Rules for quiz

• Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.• Participants are requested to wait for their

turn to answer the questions.• Funny answers will be appreciated, though

they won't fetch you any points.• If no team is able to answer the question

correctly, then the question will be open for the audience to answer.

• Details of the subsequent rounds will be shown prior to the rounds.

Good Luck ;)

RULES FOR ROUND 1: SOFTWARE, GAMES & APPLICATIONS • Each team will be given 30 seconds to answer this question.• If the team to which the question has been allotted answers the question correctly, they'll get 10 points and if the question is passed to other teams they'll get 5 points for the correct answer.

1. Name the Google designed operating system used by the G1 mobile.

2. Which software is used to emulate MAC

OSX on windows?

3. What is Microsoft’s online hosting facility called?

4. Explain Google Adsense.

5. 3ds Max software is made by which company?

6. Which graphical engine is used by Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 3?

RULES FOR ROUND 2: HISTORY OF COMPUTING• Each team will be given 30 seconds to answer this question.• If the team to which the question has been allotted answers the question correctly, they'll get 10 points and if the question is passed to other teams they'll get 5 points for the correct answer.

1.What was IBM originally called when

it was founded in 1911?

2.What did Charles Babbage call his concept of a fully programmable computer, which was never actually built?

3.“Giant Brain” is the nickname of which computer developed in the mid 20th century?

4.Which was one of the first commercially sold computer for home use?(Think Intel 8080)

5.Which woman programmer designed ‘COBOL’?

6.Which iconic video game character was named after Mr. Segali, landlord of Nintendo’s office?

RULES FOR ROUND 3: IT INDUSTRY & LATEST IN IT WORLD•In this round, if the team which has been allotted the question answers the question correctly without a hint they'll get 15 points and if the team asks for 1 hint and then they answer the question correctly, they'll get 10 points.

•The question will not be passed to other teams.Each team will be given 30 seconds (without hint) and 30 seconds additional if hint is asked.

1.A major developer recently rejected a takeover bid by EA.

Name this developer.

Hint : Relate it to GTA IV

2.nVidia calls the technology to fuse two or more graphic cards together as “SLI”. What does ATI call it?

Hint: Think Shooting.

3. What was the codename of AMD Phenom CPUs?

Hint: Think Spain

4. Which Intel technology enables two quad core processors to work on one motherboard together?

Hint: Think the Path of the Cranium

5. Google’s headquarters in Mountain view, California has a nickname. What is it?

Hint: Shopping Complex

6.How is the domain name “info.cern.ch” important?

Hint: Relate to Tim Berners Lee

RULES FOR ROUND 4: ABBREVIATIONS• The question will be open for all teams.• Whichever team presses the buzzer first gets

to answer the question.• Each team will get 10 points for each correct

answer.• The question will not be passed to other

teams.

1.A2DP

2.AJAX

3.FLAC

4.EDGE

5.RAID

6.WYSIWYG

RULES FOR ROUND 5: CEO’S,TAGLINES & FOUNDERS •Each team will be given 30 seconds to answer this question.•If the team to which the question has been allotted answers the question correctly, they'll get 10 points and if the question is passed to other teams they'll get 5 points for the correct answer.

1.Redesigned. Reengineered,

Re-everythinged. (Name the gadget

related to this tagline.)

2. Thomas Watson Jr. and Sr. founded which company?

3.Who’s the CEO of HCL Technologies?

4. High Performance. Delivered :(Relate to a company)

5. Who’s the founder of Amazon.com?

6. Who’s the CEO & chairman of Xerox?

RULES FOR ROUND 6: VISUAL ROUND • Each team will be given 30 seconds

to answer this question.• Relate to the images given and give

the answer.• Each team will get 15 points for each

correct answer. The question will not be passed to other teams.

1.Relate to the company.

2. Connect and relate to a gadget.

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3. Connect and relate to an event.

4. Tell the name of this application.

5. Connect and tell the name of a weird information site.

6.Relate it to an upcoming technology.

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