Prelims

*marked questions to be considered
     in case of a tie in score
1.In what context this image is
           popular?
The first image in web history
2.Shaadi.com released a game in protest of
the dowry system still existing in the country.It
was inspired by another game which by itself
has inspired many other games.The game is
there in facebook.
Id the game.
Angry Brides
3.Doodle for??
da14 astroid
4.This has been the biggest web video
   trend of the month. What is it?
Harlem Shake(army style)
*5.The earliest technical use for _____ was
defined by Gilbert Newton Lewis. He defined it
as the amount of time light takes to travel 1
centimeter (about 33.35 ps).
In electronics, a ______ is the time between
alternating power cycles, 1/60 or 1/250 seconds
in most power supplies.
In computing, it is the duration of one tick of
the system timer interrupt. In the Linux
machines running i386, it is typically 4 ms.
What is this unit of time?
1 jiffy
6.Print Ad for what??
Fevicol
7.X was launched in 2003.
It has about 1,00,000 active contributors.
It has more than 275 active editions (285 in
total).
Most popular on internet.
Id X.
Wikipedia
8.Old logo of??
Samsung
9.Expand
Advance Micro Devices
*10.The Codex Leicester (also briefly known as
Codex Hammer) is a collection of largely
scientific writings by Leonardo da Vinci. Who
purchased it in 1994 for 30.8 Million $ making it
the costliest book ever?
Bill Gates
11.Which two IIT Delhi graduates developed a
company that started in 2007 as an online book
store and has now reinvented ways of buying a
product ??
Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal
          (Flipkart)
12.Connect
Cupcake, Donut, Eclair and Froyo are
  updates to Google's Android OS.
13.What is "David and Jerry's Guide to the World
  Wide Web“ now famously known as?
Yahoo!
14.Where are you likely to see this
  rather funny error message ?
You Tube
*15.What visual effect used most famously in
the Matrix series, slows the passage of time so
that the viewer can see the projectile motion of
a gunshot?
Bullet Time
16.Old logo of??
Windows 1
17.Andy Rubin and Rich Miner deviced this
software as early as 2003 before they sold it to
the comany which owns it today for $50
million.The company kept it in coldstorage for 4
years until 2007.Rubin and Miner now hold high
posts in this company.Id the software.
Android
*18.Shown here is the
 poster for a recently
released film based on
        X and it's
  founders. X, being a
 well known name in
 the world of internet
    has also been the
     subject of many
   controversies. Id X.
X isThe Pirate
       Bay.
  TPB AFK: The
Pirate Bay Away
 From Keyboard
       is a
  documentary
film released on
February 8 2013
19.With the upcoming trends, a lot of series of
 smartphones are coming up with models which
are typically larger in size than a smartphone but
  smaller than a tablet. What are they generally
                       called ?
Phablet
*20.ID the song & event to which it is
              related.
Daav laga (Windows 8 indian ad)
Finals
Round1:Visual

8 questions(clockwise)
    Direct/Indirect
        +10/+5
     No negative
1.Headquarters of??
Microsoft
2.IDENTIFY THE PERSON IN THIS OLD
    LOGO OF ‘THE FACEBOOK’ ?
Al Pacino
3.Id the place:
E-bay
4.Significance of this pic
First click from the camera
5.A very old ad for which company?
TCS
6.The image above shows the page from an
    organization’s website was hacked
 & defaced recently in wake of something.
          Which organization ?
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
               (MIT)
Following the death of Aaron Swartz,
   the website was defaced by the
            Anonymous.
7.This single called Ekki Mukk by the Icelandic
Band Sigur Ros came into limelight because it
     was tied,in some manner, to a major
launch/announcement in the world of social
 networking. What launch/announcement ?
Graph Search / Facebook Graph Search
8.What is this?
Google Earth’s recreation of
      Ancient Rome
Round 2:IT

           +5/0
        5 questions
Write answers on the paper
They were the
actual creator of
very popular
Game now
published by EA.
Identify the
Game.
NEED FOR SPEED
Whats this visual representation
             called?
Tag Cloud
It is a visual representation for text data,
typically used to depict keyword metadata (tags)
on websites, or to visualize free form text. Tags
are usually single words, and the importance of
each tag is shown with font size or color.
What variation on a six-letter word
resulted because Silicon Valley engineer
Tim Beauchamp refused in 1997 to
relinquish the domain that he was using as
a site for math and astronomy?
Google
The following was the content of an email
    sent way back in the 1900's.Why is it
                significant??
DIGITAL WILL BE GIVING A PRODUCT PRESENTATION OF THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE DECSYSTEM-20
    FAMILY; THE DECSYSTEM-2020, 2020T, 2060, AND 2060T. THE DECSYSTEM-20 FAMILY OF COMPUTERS HAS
    EVOLVED FROM THE TENEX OPERATING SYSTEM AND THE DECSYSTEM-10 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE.
    BOTH THE DECSYSTEM-2060T AND 2020T OFFER FULL ARPANET SUPPORT UNDER THE TOPS-20
    OPERATING SYSTEM. THE DECSYSTEM-2060 IS AN UPWARD EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT DECSYSTEM
    2040 AND 2050 FAMILY. THE DECSYSTEM-2020 IS A NEW LOW END MEMBER OF THE DECSYSTEM-20
    FAMILY AND FULLY SOFTWARE COMPATIBLE WITH ALL OF THE OTHER DECSYSTEM-20 MODELS.

WE INVITE YOU TO COME SEE THE 2020 AND HEAR ABOUT THE DECSYSTEM-20 FAMILY AT THE TWO PRODUCT
    PRESENTATIONS WE WILL BE GIVING IN CALIFORNIA THIS MONTH. THE LOCATIONS WILL BE:

     TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1978 - 2 PM
     HYATT HOUSE (NEAR THE L.A. AIRPORT)
     LOS ANGELES, CA

     THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1978 - 2 PM
     DUNFEY'S ROYAL COACH
     SAN MATEO, CA
     (4 MILES SOUTH OF S.F. AIRPORT AT BAYSHORE, RT 101 AND RT 92)

A 2020 WILL BE THERE FOR YOU TO VIEW. ALSO TERMINALS ON-LINE TO OTHER DECSYSTEM-20 SYSTEMS
    THROUGH THE ARPANET. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT THE NEAREST
    DEC OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXCITING DECSYSTEM-20 FAMILY.
First spam E-mail
The first search engine was called X, and was
created in 1990 by Alan Emtage, a student at
McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
but, for whatever reason, it only lets you search
worldwide anonymous FTPs or Polish websites.
Id X.
Archie
ID


8 questions(anti-clockwise)
      Direct/Indirect
          +10/+5
       No negative
1.X and Y were students at Stanford
University. They wanted to exchange
their love letters secretly.
For this they required some software
or hardware. Thus, leading to the
founding of Z.
ID X,Y,Z
X=Cisco
Y=Leonard Bosack
Z=Sandy Lerners
2.X coined a new type of journalism: “Scientific
Journalism”. We work with other media outlets
to bring people the news, but also to prove it is
true. Scientific journalism allows you to read a
news story, then to click online to see the
original document it is based on. That way you
can judge for yourself: Is the story true? Did the
journalist report it accurately?
Id X.
Julius Assange
3.X is the Ceo of SUMZERO .He filed a lawsuit
against multi-billionaire company because the
said firm had broken an oral contract with him
as well as his.
Identify X.
Divya Narendra
4.X started off as a Rubber Products Company
and a Cable Works Company.
Soon thereafter it established a groundwood
pulp mill and started manufacturing paper.
Later it added electricity generation to its
business activities.
Today it is the largest company of Y and plays a
very important role in the economy of this
country Y.
IDENTIFY X and Y
X-NOKIA

Y-FINLAND
5.He did not believe that the Higg’s boson
particle could ever be found. In fact, some years
ago he had taken a bet of $100 with the leading
US particle physicist, Gordon Kane. When CERN
scientists announced the discovery on 4 July
2012, he sent a cheque for $100 to Kane. Who?
Stephan Hawkings
6.This gentleman has already gone down in
 the history of mankind as the founder of
   something which has revolutionized
   communication and mobility.ID him.
Andy Rubin, the co-founder of Android
                 Inc.
7.Identify the person silhouetted in
      this Generic User Icon.
BILL GATES
Used as a Generic Image in Office 2010
8."Do you want to sell sugar water for
the rest of your life, or do you want to
come with me and change the world?“
Who said this and to whom?
Steve Jobs to John Sculley
Thank You
Prepared By-
Rakshit Sood
Tanuj Bakshi

Tech Quiz Feb 21,2013

  • 1.
    Prelims *marked questions tobe considered in case of a tie in score
  • 2.
    1.In what contextthis image is popular?
  • 3.
    The first imagein web history
  • 4.
    2.Shaadi.com released agame in protest of the dowry system still existing in the country.It was inspired by another game which by itself has inspired many other games.The game is there in facebook. Id the game.
  • 5.
  • 6.
  • 7.
  • 8.
    4.This has beenthe biggest web video trend of the month. What is it?
  • 9.
  • 10.
    *5.The earliest technicaluse for _____ was defined by Gilbert Newton Lewis. He defined it as the amount of time light takes to travel 1 centimeter (about 33.35 ps). In electronics, a ______ is the time between alternating power cycles, 1/60 or 1/250 seconds in most power supplies. In computing, it is the duration of one tick of the system timer interrupt. In the Linux machines running i386, it is typically 4 ms. What is this unit of time?
  • 11.
  • 12.
  • 13.
  • 14.
    7.X was launchedin 2003. It has about 1,00,000 active contributors. It has more than 275 active editions (285 in total). Most popular on internet. Id X.
  • 15.
  • 16.
  • 17.
  • 18.
  • 19.
  • 20.
    *10.The Codex Leicester(also briefly known as Codex Hammer) is a collection of largely scientific writings by Leonardo da Vinci. Who purchased it in 1994 for 30.8 Million $ making it the costliest book ever?
  • 21.
  • 22.
    11.Which two IITDelhi graduates developed a company that started in 2007 as an online book store and has now reinvented ways of buying a product ??
  • 23.
    Sachin Bansal andBinny Bansal (Flipkart)
  • 24.
  • 25.
    Cupcake, Donut, Eclairand Froyo are updates to Google's Android OS.
  • 26.
    13.What is "Davidand Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web“ now famously known as?
  • 27.
  • 28.
    14.Where are youlikely to see this rather funny error message ?
  • 29.
  • 30.
    *15.What visual effectused most famously in the Matrix series, slows the passage of time so that the viewer can see the projectile motion of a gunshot?
  • 31.
  • 32.
  • 33.
  • 34.
    17.Andy Rubin andRich Miner deviced this software as early as 2003 before they sold it to the comany which owns it today for $50 million.The company kept it in coldstorage for 4 years until 2007.Rubin and Miner now hold high posts in this company.Id the software.
  • 35.
  • 36.
    *18.Shown here isthe poster for a recently released film based on X and it's founders. X, being a well known name in the world of internet has also been the subject of many controversies. Id X.
  • 37.
    X isThe Pirate Bay. TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard is a documentary film released on February 8 2013
  • 38.
    19.With the upcomingtrends, a lot of series of smartphones are coming up with models which are typically larger in size than a smartphone but smaller than a tablet. What are they generally called ?
  • 39.
  • 40.
    *20.ID the song& event to which it is related.
  • 41.
    Daav laga (Windows8 indian ad)
  • 42.
  • 43.
    Round1:Visual 8 questions(clockwise) Direct/Indirect +10/+5 No negative
  • 44.
  • 45.
  • 46.
    2.IDENTIFY THE PERSONIN THIS OLD LOGO OF ‘THE FACEBOOK’ ?
  • 47.
  • 48.
  • 49.
  • 50.
  • 51.
    First click fromthe camera
  • 52.
    5.A very oldad for which company?
  • 53.
  • 54.
    6.The image aboveshows the page from an organization’s website was hacked & defaced recently in wake of something. Which organization ?
  • 55.
    Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology (MIT) Following the death of Aaron Swartz, the website was defaced by the Anonymous.
  • 56.
    7.This single calledEkki Mukk by the Icelandic Band Sigur Ros came into limelight because it was tied,in some manner, to a major launch/announcement in the world of social networking. What launch/announcement ?
  • 57.
    Graph Search /Facebook Graph Search
  • 58.
  • 59.
  • 60.
    Round 2:IT +5/0 5 questions Write answers on the paper
  • 61.
    They were the actualcreator of very popular Game now published by EA. Identify the Game.
  • 62.
  • 63.
    Whats this visualrepresentation called?
  • 64.
    Tag Cloud It isa visual representation for text data, typically used to depict keyword metadata (tags) on websites, or to visualize free form text. Tags are usually single words, and the importance of each tag is shown with font size or color.
  • 65.
    What variation ona six-letter word resulted because Silicon Valley engineer Tim Beauchamp refused in 1997 to relinquish the domain that he was using as a site for math and astronomy?
  • 66.
  • 67.
    The following wasthe content of an email sent way back in the 1900's.Why is it significant?? DIGITAL WILL BE GIVING A PRODUCT PRESENTATION OF THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE DECSYSTEM-20 FAMILY; THE DECSYSTEM-2020, 2020T, 2060, AND 2060T. THE DECSYSTEM-20 FAMILY OF COMPUTERS HAS EVOLVED FROM THE TENEX OPERATING SYSTEM AND THE DECSYSTEM-10 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE. BOTH THE DECSYSTEM-2060T AND 2020T OFFER FULL ARPANET SUPPORT UNDER THE TOPS-20 OPERATING SYSTEM. THE DECSYSTEM-2060 IS AN UPWARD EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT DECSYSTEM 2040 AND 2050 FAMILY. THE DECSYSTEM-2020 IS A NEW LOW END MEMBER OF THE DECSYSTEM-20 FAMILY AND FULLY SOFTWARE COMPATIBLE WITH ALL OF THE OTHER DECSYSTEM-20 MODELS. WE INVITE YOU TO COME SEE THE 2020 AND HEAR ABOUT THE DECSYSTEM-20 FAMILY AT THE TWO PRODUCT PRESENTATIONS WE WILL BE GIVING IN CALIFORNIA THIS MONTH. THE LOCATIONS WILL BE: Â Â Â Â Â TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1978 - 2 PM Â Â Â Â Â HYATT HOUSE (NEAR THE L.A. AIRPORT) Â Â Â Â Â LOS ANGELES, CA Â Â Â Â Â THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1978 - 2 PM Â Â Â Â Â DUNFEY'S ROYAL COACH Â Â Â Â Â SAN MATEO, CA Â Â Â Â Â (4 MILES SOUTH OF S.F. AIRPORT AT BAYSHORE, RT 101 AND RT 92) A 2020 WILL BE THERE FOR YOU TO VIEW. ALSO TERMINALS ON-LINE TO OTHER DECSYSTEM-20 SYSTEMS THROUGH THE ARPANET. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT THE NEAREST DEC OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXCITING DECSYSTEM-20 FAMILY.
  • 68.
  • 69.
    The first searchengine was called X, and was created in 1990 by Alan Emtage, a student at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. but, for whatever reason, it only lets you search worldwide anonymous FTPs or Polish websites. Id X.
  • 70.
  • 71.
    ID 8 questions(anti-clockwise) Direct/Indirect +10/+5 No negative
  • 72.
    1.X and Ywere students at Stanford University. They wanted to exchange their love letters secretly. For this they required some software or hardware. Thus, leading to the founding of Z. ID X,Y,Z
  • 73.
  • 74.
    2.X coined anew type of journalism: “Scientific Journalism”. We work with other media outlets to bring people the news, but also to prove it is true. Scientific journalism allows you to read a news story, then to click online to see the original document it is based on. That way you can judge for yourself: Is the story true? Did the journalist report it accurately? Id X.
  • 75.
  • 76.
    3.X is theCeo of SUMZERO .He filed a lawsuit against multi-billionaire company because the said firm had broken an oral contract with him as well as his. Identify X.
  • 77.
  • 78.
    4.X started offas a Rubber Products Company and a Cable Works Company. Soon thereafter it established a groundwood pulp mill and started manufacturing paper. Later it added electricity generation to its business activities. Today it is the largest company of Y and plays a very important role in the economy of this country Y. IDENTIFY X and Y
  • 79.
  • 80.
    5.He did notbelieve that the Higg’s boson particle could ever be found. In fact, some years ago he had taken a bet of $100 with the leading US particle physicist, Gordon Kane. When CERN scientists announced the discovery on 4 July 2012, he sent a cheque for $100 to Kane. Who?
  • 81.
  • 82.
    6.This gentleman hasalready gone down in the history of mankind as the founder of something which has revolutionized communication and mobility.ID him.
  • 83.
    Andy Rubin, theco-founder of Android Inc.
  • 84.
    7.Identify the personsilhouetted in this Generic User Icon.
  • 85.
    BILL GATES Used asa Generic Image in Office 2010
  • 86.
    8."Do you wantto sell sugar water for the rest of your life, or do you want to come with me and change the world?“ Who said this and to whom?
  • 87.
    Steve Jobs toJohn Sculley
  • 88.