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TECHNOLOGY QUIZ

GUWAHATI QUIZ FEST 1 TERA BITE

THE QUIZ HAS 35 POINTS/19 QUESTIONS. M A R K S F O R E A C H Q U E S T I O N I S B Y # TA G DECISIONS OF THE QM/AQA ARE FINAL AND BINDING. H A P P Y B I H U A N D M AY T H E B E S T G E E K / N E R D W I N .

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L O O K F O R C L U E S I N T H E T E X T, Y O U W I L L B A N G YOUR HEAD IF YOU DONT FIND THEM.

T H E A N S W E R S A R E N O N F I C T I O N A L , S O N O S TA R WARS, BING BANG THEORY(TV SHOW) AND OTHER SUCH "TECHNOLOGY"

Q1. 6 DEGREES OF SEPARATION

I N A C L A S S I C C A S E B E T W E E N X & Y, F O R T H E P O S S I B L E COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT BY X'S Z, THE SUPREME C O U RT R U L E D T H AT T H E W ( G E N E R I C N A M E O F Z ) D I D N O T I N F R I N G E C O P Y R I G H T. I T ' S R U L I N G W A S I N F L U E N C E D B Y A ' S T E S T I M O N I A L T H AT H I S PRODUCTION B,WHICH ENCOURAGED CHIDREN BECOME B E T T E R C I T I Z E N S WA S N O T I N FAV O U R A B L E T I M E S F O R C H I L D R E N A N D O F F T H E A I R TA P I N G O F T H E S A M E A L L O W E D E A S I E R V I E W I N G . G I V E M E A , B , W , X , Y, Z .

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Q2. FUNDA??
IN 1996, QUONDRO CORP DEVELOPED QRS 250G T R A C K E R , A D E V I C E T H AT C O U L D D E T E C T D R U G S A N D O T H E R S U B TA N C E S , B Y R E S O N AT I N G AT T H E S A M E F R E Q U E N C Y A S T H E S U B S TA N C E S E A R C H E D . THEY WERE SOON REMOVED FROM USE HOWEVER. WHY??

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Q3. RATINGS ARE MONEY

T H E X P R I Z E WA S A C O M P E T I O N F O R A C O L L A B O R AT I V E F I LT E R I N G A L G O R I T H M F O R P R E D I C T I N G T H E R AT I N G S O F F I L M S , B A S E D O N P R E V I O U S R AT I N G S W I T H O U T E X P L I C I T I N F O R M AT I O N A B O U T T H E U S E R S O R F I L M S . X ' S O W N A L G O R I T H M C I N E M AT C H H A D TO B E B E AT E N B Y 1 0 % T O W I N I T. G I V E M E X ?

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Q4. IRONY!!!
T H O U G H PAT E N T E D B Y X I N 1 9 3 3 , T H E C O M M E R C I A L U S E O F T H E S A M E D I D N O T S TA R T T I L L T H E L AT E 1930S. IN ASSAM, HIS INVENTION BECAME A CRAZE I N T H E E A R LY A N D M I D 2 0 0 0 ' S A N D C O N T I N U E S TO T H I S D A Y. X W A S B R O U G H T T O T H E N O T I C E O F PEOPLE WHEN A SPORTSMAN WHO SHARES X'S SURNAME WAS CONVICTED OF DRUG ABUSE. GIVE ME X AND HIS INVENTION.

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Q5. PROTECTION?
THEIR FIRST KNOWN USE WAS BY THE ASSYRIAN S O L D I E R S W H I C H W E R E M A D E O F T H I C K L E AT H E R O R BRONZE TO PROTECT FROM BLOWS BY BLUNT OR S H A R P O B J E C T S . T H E D E S I G N S H AV E C H A N G E D O V E R THE YEARS AND SOMETIMES NOW USES ARE ALSO CEREMONIAL OR SYMBOLIC. THEY ARE USED U B I Q U I T O U S LY N O W A D AY S I N C O M B AT, S P O R T S O R I N D A I LY L I F E TO O . W H AT I S T H I S ? ?

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Q6 DIMAG KI BATTI JALAO

T H O U G H X I S FA M O U S F O R H I S I N V E N T I O N O F A E V E R Y D AY P R O D U C T, T H I S 1 8 6 9 I N V E N T I O N OF HIS, AN IMPROVEMENT OF E D WA R D C A L H A N 'S 1 8 6 7 INVENTION LED TO THE WIDESPREAD PRACTICAL USAGE. IT REPLACED THE MORSE CODES USED CALHAN TO ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTERS. THOUGH IT BECAME OBSELETE IN 1960S, THE SAME TERMINOLOGY FOR THE "SYMBOLS" ARE USED EVEN T O D AY. G I V E M E X A N D T H E INVENTION.(GENERIC NAME OF THE INVENTION WOULD DO)

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Q7. CONNECT (PICTURES ARE SYMBOLIC)

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Q8. MINORITY POLITICS IN TECH!!!!

THIS DUDE IS X, W H O H AT E S A C E R TA I N T E C H MINORITY SO M U C H T H AT H E TA X E D T H E MINORITY WHEN BUYING FROM HIS WEBSITE, THE FIRST TIME IN THE WORLD S U C H A TA X H A S BEEN IMPOSED.ID X AND THE MINORITY

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Q9. PEHCHAN KAUN

HE IS THE GENERIC IMAGE IN MICROSFT OFFICE 2010. ID HIM?

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Q10. ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS

THIS CHARACTER'S PROFESSION HAS BEEN A C O N S TA N T C H A N G E S I N C E 1 9 5 9 . T H E P R O F E S S I O N S INCLUDE

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ASTRONAUT ARCHITECT COMPUTER ENGINEER PA L E N TO L O G I S T W H O I S T H I S M U LT I TA L E N T E D C H A R A C T E R ?

Q11.
D U R I N G T H E E A R LY D E V E L O P E M E N T S O F T H E W O R L D WIDE WEB, SOME SCIENTISTS WORKING IN CERN, HAD P L A C E D T H E W W W ' S C E N T R A L D ATA B A S E I N T H E F O U RT H F L O O R . T H E FA U LT Y R E Q U E S T S TO T H E S E RV E R W E R E R E P L I E D W I T H A P H R A S E T H AT W E C A N S T I L L S E E T O D A Y. G I V E M E T H E P H R A S E ?

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Q12 CONNECT (PICTURES ARE SYMBOLIC)

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One point for the connect and one point for each pictures connect explaination

Q13. UNLUCKY NO,EH :)

THE PICTURE SHOWS A REVOLUTIONARY GAS BASED P I S T O L , D E V E L O P E D B Y I S R A E L I M I L I TA R Y I N D U S T R I E S WHICH HAS ITS POULARITY DUE TO SEVERAL MOVIES T H AT H AV E S H O W N I T S U S A G E . I D ?

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Q14. REDEMPTION
In 2010, the nobel prize for Chemistry was won by Andre Gaim & Konstantin Novoselov for their study of X. Gaim thereby redemeed himself from th 2000 Ignoble prize, the only person so far. X is a 2d allotrope and is expected to be a replacement for Silicon in electronics in future. Give me X?

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Q15. FALLEN ANGELS

A P I O N E E R I N G C O M PA N Y O F T H E S I L I C O N VA L L E Y, T H E Y A R E W E L L K N O W N I N T H E S O F T WA R E I N D U S T R Y, T H O U G H T H E Y W E R E E Q U A L LY A D E P T I N T H E H A R D WA R E B U S I N E S S . T H E I R L O G O H A D F O U R I N T E R L E AV E D COPES OF THE SAME WORD.THE H A R D W A R E B U S I N E S S S L O W LY W E N T O U T O F FAV O U R A S I N T E L A N D A M D P R O D U C E D G R E AT O F F THE SHELF COMPONENTS AND T H E C O M PA N Y W A S A Q U I R E D B Y ANOTHER GIANT IN 2010. WHOM A M I TA K I N G A B O U T ?

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Q16. AD FOR???

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Q17. CONTROVERSY!!
THE CONTRIBUTION OF X IN THIS PRODUCT OF Y IS D E B AT E D . Y X I S O N E O F T H E MOST WELLKNOWN ELECTRIC BRANDS OF THIS ITEM. X IS S U P P O S E D T O H AV E M A D E 2 CONTRIBUTIONS- THE TRAPEZE TA I L P I E C E A N D C O L O R S . HIS RECOMENDED COLORS WERE
Gold - looks expensive Black - fingers apper faster aginst the box Give me the product YX??

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Q18. LOOK MA, I NEED IT!!

Arnold Schwarzenegger saw an army convoy of this while filming and began peristing for for a civilian version of the same. The civilan version is manufactured with features like airconditioning, sterio sound not found in Army version. The manufacturer went bankrupt in 2009 but retained the brand. Id?

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Q19. LIST IT
LIST ALL THE NAMES OF THE UBUNTU RELEASES T I L L TO D AY

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20 NAMES( 19 RELEASED + 1 PLANNED)

0.2 MARKS PER ANSWER +0.5 FOR 10 CORRECT +0.5 FOR 18 OR MORE