This document contains a quiz with 20 questions related to business and technology. It provides the rules for the quiz, stating there are 20 multiple choice questions with some marked as star questions that will be used in the event of a tie. It then lists the 20 questions about various companies, products, and technologies. The questions are followed by the corresponding answers to the 20 questions.

1. BIZTECH
BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY
PRELIMS

2. Rules:
1. There are 20 questions in this round.
2. Star Marked Questions will be used while evaluation, in case of a
tie. If even the Star Marked Questions are same, then there will
be a sudden death evaluation of the answer sheets.
3. All electronic devices should be switched off or put in silent mode.
4. Wikipedia has been assumed factually correct while preparing this
quiz.
5. Kindly refrain from cybernetic investigations.
6. Quiz Master is God, and decisions are final and binding.

4. 1.
A Chinese multinational technology company has it’s headquarters in
Beijing. It was founded in November 1984 as Legend and was
incorporated in Hong Kong in 1988. In 2014, it acquired the mobile
phone handset maker Motorola Mobility from Google. Name the
company.

5. 2.
This is a custom mobile operating system which is based on Android
and the company Huawei uses it on most of its smartphone devices.
The company claims that it is “probably the world’s most emotional
system.”
Identify the operating system.

6. 3.
X is a Taiwanese consumer electronics company headquartered in
New Taipei City, Taiwan. The company released the first-ever Android
phone in 2008, called the X Dream. The tech giant also launched the
first-ever handset running Windows Mobile. Name the company.

7. 4.
The image shown above is the initial logo of a company. The company
is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered
in Aichi, Japan. Name the company.

8. 5.
This company was invented in 1938. It’s first product introduced the
iconic “burp seal”. It was named after a chemist who was
experimenting with plastic, which back then, was new and unpopular.
The Guinness Book of World Records named this company(X) as one
of the greatest inventions of the 20th century. Today, across the globe,
a ‘X party’ is held every 1.4 seconds. Name X.

9. 6.
X is a line of motion sensing input devices produced by Y. X maps the
players skeletal structure and forms 3D image of the player using
depth perception. It has a lot of applications in gesture technologies.
Name X and Y.

10. 7.
The logo of a company that was founded on 21st March 2006, is
named after a famous former Boston Celtics forward, Larry Bird. The
cofounder of this company, Biz Stone admitted this when he was
asked about this by Peter Stringer, Boston Celtics’ interactive media
director. During the 2016 U.S. presidential election, it was the largest
source of breaking news on the day.
Identify the company.

11. 8.
Microsoft added this game to Windows so that people will get used to
the drag and drop mechanism. Name the game.

12. 9.
• Launched in 1983 and developed by former Xerox programmers, it
is commonly known as WYSIWYG program.
• ‘Ribbon Hero’ and ‘Ribbon Hero 2’ are the games that help users
learn the features of the program.
• In a parody of Limp Bizkit’s song, the artist ‘The Funny Music
Project’ wrote and produced the song “Scrollin” whose lines refer
to it’s features.
Identify the program.

13. 10.
X, an American technology company, has helped develop computer
chips in cars for years. Its Tegra chips are currently used to power in-
car displays, such as navigation systems, throughout the automotive
industry. Name X.

15. 11.
Y began development in San Francisco,
when Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger
chose to focus their multi-featured
HTML5 check-in project, X, on mobile
photography. As Krieger reasoned, X
became too similar to Foursquare. X was
then pivoted to become more focused on
photo-sharing, which was later called Y.
Name X and Y.

16. 12.
A location-aware feature of Google Maps was developed by Google as
a successor to its earlier SMS-based service Dodgeball. It allowed a
mobile phone user to allow certain people to view their current
location. Name the feature.

17. 13.
An instant messaging service was launched in 2013 by the brothers
Nikolai and Pavel. It is a cloud-based instant messaging and voice over
IP service. Messages and media are encrypted when stored on its
servers, and the client-server communication is also encrypted. Users
can send messages and exchange photos, videos, stickers, audio and
files of any type. Name the service.

18. 14.
X, a cloud computing giant, entered into a strategic partnership with
the World Food Programme to the Sustainable Development Goal – A
world with zero hunger. Name X.

19. 15.
A California-based start-up intends to use drones to save lives. The
company uses its drones in remote areas across the world to deliver
vital supplies and even the delivery of blood. Their latest drone
invention can carry up to almost 2 kilograms at 128 kmph for up to
160 kilometres round trip. Identify the company.

20. 16.
The Diamond 3 Star, a model of coin-operated slot machines was
produced by X in the 1950s. X is a Japanese multinational video game
developer and publisher headquartered in Tokyo. Name X.

21. 17.
A company was established in 1964 and is based in Framingham,
Massachusetts. The majority owner of the company is the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is said that the idea of the
company was founded when the founder’s interest in speaker
systems had begun in 1956 when he had purchased a stereo system
and was disappointed with its performance. Name the company.

22. 18.
1. Shilla Hotels
2. Tea Vending Machines
3. Manufacturer of helicopter engines and turbines
• This company represents 20% of
its nation’s exports. Name the company
which has affiliations with the above 3 things.

23. 19.
For what purpose are these earrings used?

24. 20.
• This device is a fully-functional,
stationary iPhone dock with working
handset and complete compatibility
with USB cable. Each individual part is
hand-sculpted and hand-cast in
urethane resin. The base is made of
heavy-duty, half-inch thick urethane
resin creating a stable, functional
workstation that routes voice
communications through the included
handset. Identify the device.

26. Answers

27. 1.
A Chinese multinational technology company has it’s headquarters in
Beijing. It was founded in November 1984 as Legend and was
incorporated in Hong Kong in 1988. In 2014, it acquired the mobile
phone handset maker Motorola Mobility from Google. Name the
company.

28. 1.
Lenovo

29. 2.
This is a custom mobile operating system which is based on Android
and the company Huawei uses it on most of its smartphone devices.
The company claims that it is “probably the world’s most emotional
system.”
Identify the operating system.

30. 2.
Huawei Emotion UI

31. 3.
X is a Taiwanese consumer electronics company headquartered in
New Taipei City, Taiwan. The company released the first-ever Android
phone in 2008, called the X Dream. The tech giant also launched the
first-ever handset running Windows Mobile. Name the company.

32. 3.
• X - HTC

33. 4.
The image shown above is the initial logo of a company. The company
is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered
in Aichi, Japan. Name the company.

34. 4.
• X - Toyota

35. 5.
This company was invented in 1938. It’s first product introduced the
iconic “burp seal”. It was named after a chemist who was
experimenting with plastic, which back then, was new and unpopular.
The Guinness Book of World Records named this company(X) as one
of the greatest inventions of the 20th century. Today, across the globe,
a ‘X party’ is held every 1.4 seconds. Name X.

36. 5.
• X - Tupperware

37. 6.
X is a line of motion sensing input devices produced by Y. X maps the
players skeletal structure and forms 3D image of the player using
depth perception. It has a lot of applications in gesture technologies.
Name X and Y.

38. 6.
• X - Kinect
• Y - Microsoft

39. 7.
The logo of a company that was founded on 21st March 2006, is
named after a famous former Boston Celtics forward, Larry Bird. The
cofounder of this company, Biz Stone admitted this when he was
asked about this by Peter Stringer, Boston Celtics’ interactive media
director. During the 2016 U.S. presidential election, it was the largest
source of breaking news on the day.
Identify the company.

40. 7.
• X - Twitter
• The name of the bird in
the logo is actually Larry
the Bird

41. 8.
Microsoft added this game to Windows so that people will get used to
the drag and drop mechanism. Name the game.

42. 8.
• Solitaire

43. 9.
• Launched in 1983 and developed by former Xerox programmers, it
is commonly known as WYSIWYG program.
• ‘Ribbon Hero’ and ‘Ribbon Hero 2’ are the games that help users
learn the features of the program.
• In a parody of Limp Bizkit’s song, the artist ‘The Funny Music
Project’ wrote and produced the song “Scrollin” whose lines refer
to it’s features.
Identify the program.

44. 9.
• Microsoft Word

45. 10.
X, an American technology company, has helped develop computer
chips in cars for years. Its Tegra chips are currently used to power in-
car displays, such as navigation systems, throughout the automotive
industry. Name X.

46. 10.
• ANS - Nvidia

47. 11.
Y began development in San Francisco,
when Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger
chose to focus their multi-featured
HTML5 check-in project, X, on mobile
photography. As Krieger reasoned, X
became too similar to Foursquare. X was
then pivoted to become more focused on
photo-sharing which was later called Y.
Name X and Y.

48. 11.
• X – Burbn
• Y – Instagram

49. 12.
A location-aware feature of Google Maps was developed by Google as
a successor to its earlier SMS-based service Dodgeball. It allowed a
mobile phone user to allow certain people to view their current
location. Name the feature.

50. 12.
• Google Latitude

51. 13.
An instant messaging service was launched in 2013 by the brothers
Nikolai and Pavel. It is a cloud-based instant messaging and voice over
IP service. Messages and media are encrypted when stored on its
servers, and the client-server communication is also encrypted. Users
can send messages and exchange photos, videos, stickers, audio and
files of any type. Name the service.

52. 13.
• X - Telegram

53. 14.
X, a cloud computing giant, entered into a strategic partnership with
the World Food Programme to the Sustainable Development Goal – A
world with zero hunger. Name X.

54. 14.
• X – Alibaba Cloud

55. 15.
A California-based start-up intends to use drones to save lives. The
company uses its drones in remote areas across the world to deliver
vital supplies and even the delivery of blood. Their latest drone
invention can carry up to almost 2 kilograms at 128 kmph for up to
160 kilometres round trip. Identify the company.

56. 15.

57. 16.
The Diamond 3 Star, a model of coin-operated slot machines
produced by X in the 1950s. X is a Japanese multinational video game
developer and publisher headquartered in Tokyo. Name X.

58. 16.

59. 17.
A company was established in 1964 and is based in Framingham,
Massachusetts. The majority owner of the company is the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is said that the idea of the
company was founded when the founder’s interest in speaker
systems had begun in 1956 when he had purchased a stereo system
and was disappointed with its performance. Name the company.

60. 17.
X - Bose Corporation

61. 18.
1. Shilla Hotels
2. Tea Vending Machines
3. Manufacturer of helicopter engines and turbines
• This company represents 20% of
its nation’s exports. Name the company
which the above 3 things

62. 18.

63. 19.
For what purpose are these earrings used?

64. 19.
Ans - Weight Loss

65. 20.
This device is a fully-functional, stationary
iPhone dock with working handset and
complete compatibility with USB cable.
Each individual is hand-sculpted and
hand-cast in urethane resin. The base is
made of heavy-duty, half-inch thick
urethane resin creating a stable,
functional workstation that routes voice
communications through the included
handset.

66. 20.
Ans - iRetrofone Steampunk