Fresher's Tech Quiz 2016

Fresher’s Tech Quiz
IIT Kanpur Quiz Club
Quizmaster:
Anshul Roy

Rules of the game
• 1 round of Inﬁnite Bounce. 1 written round. 5 short connects. 1 long connect.
• The answer to none of the questions is 42. Answering 42 to any question would
result in immediate disqualiﬁcations.
• Hints on special request (valid only if the Quizmaster is in a good mood).
• The more you stare at the question, the more the answer stares back at you.
• Kindly refrain from cybernetic investigations.
• While preparing the quiz, Wikipedia has been assumed to be factually correct.
• In case of a tie, the team with a more creative/funny team name will win.
• Quizmaster is always right.
• Never argue with the Quizmaster.
• In case of any discrepancy, refer to the above rules.

Bad Luck Brian memes serve as safety slides in
this quiz, keep an eye out for some easy chuckles.

इनिफिनट बाउंस

Rules of the round
• There are 25 questions in this round.
• All questions are open for pounce by any team.
• Questions are passable. No negatives on a pass.
• +20/-10 on a pounce.
• +10/-0 on a direct question.

Q - 1
De Quervain's syndrome is a repetitive strain injury of the muscle sheath that
surrounds two tendons that control the movement of the thumb.
Symptoms include pain at the radial side of the wrist, spasms, tenderness,
occasional burning sensation in the hand, and swelling over the thumb side of
the wrist, and difﬁculty gripping with the affected side of the hand. The onset is
often gradual. Pain is made worse by movement of the thumb and wrist, and
may radiate to the thumb or the forearm.
The exact cause of De Quervain's syndrome is not established. However,
researchers in France found personal and work-related factors were associated
with De Quervain's syndrome in the working population. Many doctors and
researchers believe that one of the major causes of De Quervain’s syndrome
might be the excessive use of the thumb for texting.
Due to this particular reason, this syndrome has been nicknamed X, after a now
“almost obsolete” piece of technology.
Id X.

Q - 2
The car in the picture (next slide) is called the RX5. It is an
“internet car” launched by X in collaboration with SAIC, one
of China’s big four state-owned automakers. The car includes
a new version of X’s Yun operating system to enable the car
to connect to and tap into various internet services.
Dr. Wang Jan, who is chairman of X’s “Technology Steering
Committee” said the following - “What we are creating is not
‘internet in the car’, but a ‘car on the internet’. This is a
signiﬁcant milestone in the automobile industry. Smart
operating systems become the second engine of cars, while
data is the new fuel.”
Id X.

Q - 3
A X worm is an extremely rapidly propagating computer
worm that spreads as fast as physically possible, infecting
all vulnerable machines on the entire Internet in
____________ or less. The term is based on X's remark that
"In the future, everyone will have ____________ of fame".
The SQL Slammer worm was the ﬁrst observed example of
a X worm. In spite of deﬁciencies in its implementation, the
randomised attack was highly effective. 90% of all
vulnerable machines were infected within 10 minutes,
showing that the original estimate for infection speed was
roughly correct.
Id X.

Q - 4
A famous personality was punched on his face by
Bill Gates, when after giving a speech at a
prestigious university, Bill Gates was approached
by this personality and was told that - "Maybe if
you weren't so distracted by sick children in Africa,
you could've put a little more thought into Windows
Vista.”
Id this famous personality.

Q - 5
X is a term from Norse Mythology which means a
mythological monster who is generally stupid, hairy and
slow to react.
The term X was introduced in English language, meaning -
“A fishing technique of slowly dragging or lure a baited
hook from moving boat.”
The present connotation refers to the practice of US MiGs in
the Vietnam War - “To perform deliberate actions so as to
provoke reaction.”
What popular term am I talking about?

Q - 6
The Western District Public Cargo Working Area, popularly known as the X Pier is a
pier located on the waterfront of Sai Wan in Hong Kong. It is one of the six public
cargo working areas managed by the Marine Department of HKSAR. Since the
replacement of small and medium companies by large transportation corporations,
the usage of the Western District Public Cargo Working Area has become more
infrequent. People generally go there for walking their dogs or for fishing.
X Pier is well-known by the public because of its clear view of the Victoria Harbour.
Public has named this harbour as “X Pier” because it has become a new favourite
spot for photographers. In X Pier, a person can take some good pictures with the
view of Hong Kong city in the backdrop. Sunset, old lamp post with the black and
yellow pattern, cargo pallets etc., all of these become a photographic tool and
background for someone’s photo. The most famous scene is the “Mirror in the Sky”
which could only be taken at this place. The reason for this name is due to the
reflection of water. After rains, the floor will have a thick layer of water. The water
reflects people’s shadows. Therefore, the stunning sunset sets off the “Mirror of the
sky”. (Image on the next slide)
Id X.

Q - 7
King Digital Entertainment submitted a trademark
application for the word X. It created a stir in the
tech world, and IP lawyers were sure that
trademarking such an ubiquitous word would
never stick legally. King Digital Entertainment later
withdrew the application for this word.
Identify X.

Q - 8
In the year 2015, X launched it’s official app for Android OS
called “Nasher”.
The app catalogues the latest photos, written reports, radio
news bulletins and video releases concerning X, however it
is not available through the Google Play Store. Instead, X
supporters need to download the app's code in order to run
it on their smartphones or tablets.
Many government organisations and hacktivists, all over the
world, are trying to clampdown the distribution of this app.
Id X.

Q - 9
Identify this technological device and name the
only place where this device is used?

Answer
Kiva Robots, exclusively used at Amazon.com warehouses

Q - 10
X’s first project was a mobile app called “Field Trip” (Image
on the next slide), which was launched in September 2012.
Field Trip was intended to be a location-based guide to
cities. The data was sourced from publications like Thrillist,
Food Network, Eater, Cool Hunting, Arcadia and Zagat. Field
Trip would show users cards with various information about
historical places or nearby restaurants.
In an interview during the launch time, X’s CEO Y said that -
“the idea behind the app was to build something that would
help people connect with the real, physical world around
them.”
Id X and Y.

Answer
X = Niantic Labs, Y = John Hanke

Q - 11
Identify this famous cartoon strip published in The New
Yorker on July 5, 1993.

Answer
On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog

Q - 12
In July 2012, X, first mentioned that he was thinking about a concept for a "fifth mode of
transport", calling it the Y.
X described several characteristics of what he wanted in a hypothetical high speed
transportation system like - immunity to weather, cars that never experience crashes, an
average speed twice that of a typical jet, low power requirements, and the ability to
store energy for 24 hour operations. X has likened the Y to a "cross between a
Concorde and a railgun and an air hockey table”, while noting that Y has no need for
rails. X believes that Y could work either below or above ground.
From late 2012 until August 2013, an informal group of engineers at the companies Z
and W worked on the conceptual foundation and modelling of Y, allocating some full-
time effort to Y. An early design for the system was then published in a paper posted on
the blogs of Z and W.
In January 2015, X announced that he would construct a Y test track, which may be
located in Texas. The track would be a ____ of around 8 kms in length and would be
entirely privately funded. It would allow university and private teams to test and refine
different ____________ designs.
In June 2015, Z announced that it would build a 1.6 kms long test track to be located
next to Z's factory, near Los Angeles. The track would be used to test ____________
designs supplied by third parties that are entered into a design competition.
Give me X, Y, Z and W.

Answer
X = Elon Musk
Y = Hyperloop
Z = SpaceX
W = Tesla Motors

Q - 13
Recently, the blog Mashable came out with a series titled
“If X existed in in 1911”. This series features photographs
of Fifth Avenue in Manhattan stretching from Washington
Square Park all the way to 143rd Street in Harlem.
Id X.

Q - 14
When LeEco, the Chinese mobile manufacturer launched its second
generation models Le 2 and Le Max 2 in April 2016, they introduced
a “radical change” in the new phones.
Lenovo also made this change when it launched the Moto Z series
recently.
The Apple iPhone 7 is also expected to incorporate this, although in
a different manner.
When asked about the reasoning for this “radical change”, LeEco’s
president of R&D, Liang Jun said that the company wanted to
“create a better quality _____ ____________ for everyone to enjoy”.
What “radical change” am I talking about?

Answer
Removal of the 3.5 mm audio jack
(Headphones to be used with USB Type-C Port)

Q - 15
X runs it’s own monthly “ISP Speed Index” which is chock-full of data
about which ISPs are the best to use it’s service, average running
speeds, etc. With users increasing _________ via mobile devices,
that adds a new variable - including mobile carrier services - which
X’s new mobile app can help it measure and, most importantly for
paying X customers, learn from to optimize it’s service.
According to the company - “The X ISP Speed Index is a measure of
prime time X performance on a particular ISP and not a measure of
overall performance for other services/data that may travel across
the specific ISP network. Faster X performance generally means
better picture quality, quicker start times and fewer interruptions.”
Id X.

Q - 16
This xkcd comic is referring to a “historic event” in
the world of computing. What?

Answer
The Mother of all demos

Q - 17
Advertisement campaign by which company?

Q - 18
On 25th April 2014, X launched the “Smash the past”
campaign. This campaign asked selected participants to
destroy their phones on video in an effort to purchase Y for
$1. But, due to confusion, several videos were published
by unselected participants who misinterpreted the
promotion and destroyed their phones the promotion date.
This campaign was also heavily criticised for environmental
waste and safety concerns, due to batteries and phone
components posing potential hazards to participants
destroying their phones.
Id X and Y.

Answer
X = OnePlus, Y = OnePlus One

Q - 19
In May 2016, X launched a new fitness game, consisting of a wearable device and
workout videos called Y.
Users can join the game at Y’s website, which will allow users to then sync the game
to their smartphones. Y offers options for one player, two players, and three players.
From there, users can choose their own “___________”, with information about how
each position burns calories (man vs. woman) over a thirty-minute period.
This is where the Y Band (image on the next slide) comes into play. Users can pop
their smartphone into the Y Band (a belt worn by one player) to measure their success
in getting fit while playing this game.
X claims that they designed Y using real science and professionals in the field.
According to X - “Y was designed after exhaustive research through the thousands of
___________ studies/articles, consulting with health and fitness experts and
professionals (including personal trainers) and cross referencing that with anecdotal
evidence on what are the most fun ___ _________.”
Id X and Y.

Answer
X = Pornhub, Y = BangFit

Q - 20
“X of separation” is the theory that everyone and everything is ___ or
fewer steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person in the
world, so that a chain of "a friend of a friend" statements can be made
to connect any two people in a maximum of ___ steps. It was
originally proposed by Frigyes Karinthy in 1929 and popularized in an
eponymous 1990 play written by John Guare. The phrase “X of
separation” is often used as a synonym for the idea of the "small
world" phenomenon.
X.com was one of the world’s first social networking website that
lasted from 1997 to 2001 and was based on the Web of Contacts
model of social networking. It was named after the “X of separation”
concept and allowed users to list friends, family members and
acquaintances both on the site and externally.
Id X.

Q - 21
Recently, a famous company has been trying to enter the home appliance industry
by launching products like - air purifiers, water purifiers and security sensors.
In March 2016, the company launched an Induction Heating Pressure Rice Cooker,
along with a companion app. The companion app lets a person scan the barcode
on the rice packaging, and the cooker will know how to cook it just right, according
to the rice type, brand, origin and the preferred softness.
Id the company.

Q - 22
After using Machine Learning and Deep Neural Networks to achieve “something
remarkable”, the company X, a subsidiary of Y decided to implement it’s
Machine Learning and AI techniques in the healthcare sector.
In June 2016, X signed a MoU with the Royal Free NHS Trust in London.
As a part of this collaboration, X has developed a smartphone app called
“Streams”, which involves analysing a range of healthcare data to try to identify
the risk of patient health deterioration, death and/or readmission. The “Streams”
app aims to streamline alerts and access to patient data for doctors and nurses
working in the front-line of medical care. It is primarily being used to monitor
kidney function of patients.
Another X NHS collaboration, with Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, involves
around 1 million biometric eye scans being shared with X which then uses the
data to feed machine learning models in the hopes of being able to develop
algorithms that can accelerate the identification of particular eye conditions.
Id X and Y.

Answer
X = Google DeepMind, Y = Alphabet Inc.

Q - 23
The person in this picture (next slide) is Artem Vaulin (also known by
his online pseudonym “tirm”), a 30 year old Ukranian who was
arrested in Poland on 20th July, 2016. The government of USA has
requested for his extradition.
In a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, Artem
Vaulin is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit criminal
copyright infringement, one count of conspiracy to commit money
laundering, and two counts of criminal copyright infringement.
Artem Vaulin was arrested after investigators cross-referenced an IP
address he used for an iTunes transaction with an IP address used to
log into X's Facebook page. The FBI also posed as an advertiser, and
obtained details of a bank account associated with the website, X.
Id X.

Q - 24
Started in the year 2011, “The International” is an annual event
conducted by Valve Corporation. With an overall prize pot of
20 million dollars in the 2016 event, this is the largest event of
its kind. Every year, 16 teams are given invitations to compete
in the tournament.
Majority of the prize money, is raised through something known
as a digital “Compendium”, which people across the globe
can buy and 25% of the cost price goes to the prize pool.
What is “The International” a world championship of?

Q - 25
This is a music streaming app owned primarily by which famous entity?

िरटेन राउंड

Rules of the round
• 7 separate image slides in this round.
• All images are of VR systems announced by different tech companies.
• Write down the name of the tech company whose VR system is being
depicted on a sheet of paper.
• +5 for each correct answer. No negative marks.
• Bonus +20 marks if you get all 7 answers correct.
• The team sitting besides you has written the wrong answer. Don’t copy.

Answers
1. Intel (Project Alloy)
2. GoPro (Omni VR Rig)
3. Google (Daydream)
4. Microsoft (Hololens)
5. HTC (Vive)
6. OnePlus (Loop VR)
7. Sony (Morpheus)

शाटर् कनेक्ट

Rules of the round
• 3 pictures will be shown for each question. All
connect to a particular thing.
• There are 5 different questions in this round.
• No direct questions. Only pounces allowed.
• Marking scheme would be written on each slide.
• On pounces I need the exact answer. No funda.

लॉन्ग कनेक्ट

Rules of the round
• 10 individual questions. All connect to a particular thing.
• You have to write the answer for each individual slide in your
answer sheets. +5 for each correct answer. No negative marks for
any incorrect answer.
• Bonus +20 marks if you get all the 10 individual answers correct.
• Teams can attempt the overall connect at any time. Marks allotted
for the overall connect would be written at the top of each slide.
• On pounces I need the exact answer. No funda.
• Only your team is writing the answers, everyone else is drawing
dirty pictures. Don’t copy.

+200/-100
Id this personality.

+180/-90
X is a private liberal arts college founded in the year 1908. It is located in
southeast Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. The ofﬁcial mascot of X is the
Grifﬁn.
X was founded explicitly in reaction to the "prevailing model of East Coast,
Ivy League education”. X's lack of varsity athletics, fraternities, and exclusive
social clubs – as well as its coeducational, nonsectarian, and egalitarian
status – gave way to an intensely academic and intellectual college whose
purpose was to devote itself to the academic life. X also has a reputation for
political liberalism.
Since the 1960s, X has had a reputation for tolerating open drug use among
its students. According to students, X does not bust students for drug or
alcohol use unless they cause harm or embarrassment to another student.
One of the most famous alumni of X is Larry Sanger, the co-founder of
Wikipedia.
Id X.

+160/-80
The Y X is one of the first consumer digital cameras. It was
launched in 1994 by Y and was marketed for 3 years before
being discontinued in 1997. Time Magazine profiled X as
"the first consumer digital camera" and ranked it among its
"100 greatest and most influential gadgets from 1923 to the
present " list. However, X was a commercial failure.
The product name X was inspired by a multimedia software
product Z launched by Y on December 2, 1991. The lead
developer of Z was Bruce Leak.
Id X.
(Images on the next two slides)

+140/-70
"Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.”
What is the signiﬁcance of these words?

+120/-60
X is a chemical, first synthesised by Dr. Albert Hoffman in the year 1938 while working at
Sandoz Laboratories in Switzerland as part of a large research program searching for
medically useful ergot alkaloid derivatives. It was introduced commercially in 1947 by
Sandoz Laboratories under the trade name Delysid as a drug with various psychiatric
and therapeutic uses. X was used in the psychoanalysis of patients who couldn’t be
cajoled to talk to their therapist. Many organisations have also used X to treat
depression, alcohol addiction and PTSD.
April 19th is celebrated as the “International Bicycle Day” all over the world,
commemorating April 19, 1943, when Dr. Albert Hofmann first took X intentionally, and,
fearing he had made himself ill, cycled home from his lab. During his bicycle ride, he
experienced the ________________ of X, making April 19th the date of the first ever
___________.
In the 1950s, officials at the CIA thought that X might be applicable for mind control and
chemical warfare, and conducted various researches.
In a mammal, X works by binding with the serotonin receptors in the brain.
Nowadays, X is marketed and sold under different brand names like - ‘Hoffman’, ‘Dalai
Lama’, ‘California Sunshine’ etc.
Id X.

+100/-50
X is a Japanese fashion designer. X is known for his technology
driven clothing designs, exhibitions and fragrances. X studied
graphic design at the Tama Art University in Tokyo. After
graduation, X worked in Paris and New York City. Returning to
Tokyo in 1970, he founded the X Design Studio, a high-end
producer of women's fashion.
In the late 1980s, X began to experiment with new methods of
pleating that would allow both flexibility of movement for the wearer
as well as ease of care and production.
X also designed the company uniform for Sony employees in the
year 1980.
However, X is most famous for designing ________ for a famous
personality.
Id X.

+80/-40
The X was an American ___________ magazine and product ________
published by Y several times a year between 1968 and 1972, and
occasionally thereafter, until 1998. The magazine featured essays and
articles, but was primarily focused on product reviews. The editorial focus was
on self-sufﬁciency, ecology, alternative education and DIY projects.
The title X came from a previous project by Y. In 1966, Y initiated a public
campaign to have NASA release the then rumoured satellite photo of the
sphere of Earth as seen from space. Y thought that the image might be a
powerful symbol, evoking a sense of shared destiny and adaptive strategies
from people.
A famous personality once compared X to Google saying - “When I was
young, there was an amazing publication called X, which was one of the
bibles of my generation. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35
years before Google came along. It was idealistic and overﬂowing with neat
tools and great notions.” He then also quoted the farewell message placed on
the back cover of the 1974 edition of X - “__________________”.
Id X.

+60/-30
Robert Allen Zimmerman is an American singer and songwriter. He has been
inﬂuential in popular music and culture for more than 5 decades. Much of his
most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when his songs chronicled social
unrest.
Many people consider him to be the best songwriter ever. His lyrics began to
receive detailed scrutiny from academics and poets. Literary critic Christopher
Ricks published a 500 page analysis of his work, placing him in the context of
Eliot, Keats and Tennyson, claiming that he was a poet worthy of the same
close analysis. Former British poet laureate Sir Andrew Motion argued that his
lyrics should be studied in schools. Since 1996, academics have lobbied the
Swedish Academy to award Robert Allen Zimmerman the Nobel Prize in
Literature.
His most famous song is “Like a Rolling Stone”, and is considered one of the
most inﬂuential compositions in postwar popular music. Rolling Stone magazine
listed the song at number one in their "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.
Robert Allen Zimmerman is better known by the name X.
Id X.

+40/-20
X is an American novelist and university professor. She has
written six novels and is a professor of English at UCLA.
X won a Whiting Award for her first novel, “Anywhere But Here” in
the year 1986. It was a popular success and was adapted as a
film by the same name, released in 1999.
X was abandoned by her father when she was 4 years old. Later
she fictionalized the search for her father in the 1992 novel, “The
Lost Father”.
In the year 1996, she wrote a novel called “A Regular Guy” which
explored the strained relationship of a Silicon Valley tycoon with
his daughter, born out of wedlock, whom he did not acknowledge.
Id X.

+20/-0
Id the blacked out phrase.

Answers
1 = Neem Karoli Baba
2 = Reed College
3 = QuickTake
4 = Steve Jobs’s last words
5 = LSD
6 = Issey Miyake
7 = Whole Earth Catalog
8 = Bob Dylan
9 = Mona Simpson
10 = Reality Distortion Field

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