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Infoyage 2015 Junior Quiz
The document outlines the rules for a 2015 quiz consisting of 25 questions with no negative marking and a time limit of 35 minutes. It includes a variety of trivia questions related to technology, social media, and notable figures in the tech industry. The quiz features tie-breaker questions and requires participants to identify specific individuals, companies, and concepts.
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Infoyage 2015 Junior Quiz
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- 2. Rules- •The quiz willconsist of 25 questions. •There will be no negative marking. •You will be given 35 minutes to answer this quiz. •Questions marked with * are tie breakers.
- 3. Question 1 X wasan American engineer, entrepreneur and medical doctor who invented the first commercially successful personal computer in 1975. He is most often known as "the father of the personal computer". He also founded Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) in 1970 to sell electronics kits to model rocketry hobbyists. ID X.
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- 6. • YAML Ain’tMarkup Language • A New Inspiration To Arithmetic
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- 9. Question 4 X isa social mobile photo and video-sharing website. As of November 2013 X has 12 million users. The New York City based company competes with similarly-purposed rivals Socialcam, Viddy and Instagram. Its investors include Serena Williams, Leonardo DiCaprio and Lance Armstrong. Lance Armstrong once posted a picture on it which went viral. Identify X.
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- 11. Question 5 On whomwas this doodle based?
- 12. Alan Turing’s 100thbirthday
- 13. Question 6 The currentY logo was created by X of the CKS group, a California design agency. The logo was selected out of many that logos that were designed. The original company logo was a simple motif in black font that showed the Auction logo on a black and white sloped bar. This logo was known as the “Death Bar” logo. Identify X and Y.
- 14. • X –Bill Cleary • Y - eBay
- 15. Question 7 X, alsoknown by his codename Zeus, was the former head researcher of the Blacklight project at Gentek. After learning that those affiliated with the project were being systematically murdered, X attempted to flee the city with a sample of his research contained in a vial. Cornered at Penn Station, X smashed the vial and unleashed the deadly virus into the surroundings. This triggered a viral outbreak that eventually covered all of Manhattan Island. Identify X.
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- 17. Question 8 •What arethe 2 things common between the following- •Sonny •Green •Duke •Mingus •Ella •Brecker
- 18. • Nickname ofJazz musicians used as codenames of Wordpress’ versions
- 19. Question 9 • Whichgame’s snapshot is this?
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- 21. Question 10 • Xis a type Virtual Globe. It was originally called Earth Viewer 3D. It was created by Keyhole Inc. and is now acquired by Google. Identify X. (giveaway sort of)
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- 23. Question 11 •He isan American businessman who was the CEO of a top MNC. He has now resigned from all the posts in that company. He currently owns LA Clippers and P&G products. •Whom are we talking about?
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- 25. *Question 12 12. Identifythe two people, connect and explain the logic.
- 26. Connect: The firstever product sold by Flipkart which was a book titled “Leaving Microsoft to change the world”. The guy at the top left is John Wood (the book was based on him). The guy at the bottom is VVK Chandra (the author of the book).
- 27. Question 13 •X isan American company going to invest in Solar Power engineering along with Bharti enterprise and Soft Bank in India. Identify X.
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- 29. Question 14 X wasa hacker group active from the 1980s to the late 1990s and early 2000. During its heyday from around 1984-1991 X was widely considered to be the most capable hacking group in the world. To this day, X ranks as one of the greatest, and certainly most influential hacking groups in the history of technology. Their name appears to be a reference to the antagonists of Challenge of the Super Friends. X was founded by the hacker Y, after a rift with his previous group. ID X and Y.
- 30. • X –Legion Of Doon (LOD) • Lex Luthor
- 31. Question 15 Which companyare we talking about?(specific answer)
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- 33. Question 16 Oaf Tobarkand Berkley Blue are famously known as what in Silicon Valley?
- 34. • Steve Jobsand Steve Wozniak, respectively.
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- 36. • Bred Taylor(co-founder of Gmaps)
- 37. Question 18 •X isan internet media and news company from India. The company creates and curates India specific stories. The website initially started as a viral content generating and sharing website but now the company has also begun serving as a news portal and also acts as a channel for sharing and remedying social concerns. It is probably an Indian Buzzfeed clone. Its founders include Suparn Pandey and Saransh Singh. •ID X
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- 39. *Question 19 “If youcan’t feed a team with two pizzas, then its too large” Who quoted this?
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- 41. Question 20 X isa mobile E-hailing application available in 30 countries. The app allows users to book a taxi and track it in real time. The same iOS, Android, or Windows Phone app can be used in all places in which the partner taxis operate. X was founded in 2011 in Brazil and has since expanded globally, covering the network of 30 countries and more than 420 cities. As of December 2014, the company reported it reached the number of 17 million users and more than 400,000 taxi drivers are affiliated with an X network. It is the world’s largest taxi app. Identify X.
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- 43. Question 21 •Which newssite is famous for publishing fake news? (The November Blackout for 15 days)
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- 45. Question 22 •Who designedthe Octo cat logo?(He also designed the twitter logo which was not accepted)
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- 47. Question 23 •Name thecompany in which Andy Rubin of Google Android worked before? This company was acquired by Microsoft for $500 million?
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- 49. *Question 24 •X, oneof Excite venture capitalists negotiated the price of Google for $750000 which Larry and Sergey rejected as they were expecting $ 1 million. Name X.
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- 51. Question 25 •Name theGurgaon based online wallet by Bipin Preet Singh ?
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