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Mobilized Minds- a quiz on telecom -

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The Prelims

25 questions One point per question; No negatives Questions with a * will be used to

resolve ties Two separate finals – one for college

teams and one for corporates 6 teams in each finals Quiz Masters’ decision is final

Good Luck!

1

They are small-bodied, thin men and women. The head was made of Perspex with three holes on the top of the head for breathing, no eyes or mouth, and the body was a separate outfit created with foam and fibre to create thin legs and arms.

What is being described here?

2

It is a brand used by Matsushita Electric to sell home appliances, personal appliances, and industrial appliances.

It was also the first name used by Matsushita's electric firm to sell his battery-powered bicycle lamps. He hoped that they would be a product used by all of Japan, hence the name___________.

Fill in the blank.

3

It has a one-way surface into which objects can fall but nothing can come out of. It possesses a temperature and radiation. It can reveal its presence through interaction with other matter. And the general consensus is that, barring a breakdown in our understanding of nature, it does exist.

What is this, and how would you relate this to mobile technology?

4

“The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality, they seldom attack a human.”

What is the significance of this piece of information?

5

Its distinctive styling earned it the nickname of "banana phone”. Three years after its release, it featured in the public eye with its appearance in ___ ______.

In reality, its sliding cover was not spring loaded, but moved by hand; the spring loading feature was added for the ___ ______, and later incorporated into another popular model (the first one with a WAP browser).

6 ID the logo

7

French engineer Pierre Azaria set up the Compagnie Générale d'Electricité (CGE) with the aim of taking on the likes of AEG, Siemens and General Electric.

In 1966, an absorption was done by CGE of the “Société Alsacienne de Constructions Atomiques, de Télécommunications et d'Electronique.”

How do we know this company today as?

8*

You would dial +91 if you need to reach India, +1 if you needed to call someone in the US and +81 for Japan and so on… Where is the person you are trying to reach if you dialed +871, +872 or +873?

9

Id the logo – the company supplies solar panels for the Toyota Prius among other thngs, and also completed a recent acquisition of Sanyo’s mobile division

10

In May 2008, Reliance Globalcom announced the acquisition of which UK based Global Managed Network Services provider, adding over 220 MNCs to the Reliance Globalcom customer base and expanding its footprint to 163 countries?

11

It is the unique commercial façade of almost all France Telecom services, and shares its name with a series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005. Name it.

12

Close to a 100 patents

Winner of the Padma Bhushan in 2009 for contributions to science and engineering

Considered a pioneer in handhelds. Invented the Electronic Diary in 1975

Also an avid painter.

ID.

13

If it is ASKM for the airline industry, and ARR for the hospitality industry, what is it for the telecom industry?

14*

Developed in 1847 it was called the wonder material of the age. The formation of the _____ ______ Company was a leap forward for submarine cables.

It was an excellent electrical insulator in water, and was an inelastic substance based on a special type of latex that had been introduced from Singapore to Britain.

Name it.

15

Today a financial services major, it once also had a service called CandyGram – a box of chocolates with a telegram. Until it discontinued the service, it was the best known US company in the business of exchanging telegrams. It introduced the first stock ticker. Which company?

16**

It was originally a research project in Telenor, Norway’s telecom major. It became an independent outfit aiming to develop a cross-platform and cross-device browser.

ID.

17

Samsung :

Motorola :

Nokia :

Sony Ericsson : ??

18*

He contributed extensively to the fields of electromagnetism, a key to modern telephony. He is probably the only scientist to have two units named in his honor, one of them for electrical charge. Name him.

19

The Colonial Stadium in Melbourne was the stage for the first ever indoor one-day international cricket match.

What is the alternate name for the stadium?

20

The “standard” SMS tone on Nokia mobiles is Morse Code for “M” (Message) and the “Special” tone is actually Morse Code for “SMS”.

The “Ascending” SMS tone on Nokia mobiles is Morse code for what?

21

The first one was in June 2004 when it was discovered that a company called Ojam had it in their mobile phone game Mosquito. In July 2004, Cabir, kick started the trend. What?

22

It was founded in 1979 to ensure that ships could stay in constant touch by telephone. In 1999, it became the first intergovernmental organization to transform into a private company and, in 2005, was floated on the London Stock Exchange.

Which setup?

23

X is a technology for mobile phones, developed by Tegic Communications, which was acquired by Nuance Communications. It is used on phones and it’s objective is to make mobiles easier to use. Identify X.

24*

The eldest brother discovered the dynamo-electric principle helping the trans-Atlantic and the Indo-European telegraph lines. His brother seven years younger pioneered submarine cables. Another younger brother oversaw the setting up of the Russian telegraph network. Which family?

25*

The birth of Global System for Mobiles (GSM) started in 1979 with the allocation of the frequency bands near 900 MHz, which were designated for a future standard of cellular telecommunications.

This was followed by the creation of “G_____ S______ M______” which is an early acronym for GSM, which lead to a standard some years later and a commercial kick-off in 1993.

All the Best, Folks!

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