Tech Quiz Feb 21,2013

Prelims

*marked questions to be considered
in case of a tie in score

1.In what context this image is
popular?

The first image in web history

2.Shaadi.com released a game in protest of
the dowry system still existing in the country.It
was inspired by another game which by itself
has inspired many other games.The game is
there in facebook.
Id the game.

4.This has been the biggest web video
trend of the month. What is it?

*5.The earliest technical use for _____ was
defined by Gilbert Newton Lewis. He defined it
as the amount of time light takes to travel 1
centimeter (about 33.35 ps).
In electronics, a ______ is the time between
alternating power cycles, 1/60 or 1/250 seconds
in most power supplies.
In computing, it is the duration of one tick of
the system timer interrupt. In the Linux
machines running i386, it is typically 4 ms.
What is this unit of time?

7.X was launched in 2003.
It has about 1,00,000 active contributors.
It has more than 275 active editions (285 in
total).
Most popular on internet.
Id X.

*10.The Codex Leicester (also briefly known as
Codex Hammer) is a collection of largely
scientific writings by Leonardo da Vinci. Who
purchased it in 1994 for 30.8 Million $ making it
the costliest book ever?

11.Which two IIT Delhi graduates developed a
company that started in 2007 as an online book
store and has now reinvented ways of buying a
product ??

Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal
(Flipkart)

Cupcake, Donut, Eclair and Froyo are
updates to Google's Android OS.

13.What is "David and Jerry's Guide to the World
Wide Web“ now famously known as?

14.Where are you likely to see this
rather funny error message ?

*15.What visual effect used most famously in
the Matrix series, slows the passage of time so
that the viewer can see the projectile motion of
a gunshot?

17.Andy Rubin and Rich Miner deviced this
software as early as 2003 before they sold it to
the comany which owns it today for $50
million.The company kept it in coldstorage for 4
years until 2007.Rubin and Miner now hold high
posts in this company.Id the software.

*18.Shown here is the
poster for a recently
released film based on
X and it's
founders. X, being a
well known name in
the world of internet
has also been the
subject of many
controversies. Id X.

X isThe Pirate
Bay.
TPB AFK: The
Pirate Bay Away
From Keyboard
is a
documentary
film released on
February 8 2013

19.With the upcoming trends, a lot of series of
smartphones are coming up with models which
are typically larger in size than a smartphone but
smaller than a tablet. What are they generally
called ?

*20.ID the song & event to which it is
related.

Daav laga (Windows 8 indian ad)

Round1:Visual

8 questions(clockwise)
Direct/Indirect
+10/+5
No negative

2.IDENTIFY THE PERSON IN THIS OLD
LOGO OF ‘THE FACEBOOK’ ?

5.A very old ad for which company?

6.The image above shows the page from an
organization’s website was hacked
& defaced recently in wake of something.
Which organization ?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT)
Following the death of Aaron Swartz,
the website was defaced by the
Anonymous.

7.This single called Ekki Mukk by the Icelandic
Band Sigur Ros came into limelight because it
was tied,in some manner, to a major
launch/announcement in the world of social
networking. What launch/announcement ?

Graph Search / Facebook Graph Search

Google Earth’s recreation of
Ancient Rome

Round 2:IT

+5/0
5 questions
Write answers on the paper

They were the
actual creator of
very popular
Game now
published by EA.
Identify the
Game.

Whats this visual representation
called?

Tag Cloud
It is a visual representation for text data,
typically used to depict keyword metadata (tags)
on websites, or to visualize free form text. Tags
are usually single words, and the importance of
each tag is shown with font size or color.

What variation on a six-letter word
resulted because Silicon Valley engineer
Tim Beauchamp refused in 1997 to
relinquish the domain that he was using as
a site for math and astronomy?

The following was the content of an email
sent way back in the 1900's.Why is it
significant??
DIGITAL WILL BE GIVING A PRODUCT PRESENTATION OF THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE DECSYSTEM-20
FAMILY; THE DECSYSTEM-2020, 2020T, 2060, AND 2060T. THE DECSYSTEM-20 FAMILY OF COMPUTERS HAS
EVOLVED FROM THE TENEX OPERATING SYSTEM AND THE DECSYSTEM-10 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE.
BOTH THE DECSYSTEM-2060T AND 2020T OFFER FULL ARPANET SUPPORT UNDER THE TOPS-20
OPERATING SYSTEM. THE DECSYSTEM-2060 IS AN UPWARD EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT DECSYSTEM
2040 AND 2050 FAMILY. THE DECSYSTEM-2020 IS A NEW LOW END MEMBER OF THE DECSYSTEM-20
FAMILY AND FULLY SOFTWARE COMPATIBLE WITH ALL OF THE OTHER DECSYSTEM-20 MODELS.

WE INVITE YOU TO COME SEE THE 2020 AND HEAR ABOUT THE DECSYSTEM-20 FAMILY AT THE TWO PRODUCT
PRESENTATIONS WE WILL BE GIVING IN CALIFORNIA THIS MONTH. THE LOCATIONS WILL BE:

Â Â Â Â Â TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1978 - 2 PM
Â Â Â Â Â HYATT HOUSE (NEAR THE L.A. AIRPORT)
Â Â Â Â Â LOS ANGELES, CA

Â Â Â Â Â THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1978 - 2 PM
Â Â Â Â Â DUNFEY'S ROYAL COACH
Â Â Â Â Â SAN MATEO, CA
Â Â Â Â Â (4 MILES SOUTH OF S.F. AIRPORT AT BAYSHORE, RT 101 AND RT 92)

A 2020 WILL BE THERE FOR YOU TO VIEW. ALSO TERMINALS ON-LINE TO OTHER DECSYSTEM-20 SYSTEMS
THROUGH THE ARPANET. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT THE NEAREST
DEC OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXCITING DECSYSTEM-20 FAMILY.

The first search engine was called X, and was
created in 1990 by Alan Emtage, a student at
McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
but, for whatever reason, it only lets you search
worldwide anonymous FTPs or Polish websites.
Id X.

ID

8 questions(anti-clockwise)
Direct/Indirect
+10/+5
No negative

1.X and Y were students at Stanford
University. They wanted to exchange
their love letters secretly.
For this they required some software
or hardware. Thus, leading to the
founding of Z.
ID X,Y,Z

X=Cisco
Y=Leonard Bosack
Z=Sandy Lerners

2.X coined a new type of journalism: “Scientific
Journalism”. We work with other media outlets
to bring people the news, but also to prove it is
true. Scientific journalism allows you to read a
news story, then to click online to see the
original document it is based on. That way you
can judge for yourself: Is the story true? Did the
journalist report it accurately?
Id X.

3.X is the Ceo of SUMZERO .He filed a lawsuit
against multi-billionaire company because the
said firm had broken an oral contract with him
as well as his.
Identify X.

4.X started off as a Rubber Products Company
and a Cable Works Company.
Soon thereafter it established a groundwood
pulp mill and started manufacturing paper.
Later it added electricity generation to its
business activities.
Today it is the largest company of Y and plays a
very important role in the economy of this
country Y.
IDENTIFY X and Y

5.He did not believe that the Higg’s boson
particle could ever be found. In fact, some years
ago he had taken a bet of $100 with the leading
US particle physicist, Gordon Kane. When CERN
scientists announced the discovery on 4 July
2012, he sent a cheque for $100 to Kane. Who?

6.This gentleman has already gone down in
the history of mankind as the founder of
something which has revolutionized
communication and mobility.ID him.

Andy Rubin, the co-founder of Android
Inc.

7.Identify the person silhouetted in
this Generic User Icon.

BILL GATES
Used as a Generic Image in Office 2010

8."Do you want to sell sugar water for
the rest of your life, or do you want to
come with me and change the world?“
Who said this and to whom?

Thank You
Prepared By-
Rakshit Sood
Tanuj Bakshi

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