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Biz-Tech Quiz
Prelims

• As an online discussion grows longer, the
probability of a comparison
involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.

2. In a bid on X, for X itself, Y has come out as the
official winner. We saw that X was up for sale on their
own site and since we have a long going law suit
against them for abuse of our trademark name Y, we
wanted to be pragmatic and just use our immense
profits to buy them. This will hopefully make us spend
less time with the lawsuit. Y will use the tools from X
to make a better rating system. Then Y will divide X up
into smaller companies and sell to the highest
bidders. X.com will in the future be redirected to
Y.org, and hopefully this will put Y into the top 5
internet sites today.

3.In the early days of radio, equipment was experimental and
home-built. The first radio transmitters used a noisy spark to
generate radio waves and were often housed in a garage or
shed. When radio was first adopted by the U.S. Navy, a
small, wooden structure placed on deck to house the ship's
radio equipment became known as the ___________. The
term was soon adopted by military and hobbyist alike to
describe any form of radio room. Today, amateur
radio operators use the term to describe the space occupied
by their radio gear, usually a room, but for some the entire
__________ may consist of a hand-held radio or two while
others may operate mobile equipment in a vehicle. In
1921, Theodore and Milton Deutschmann chose the name
“_____________" for their radio parts retail and mail-order
business in Boston, Massachusetts in order to appeal to radio
enthusiasts. Fill up the blanks.

4. The X effect is the tendency of a spellchecker to
suggest inappropriate words to replace misspelled
words and words not in its dictionary. The origin of the
term is that the spelling "cooperation" was often
changed to “X" by older spellcheckers with dictionaries
containing only the hyphenated form "co-operation”.
Users sometimes clicked "Change All" without checking
whether the spellchecker's first suggestion was correct
to begin with, resulting in even official documents with
phrases like "as well as valuable experience in
international X" and "reinforcing bilateral and
multinational X and assistance actions." X?

5.The New York Times called ___________ "the
people's NEA". Time named it one of the "Best
Inventions of 2010" and "Best Websites of 2011".
__________ reportedly raised $10 million funding
from backers including NYC-based venture firm Union
Square Ventures and angel investors such as Jack
Dorsey, Zach Klein and Caterina Fake. FITB.

6.According to the company that developed the
X browser, a thread of X is invisible yet
incredibly strong connection between two
different things. The browser’s layout is based
on the Webkit engine and it uses Google’s SPDY
protocol to speed up the loading of webpages.
Identify X.

7. [Sitter]Identify this gentleman.

8.Which hot tech company would you associate
with Brian Acton and Jan Koum?

9.This camera brand came up in 1923, though
the first prototype was built by Oskar Barnack
in 1913 working at Ernst Leitz Optical
Industry., a manufacturer of microscopes. It
was called “Barnack’s camera” back then.
Oskar convinced his boss, Ernst Leitz II to go
ahead with producing the camera and it was
hugely successful. This German brand is a
portmanteau word formed from parts of the
founder’s name and the word, ‘camera’. Name
the brand.

10.Precise Pangolin  Quantal Quetzal  ______ ________. FITB.

• Raring ringtail and saucy salamander

11.Who said this once – “A computer is like air
conditioning- it becomes useless when you
open Windows”?

12. .___ is a commonly used three-letter
filename extension for text files that accompany
various digital scene releases with information
about them. Unlike README files, ___ files often
contain elaborate ASCII art. The files have been
explained as essentially being the press releases
of the warez scene.

13. Amazon, Nordstrom, Washington
Mutual, Starbucks and Safeco have their
headquarters in this city. Also, this city is the
birthplace of grunge music. Which city?

14. What common trait was shared by Wayne
McLaren, David McLean and Dick Hammer - all
American models & actors who died of lung
cancer?

15. This F&B giant is the largest retailer of a
particular product in the US.As a tribute to the
Jerry Garcia, the late frontman of Grateful
Dead, they released Cherry Garcia, a product that
eventually had to be discontinued due to poor
sales. Which company ?

16. Probably the best "two letters in one
symbol" solution ever. This 'slimeball' is created
by Takuya Kawagoi. Although it is meant to look
partially like the symbiotic amalgamation of two
letters the logo also represents the company's
entire design philosophy, as Kawagoi explained.
It's both futuristic and organic, designed to
invoke the concepts of flexibility and fluidity. It is
often shown as a quick animation at the end of
television ads: with some extra pyrotechnics.
Which company's logo am I talking about?

17. This company was founded in 1946 by
Minoru Yoneyama as a producer of wooden
floats for fishing nets. The company was later
forced out of this market because of the
invention of plastic floats. This led to a
commitment by Minoru to never again be left
behind by technological advancements. In
1957, he began to make badminton racquets for
other brands. By 1961, the first Yoneyama-
branded racquets were introduced, and within
another two years an export company was
created for the worldwide distribution. What
company?

19. Which famous Indian is the author of this book?

20. Joe Foster, one of the founder’s of the
company saw this name in a dictionary he
won in a race. Unfortunately, the dictionary
was a South African Edition which resulted in
the present spelling. Which brand?

Quiz prepared by Prempal Singh
With negligible inputs from Arnav Sharma

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