This quiz was a part of the 3 day quiz fest Braingrill16 held at Jorhat Engineering College , Assam

1. Pirates of silicon valley
पाइरेत्स आफ सससिकान वैिी
Open Biz-Tech Quiz
Researched and Presented by Partha Pratim Barman

2. Welcome to the prelims
• This is the web version, so safety slides have been removed to avoid unnecessary
buffering
• The quiz was a part of the 3 day quiz fest “ Braingrill” held at Jorhat Engineering
College
• The highest score was 18, cut off was 12, each question had 2 points, with part
point in some questions
• The quiz was won by Bedanga Das and Rituraj Kashyap from NIT Silchar
• Snehashish Parashar and Mrinmoy Kshattri fromTezpur University came 2nd

3. Pirates of the SiliconValley (Prelims)
• 25 questions
• Each correct answer fetches 2 points
• Partial points on offer in certain questions
• No negatives
• Multiples of 5 are starred questions

4. 1
• The wheel represents the wheel of success
• The light represents the triumph of science and technology
• The levelling instruments represent all the precise measurements indispensable in
any engineering work
• The suspension bridge represents the much needed unity, the bridge between
success and failure, light and darkness, high and low
• The creeper represents culture, integrity, ethics and discipline which are
considered indispensable for prospect and reputation

5. 2
•
Promotional poster for which famous
program/plan

6. 3
• The unique feature of the X service by Google which sets it apart from other such services is that it makes
positive use of human effort by channeling the time spent into digitizing text, annotating images, and
building machine learning datasets which in turn helps preserve books, improve maps, and solve hardAI
problems.
• X has completed digitizing the archives of The NewYorkTimes and books from Google Books (more than
13 million articles dating from 1851 to the present day)
• Some have criticized Google for using X as a source of unpaid labour and unfairly using people around the
world to help it transcribe books, address and newspapers without any compensation

7. 4
• Probably there are rare instances when the logo of a product is more famous
than the actual product.This is one of them .
• According to a common story, the logo of this brand resembles three Hebrew
vavs, and that since the value for a vav in Hebrew numerology is 6, and the
Biblical Number of the Beast is 666, the logo reveals it to be a satanic product
• On which logo are you likely to find three Hebrew vavs resembling the devil’s
number?

8. 5
The term X can be loosely translated as "science of craft“ and is derived from a
Greek word which means "art, skill, cunning of hand.
The use of the term has changed significantly over the last 200 years. Before
the 20th century, the term was uncommon in English, and usually referred to
the description of the useful arts.
The term rose to prominence in the 20th century .The term's meanings
changed in the early 20th century when American social scientists, beginning
withThorsteinVeblen, translated ideas from a German concept.

9. 6
What is referred to here was a homage to the random quotes that would rotate at
the site's footer—such as "I don't even know what a quail looks like."They were
small enough at the time that it was a trivial task to ask each employee for a
custom footer and many of them had a lot of fun with it.
It's no secret that X looked up toY at the time. He would hold his design meetings
with in that classic "aggressive"Y-style. It was during one of those meetings where
he first uttered the phrase, “__ ___ ___ _____”
Countless designs are referred to as "happy accidents" and this would be a prime
example of that.The story has been around outside the company since at least
2009, as it really exploded into legendary status later and was launched into pop
culture .

10. 7
According to ‘’A book of memoirs’’ by Sudhir Kakar, the institutionY was
established because its founder X’s intimate relationship with his protege, Kamla
Chowdhry, a young widow and a friend of X’s wife
As Kamla began to find ways to stay away from X to avoid problems in his married
life, X "used every means at his disposal" to persuade her to stay in the city
When all that did not work out, X successfully lobbied the Indian government to
bring Y to the city and appointed Kamla as research director
X’s daughter however says that to think that his great contribution for the nation
was just to keep her closer is only a psychiatrists’ tendency to attribute sexual
motives to every action in life

11. 8

12. • A video was played showing an Intex Ad, the name of the composer and the
piece of music being played was asked

13. 9• The term X is used by a number of non-governmental organizations in various
countries to describe their activity based on engineering and oriented to international
development work worldwide to serve the needs of disadvantaged communities and
people through engineering projects.
• Many X national groups are developed independently from each other, and so they are
not all formally affiliated with each other, and their level of collaboration and
organizational development varies.The majority of the X organizations are strongly
linked to academia and to students, with many of them being student-led.
• The first such organization was founded in the 1980s in France
• A large number of other X have since been established around the world, with diverse
structures, aims, and activities

14. 10
X is the established practice of a borrower pledging an asset as collateral for a loan, while
retaining ownership of the assets and enjoying the benefits therefrom.With X , the lender
has the right to seize the asset if the borrower cannot service the loan as stipulated by the
terms in the loan agreement.
The word has Greek origins and can be roughly translated as “pledge (something) without
giving up control of it”
It is derived from the Greek terms A - ("beneath, under“) + B ("to put, place“), effectively
meaning “ to put under”
Give me this very frequently encountered term

15. 11
The X ( 2 word term )defense is a tactic in corporate
finance used to counter a takeover or merger bidder who
has made a formal bid to shareholders to buy their shares.
When the board of directors of the target company meets
to consider the bid, they "just say no."
The term refers to a catch-phrase coined by a very famous
lady, who ran a campaign advocating abstinence from
recreational drug use.The lady was in the news recently
Hint:ThinkArsenal

16. 12
Formula One is planning to introduce a head-protection device from 2017 in a bid to
protect drivers from fatal injuries as debates around cockpit protection reignited after the
death of Jules Bianchi.The design, originally pioneered by Mercedes, leaves the cockpit
open but helps to shield drivers from flying debris or stray tyres. It involves a sloped
centre-line fin with a roll bar that sits above a drivers’ head.
Lewis Hamilton commented that it was, “the worst looking mod in Formula 1 history”
Name this new protection device which got its name due to its position above the driver’s
head

17. 13
• Bangkok Metropolitan Police Bureau announced a policy in early October
2014 to combat rampant bribe-taking among traffic police. Under the
policy, officers who refused to take bribes would receive a cash reward of up
to 10,000 baht.
• Although the policy only lasted about two weeks before being canceled,
after at least two police officers received 10,000 baht each for refusing to
take bribes, it became popular worldwide because of a certain recognition
• Why did it became famous?

18. 14
• Name this phenomenon which is caused due to the direct damage that a
UVB photon can induce in DNA
• One of the possible reactions from the excited state is the formation of a
thymine-thymine cyclobutane dimer
• It also share its name with a highly popular festival which was inaugurated in
2007, and has since became a place of synergy of music, entertainment,
sports, food, shopping and lifestyle that has attracted audiences from every
nook and corner of the globe

20. 15
• This line of light duty commercial vehicles gets its name from an English word
describing the gallop of a horse, emphasizing their 'thoroughbred' nature
• The origin of the word comes from an English place of pilgrimage where the
comfortable speed for a pilgrim travelling some distance on horseback was above
that of a trot but below that of a gallop
• The word was once a generic term for any commercial mass transport vehicle in a
certain part of our country probably due to the use of X vehicles as commercial
vehicles

21. 16
According to ultra-orthodox Jewish beliefs, smartphones overstep certain religious
restrictions as they allow free access to the internet, putting all aspects of secular thought,
culture and media, as well as sexual content like pornography, at the fingertips of the
observant.
Since it is a sin to use smartphones in their existing state, the only way to make their use valid
is by de-smarting them. Such smartphones look like an ordinary cellphone, can make and
receive calls, and may have a calculator and alarm clock, but it cannot send or receive text
messages, browse the internet or take photos - all activities that could potentially involve
behaviour considered "immodest" among ultra-orthodox Jews
What are these phones called?

23. 17
This word probably originated from a Spanish town since it was the first port in the
history to charge merchants for the use of its docks.The Spanish town itself gets
its name from the name of the Berber warrior _______ Ibn Malik who had attacked
it once
It seems quite possible that the word was directly borrowed from a commonly
usedArabic word which means “making known” or “ to define or describe”, which
finds frequent usage in Bollywood songs and dialogues.
Give me this commoly used business/finance term

24. 18
In the fields of chronology and periodization, it is an instant in time chosen as
the origin of a particular era serving as a reference point from which time is
measured.Time measurement units are counted from the it so that the date
and time of events can be specified unambiguously .
In geochronology, it is a subdivision of the geologic timescale that is longer
than an age and shorter than a period.
We are currently living in the Holocene ______ of the Quaternary Period.

25. 19
Also known as the “X effect.“, this indicator is based on the theory that a consumer
turns to less expensive indulgences, such as X , when she (or he) feels less than
confident about the future.Therefore, X sales tend to increase during times of
economic uncertainty or a recession.
This term was coined by Leonard Lauder (chairman of Estee Lauder), who
consistently found that during tough economic times, his X sales went up.The
indicator has been quite a reliable signal of consumer attitudes over the years. For
example, in the months following the September 11 terrorist attacks, X sales
doubled

26. 20
Name the first open-circuit, compact portable underwater breathing apparatus which
allows divers to move freely and breath safely at depths up to 164 ft,which was
invented in Paris during the winter of 1942–1943 by two Frenchmen; the engineer
Émile Gagnan and Naval Lieutenant Jacques Cousteau
The English trade name of the apparatus also shares its name with a classic JethroTull
album and song, and the use of one such apparatus was suggested by Harry in Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire to assist him in the second task ofTriwizard
Championship

27. 21
• IUPAC name: 2-(2-Carboxyethyl)-1,1,1-
trimethylhydrazinium
• Chemical Formula: C6H15N2O2+

28. 22 #GiftALivelihood is a novel and innovative new program under which one
can either help underprivileged youth by making their ends meet for a short while
or refer them to X Academy for Skills for a free-of-cost skill training programme,
with the help of which they can earn a sustainable living.
The referred candidate will go through a 3 month long skill training programme,
with the end goal of making them employable for the industry. 58,000 lives have
been changed till now with a 100% placement record
Which company has recently grabbed headlines and earned appreciation for this
unique campaign?

30. 23
The Assamese Song “ Aakaakh Mohakaakh, aji
prithibir jaatri “ was played
QUESTION:The song was a tribute by Dilip
Sarma, to which historic event ?

31. 24

32. Identify the brand and the singer( 1+1 )
• The ad with the song” Little things you do for me..” was played

33. ANSWERS

34. 1
• The wheel represents the wheel of success
• The light represents the triumph of science and technology
• The levelling instruments represent all the precise measurements indispensable in
any engineering work
• The suspension bridge represents the much needed unity, the bridge between
success and failure, light and darkness, high and low
• The creeper represents culture, integrity, ethics and discipline which are
considered indispensable for prospect and reputation

36. 2
•
Promotional poster for which famous
program/plan

38. 3
• The unique feature of the X service by Google which sets it apart from other such services is that it makes
positive use of human effort by channeling the time spent into digitizing text, annotating images, and
building machine learning datasets which in turn helps preserve books, improve maps, and solve hardAI
problems.
• X has completed digitizing the archives of The NewYorkTimes and books from Google Books (more than
13 million articles dating from 1851 to the present day)
• Some have criticized Google for using X as a source of unpaid labour and unfairly using people around the
world to help it transcribe books, address and newspapers without any compensation

40. 4Probably there are rare instances when the logo of a product is more famous than
the actual product.This is one of them
According to a common story, the logo of this brand resembles three Hebrew
vavs, and that since the value for a vav in Hebrew numerology is 6, and the Biblical
Number of the Beast is 666, the logo reveals it to be a satanic product
On which logo are you likely to find three Hebrew vavs resembling the devil’s
number?

42. 5
The term X can be loosely translated as "science of craft“ and is derived from a
Greek word which means "art, skill, cunning of hand.
The use of the term has changed significantly over the last 200 years. Before
the 20th century, the term was uncommon in English, and usually referred to
the description of the useful arts.
The term rose to prominence in the 20th century .The term's meanings
changed in the early 20th century when American social scientists, beginning
withThorsteinVeblen, translated ideas from a German concept.

43. Technology

44. 6
What is referred to here was a homage to the random quotes that would rotate at
the site's footer—such as "I don't even know what a quail looks like."They were
small enough at the time that it was a trivial task to ask each employee for a
custom footer and many of them had a lot of fun with it.
It's no secret that X looked up toY at the time. He would hold his design meetings
with in that classic "aggressive"Y-style. It was during one of those meetings where
he first uttered the phrase, “__ ___ ___ _____”
Countless designs are referred to as "happy accidents" and this would be a prime
example of that.The story has been around outside the company since at least
2009, as it really exploded into legendary status later and was launched into pop
culture .

46. 7
According to ‘’A book of memoirs’’ by Sudhir Kakar, the institutionY was
established because its founder X’s intimate relationship with his protege, Kamla
Chowdhry, a young widow and a friend of X’s wife
As Kamla began to find ways to stay away from X to avoid problems in his married
life, X "used every means at his disposal" to persuade her to stay in the city
When all that did not work out, X successfully lobbied the Indian government to
bring Y to the city and appointed Kamla as research director
X’s daughter however says that to think that his great contribution for the nation
was just to keep her closer is only a psychiatrists’ tendency to attribute sexual
motives to every action in life

48. 8

49. • Symphony no 5
• LudwigVan Beethoven

50. 9• The term X is used by a number of non-governmental organizations in various
countries to describe their activity based on engineering and oriented to international
development work worldwide to serve the needs of disadvantaged communities and
people through engineering projects.
• Many X national groups are developed independently from each other, and so they are
not all formally affiliated with each other, and their level of collaboration and
organizational development varies.The majority of the X organizations are strongly
linked to academia and to students, with many of them being student-led.
• The first such organization was founded in the 1980s in France
• A large number of other X have since been established around the world, with diverse
structures, aims, and activities

52. 10
X is the established practice of a borrower pledging an asset as collateral for a loan, while
retaining ownership of the assets and enjoying the benefits therefrom.With X , the lender
has the right to seize the asset if the borrower cannot service the loan as stipulated by the
terms in the loan agreement.
The word has Greek origins and can be roughly translated as “pledge (something) without
giving up control of it”
It is derived from the Greek terms A - ("beneath, under“) + B ("to put, place“), effectively
meaning “ to put under”
Give me this very frequently encountered term

53. Hypothecation

54. 11The X ( 2 word term )defense is a tactic in corporate
finance used to counter a takeover or merger bidder
who has made a formal bid to shareholders to buy
their shares.When the board of directors of the
target company meets to consider the bid, they
"just say no."
The term refers to a catch-phrase coined by a very
famous lady,who was in the news
recently,advocating abstinence from recreational

55. NANCY
REAGAN
DEFENSE

56. 12
Formula One is planning to introduce a head-protection device from 2017 in a bid
to protect drivers from fatal injuries as debates around cockpit protection
reignited after the death of Jules Bianchi.The design, originally pioneered by
Mercedes, leaves the cockpit open but helps to shield drivers from flying debris or
stray tyres. It involves a sloped centre-line fin with a roll bar that sits above a
drivers’ head.
However a number of F1 drivers voiced their opinions on the concept.
Lewis Hamilton commented that it was, “the worst looking mod in Formula 1
history”
Name this new protection device which got its name due to its position above the
driver’s head

57. • HALO

58. 13
• Bangkok Metropolitan Police Bureau announced a policy in early October
2014 to combat rampant bribe-taking among traffic police. Under the
policy, officers who refused to take bribes would receive a cash reward of up
to 10,000 baht.
• Although the policy only lasted about two weeks before being canceled,
after at least two police officers received 10,000 baht each for refusing to
take bribes, it became popular worldwide because of a certain recognition
• Why did it became famous?

59. IgNobel prize for Econimics 2015
• Because they were awarded the IgNobel Prize for Economics in the year
2015 for this policy

60. 14
• Name this phenomenon which is caused due to the direct damage that a
UVB photon can induce in DNA
• One of the possible reactions from the excited state is the formation of a
thymine-thymine cyclobutane dimer
• It also share its name with a highly popular festival which was inaugurated in
2007, and has since became a place of synergy of music, entertainment,
sports, food, shopping and lifestyle that has attracted audiences from every
nook and corner of the globe

61. 15

63. 16
This line of light duty commercial vehicles gets its name from an English word
describing the gallop of a horse, emphasizing their 'thoroughbred' nature
The origin of the word comes from an English place of pilgrimage where the
comfortable speed for a pilgrim travelling some distance on horseback was
above that of a trot but below that of a gallop
The word was once a generic term for any commercial mass transport vehicle
in a certain part of our country probably due to the use of X vehicles as
commercial vehicles

64. CANTER
CANTER

65. 17
According to ultra-orthodox Jewish beliefs, smartphones overstep certain religious
restrictions as they allow free access to the internet, putting all aspects of secular thought,
culture and media, as well as sexual content like pornography, at the fingertips of the
observant.
Since it is a sin to use smartphones in their existing state,the only way to make their use valid
is by de-smarting them. Such smartphones look like an ordinary cellphone, can make and
receive calls, and may have a calculator and alarm clock, but it cannot send or receive text
messages, browse the internet or take photos - all activities that could potentially involve
behaviour considered "immodest" among ultra-orthodox Jews
What are these phones called which shares its name with foods that conform to the
regulations of Jewish dietary law ?

67. KOSHER PHONES

68. 18
This word probably originated from a Spanish town since it was the first port in the
history to charge merchants for the use of its docks.The Spanish town itself gets
its name from the name of the Berber warrior _______ Ibn Malik who had attacked
it once
It seems quite possible that the word was directly borrowed from a commonly
usedArabic word which means “making known” or “ to define or describe”, which
finds frequent usage in Bollywood songs and dialogues.
Give me this commoly used business/finance term

69. Tariff

70. 19
In the fields of chronology and periodization, it is an instant in time chosen as
the origin of a particular era serving as a reference point from which time is
measured.Time measurement units are counted from the it so that the date
and time of events can be specified unambiguously .
In geochronology, it is a subdivision of the geologic timescale that is longer
than an age and shorter than a period.
We are currently living in the Holocene ______ of the Quaternary Period.

71. EPOCH

72. 20
Also known as the “X effect.“, this indicator is based on the theory that a consumer
turns to less expensive indulgences, such as X , when she (or he) feels less than
confident about the future.Therefore, X sales tend to increase during times of
economic uncertainty or a recession.
This term was coined by Leonard Lauder (chairman of Estee Lauder), who
consistently found that during tough economic times, his X sales went up.The
indicator has been quite a reliable signal of consumer attitudes over the years. For
example, in the months following the September 11 terrorist attacks, X sales
doubled

73. Lipstick Effect

74. 21
Name the first open-circuit, compact portable underwater breathing apparatus which
allows divers to move freely and breath safely at depths up to 164 ft,which was
invented in Paris during the winter of 1942–1943 by two Frenchmen; the engineer
Émile Gagnan and Naval Lieutenant Jacques Cousteau
The English trade name of the apparatus also shares its name with a classic JethroTull
album and song, and the use of one such apparatus was suggested by Harry in Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire to assist him in the second task ofTriwizard
Championship

75. SCUBA (self contained
underwater breathing
apparatus)
or
AQUALUNG

76. 22
• IUPAC name: 2-(2-Carboxyethyl)-1,1,1-
trimethylhydrazinium
• Chemical Formula: C6H15N2O2+

77. MELDONIUM

78. 23 #GiftALivelihood is a novel and innovative new program under which one can
either help underprivileged youth by making their ends meet for a short while or
refer them to X Academy for Skills for a free-of-cost skill training programme, with
the help of which they can earn a sustainable living.
The referred candidate will go through a 3 month long skill training programme,
with the end goal of making them employable for the industry. 58,000 lives have
been changed till now with a 100% placement record
Which company has recently grabbed headlines and earned appreciation for this
unique campaign?

81. 24

82. Landing on moon

83. 25

84. Identify the brand and the singer( 1+1 )

85. Vodafone
Singer: Anushka Manchanda

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