Post on 15-Jul-2015
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LONG VISUAL CONNECT RULES:
• 6 questions in this round. Answers to be written
• Each question is unique with a unique answer.
• The six answers to the questions are themselves clues to the overall connect.
• +10/0
• No Pounce/Bounce
• But….
• After every question, teams have the freedom of attempting to guess the overall connect. The scoring pattern is as follows:
• Q1) +60, no negetive
• Q2)+55, -5
• Q3)+45, -10
• Q4)+35, -10
• Q5)+30,-15
• Q6)+25, -15
Q1) • Mozilla ___________is a free, open source, cross-
platform email, news, and chat client developed by the Mozilla Foundation.
• The project strategy was modeled after Mozilla Firefox, a project aimed at creating a web browser.
• On December 7, 2004, version 1.0 was released, and received more than 500,000 downloads in its first three days of release, and 1,000,000 in 10 days.
• The product was formerly called Mozilla Messaging
• ID the product developed by Mozilla. Or alternately FITB
Q3)
• "Spartan" is the codename of a web browser in development by Y. Officially unveiled on January 21, 2015, it is expected to be bundled with the next version of Y’s operating system.
• The Verge obtained further details surrounding "Spartan" from sources close to Y, including reports that it would replace X on both the desktop and mobile versions of its new OS.
• ID X(no need to mention Y)
Q4)
• The Gulf War, was codenamed Operation X (17 January 1991 – 28 February 1991) in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 34 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.
• X is also the name of a best selling 1991 top-down tank shooter video game released for Macintosh
• X?
Q6)
• The Shinkansen is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan operated by four Japan Railways Group companies with maximum speeds of 240–320 km/h.
• During the Union Railway Budget 2014, ex-Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda announced the first of its kind to run between Mumbai and Amhedabad.
• What?