Infoyage 2015

Infoyage 2015Junior Quiz

Rules-The quiz will consist of 25 questions.There will be no negative marking.You will be given 35 minutes to answer this quiz.Questions marked with * are tie breakers.

Question 1X was an American engineer, entrepreneur and medical doctor who invented the first commercially successful personal computer in 1975. He is most often known as "the father of the personal computer". He also founded Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) in 1970 to sell electronics kits to model rocketry hobbyists.ID X.

Ed Roberts

Question 2Expand-YAMLANITA

YAML Aint Markup LanguageA New Inspiration To Arithmetic

*Question 3Google:Picassa::HP:X. Identify X.

Snapfish

Question 4Xis asocialmobilephoto and video-sharing website. As of November 2013 X has 12 million users. TheNew York City based company competes with similarly-purposed rivalsSocialcam, Viddy andInstagram. Its investors include Serena Williams, Leonardo DiCaprio and Lance Armstrong. Lance Armstrong once posted a picture on it which went viral. Identify X.

Mobli

Question 5On whom was this doodle based?

Alan Turings 100th birthday

Question 6The current Y logo was created by X of the CKS group, a Californiadesign agency.The logowas selected out of many that logos that were designed. The originalcompany logowas a simple motif in black font that showed the Auction logo on ablack and whitesloped bar. This logo was known as the Death Bar logo.Identify X and Y.

X Bill ClearyY - eBay

Question 7X, also known by his codename Zeus, was the former head researcher of theBlacklightprojectatGentek. After learning that those affiliated with the project were being systematically murdered, X attempted to flee the city with a sample of his research contained in a vial. Cornered atPenn Station, X smashed the vial and unleashed the deadly virus into the surroundings. This triggered a viral outbreak that eventually covered all ofManhattan Island. Identify X.

Alex Mercer (Prototype)

Question 8What are the 2 things common between the following-SonnyGreenDukeMingusEllaBrecker

Nickname of Jazz musicians used as codenames of Wordpress versions

Question 9 Which games snapshot is this?

DOTA 2

Question 10 X is a type Virtual Globe. It was originally called Earth Viewer 3D. It was created by Keyhole Inc. and is now acquired by Google. Identify X.

(giveaway sort of)

Google Earth

Question 11He is an American businessman who was the CEO of a top MNC. He has now resigned from all the posts in that company. He currently owns LA Clippers and P&G products.Whom are we talking about?

Steve Ballmer

*Question 1212. Identify the two people, connect and explain the logic.

Connect: The first ever product sold by Flipkart which was a book titled Leaving Microsoft to change the world.The guy at the top left is John Wood (the book was based on him).The guy at the bottom is VVK Chandra (the author of the book).

Question 13X is an American company going to invest in Solar Power engineering along with Bharti enterprise and Soft Bank in India. Identify X.

Foxconn

Question 14X was ahackergroup active from the 1980s to the late 1990s and early 2000. During its heyday from around 1984-1991 X was widely considered to be the most capable hacking group in the world. To this day, X ranks as one of the greatest, and certainly most influential hacking groups in the history of technology. Their name appears to be a reference to the antagonists ofChallenge of the Super Friends. X was founded by the hacker Y, after a rift with his previous group. ID X and Y.

X Legion Of Doon (LOD)Lex Luthor

Question 15Which company are we talking about?(specific answer)

Google

Question 16Oaf Tobark and Berkley Blue are famously known as what in Silicon Valley?

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, respectively.

*Question 17Identify him.

Bred Taylor (co-founder of Gmaps)

Question 18X is aninternet media and newscompany from India. The company creates and curates India specific stories.The website initially started as a viral content generating and sharing website but now the company has also begun serving as a news portal and also acts as a channel for sharing and remedying social concerns. It is probably an Indian Buzzfeed clone. Its founders include Suparn Pandey and Saransh Singh.ID X

ScoopWhoop

*Question 19 If you cant feed a team with two pizzas, then its too large Who quoted this?

Jeff Bezos

Question 20Xis a mobileE-hailingapplication available in 30 countries.The app allows users to book a taxi and track it in real time. The sameiOS,Android, orWindows Phoneapp can be used in all places in which the partner taxis operate.X was founded in 2011 inBraziland has since expanded globally, covering the network of 30 countries and more than 420 cities.As of December 2014, the company reported it reached the number of 17 million users and more than 400,000 taxi driversare affiliated with an X network. It is the worlds largest taxi app.Identify X.

Easy Taxi

Question 21Which news site is famous for publishing fake news? (The November Blackout for 15 days)

NewsWatch33.com

Question 22Who designed the Octo cat logo?(He also designed the twitter logo which was not accepted)

Simon Oxley

Question 23Name the company in which Andy Rubin of Google Android worked before? This company was acquired by Microsoft for $500 million?

Danger, Inc.

*Question 24X, one of Excite venture capitalists negotiated the price of Google for $750000 which Larry and Sergey rejected as they were expecting $ 1 million. Name X.

Vinod Khosla

Question 25Name the Gurgaon based online wallet by Bipin Preet Singh ?

Mobikwik

Thank you!

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