IT Quiz - Grand Finale

IT-Quiz
Grand Finale
Research, Presentation & Conduction by
Somnath Chanda

What’s in Offer….
 5 Questions
 Postage Stamps – giving tribute to iconic
personalities from the field of IT
 Marks for each correct answer :--
+ 10 marks
 Full House will provide 15 extra marks

Recognised by some to be the ‘father-figure’ in
this field, he was an English polymath. His
image can be found on the British currency note
and also on the Passport.
IT Quiz, Technovation-2018 Quiz Master : Somnath Chanda

An icon from the world of literature, Lord Byron
was not the only famous name in his family.
Among his sons and daughters, this lady had a
huge role to play to shape the modern world.

This stamp was released in 2012 on the birth
centenary of a genius who was highly influential
in the development of computers and AI.

A noted physicist, one of his contributions,
which often get overlooked, was the first steps
of quantum computing.

A writer of repute, he was an avid populariser of
space travel and also a futurist of uncanny
ability. He was popularly known as the -
"Prophet of the Space Age".

|| A. 1 ||
Charles Babbage

|| A. 2 ||
Ada Lovelace

|| A. 3 ||
Alan Turing

|| A. 4 ||
Richard Feynman

|| A. 5 ||
Arthur C. Clarke

 10 Questions
 Infinite Bounce + Pounce
 Marks for each correct answer :--
+ 10 marks : (Bounce)
+ 20 / - 05 : (Pounce)
 Half Points available as and when
specified by QM

According to The Wall Street Journal, around
10-fold increase in the no. of Google searches
for a particular type of images over the past few
years are reported. Due to that, one out of three
high-end phones in India is running out of
memory-space. A new app – ‘Files Go’, has also
been launched to delete those contents.
What is being talked about?

|| A. 1 ||
Good Morning Messages

Andrew Houston was a brilliant student and
graduated with a degree in Computer Science
from the MIT. But he had to face a lot of flak
during those days for repeatedly forgetting to
carry his USB flash drive in the class or project
works. He began making something for his
personal use, but then realized that it could
benefit others with the same problems.
What was thus created?

|| A. 2 ||
Happy Birthday…………….
Dropbox

Subramanya Swamy temple in Andhra Pradesh
is considered very holy and ‘jagrutha’. Devotees
offer lot of items as hundi. Opened after every
108 days, the authorities found something very
strange in the donation box which included lot
of cash, gold and silver items in March 2018.
The initial decision taken by the authorities to
auction that sealed-pack item and donate the
proceeds to the temple.
Which ‘offering’ created the ripple?

|| A. 3 ||
iPhone 6

An ‘official’ birth certificate states that my DoB
is 3 September 2112. Initially, my complexion
was yellow and also had ears, but I turned blue
after crying heavily after rats ate my ears.
Nicknamed MS-903, I am also appointed by the
Foreign Ministry as one of the ‘Ambassadors’ of
my country.
Who am I?

|| A. 4 ||
Doraemon

The UK-edition of the
autobiography was
launched just a few
months back at Lords’
Cricket Ground. It is
named after the process
to make a tired-system
more active.
What is it named?

|| A. 5 ||
Hit Refresh

Around a year ago, an organisation called
‘Goseva Parivar’ has launched this app along
with a contest. The app is said to be ‘a platform
for people who want to build a better world by
saving the life of Gomata’.
What this contest was all about?

|| A. 6 ||
Selfie with a Cow

What in the world of technology will you
get from these two visual clues?

|| A. 7 ||
Instagram
(The Name was coined after joining ‘Instant Camera’ & ‘Telegram’)

Most famous for her
invention of the
spanning-tree
protocol (STP), Radia
Perlman holds more
than 100 patents.
With which matrilineal
epithet is she popularly
associated?

|| A. 8 ||
Mother of the Internet

Which country’s national internet system
is run by three servers that are named
Gabriel, Raphael and Michael?

|| A. 9 ||
Vatican City

In the world of technology, what is the
significance of the following words?
* Internet
* Individual
* Instruct
* Inform
* Inspire

|| A. 10 ||
What does ‘i’ in iPhone stand for?

‘He’ is designated as the unit of what?

|| A. * ||
Speed and movement direction of
a Computer Mouse

 6 Questions
 Team to buzz first will be given the
chance to answer
 Marks for each answer :--
+ 10 / - 05

Inspired by the name of a very popular
American novelist, what is the name of this little
girl shown in this clip of an award-winning
video games franchise?

|| A. 1 ||
Zelda

Identify the tech-wizard who is being
interviewed.

|| A. 2 ||
Bill Gates

Along with noted pharma company Astra
Zenaca, which world famous organisation has
devised this game that has been used in
different schools to teach the students about
blood transfusion and other related matters?

|| A. 3 ||
Nobel Prize Foundation

Probably, this is the first Bengali song to
use techno-elements.
Identify the group.

|| A. 4 ||
Chandrabindoo

Which company has launched these
special hi-tech socks?

|| A. 5 ||
______

A highly appreciated film with lot of CGI
effects….about which character are they
talking?

|| A. 6 ||
Richard Parker of ‘Life of Pi’

Identify the ‘lady’ who has been named
the United Nations Development
Programme’s first ever Innovation
Champion in Nov-2017.

|| A. * ||
Sophia

Canadian firm Bogle Seeds are into the business
of farming sunflower, corn, millet, oats and
barley, as well as selling various kinds of
birdseed. The Bogles opened up their farm to
public, charging $7.50 an adult and was making
quite a good money. But certain ‘quest for
perfection’ by the tourists has led to the abrupt
closure of the farm for good.
What was the issue?

|| A. 1 ||
Visitors started taking Selfies and caused a lot of
Damage to the Property

Intel processors are considered to have some
superhero-like features. To compete against
them, AMD once came up with the K-Series of
Processors.
What does the letter K signify here?

|| A. 2 ||
Kryptonite

Though it was termed ghostly and quite eerie,
organizers of a fashion show in Riyadh
defended their decision by saying that it was
perfectly ‘suitable for the month of Ramadan’
and was the result of forward-thinking and
preparation.
What did the tech-savvy organisers do to make
sure that public sentiments are not hurt, which
ultimately ended up in controversy?

|| A. 3 ||
Used Drones instead of Models

Writer-director David Cage’s ‘Beyond: Two
Souls’, premiered with much fanfare at the
2013 Tribeca Film Festival.
What’s so unique about that project?

|| A. 4 ||
It’s a Video Game

What is so unique about this structure, built by
a San Francisco based housing startup Apis Cor
in just one day with $10,134 worth of
materials?

|| A. 5 ||
First 3D-Printed House

Date : August 9, 2018; Location : Vera Rubin
Ridge.
What is the speciality of this photograph?

|| A. 6 ||
First ‘Selfie’ taken by Curiosity

Kamalapur is a small village in the North 24
Parganas district in West Bengal. Most of the
villagers are either farmers or farm labourers.
How did this village achieve a very distinct ‘first’
in 2016?

|| A. 7 ||
India’s first Wi-Fi enabled Village

The design of the Cross
Towers in South Korea by
Danish architectural firm -
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG),
is modelled after what
popular entity in the
world of telecom?

|| A. 8 ||
Hashtag

This is the logo of Bharat
Interface for Money, a mobile
app, developed on the basis
of Unified Payment Interface.
Named after Dr. Ambedkar,
what is the popular name of
this app?

|| A. 9 ||
BHIM

As part of a lucrative business deal just a
few years ago, what used to be written
inside the jersey of the Barcelona F.C.?

|| A. 10 ||
Intel Inside

If Magic Stick, Nerd Stick, Jump Stick, Chip
Stick, Travel Stick and Geek Stick are not
different variations of stick, then what
they actually are?

|| A. * ||
Pen Drives or USB Drives

 8 Questions
 One buzzer per question will be allowed
 Points -- Correct answer : +10
-- Wrong / Pass : -05

These are some of the important features of an
app that was launched to provide downloadable
exam question papers to the students.
Just name this app.

|| A. * ||
LMNTRIX

According to his own
words, he is half
‘Nobel Prize–winning
chemist’ and half
‘blanket-carrying
cartoon character’.
What did he famously
create/found?

|| A. 1 ||
Linux

In this ever-expanding hi-tech series, what
follows these two food-items?

|| A. 2 ||
Pie

This is the logo of a
campaign whose
motto is ‘Power to
Empower’.
Which campaign?

|| A. 3 ||
Digital India

A Burmilla Cat, she first appeared wearing only
a purple colored scarf when she was first
introduced. Her outfit consisted of a simple pink
shirt with a heart imprinted on it and a pair of
jeans shorts.
Who is she?

|| A. 4 ||
Angela

Talking about internet domain names, if -
.in stands for India, .fr stands for France &
.aq stands for Antarctica, then .eu stands
for what?

|| A. 5 ||
European Union

The reaction of the people over any drab and
boring stage performance supposedly inspired
the origin of the name of which popular
website?

|| A. 6 ||
Rotten Tomatoes

Who has been paid tribute to by this Amul
topical?

|| A. 7 ||
Sundar Pichai

What has been blanked out in this cartoon that
has been majorly in news since the last 7-8
years?

|| A. 8 ||
Wiki Leaks

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