The Tech-Biz Quiz (Finals)- NSIT Quiz Fest 2015

THE TECH BIZ QUIZ: FINALS
NSIT QUIZ FEST 2015

Q. 1
This technology enables a certain product X, to achieve something it
didn’t support when it was first released in 2007. What is X?

Amazon Kindle (Paperwhite)
The Light Guide technology helps the new
Kindle’s illuminate in low light conditions.

Q2. Who is X?
X is an american lawyer and currently the
interim CEO of Y. X was previously the
corporate director at Flipboard.
X is currently embroiled in a ‘gender
discrimination’ lawsuit against venture
capital firm Kleiner Perkins.
The irony is, X is the interim CEO of a firm
known for a lot of gender bias. According
to a user, “Late-night Y is a disgusting
cesspool of racists and women-haters.”
Who is X? No points for Y.

Q. 3
The first recorded instance of what?

Q. 4
One night, in 1987 in the final years of the cold war, a board member of X
answered a frantic knock at his hotel door. A Russian Engineer nervously
handed him a disk and walked away.
In the late 1980s, X had been developing a product Y, a key part of which was a
software for handwriting recognition. However, even after years of research X
couldn't figure out how to get it working. The disk that the Russian engineer gave
X, contained the code for the software, which would eventually make it to Y as a
key feature.
However, X could never really get the software to work with a good accuracy,
making the software a much ridiculed feature of Y, with comics recognising Y as
the product which often misunderstood the words.
What are X and Y?

Q. 5
X is an effect associated with the blocking of e-mails, forum posts or search results
by a spam filter or search engine because their text contains a string of letters that
are shared with an obscene word.
While computers can easily identify strings of text within a document, broad blocking
rules may result in false positives, causing innocent phrases to be blocked.
The problem was named after an incident in 1996 in which AOL's profanity filter
prevented residents of a town X in Lincolnshire, England, from creating accounts
with AOL, because the X contained a profanity in the substring.
For example, the URL shitakemushroom[dot]com was refused by ICANN, as the
string contained the word ‘shit’.
What is X?

Q 6.
The shown patent is based on Margaret Minsky’s
research titled, “The Sandpaper System for _____”.
What is this the patent for?

This is the patent for the ‘Force Touch’
technology used in the Apple Watch
and the new MacBook Touchpads

Q. 7
X was launched in the summer of 2012 by Logan
Green and John Zimmer as a service of Zimride, a
company the two founded in 2007. In May 2013,
Green and Zimmer officially changed the name of
the company from Zimride to X.
Y is iconic to X. Commenting on Y, Green said, “We
originally thought of doing this just for women.”.
What is X and Y?

Q. 8
It was established in 1889 by Dinshawji Cooverji
Pundole, an Indian cricketer of Parsi origin.
Relaunched recently, this range of products was
earlier considered a staple in every Parsi function.
Some of its primary flavours were Tango, Ginger
and Ice Cream. The plant at which this product was
packaged bears resemblance to the product itself.

Q. 9
A public sector undertaking based in
Thiruvananthapuram, X’s first plant was set up in
Kerala due to the state being naturally rich in an
input for the production of Ys. Annually, X produces
10% of the world’s Ys.
Apart from its primary focus, X established
LifeSpring Hospitals, a 50-50 joint venture with
AcumenFund, a US-based nonprofit, to provide low
cost maternity services.

X – HLL Lifecare, which produces Moods Condoms
Y – Condoms

Q. 10
Started by IT employees Rahul Anand and Rajat Tuli,
the company now has an annual turnover of Rs. 5 crore.
The company’s design ethos according to co-founder is
“It has to make you smile.”
The company accepts design ideas from users and
offers royalties and credit if accepted.
Since 2007, the company has organized an
independent music festival called Music In The Hills
which further helps promote their brand.

Q. 11
Founded in 1761 at Stein near Nuremberg by cabinet
maker Kaspar X, the enterprise has remained in the X
family for eight generations. It opened branches in New
York, London, Paris, and expanded to Vienna and St.
Petersburg. It opened a factory in Geroldsgrün. It
expanded internationally and launched new products
under Kaspar X's ambitious great-grandson, Lothar. In
1900, after the marriage of Lothar's granddaughter with
a cadet of the Counts of Y, the A.W. Y enterprise took
the name of XY and a new logo, combining the X motto,
Since 1761, with the "jousting knights" of the Ys' coat-
of-arms.

Q. 12
The original factory, a paper mill, was created near
the Odet river in France. The 2nd factory was
created in 1893 in Cascadec, France. By 1918 the
brand was truly created by René Bolloré and given
its current name on the basis of its origins. By 1930
over 86 million packets of it were being sold with
the USA being the major consumer. Since then the
brand has developed and introduced many product
varieties.

Q. 13
X was founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts by Edwin Land in
1937. Described by the Boston Globe as a "juggernaut of
innovation", in many respects X was the Apple of its time with
"a Steve Jobs style leader in Edwin Land, a scientist who
guided the company as the founding CEO for four decades“.
During World War II,X designed and manufactured numerous
products for the armed services including an infrared night
viewing device. Land’s name appears on 533 US patents,
second only to Thomas Edison’s 1,093. He led the company as
CEO For 43 years, he headed the X, developing it from a small
research and marketing firm into one of the best-known high-
tech companies ever.

Q. 14
X was an advertising campaign for the Volkswagen Beetle, created at the
Doyle Dane Bernbach (DDB) agency in 1959.
It was ranked as the best advertising campaign of the twentieth century by
Ad Age,] in a survey of North American advertisements.
The campaign has been considered so successful that it "did much more
than boost sales and build a lifetime of brand loyalty [...] The ad, and the
work of the ad agency behind it, changed the very nature of advertising—
from the way it's created to what you see as a consumer today.“
Print advertisements for the campaign were filled mostly with white space,
with a small image of the Beetle shown, which was meant to emphasize its
simplicity and minimalism, and the text and fine print that appeared at the
bottom of the page listed the advantages of owning a Beetle.

Round 2: Visiting Cards
(Written Round)

Exchange sheets.
Answers follow!

Q. 15
The company was founded in 1994 in Sweden by Cristian von X.
The founder of X got the idea to build his own car after watching the
Norwegian stop-motion animated movie Pinchcliffe Grand Prix in his
youth. He took his first steps in the world of business in his early
20s running a trading company called Alpraaz in Stockholm,
Sweden. The success of this venture gave him the necessary
financial standing to launch his chosen career as a car
manufacturer.
In 2009, X attempted to take over Saab from General Motors.
General Motors confirmed on June 16 that they had chosen X
Group as the buyer of Saab Automobile. However, X decided not to
finalise the purchase of Saab and therefore left the negotiations.
The timing uncertainty of finalization of the take over was the
reason X stated for leaving the deal.

Q. 16
The X Prize, referred to as the Nobel Prize for architecture, is awarded
annually “to honour a living architect or architects whose built work
demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and
commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions
to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture.“
Founded in 1979 by Jay X and his wife Cindy, the award is funded by the
X family and sponsored by the Hyatt Foundation.
The X family is one of the wealthiest families in the United States, being
near the top of Forbes magazine’s “America’s Richest Families” list since
the magazine began it in 1982.
The family is most famous for owning the Y hotel chain, and the Marmon
Group, a conglomerate of manufacturing and industrial service
companies now owned by Berkshire Hathaway.

Pritzker family, the Pritzker Prize for
Architecture; Hyatt

Q. 17
X was developed by Y in 1946. The once-famous
“burping seal” was a famous aspect of X, which
distinguished it from competitors. Some of Y’s first
products which were precursors to X, were gas
masks used in World War II. Z, a pioneering sales
executive of X, was appointed Vice President of
Marketing by Y and was the first woman to be on
the cover of Businessweek. Z is also the subject of
an upcoming biopic starring Sandra Bullock.

X – Tupperware Y – Earl Tupper Z –
Brownie Wise

Q. 18
X is produced by Antares, which was formerly
called Jupiter Systems.
X was initially created by Andy Hildebrand, an
engineer working for Exxon. He developed methods
for interpreting seismic data and subsequently
realized that the same technology could be put to
use for X.
Priyanka Chopra, in her Reddit AMA, was asked a
question about the importance of the device for her
career.

Q. 19
Q: In 2005, a viral meme was started because a
person used a word filter to switch the words “egg”
and “roll”. Thus, words such as “eggroll” now meant
something completely different.
In March 2007, an unidentified 4chan user applied
this word filter to what appeared to be a trailer of
the game Grand Theft Auto, but instead, turned out
to be a song “Never gonna give you up” by Rick
Astley. What did the application of this word filter
lead to?

Christopher Poole; Rickrolling

Q. 20
There are two statements on this law: one by Eric S. Raymond
concerning software bug detection by a community, and the other by the
person after whom it is named, about the motivations of programmers.
The statement by Raymond, says: "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are
shallow" ; or more formally: "Given a large enough beta-tester and co-
developer base, almost every problem will be characterized quickly and
the fix will be obvious to someone.
"The other statement on this law, mentioned in the prologue "What
Makes Hackers Tick? a.k.a. X’s Law", suggests that every motivation
that makes a person do something can be classified under "survival",
"social life" or "entertainment". As a result, progress is defined as
reaching a higher category; that is, not doing a thing merely for survival,
but for social reasons, and then, even better, just for fun.
Which law is this?

Q. 21
_________ is a programming language designed by David Morgan-Mar, whose
programs are bitmaps that look like abstract art The compilation is guided by a
"pointer" that moves around the image, from one continuous coloured region to
the next. Procedures are carried through when the pointer exits a region. There
are 20 colours for which behaviour is specified: 18 "colourful" colours, which are
ordered by a 6-step hue cycle and a 3-step brightness cycle; and black and white
which are not ordered. When exiting a "colourful" colour and entering another one,
the performed procedure is determined by the number of steps of change in hue
and brightness. Black cannot be entered; when the pointer tries to enter a black
region, the rules of choosing the next block are changed instead. If all possible
rules are tried, the program terminates. Regions outside the borders of the image
are also treated as black. White does not perform operations, but allows the
pointer to "pass through".
The behaviour of colours other than the 20 specified is left to the compiler or
interpreter. Variables are stored in memory as signed integers in a single stack.
Most specified procedures deal with operations on that stack, others with
input/output and with the rules by which the compilation pointer moves. ________
was named after the famous painter ________. The originally intended name was
already taken.

Q. 22
The origins of this franchise, a division of the Jim
Pattison Group, lie in the revelation in 1929 that the
Star-spangled banner was not the National Anthem of
the United States of America.
The inaugural issue of the franchise resulted in renewed
attention to the issue and on March 3, 1931, U.S.
President Herbert Hoover signed an act that officially
made "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem
for the United States.
The collection of the franchise includes 20,000
photographs, 30,000 artifacts and more than 100,000
cartoon panels. Which brand are we talking about?

RIPLEY’s ENTERTAINMENT or
RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT

Q. 23
A X cup (also known as a Greedy
Cup or a Tantalus cup) is a form of
drinking cup that forces its user to
imbibe only in moderation. Credited
to X of Samos, it allows the user to
fill the cup with wine up to a certain
level. If he fills the cup only to that
level, the imbiber may enjoy a drink
in peace. If he exhibits gluttony,
however, the cup spills its entire
contents out the bottom (onto the
lap of the immodest drinker).

Q. 24
The Bee Gees song “Staying Alive” has a consistent 104 beats
per minute, which is close to the range of recommended
compressions per minute needed for a particular activity.
Therefore, this is used as a training tool in some places for the
activity, which is also befitting the name of the song.
Which activity does the song support?

CPR
The Bee Gees' song "Stayin' Alive" is used to
train medical professionals to provide the correct
number of chest compressions per minute while
performing CPR.

Q. 25
Napoleon demanded a method of communication
that would not require light or sound. 'Night Writing'
was developed as a tactile military code, but proved
too difficult for Napoleon's troops to learn and was
rejected. Night writing became the basis for
________.

Q. 26
Pierre Samuel X de Nemours was a French writer, economist,
publisher and government official. By early 1760s X’s writings on
the national economy had drawn the attention of intellectuals such
as Voltaire and Turgot. His 1768 book on physiocracy, which
advocated low tariffs and free trade among nations, deeply
influenced Adam Smith of Scotland. In the United States, X
developed strong ties with industry and government, in particular
with Thomas Jefferson. He was the originator of an idea that
eventually became the Louisiana Purchase, as a way to avoid
French troops landing in New Orleans, and possibly sparking armed
conflict with U.S. Éleuthère, his son, who had studied chemistry in
France with Antoine Lavoisier, founded a gunpowder manufacturing
plant, based on his experience in France as a chemist.
Give X.

Q. 27
In the early days of air travel, aviators needed an easier way to compare times
than by using a bulky chronometer in a cramped cockpit. The solution to the
problem came from none other than Charles Lindbergh, the first man to fly solo
across the Atlantic Ocean.
When Lindbergh returned from his heroic flight, he immediately set out to design
the Hour Angle wristwatch and found a willing partner for its manufacture in X.
The watch featured a demarcated rotating bezel that allowed for the equation of
time (the difference between a standardized 24-hour day and the fluctuating time
of the Earth’s travel around the sun), vital for an accurate calculation of longitude.
A rotating centeal disc on the dial allowed for the synchronization of the seconds
without stopping the sweeping hand. And unique dial markings allowed a pilot to
instantly tell his location by corresponding the time with the earth’s 360-degree
rotation (the “hour angle’). Built to his specifications, it is still produced today.
Founded by Auguste Agassiz in 1832, X is owned by the Swatch Group today. X
also provided timers used at the first modern Olympics in 1896.

Javier Soltero, quit his day job as VMWare CTO in 2012, to start
building applications. He along with his partner, Satish
Dharmaraj created a email client for mobile, called Accompli.
Accompli, had smart filters which’d send you only notifications
for important email and segregate the newsletters email and
other email from social media services into an other section. The
client also had a calendar section to sync with calendar events.
Today, however, we know Accompli by a completely different
name as it was acquired and merged with another famous
product. How is it known today?
Q28.

Q1.
X produced and sponsored the first radio soap operas in the 1930s
(X being known for detergent, soaps- this led to the genesis of the
term "soap opera") When the medium switched to television in the
1950s and 1960s, most of the new serials were sponsored and
produced by the company. However, in April 2010, after the
cancellation of As the World Turns, X’s production house
announced they were officially phasing out of the soap industry and
expanding into more family appropriate programming. The Young
and the Restless, currently broadcast on CBS (in the US), is the
only soap opera left that is partially sponsored by X.
X's former logo originated in 1851 as a crude cross that barge
workers on the Ohio River painted on cases of X star candles to
identify them. X later changed this symbol into a trademark that
showed a man in the moon overlooking 13 stars, said to
commemorate the original 13 colonies of the US. This was changed
further, and now is completely different.

Q 3.
In 2007 the Royal Canadian Mint released their first ever coin with
embedded X. The design is often referred to as a snowflake.
Each year after 2007 the Royal Canadian Mint has produced two
different snowflake coins each year and the series has remained
popular, selling out each year.
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Q 4.
X was not immensely profitable
in its opening years. Smaller
than many of the new hotels
springing up in that period, it
was not fashionable initially,
and was resented by many of
the London elite who
considered it vulgar.
It is now a landmark in London.

Q5
In 1947, tractor manufacturer David Brown Limited bought the
company X, and under the leadership of managing director Sir
David Brown—its "post-war saviour“, X reached new heights. . The
company also acquired Lagonda that year for its 2.6-litre W. O.
Bentley-designed engine. Both companies shared resources and
workshops, birthing a classic series of cars, whose name
acknowledged the efforts of the company’s saviour.
The company’s series of cars is still named in the same fashion,
despite ownership changing hands several times since and going
through numerous highs and lows in business.
In 2013 X signed a deal with Daimler AG to supply new Mercedes-
AMG power plants for the next generation line up of X cars. As a
result, Daimler AG now owns 5% of X.

Q6.
The company was established by the Cleaver family in 1770, the official date
displayed on its product labels. The company is named after William X who
purchased the firm in 1823 from the sons of the founder Samuel Cleaver, who had
gone into bankruptcy.
In 1913, X adopted Francis Wheatley's "Flowersellers" painting from his "Cries of
London" series as their new corporate logo. The yellow primroses being sold in
baskets in the painting are replaced by the company with sheaths of lavender
Britain's fifth richest Indian family, the Jatanias, bought out X in October 2005 for
£60 million and integrated it into its Lornamead company.
Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting acquired X in certain markets including Asia,
Middle East, Australasia as well as North and West Africa for $45.5 million. In
August 2012, Wipro purchased the UK/European division from Lornamead, with
the exception of Germany and Austria, where Lornamead still holds the rights to
the brand

Q7. (Y goes into the connect)
X was created by Y of London. It consists of a main body with a
golden crown and a malachite plinth base. The plinth weighs 33
pounds (15 kg) and the trophy weighs 22 pounds (10.0 kg).The
body and plinth together are 76 cm (30 in) tall, 43 cm (17 in) wide
and 25 cm (9.8 in) deep.
Its main body is solid sterling silver and silver gilt, while its plinth is
made of malachite, a semi-precious stone. The plinth has a silver
band around its circumference, upon which the names of the
______ are listed. Malachite's green colour is also representative of
the green field of play. The design of X is based on the heraldry of
Three Lions that is associated with ______. Two of the lions are
found above the handles on either side of X – the third is
symbolised by the winner as he raises X, and its gold crown, above
his head at the end of the season.

Q8. Advert for?
<Video Question>

Q1. Id X
X produced and sponsored the first radio soap operas in the 1930s
(X being known for detergent, soaps- this led to the genesis of the
term "soap opera") When the medium switched to television in the
1950s and 1960s, most of the new serials were sponsored and
produced by the company. However, in April 2010, after the
cancellation of As the World Turns, X’s production house
announced they were officially phasing out of the soap industry and
expanding into more family appropriate programming. The Young
and the Restless, currently broadcast on CBS (in the US), is the
only soap opera left that is partially sponsored by X.
X's former logo originated in 1851 as a crude cross that barge
workers on the Ohio River painted on cases of X star candles to
identify them. X later changed this symbol into a trademark that
showed a man in the moon overlooking 13 stars, said to
commemorate the original 13 colonies of the US. This was changed
further, and now is completely different.

Answer
X – Swarovski Crystals

Q 4.
X was not immensely profitable in its opening years.
Smaller than many of the new hotels springing up in
that period, it was not fashionable initially, and was
resented by many of the London elite who
considered it vulgar.
It is now a landmark in London.

Answer
Aston Martin- the company’s flagship series of cars
always has the intials “DB” in the name.

Answer
X- Barclay’s Premier League
Trophy
Asprey of London

Present and Past Royal Warrant holders
of the British Royal Family.
Proctor and Gamble – Manufacturers of Soaps and Detergents
Samsung – Television and Audio-Visual Equipment
Swarovski Crystals
The Ritz – Banqueting and Catering Services
Aston Martin- Motor Car Manufacturer and Repairer
Yardley- Manufacturers of Toiletry Products
Asprey of London – Jewellers, Goldsmiths and Silversmiths
Cadbury’s -Chocolatiers

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