The document consists of a series of quiz questions and information highlighting various technological and cultural milestones from recent years. Topics include notable figures like George de Mestral, the evolution of Microsoft keyboards, Flare TV's subscriber growth, and the introduction of a WhatsApp-like app by Patanjali. Additionally, it touches on the Theremin, a musical instrument, and challenges the reader to identify logos and concepts.

1. THE TECHNOLOGY QUIZ
Sujay L Karinja

2. 1) Who was the most googled
person in India in 2019?

3. 2)
● George De Mestral was a Swiss
electrical engineer
● In 1941, he went into the woods with
his dog for hunting
● On arriving back, he noticed that
Burr/Burdock seeds were clung to
his dog's fur and his clothes.
● He wondered and examined Burr
under microscope and discovered
that it was covered in tiny hooks.
● This led him to develop something
which is very relevant even today.
What?

4. What customers do today

5. 3) Identify this logo

6. 4) YouTube Rewind 2018 is the
most disliked video on
YouTube since December
2018, with more than 17.5
million dislikes.
Which was the most disliked
video prior to this?

7. 5)
● The first generation of Microsoft’s
computer keyboards were launched in
the year 1994.
● There had been two dedicated
windows keys on these keyboards ever
since.
● In October 2019, Microsoft announced
its latest lineup of keyboards where it
had replaced the right windows key
with another one.
● Microsoft introduced yet another key
in its new lineup which was pretty
unexpected of MS.
● Which are the 2 new keys introduced

8. 6) What is Jack Dorsey
referring to?

9. 7)
● FLARE TV is a news and
entertainment YouTube channel
based in North America.
● As of 1 Sept 2018, this channel had
around 12,500 subscribers and on
10 Sept 2019 its subscriber count
had risen to 2.5 million.
● Between these two dates, the
channel did something very flashy
which led to the sudden boost in
their subscriber count.
● What flashy thing did the channel
do?

10. 8)Birth of what?

11. 9) What is being talked about?
● The person stands in front of the instrument
and moves his or her hands in the proximity
of two metal antennas. The distance from
one antenna determines frequency (pitch),
and the distance from the other controls
amplitude (volume).
● Most frequently, the right hand controls the
pitch and the left controls the volume,
although some individuals reverse this
arrangement.
● Some inexperienced individuals use a knob
operated volume control and have only the
pitch antenna.
● Though they’re called antennas, they are not
used for receiving or broadcasting radio
waves, but act as plates of capacitors.

12. 10)
● In 1971, two Americans Nolan Bushnell
and Ted Dabney founded a small
engineering company Syzygy
Engineering in California.
● However, they could not incorporate
their company as it was already taken
by another California corporation
● Consequently, they renamed their
company with a japanese word which
means “A MOVE THAT THREATENS
THE IMMEDIATE CAPTURE OF ONE
OR MORE STONES”, an equivalent of
check before check-mate happens.
● Identify this American company.

13. 11) What are
● Gingham
● Moon
● Lark
● Reyes
● Juno
● Mayfair
● Crema
● Ludwig
● Aden
● Hefe
● Aden
● Perpetua
● Clarendon
● Hudson
● Valencia
● Sierra
● Willow
● Inkwell
● Nashville
● Slumber
(Inexhaustive
List)

14. 12)
In 2018 Patanjali introduced a
"swadeshi" WhatsApp-like chatting
app.
But sadly, X’s aim wasn't fulfilled due
to several privacy concerns.
Name the app.

15. ANSWER TIME

16. 1) Who was the most googled
person in India in 2019?

19. 2)
● George De Mestral was a Swiss
electrical engineer
● In 1941, he went into the woods with
his dog for hunting
● On arriving back, he noticed that
Burr/Burdock seeds were clung to
his dog's fur and his clothes.
● He wondered and examined Burr
under microscope and discovered
that it was covered in tiny hooks.
● This led him to develop something
which is very relevant even today.
What?

20. What customers do today

23. 3) Identify this logo

26. 4) YouTube Rewind 2018 is the
most disliked video on
YouTube since December
2018, with more than 17.5
million dislikes.
Which was the most disliked
video prior to this?

29. 5)
● The first generation of Microsoft’s
computer keyboards were launched in
the year 1994.
● There had been two dedicated
windows keys on these keyboards ever
since.
● In October 2019, Microsoft announced
its latest lineup of keyboards where it
had replaced the right windows key
with another one.
● Microsoft introduced yet another key
in its new lineup which was pretty
unexpected of MS.
● Which are the 2 new keys introduced

32. 6) What is Jack Dorsey
referring to?

35. 7)
● FLARE TV is a news and
entertainment YouTube channel
based in North America.
● As of 1 Sept 2018, this channel had
around 12,500 subscribers and on
10 Sept 2019 its subscriber count
had risen to 2.5 million.
● Between these two dates, the
channel did something very flashy
which led to the sudden boost in
their subscriber count.
● What flashy thing did the channel
do?

38. 8)Birth of what?

41. 9) What is being talked about?
● The person stands in front of the instrument
and moves his or her hands in the proximity
of two metal antennas. The distance from
one antenna determines frequency (pitch),
and the distance from the other controls
amplitude (volume).
● Most frequently, the right hand controls the
pitch and the left controls the volume,
although some individuals reverse this
arrangement.
● Some inexperienced individuals use a knob
operated volume control and have only the
pitch antenna.
● Though they’re called antennas, they are not
used for receiving or broadcasting radio
waves, but act as plates of capacitors.

43. Theremin

44. 10)
● In 1971, two Americans Nolan Bushnell
and Ted Dabney founded a small
engineering company Syzygy
Engineering in California.
● However, they could not incorporate
their company as it was already taken
by another California corporation
● Consequently, they renamed their
company with a japanese word which
means “A MOVE THAT THREATENS
THE IMMEDIATE CAPTURE OF ONE
OR MORE STONES”, an equivalent of
check before check-mate happens.
● Identify this American company.

47. 11) What are
● Gingham
● Moon
● Lark
● Reyes
● Juno
● Mayfair
● Crema
● Ludwig
● Aden
● Hefe
● Aden
● Perpetua
● Clarendon
● Hudson
● Valencia
● Sierra
● Willow
● Inkwell
● Nashville
● Slumber
(Inexhaustive
List)

50. 12)
In 2018 Patanjali introduced a
"swadeshi" WhatsApp-like chatting
app.
But sadly, X’s aim wasn't fulfilled due
to several privacy concerns.
Name the app.

53. THANK YOU!