Online Quiz 0.1 conducted by Quizzing Infinite. QM - Vijeth Revankar

1. OnlineQuiz 0.1
Quizzing Infinite
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2. Question 1
John Knoll, an engineer at Industrial Light
and Magic was impressed by a program
coded by his brother because of a Mac
Plus disadvantage in 1987. So, a program
called Display was created.What was
started thus?
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3. Answer
Adobe Photoshop
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4. Question 2
In 1997, a standard calledWECA
Compatible was published.To ensure a
catchy name, they chose a name that
sounded like a service from CD Player
amplifiers.What was the chosen name?
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5. Answer
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6. Question 3
RayTomlinson used this symbol as it was
the only preposition on the keyboard.
What did he invent in the 1970’s that is
widely used today by literally all the
internet users?
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7. Answer
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8. Question 4 Logo of ?
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9. Answer
MozillaThunderbird. It is an E-mail client
by Mozilla Inc.
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10. Question 5
In December 2014, this company (logo on next slide)
collaborated with Intel on a project, who wanted to
“retain the familiar user experience, but make that
experience more intuitive and powerful”. They built a
“language model” based on works and documents not
in the public domain. The software learns to ensure it
predicts contextually relevant inputs.
Intel further refined the workflow by creating
contextual menus for documents or emails to improve
ease-of-use. Post testing, Intel planned to make it
available to the open source community.
Which company is this? What was the collaboration
for?
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11. Question 5
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12. Answer
Swiftkey. Collaboration to design Stephen
Hawking’s speech bot
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13. Question 6
Datawind is a developer of wireless, web-
access products and services. How are
they associated with the Government of
India?
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14. Answer
Producers of AakashTablets
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15. Question 7
Otto von Bohtlingk was an Indologist and
scholar responsible for producing one of the first
Sanskrit dictionaries. He is widely believed to
have introduced a friend of his to a collection of
fourteen verses as outlined in a foundational
text.This introduction is believed to have been
critical to a certain choice made by the friend
when he created something.
Who was Bohtlingk’s friend?What did he create?
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16. Answer
Dmitri Mendeleev.
The choice of Eka, Dwi etc., Sanskrit
prefixes to refer the missing elements in
his model of PeriodicTable was a result of
Bohtlingk introducing him to Panini’s
Works
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17. Question 8
He is widely regarded as the Father of
India’s Space Programme. Identify him
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18. Answer Vikram Sarabhai
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19. Question 9
October 23 every year is celebrated by
some scientists around the world as?
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20. Answer
Avogadro Day / Mole Day
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21. Question 10
Known to be as the Father of Ancient
Indian SurgeryTechniques,The
Mahabharata lists him amongst the sons
ofVishwamitra, the legendary sage.
Identify Him & his famous book.
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22. Answer Sushruta & Sushruta Samhita
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23. Question 11
He is regarded as the Father ofWestern
Medicine in recognition of his lasting
contributions to the field of Medicine. He
is credited with coining the _________,
which is still in use all over theWorld.
Who? FITB
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24. Answer Hippocrates &The Hippocratic Oath
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25. Question 12
Connect
i) Enrico Fermi
ii) J. Robert Oppenheimer
iii) Leslie Groves
iv) EdwardTeller
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26. Answer
Manhattan Project (Creation of Atomic
Bomb)
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