Computer Quiz
Mostly Pictoral – since I am lazy
A set of 30 questions
1. Connect.
CODE Keyboard
1. Photo is of the CODE Keyboard Jeff Arwood recently designed
2. Photo is of WASD Keyboards who helped him build it.
3. Book from where the name of the keyboard is inspired.
4. Jeff Atwood’s Personal blog – coding horror
2
“I was indoctrinated into the keyboard cult when I bought my first
computer. But I didn’t appreciate it. Few do. The world is awash in
terrible, crappy, no name how-cheap-can-we-make-it keyboards.
There are a few dozen better mechanical keyboard options out
there. I’ve owned and used at least six different expensive
mechanical keyboards, but I wasn’t satisfied with any of them,
either: they didn’t have backlighting, were ugly, had terrible
design, or were missing basic functions like media keys.”
Who said this?
I am lazy <= this is the hint
Jeff Atwood, founder StackOverflow
3
ID the app
Tango
4
Explain the
significance.
Google Palestine hacked
5
In Mandarin, X has two interesting meanings, each highly
relevant to our mission. The primary meaning interested us
because it is used in an ancient Chinese proverb that describes
the X as the holder of precious things. It literally translates to
"gourd," and in ancient times, the X was hollowed out and used
to hold precious things. The secondary meaning is "interactive
recording."
What is X?
HULU
6
The photograph was taken by the professional
photographer Charles O’Rear, a resident of St. Helena in Napa
County, for digital-design company HighTurn. O’Rear has also taken
photographs of Napa Valley for the May 1979 National Geographic
Magazine article Napa, Valley of the Vine. Why is this photograph
famous? Think Happiness.
Bliss, Windows XP Wallpaper
7
Expand PASCAL – the programming language.
Pattern Analysis Statistical Modelling
and Computational Learning
(PASCAL)
:-D
8
Another connect
Xiaomi
1. Photo is of Hugo Barra, who left Google (Android) to join Xiaomi in
August, 2013
2. Logo of Foxconn, Xiaomi’s products manufacturer.
3. Xiaomi is based in China
9
ID the app
Repix
10
This is a form of digital art, created through the use of raster
graphics software, where images are edited on the pixel level.
This term was coined by Adele Goldberg and Robert Flegal of
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1982. What is it?
Pixel Art
11
Significance?
First known use of emoticons
:-) and :-(
12
What is his most
invaluable contribution
to modern day
technology?
QWERTY Layout
He was also the man who invented the typewriter
13
...a system, method and computer program product for providing links
to remotely located information in a network of remotely connected
computers. A uniform resource locator (URL) is registered with a server.
A shorthand link is associated with the registered URL. The associated
shorthand link and URL are logged in a registry database. When a
request is received for a shorthand link, the registry database is
searched for an associated URL. If the shorthand link is found to be
associated with an URL, the URL is fetched, otherwise an error message
is returned.
It is an early reference to what?
URL Shortener
14
Which company’s one of the
earliest known ad is this?
Apple
:D
15.
This is ‘An Open Letter to
Hobbyists’.
Who is its author?
Bill Gates
16
This is a term that was coined by Professor Ted Rappaport in
1990 when he was a faculty member at Virginia Tech, and was
used to describe the Roanoke/Blacksburg, Virginia region and
the potential of research to create spin-out companies. This
term was later used as nickname to describe several regional
clusters of companies in the information technology sector, in
analogy to California's Silicon Valley.
What is this term?
Wireless Valley
17
What is this type of art called?
ANSI Art
18
What is its significance?
First known use of smileys
19
Identify the service
Identi.ca
20
Identify the Swedish telecommunication company
Telia Sonera
21
What is the name of the phablet launched by MTV and Swipe
Telecom recently?
Slash
22
This is a small island country in the Pacific. Every year it receives $4
million in royalty from different firms across the world for using its
country top level domain .tv. Identify the county
Tuvalu
23
Twitter : Fail Whale :: X : Whale Fail
What is X?
Google Books
24
Which company’s slogan is ‘The Front Page of the Internet’ ?
Reddit
25
web.py
Connect
Aaron Swartz
1. He helped in creating the RSS
2. He also had significant contribution in Reddit
3. Along with Kevin Poulson he created Strongbox
4. He authored the web.py framework
26
The .md extension is for which file format?
Markdown
27
By what name do we know Stanford University Network better?
SUN Microsystems
28
Who was the first person in India to make a mobile phone call?
Jyoti Basu, then CM of West Bengal
29
Expand RISC.
Reduced Instruction Set Computing
30
This company was founded in Japan in 1889 by Fusajiro
Yamauchi, it originally produced handmade hanafuda cards. Later
it developed into a very big electronics and gaming company.
Which company are we talking about?
Nintendo
Leave Luck to Heaven
That’s all Folks
By – Soham Banerjee

Computer Quiz (August 2013)

  • 1.
    Computer Quiz Mostly Pictoral– since I am lazy A set of 30 questions
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    CODE Keyboard 1. Photois of the CODE Keyboard Jeff Arwood recently designed 2. Photo is of WASD Keyboards who helped him build it. 3. Book from where the name of the keyboard is inspired. 4. Jeff Atwood’s Personal blog – coding horror
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    2 “I was indoctrinatedinto the keyboard cult when I bought my first computer. But I didn’t appreciate it. Few do. The world is awash in terrible, crappy, no name how-cheap-can-we-make-it keyboards. There are a few dozen better mechanical keyboard options out there. I’ve owned and used at least six different expensive mechanical keyboards, but I wasn’t satisfied with any of them, either: they didn’t have backlighting, were ugly, had terrible design, or were missing basic functions like media keys.” Who said this? I am lazy <= this is the hint
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    Jeff Atwood, founderStackOverflow
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    5 In Mandarin, Xhas two interesting meanings, each highly relevant to our mission. The primary meaning interested us because it is used in an ancient Chinese proverb that describes the X as the holder of precious things. It literally translates to "gourd," and in ancient times, the X was hollowed out and used to hold precious things. The secondary meaning is "interactive recording." What is X?
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    6 The photograph wastaken by the professional photographer Charles O’Rear, a resident of St. Helena in Napa County, for digital-design company HighTurn. O’Rear has also taken photographs of Napa Valley for the May 1979 National Geographic Magazine article Napa, Valley of the Vine. Why is this photograph famous? Think Happiness.
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    7 Expand PASCAL –the programming language.
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    Pattern Analysis StatisticalModelling and Computational Learning (PASCAL) :-D
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    Xiaomi 1. Photo isof Hugo Barra, who left Google (Android) to join Xiaomi in August, 2013 2. Logo of Foxconn, Xiaomi’s products manufacturer. 3. Xiaomi is based in China
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    10 This is aform of digital art, created through the use of raster graphics software, where images are edited on the pixel level. This term was coined by Adele Goldberg and Robert Flegal of Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1982. What is it?
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    First known useof emoticons :-) and :-(
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    12 What is hismost invaluable contribution to modern day technology?
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    QWERTY Layout He wasalso the man who invented the typewriter
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    13 ...a system, methodand computer program product for providing links to remotely located information in a network of remotely connected computers. A uniform resource locator (URL) is registered with a server. A shorthand link is associated with the registered URL. The associated shorthand link and URL are logged in a registry database. When a request is received for a shorthand link, the registry database is searched for an associated URL. If the shorthand link is found to be associated with an URL, the URL is fetched, otherwise an error message is returned. It is an early reference to what?
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    14 Which company’s oneof the earliest known ad is this?
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    15. This is ‘AnOpen Letter to Hobbyists’. Who is its author?
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    16 This is aterm that was coined by Professor Ted Rappaport in 1990 when he was a faculty member at Virginia Tech, and was used to describe the Roanoke/Blacksburg, Virginia region and the potential of research to create spin-out companies. This term was later used as nickname to describe several regional clusters of companies in the information technology sector, in analogy to California's Silicon Valley. What is this term?
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    17 What is thistype of art called?
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    18 What is itssignificance?
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    First known useof smileys
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    20 Identify the Swedishtelecommunication company
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    21 What is thename of the phablet launched by MTV and Swipe Telecom recently?
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    22 This is asmall island country in the Pacific. Every year it receives $4 million in royalty from different firms across the world for using its country top level domain .tv. Identify the county
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    23 Twitter : FailWhale :: X : Whale Fail What is X?
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    24 Which company’s sloganis ‘The Front Page of the Internet’ ?
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    Aaron Swartz 1. Hehelped in creating the RSS 2. He also had significant contribution in Reddit 3. Along with Kevin Poulson he created Strongbox 4. He authored the web.py framework
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    26 The .md extensionis for which file format?
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    27 By what namedo we know Stanford University Network better?
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    28 Who was thefirst person in India to make a mobile phone call?
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    Jyoti Basu, thenCM of West Bengal
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    30 This company wasfounded in Japan in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it originally produced handmade hanafuda cards. Later it developed into a very big electronics and gaming company. Which company are we talking about?
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    That’s all Folks By– Soham Banerjee