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Fresher’s Tech Quiz IIT Kanpur Quiz Club Quizmaster: Anshul Roy
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Fresher’s Tech QuizIIT Kanpur Quiz Club
Quizmaster: Anshul Roy
Rules of the game• 1 round of Infinite Bounce. 1 written round. 5 short connects. 1 long connect.
• The answer to none of the questions is 42. Answering 42 to any question would result in immediate disqualifications.
• Hints on special request (valid only if the Quizmaster is in a good mood).
• The more you stare at the question, the more the answer stares back at you.
• Kindly refrain from cybernetic investigations.
• While preparing the quiz, Wikipedia has been assumed to be factually correct.
• In case of a tie, the team with a more creative/funny team name will win.
• Quizmaster is always right.
• Never argue with the Quizmaster.
• In case of any discrepancy, refer to the above rules.
Bad Luck Brian memes serve as safety slides in this quiz, keep an eye out for some easy chuckles.
इनिफिनट बाउंस
Rules of the round• There are 25 questions in this round.
• All questions are open for pounce by any team.
• Questions are passable. No negatives on a pass.
• +20/-10 on a pounce.
• +10/-0 on a direct question.
Q - 1De Quervain's syndrome is a repetitive strain injury of the muscle sheath that surrounds two tendons that control the movement of the thumb.
Symptoms include pain at the radial side of the wrist, spasms, tenderness, occasional burning sensation in the hand, and swelling over the thumb side of the wrist, and difficulty gripping with the affected side of the hand. The onset is often gradual. Pain is made worse by movement of the thumb and wrist, and may radiate to the thumb or the forearm.
The exact cause of De Quervain's syndrome is not established. However, researchers in France found personal and work-related factors were associated with De Quervain's syndrome in the working population. Many doctors and researchers believe that one of the major causes of De Quervain’s syndrome might be the excessive use of the thumb for texting.
Due to this particular reason, this syndrome has been nicknamed X, after a now “almost obsolete” piece of technology.
Id X.
AnswerBlackberry Thumb
Q - 2The car in the picture (next slide) is called the RX5. It is an “internet car” launched by X in collaboration with SAIC, one of China’s big four state-owned automakers. The car includes a new version of X’s Yun operating system to enable the car to connect to and tap into various internet services.
Dr. Wang Jan, who is chairman of X’s “Technology Steering Committee” said the following - “What we are creating is not ‘internet in the car’, but a ‘car on the internet’. This is a significant milestone in the automobile industry. Smart operating systems become the second engine of cars, while data is the new fuel.”
Id X.
AnswerX = Alibaba
Q - 3A X worm is an extremely rapidly propagating computer worm that spreads as fast as physically possible, infecting all vulnerable machines on the entire Internet in ____________ or less. The term is based on X's remark that "In the future, everyone will have ____________ of fame".
The SQL Slammer worm was the first observed example of a X worm. In spite of deficiencies in its implementation, the randomised attack was highly effective. 90% of all vulnerable machines were infected within 10 minutes, showing that the original estimate for infection speed was roughly correct.
Id X.
AnswerX = Warhol
Q - 4A famous personality was punched on his face by Bill Gates, when after giving a speech at a prestigious university, Bill Gates was approached by this personality and was told that - "Maybe if you weren't so distracted by sick children in Africa, you could've put a little more thought into Windows Vista.”
Id this famous personality.
AnswerSheldon Cooper
Q - 5X is a term from Norse Mythology which means a mythological monster who is generally stupid, hairy and slow to react.
The term X was introduced in English language, meaning - “A fishing technique of slowly dragging or lure a baited hook from moving boat.”
The present connotation refers to the practice of US MiGs in the Vietnam War - “To perform deliberate actions so as to provoke reaction.”
What popular term am I talking about?
AnswerX = Troll
Q - 6The Western District Public Cargo Working Area, popularly known as the X Pier is a pier located on the waterfront of Sai Wan in Hong Kong. It is one of the six public cargo working areas managed by the Marine Department of HKSAR. Since the replacement of small and medium companies by large transportation corporations, the usage of the Western District Public Cargo Working Area has become more infrequent. People generally go there for walking their dogs or for fishing.
X Pier is well-known by the public because of its clear view of the Victoria Harbour. Public has named this harbour as “X Pier” because it has become a new favourite spot for photographers. In X Pier, a person can take some good pictures with the view of Hong Kong city in the backdrop. Sunset, old lamp post with the black and yellow pattern, cargo pallets etc., all of these become a photographic tool and background for someone’s photo. The most famous scene is the “Mirror in the Sky” which could only be taken at this place. The reason for this name is due to the reflection of water. After rains, the floor will have a thick layer of water. The water reflects people’s shadows. Therefore, the stunning sunset sets off the “Mirror of the sky”. (Image on the next slide)
Id X.
AnswerX = Instagram
Q - 7King Digital Entertainment submitted a trademark application for the word X. It created a stir in the tech world, and IP lawyers were sure that trademarking such an ubiquitous word would never stick legally. King Digital Entertainment later withdrew the application for this word.
Identify X.
AnswerX = Candy
Q - 8In the year 2015, X launched it’s official app for Android OS called “Nasher”.
The app catalogues the latest photos, written reports, radio news bulletins and video releases concerning X, however it is not available through the Google Play Store. Instead, X supporters need to download the app's code in order to run it on their smartphones or tablets.
Many government organisations and hacktivists, all over the world, are trying to clampdown the distribution of this app.
Id X.
AnswerX = ISIS
Q - 9Identify this technological device and name the only place where this device is used?
AnswerKiva Robots, exclusively used at Amazon.com warehouses
Q - 10X’s first project was a mobile app called “Field Trip” (Image on the next slide), which was launched in September 2012. Field Trip was intended to be a location-based guide to cities. The data was sourced from publications like Thrillist, Food Network, Eater, Cool Hunting, Arcadia and Zagat. Field Trip would show users cards with various information about historical places or nearby restaurants.
In an interview during the launch time, X’s CEO Y said that - “the idea behind the app was to build something that would help people connect with the real, physical world around them.”
Id X and Y.
AnswerX = Niantic Labs, Y = John Hanke
Q - 11Identify this famous cartoon strip published in The New Yorker on July 5, 1993.
AnswerOn the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog
Q - 12In July 2012, X, first mentioned that he was thinking about a concept for a "fifth mode of transport", calling it the Y.
X described several characteristics of what he wanted in a hypothetical high speed transportation system like - immunity to weather, cars that never experience crashes, an average speed twice that of a typical jet, low power requirements, and the ability to store energy for 24 hour operations. X has likened the Y to a "cross between a Concorde and a railgun and an air hockey table”, while noting that Y has no need for rails. X believes that Y could work either below or above ground.
From late 2012 until August 2013, an informal group of engineers at the companies Z and W worked on the conceptual foundation and modelling of Y, allocating some full-time effort to Y. An early design for the system was then published in a paper posted on the blogs of Z and W.
In January 2015, X announced that he would construct a Y test track, which may be located in Texas. The track would be a ____ of around 8 kms in length and would be entirely privately funded. It would allow university and private teams to test and refine different ____________ designs.
In June 2015, Z announced that it would build a 1.6 kms long test track to be located next to Z's factory, near Los Angeles. The track would be used to test ____________ designs supplied by third parties that are entered into a design competition.
Give me X, Y, Z and W.
AnswerX = Elon Musk Y = Hyperloop Z = SpaceX W = Tesla Motors
Q - 13Recently, the blog Mashable came out with a series titled “If X existed in in 1911”. This series features photographs of Fifth Avenue in Manhattan stretching from Washington Square Park all the way to 143rd Street in Harlem.
Id X.
AnswerGoogle Street View
Q - 14 When LeEco, the Chinese mobile manufacturer launched its second generation models Le 2 and Le Max 2 in April 2016, they introduced a “radical change” in the new phones.
Lenovo also made this change when it launched the Moto Z series recently.
The Apple iPhone 7 is also expected to incorporate this, although in a different manner.
When asked about the reasoning for this “radical change”, LeEco’s president of R&D, Liang Jun said that the company wanted to “create a better quality _____ ____________ for everyone to enjoy”.
What “radical change” am I talking about?
AnswerRemoval of the 3.5 mm audio jack
(Headphones to be used with USB Type-C Port)
Q - 15X runs it’s own monthly “ISP Speed Index” which is chock-full of data about which ISPs are the best to use it’s service, average running speeds, etc. With users increasing _________ via mobile devices, that adds a new variable - including mobile carrier services - which X’s new mobile app can help it measure and, most importantly for paying X customers, learn from to optimize it’s service.
According to the company - “The X ISP Speed Index is a measure of prime time X performance on a particular ISP and not a measure of overall performance for other services/data that may travel across the specific ISP network. Faster X performance generally means better picture quality, quicker start times and fewer interruptions.”
Id X.
AnswerX = Netflix
Q - 16This xkcd comic is referring to a “historic event” in the world of computing. What?
AnswerThe Mother of all demos
Q - 17Advertisement campaign by which company?
AnswerPracto
Q - 18On 25th April 2014, X launched the “Smash the past” campaign. This campaign asked selected participants to destroy their phones on video in an effort to purchase Y for $1. But, due to confusion, several videos were published by unselected participants who misinterpreted the promotion and destroyed their phones the promotion date.
This campaign was also heavily criticised for environmental waste and safety concerns, due to batteries and phone components posing potential hazards to participants destroying their phones.
Id X and Y.
AnswerX = OnePlus, Y = OnePlus One
Q - 19In May 2016, X launched a new fitness game, consisting of a wearable device and workout videos called Y.
Users can join the game at Y’s website, which will allow users to then sync the game to their smartphones. Y offers options for one player, two players, and three players.
From there, users can choose their own “___________”, with information about how each position burns calories (man vs. woman) over a thirty-minute period.
This is where the Y Band (image on the next slide) comes into play. Users can pop their smartphone into the Y Band (a belt worn by one player) to measure their success in getting fit while playing this game.
X claims that they designed Y using real science and professionals in the field. According to X - “Y was designed after exhaustive research through the thousands of ___________ studies/articles, consulting with health and fitness experts and professionals (including personal trainers) and cross referencing that with anecdotal evidence on what are the most fun ___ _________.”
Id X and Y.
AnswerX = Pornhub, Y = BangFit
Q - 20“X of separation” is the theory that everyone and everything is ___ or fewer steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person in the world, so that a chain of "a friend of a friend" statements can be made to connect any two people in a maximum of ___ steps. It was originally proposed by Frigyes Karinthy in 1929 and popularized in an eponymous 1990 play written by John Guare. The phrase “X of separation” is often used as a synonym for the idea of the "small world" phenomenon.
X.com was one of the world’s first social networking website that lasted from 1997 to 2001 and was based on the Web of Contacts model of social networking. It was named after the “X of separation” concept and allowed users to list friends, family members and acquaintances both on the site and externally.
Id X.
AnswerX = Six Degrees
Q - 21Recently, a famous company has been trying to enter the home appliance industry by launching products like - air purifiers, water purifiers and security sensors.
In March 2016, the company launched an Induction Heating Pressure Rice Cooker, along with a companion app. The companion app lets a person scan the barcode on the rice packaging, and the cooker will know how to cook it just right, according to the rice type, brand, origin and the preferred softness.
Id the company.
AnswerXiaomi
Q - 22After using Machine Learning and Deep Neural Networks to achieve “something remarkable”, the company X, a subsidiary of Y decided to implement it’s Machine Learning and AI techniques in the healthcare sector.
In June 2016, X signed a MoU with the Royal Free NHS Trust in London.
As a part of this collaboration, X has developed a smartphone app called “Streams”, which involves analysing a range of healthcare data to try to identify the risk of patient health deterioration, death and/or readmission. The “Streams” app aims to streamline alerts and access to patient data for doctors and nurses working in the front-line of medical care. It is primarily being used to monitor kidney function of patients.
Another X NHS collaboration, with Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, involves around 1 million biometric eye scans being shared with X which then uses the data to feed machine learning models in the hopes of being able to develop algorithms that can accelerate the identification of particular eye conditions.
Id X and Y.
AnswerX = Google DeepMind, Y = Alphabet Inc.
Q - 23The person in this picture (next slide) is Artem Vaulin (also known by his online pseudonym “tirm”), a 30 year old Ukranian who was arrested in Poland on 20th July, 2016. The government of USA has requested for his extradition.
In a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, Artem Vaulin is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, and two counts of criminal copyright infringement.
Artem Vaulin was arrested after investigators cross-referenced an IP address he used for an iTunes transaction with an IP address used to log into X's Facebook page. The FBI also posed as an advertiser, and obtained details of a bank account associated with the website, X.
Id X.
AnswerX = KickAss Torrents
Q - 24Started in the year 2011, “The International” is an annual event conducted by Valve Corporation. With an overall prize pot of 20 million dollars in the 2016 event, this is the largest event of its kind. Every year, 16 teams are given invitations to compete in the tournament.
Majority of the prize money, is raised through something known as a digital “Compendium”, which people across the globe can buy and 25% of the cost price goes to the prize pool.
What is “The International” a world championship of?
AnswerDota 2
Q - 25This is a music streaming app owned primarily by which famous entity?
AnswerJay-Z
िरटेन राउंड
Rules of the round• 7 separate image slides in this round.
• All images are of VR systems announced by different tech companies.
• Write down the name of the tech company whose VR system is being depicted on a sheet of paper.
• +5 for each correct answer. No negative marks.
• Bonus +20 marks if you get all 7 answers correct.
• The team sitting besides you has written the wrong answer. Don’t copy.
Q - 1
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Q - 5
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Q - 7
Answers1. Intel (Project Alloy) 2. GoPro (Omni VR Rig) 3. Google (Daydream) 4. Microsoft (Hololens) 5. HTC (Vive) 6. OnePlus (Loop VR) 7. Sony (Morpheus)
शाटर् कनेक्ट
Rules of the round• 3 pictures will be shown for each question. All
connect to a particular thing.
• There are 5 different questions in this round.
• No direct questions. Only pounces allowed.
• Marking scheme would be written on each slide.
• On pounces I need the exact answer. No funda.
+40/-20
+20/-10
+10/-0
AnswerWinklevoss Twins
+40/-20
+20/-10
+10/-0
AnswerAkamai
+40/-20
+20/-10
+10/-0
AnswerUrban Dictionary
+40/-20
+20/-10
+10/-0
AnswerGawker Media
+40/-20
+20/-10
+10/-0
AnswerMicrosoft Acquisitions
लॉन्ग कनेक्ट
Rules of the round• 10 individual questions. All connect to a particular thing.
• You have to write the answer for each individual slide in your answer sheets. +5 for each correct answer. No negative marks for any incorrect answer.
• Bonus +20 marks if you get all the 10 individual answers correct.
• Teams can attempt the overall connect at any time. Marks allotted for the overall connect would be written at the top of each slide.
• On pounces I need the exact answer. No funda.
• Only your team is writing the answers, everyone else is drawing dirty pictures. Don’t copy.
+200/-100Id this personality.
+180/-90X is a private liberal arts college founded in the year 1908. It is located in southeast Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. The official mascot of X is the Griffin.
X was founded explicitly in reaction to the "prevailing model of East Coast, Ivy League education”. X's lack of varsity athletics, fraternities, and exclusive social clubs – as well as its coeducational, nonsectarian, and egalitarian status – gave way to an intensely academic and intellectual college whose purpose was to devote itself to the academic life. X also has a reputation for political liberalism.
Since the 1960s, X has had a reputation for tolerating open drug use among its students. According to students, X does not bust students for drug or alcohol use unless they cause harm or embarrassment to another student.
One of the most famous alumni of X is Larry Sanger, the co-founder of Wikipedia.
Id X.
+160/-80The Y X is one of the first consumer digital cameras. It was launched in 1994 by Y and was marketed for 3 years before being discontinued in 1997. Time Magazine profiled X as "the first consumer digital camera" and ranked it among its "100 greatest and most influential gadgets from 1923 to the present " list. However, X was a commercial failure.
The product name X was inspired by a multimedia software product Z launched by Y on December 2, 1991. The lead developer of Z was Bruce Leak.
Id X.
(Images on the next two slides)
+140/-70"Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.”
What is the significance of these words?
+120/-60X is a chemical, first synthesised by Dr. Albert Hoffman in the year 1938 while working at Sandoz Laboratories in Switzerland as part of a large research program searching for medically useful ergot alkaloid derivatives. It was introduced commercially in 1947 by Sandoz Laboratories under the trade name Delysid as a drug with various psychiatric and therapeutic uses. X was used in the psychoanalysis of patients who couldn’t be cajoled to talk to their therapist. Many organisations have also used X to treat depression, alcohol addiction and PTSD.
April 19th is celebrated as the “International Bicycle Day” all over the world, commemorating April 19, 1943, when Dr. Albert Hofmann first took X intentionally, and, fearing he had made himself ill, cycled home from his lab. During his bicycle ride, he experienced the ________________ of X, making April 19th the date of the first ever ___________.
In the 1950s, officials at the CIA thought that X might be applicable for mind control and chemical warfare, and conducted various researches.
In a mammal, X works by binding with the serotonin receptors in the brain.
Nowadays, X is marketed and sold under different brand names like - ‘Hoffman’, ‘Dalai Lama’, ‘California Sunshine’ etc.
Id X.
+100/-50X is a Japanese fashion designer. X is known for his technology driven clothing designs, exhibitions and fragrances. X studied graphic design at the Tama Art University in Tokyo. After graduation, X worked in Paris and New York City. Returning to Tokyo in 1970, he founded the X Design Studio, a high-end producer of women's fashion.
In the late 1980s, X began to experiment with new methods of pleating that would allow both flexibility of movement for the wearer as well as ease of care and production.
X also designed the company uniform for Sony employees in the year 1980.
However, X is most famous for designing ________ for a famous personality.
Id X.
+80/-40The X was an American ___________ magazine and product ________ published by Y several times a year between 1968 and 1972, and occasionally thereafter, until 1998. The magazine featured essays and articles, but was primarily focused on product reviews. The editorial focus was on self-sufficiency, ecology, alternative education and DIY projects.
The title X came from a previous project by Y. In 1966, Y initiated a public campaign to have NASA release the then rumoured satellite photo of the sphere of Earth as seen from space. Y thought that the image might be a powerful symbol, evoking a sense of shared destiny and adaptive strategies from people.
A famous personality once compared X to Google saying - “When I was young, there was an amazing publication called X, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along. It was idealistic and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.” He then also quoted the farewell message placed on the back cover of the 1974 edition of X - “__________________”.
Id X.
+60/-30Robert Allen Zimmerman is an American singer and songwriter. He has been influential in popular music and culture for more than 5 decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when his songs chronicled social unrest.
Many people consider him to be the best songwriter ever. His lyrics began to receive detailed scrutiny from academics and poets. Literary critic Christopher Ricks published a 500 page analysis of his work, placing him in the context of Eliot, Keats and Tennyson, claiming that he was a poet worthy of the same close analysis. Former British poet laureate Sir Andrew Motion argued that his lyrics should be studied in schools. Since 1996, academics have lobbied the Swedish Academy to award Robert Allen Zimmerman the Nobel Prize in Literature.
His most famous song is “Like a Rolling Stone”, and is considered one of the most influential compositions in postwar popular music. Rolling Stone magazine listed the song at number one in their "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.
Robert Allen Zimmerman is better known by the name X.
Id X.
+40/-20X is an American novelist and university professor. She has written six novels and is a professor of English at UCLA.
X won a Whiting Award for her first novel, “Anywhere But Here” in the year 1986. It was a popular success and was adapted as a film by the same name, released in 1999.
X was abandoned by her father when she was 4 years old. Later she fictionalized the search for her father in the 1992 novel, “The Lost Father”.
In the year 1996, she wrote a novel called “A Regular Guy” which explored the strained relationship of a Silicon Valley tycoon with his daughter, born out of wedlock, whom he did not acknowledge.
Id X.
+20/-0Id the blacked out phrase.
Answers1 = Neem Karoli Baba 2 = Reed College 3 = QuickTake 4 = Steve Jobs’s last words 5 = LSD 6 = Issey Miyake 7 = Whole Earth Catalog 8 = Bob Dylan 9 = Mona Simpson 10 = Reality Distortion Field
Overall ConnectSteve Jobs
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