This document contains 18 multiple choice quiz questions related to technology, websites, and internet history. The questions cover topics like the origins of websites like 4chan and Reddit, search engines, programming languages like Python and Lisp, and other topics from the history of the internet.

1. SENIOR QUIZ FINALS

3.  Q1. This website was created by Richard “LowTax”
Kyanka in the late 1990s, it started off as a largely
personal website, and later became a popular forum.
The popular game Slender Man is also based on the
website’s forums’ creation. Which website am I talking
about?

4.  Q2. The initially proposed names of what were
“Knuckle Kid” and “Mighty Kid”?

5.  Q3. Google has always said their search results will be
unbiased and the ads would not play a role in the
search results. But recently, Google switched their
shopping search to a purely paid model. Microsoft has
launched an ad campaign to criticize this recent move
by Google and give people “an honest search result” on
Bing. Which ad campaign?

6. Q4. Which popular Internet crowdsourcing
marketplace gets it’s name from this game?

7.  Q5. X is an open source Web 2.0 application framework,
written in Python, which follows the model–view–controller
architectural pattern It was originally developed to manage
several news-oriented sites for The World Company of
Lawrence, Kansas, and was released publicly under a BSD
license in July 2005; the framework was named after guitarist X
Reinhardt. In June 2008 it was announced that a newly formed
X Software Foundation will maintain X in the future.
X's primary goal is to ease the creation of complex, database-
driven websites. X emphasizes reusability and "pluggability" of
components, rapid development, and the principle of don't
repeat yourself. Python is used throughout, even for settings,
files, and data models. X also provides an optional
administrative create, read, update and delete interface that is
generated dynamically through introspection and configured
via admin models. Identify X.

8. Q6. Which popular peripheral gets
its name from this weapon?

9.  Q7. On 13th May, 2010, a headline on the website of
“The Guardian” read: “Can Ellison be an Iron Man in
real life?” A then recent event had been the subject of
the article. Which event am I talking about?

10.  Q8. How is Matt Cutts better known as ?

11.  Q9. What was previously known as WebGen and
started by Robert Tappan Morris and Paul Graham?

12.  Q10. Significance

13.  Q11. Who are the founders of 9gag?

14.  Q12. According to Alexa, X is the No. 14 Indian web
portal. It has more than 316 employees. 89.1% of the
millions of visitors to X are from India, while the rest
come primarily from the USA (3.4%) and China. In
April 2001, X acquired and began offering India
Abroad. As of December 2012, it ranked 213 on Alexa. X
was the first website domain name registered in India
in 1996. Identify X.

15.  Q13. The pomelo (Citrus maxima or Citrus grandis) is a
crisp citrus fruit native to South and Southeast Asia.
Which popular online store gets its name from this
fruit?

16.  Q14. X is a novelty form of variant English spelling
using the hexadecimal numbers. Created by
programmers who wanted a magic number, X words
can serve as a clear and unique identifier with which to
mark memory or data. Identify X.

17.  Q15. What is Facebook limbo?

18.  Q16. Symantec classifies it as "trackware". McAfee
classifies it as adware, a "Potentially Unwanted
Program”. McAfee Site Advisor rates this as "green",
finding "no significant problems". What am I talking
about?

19.  Q17. “_____ has a dual nature. It has a mechanical
skeleton and the forms are largely geometric. At the
same time the font’s sweeping semi-circular curves
give it a cheerful demeanor.” Google said this on what?

20.  Q18. What has been blanked out?

22. Q-1 Connect

23. Q2. Connect
LISP

24. Q3. Connect
Buildabazaar.com

25. Q4. Connect

26. Q5. Connect
Don’t Be Evil

27. Q6. Connect

29. Q1. Identify the device

30. Q2. Identify

31. Q3.Identify the person and the company

32. Q4. Whose Blog?

33. Q5.Identify the person

34. Q6. What is he holding?