from Microsoft,
first reported in 2008 and cancelled in 2010. The unit would have
contained dual-touchscreens that faced each other in a booklet form
factor, and would have used a stylus and finger touch for input. The
device would have been hinged like a book, with the seven-inch
screens facing each other when the "book" was closed. A 3-
megapixel digital camera with 4x zoom was integrated into the
prototype system, and the final model might have contained an
inductive charging pad for charging batteries wirelessly. What was
the codename of the booklet PC ? <Image on next slide>

Q3
• From the company’s ‘About Us’ Page
• “Our goal is to make digital payments so easy, safe and universally
accepted that people never feel the need to carry cash or cards
again. We believe India is at the cusp of a new mobile revolution,
which will change the way we manage our money on the go. We
see ourselves facilitating this change, through technology and
dogged customer centricity.”
Founded by Sameer Nigam, Rahul Chari and Burzin Engineer.
Identify this Non Banking Financial Institution app which
published its advertisement in national dailies across India few
days ago and has received publicity due to the demonetization
drive.

Q4
The company was founded in 1891 by Gerard X, a maternal cousin
of Karl Marx, in Eindhoven, Netherlands. It's real name is
Koninklijke X N.V or Royal X, commonly known as X. Gimme X or
name of company.

Q5
Dr.Sanjay Sharma is known as the father of the RFID technology.
While the technology is still in R&D stage, the last major pioneer of
this technology was Hitachi, when it made a 0.4 mm tag a decade
ago. Why did this technology come into public focus recently?

Rumored to be used in the 2000 Rupee
note

Q6
In 1983, he designed his own computer-themed card game called
Compucards which used binary numbers (1, 2, 4, 8...) instead of
decimal and had a computer bug as the joker. The equivalent of a
king in a regular deck of cards was the 'Programmer' that bore an
uncanny resemblance to the creator himself. Who was the creator?
<image>

Q7
Eric S Raymond is the author of the Cathedral and the Bazaar and
The Art of Unix Programming. He is also the head of Jargon File,
which is basically the New Hackers Guide. However, he is famous/in
famous for something else in the world of technology. How?

He released the Halloween Documents

Q8
Flipkart sent a Thank you card to its faithful users, which invited
them to an exclusive preview of "The Flipkart Big Billion Days"
2016.
This card, was special, serving another purpose. What?

It has seeds. By planting it in soil and
watering, it would bloom

Q9
Joshua Neally, a 37 year old, suffered blockage in lung arteries.
However, he managed to reach the hospital 32 km away and was
saved. Why is this relevant to the world of technology?

He owned a Tesla Model X, which drove
him on Autopilot mode

Q10
Litigation financing startup, Legalist provides funding to civil-
lawsuits based on algorithms that determine their likelihood of
success. Various factors are included while deciding whether to fund
or not. It carries the cost of the lawsuit for a percentage of the
financial settlement. Who, (in)famously, is behind this startup?

Q11
When asked about Y, X felt that she is funny, whereas X felt that Z
has what is every _________'s dream.
When X was asked that if he felt that he was better than Y, X replied
with a lame pun, and when asked if Z is better than him, he simply
said that - Full Respect, the job of a/an ________ is hard.
When he was asked about A, he said that he liked her voice alot,
aside from a physical feature of hers.
ID X, Y, Z and A and give the pun, the dream and/or the physical
feature for brownie points

Allo, Siri, Cortana and Alexa
"Its a Siri-ous question"
Her very own video game
Alexa's Blue Light

Q12
X had a ________ to give the users a feeling of being in a Helicopter
Cockpit according to officials of Y. However the________ made the X
users very uncomfortable and Y gave all the users of X a temporary
"jugaad"
X and blank for points. Y is easy

Q13
FlexGo is a technology developed by X to enable users to use a
special business model. This model has been popular in SIM cards
and cellphones, but FlexGo was the first for its category. What is
FlexGo? Which is the giant?

FlexGo is a technology developed by Microsoft
to enable users to pay for using a fully-featured
personal computer based on the amount of
time it used for, similar to pay as you go for cell
phones

Q14
Space Data Corporation has filed a lawsuit infringement against
Google over its which project? The Founders said that the Sergey
Brin, Larry Page and their team visited their office on the pretext of
the deal, but instead went on to make their own technology.

Q15
Who addresses it's interns as "Hey Bae Interns!"... Adding- "There
will be hella noms, lots of dranks...Hell yes to getting lit on a Monday
night.“ ?
Looking for a company’s name

Q16
USA has seen a huge number of protests against Trump. One such
protest included slogans like "X of colour matter", "My body My
Choice" and "Not Him" with a couple of Trump supporters
retaliating with the default, "I like it" and "Woo Hoo". Hundreds
thronged the mall street, especially outside the Dance Club and
Clothes Shop, even as temperatures dipped to Antarctic conditions.
Despite the volatile nature of the topic at hand, there were no
injuries or casualties, however many were banned from the area
due to their unruly behavior.
Where were these protests held?

Q17
Linux-based projects R Consortium and OpenDaylight have received
huge amount of funding from this company, who have also recently
joined the Linux Foundation as a high paying member. Very
uncharacteristic from which company whose CEO once said "Linux
is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to
everything it touches."?
Which company ?

Q18
Touche is a desktop app which aims to provide a newly launched
technology experience to people. Which technology ?

It provides a feel of the Touch Bar by Apple

Q19
While not actively against social media sites, the Algerian
government banned Facebook and Twitter for a period of a couple
of months earlier this year to curb something, citing that these sites
are the main means of certain people to spread ideas and
information. What were they trying to curb?

Q20
Often used for private and confidential conversations and pictures,
Snapchat has often been the object of public ire due to their
constant security lapses. Despite having kept records of millions of
"deleted" images and data, the anger of the public has never been
reciprocated in the form of major lawsuits or suing cases.
What has Snapchat done that makes this possible?

Snapchat has a one dollar policy. A user
can't sue Snapchat for more than 1 dollar.

Q21
In May 2014, Amazon tried to patent a certain process/act that
infuriated the public as they felt it was a really general thing and the
patent would disrupt this common process.
In Amazons defense, their patent was for a very specific act, which
requires a stand and exact positioning of objects and capturing of
shadows.
What was this act, that is seen very regularly on not just Amazon,
but nearly all online retailers?

Clicking a picture in front of a white
background.

Q22
When asked why his company doesn't have an IPO yet, he said, "It's
ninth grade, not time to go to prom yet". He feels that his company
are at the very beginning stages of becoming a Robotics Company.
Aside from their constant business, their first self driving truck
recently made its first successful order. Which company?

Q23
The iconic Indian Railways Announcement sound has been in place
for nearly 20 years now, with it being used nearly every second by a
train station in India. However, this sound first featured in the tech
world. Where?

Q24
According to Animation Factory employee Ryan Hagen, the GlF used
in this meme was created by designer Josh Doohen. Before
becoming an Internet meme, the image was used in AP Physics 1
Essentials, a textbook published in 2013. It's previous versions
included a young boy with the caption "most wanted" and Pac-Man
with sunglasses.
In May 2016, the 'new' caption came under criticism after various
Facebook users claimed to find it an "appropriation of African-
American Vernacular English" and so Facebook discouraged it's use.
What am I talking about?

Q25
Arshad Khan was a former Pakistani player who played 9 tests and
58 ODI’s. He famously dismissed Sachin Tendulkar in a key match.
What was his new profession, as witnessed in November , 2015 in
Sydney?

Q26
• According to an article by Dr Paul Marsden in WPP titled X-fication
of Everything, he goes on to explain that how X shas a simple
psychological appeal – it promises to buy us time and save us
effort. He further elucidates that X does more than deliver
convenience as a simple service attribute, it delivers convenience
across every customer touch-point.
• What is X, which completes the title of the article ?

Uber/Uberfication of Everything

Q27
• X was a shock site which presented uncensored news coverage and
multimedia material based for the most part on war, accidents and
executions.
• Much of the material depicted was graphic, uncensored, gory videos and
images. The content was depicted as a means to challenge the viewer, with its
catch line being "can you handle life?", but later changed to "uncover reality"
after the site received a major design overhaul with aims of becoming more
open to the general public and become a respected "alternative news service".
• Since the beginning of November 2006, X redirects to Y which was registered
in October 2006, featuring mostly user submitted videos and allowing the
embedding of media on other sites. It came into limelight when it leaked the
video of execution of Saddam Hussein.
• Give both - X & Y

Q28
• X is an Indian "food on demand" company that was incorporated
in 2011.
• X operates in the 16 of the largest cities in India and takes
customer orders via its mobile app. It is the only vertically
integrated food business in India and operates all three stages of a
"food on demand" business: ordering, distribution and order
fulfillment.Founded by Jaydeep Barman and Kallol Banerjee and
incorporated in 2011 it derives its name from an Africa nation
which, the translation of the name of the African nation means
“The Land of the Incorruptible”. Identify this App based food
delivery company

Q29
The surname of which tech pioneer is derived from the name of this
historic landmark.

Larry Ellison from Ellis Island

Q30
X is a multinational and family-owned company based in Germany
that provides antivirus software, Internet Security, Privacy, Identity
and Performance tools for computers, smartphones, servers and
networks, delivered as both software and cloud-based services.
X’s headquarters are located near Lake Constance, in Tettnang,
Germany.
Founded by Tjark Auerbach in 1986 identify this popular anti-virus
company.

Q31
According to an article by Business Insider, it is suggested that the
hacking of the US Drones by the the virus Sykipot which originated
from China took place by two rather old-school method. One of the
ways by which it infected was by using malicious PDF Files, which
was the other method or rather which was the utility it used which
has become more or less obsolete now.

Q32
The original name for the DIRECTX Project by Craig Eisler, Alex
Stone. John, and Eric Engstrom was the___________?

Q33
These are phone cases for Pixel brought out by Google and cost
about 50$ each. They come in 2 types, with multiple designs in each
type. What makes them special ?

Google Live Cases, portray images from Google
Earth or trending topics from Google Trends.

Q34
Motorola has developed an edible pill that is FDA improved. Once
digested, it is activated by the stomach's acids. What does it do?
Hint: It emits 18 bit signals

It can be used to unlock all your devices

Q35
X is a hyperlocal on-demand multi-service provider based out of
Chandigarh, which employs three wheelers as its logistic partners.
Founded by Chinmay Agarwal, Samar Singla and operating in 38
locations. Identify this app which was first of its kind and shares its
name with an insect.

Q36
Developed by 100Percentile, this software is used to manage all aspects
of a certain activity you are expected to perform on this software. The
software also gives you a convenient way to manage and keep track of
‘the activity in question’, and view reports for the same. It provides the
following advantages :-
1) Offline Capability
2) Auto Save
3) Security
4) Customization
This software is only available to a certain group of people. Which entity
owns this software or give the name of this software ?

Q1
What were first produced by Kay Dangaard at the Hollywood
Roosevelt Hotel as a nod to the first site of the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences. It is currently presented by International
Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences ?

Q2
• Bhavish Aggarwal & Ankit Bhati - Ola
• Travis Kalanick & Garrett Camp – Uber
• Tan Hooi Ling & Anthony Tan - X ?

Q3
International Subversives is a group of three. If Trax and Prime
Suspect are the first two, who is the third?

Q4
• Infotel Broadband Services Limited is a company promoted by a core
team of IT, Telecom and Media professionals. The Company has
incubated a number of ventures in diverse domains like Wireless
Broadband (Infotel Broadband Services Limited), Mobile VAS and
content distribution platforms (NexGTv), IPTV, Homeland Security and
surveillance (Polixel), e-commerce - both B2B and B2C (Koovs and
BenefitsPlus), next generation CRM solutions (Digicall and OneClick)
etc.
•
An unlisted and largely unknown it came into limelight and stole the
show in year 2016 albeit in a different avatar.
How do we better know this company now ?

Q5
X’s violates a long-accepted tenet of brand management: that a ____
must be respected and used correctly and consistently at all times.
Constant change will reduce brand equity. However, X has made
itself become iconic in its own right, and this feature has helped X
evolve as brand equity. Which company?

Q6
Arirang is a Android smartphone announced by Koryolink on 10
August 2013. It is named after the "Arirang" folk song. The
smartphone has a touch screen and camera with “high pixels”.
__________ has expressed his excitement and support of the
smartphone, believing it will support the country's economy and
"instill national pride and self-respect". Which country’s flagship
phone is this ?

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