Finals for the MVDIT TECH QUIZ 2012 which was held on 1st & 15th July 2012.

1. MVDIT TECH QUIZ
Quizmasters: Mudit Bhargava & Vidit Bhargava

2. Round 1
Dry Questions

3. 10 Points for each correct answer
Non Passable Round
No Negative Scoring
Time for Direct Question: 15s

4. Q1. X is an hip-hop and rap artist. But X also
founded an audio company which has made news
by supplying in-built audio for many devices.
Which audio company am I talking about?

5. Answer: Beats By Dr.Dre

6. Q2. It started as a small activity from the
founder (an IIT Delhi Graduate) to create a
giant database of menu cards. It is now a
Restaurant Guide for many Indian cities.
Sometime back in 2010 they renamed
themselves. This was done to avoid conflicts
with eBay (The earlier name had eBay in it).
Which popular Indian Website is it?

7. Answer: Zomato

8. Q3. X wanted to name his daughter Y. But when a son
was born, he named it Markus. Y went on to become a
very famous name, after X created a software called Y.
However Y was a name popular in other regions too, even
before the software came out. For example, one of the
largest poems in a south Indian Language is called The
Epic of Y. Y is also the name of a city that was established
in the 14th Century in Northern India, today only ruins
of the city are visible. Y has diverse meanings in various
languages.
What is Y?

9. Answer: Siri

10. Q4. Leo Tolstoy is famous for many novels. One
of them is War And Peace. In a recent edition of
War And Peace, which was published for a
certain eBook Reader, all instances of a
particular verb were replaced to another verb,
which suited more to the eBook Reader.
What was the verb "Replaced WITH"?

11. Answer: Nook

12. Q5. There are quite a few references to Apple's
Devices in this recent Hindi Movie. The Movie's
Cover Art for Digital Editions of the Music had
an iPod Classic Placed on it. Also iPhone's Maps
Application played a pivotal role in the Film's
Climax. And there were a few instances where
we could see Actor's MacBook Pro.
Which Recent Movie Am I Talking about?

13. Answer:
London, Paris, New York

14. Q6. X is a Gardener in San Francisco and a
Peon to an unnamed person. X Work's on his
boss' behalf and is behind the videos and
interviews that would other wise be given by
his human-like Boss. The reason as to why X's
boss exists in its current state is because of a
forum joke that turned into a human like form.
Who is X's Boss?

15. Answer: X's Boss: Anonymous
X: Commander X

16. Round 2
Images

17. 10 Points for each correct answer
Restricted Passing (Passed only Once)
No Negative Scoring
No Infinite Bounce
Time for Direct Question: 10s ;
Passed Question: 5s

18. Q1. Identify the
Operating System

19. Android

20. Q2. This sci-fi device serves as the
inspiration behind the name of
which popular gadget?

21. iPod

22. Q3. He co-founded
which popular
Indian Website
and Mobile
Application?

23. Saavn Music
He is Vinodh Bhat

24. Q4. This is a tiny digital camera which was
used to shoot a recent Hindi movie. Its a first
in India. Which recent film was shot with this
camera?

25. Department

26. Q5.Identify
the Web
Browser.

27. Firefox
Junior

28. Q6. Which popular iOS
App did he Co-Create?

29. Flipboard
He is Mike McCue

30. Q7. Identify
the person
silhouetted in
this generic
user icon.
Hint: Its one of his
Famous Images

31. Bill Gates
Hint: Often Used as a
Generic Image in
Office 2010

32. Q8. This is the
predecessor to
which famous
software?

33. iTunes

34. Q9. He's the lesser known guy of the two of
conceptualized a very popular internet
application released as a public beta in 2004,
Who is he?

35. He is Rajen Seth

36. Q10. Which popular social
network did they create?

37. Pinterest

38. Q11. They were the creators of a
very popular game now published
by Electronic Arts. Which game?

39. Need For Speed

40. Q12. Identify the Service
from its Logo.

41. Google Compute Engine

42. Round 3
Video Connects

43. Score Doubles after each correct Answer
Score is reduces to 1/4th of the score for
wrong answers
Non Passable Questions
Round is On Buzzer
Fastest Correct Answer Gets points.

44. Q1. Identify the Mobile Phone
http://youtu.be/fA-ijsz3U_E

45. Answer:
Micromax Ninja

46. Q2. Identify the Adobe Software
http://youtu.be/xQryki2ZhYA

47. Adobe Air

48. Q3. Identify the Computer
Makers
http://youtu.be/aVN-kZjlQ6s

49. HCL

50. Q4. Identify the Web Browser
http://youtu.be/vM7TeaDS8kU

51. Amazon Silk

52. Q5. Identify the Mail
App, whose logo is
Indicated in the Video
http://youtu.be/l7LLlymgJJE

53. Sparrow Mail

54. Q6. Identify the Operating
System.
http://youtu.be/bi-BLoVbmLg

55. Android 4.1
Jelly Bean

56. Q7. Identify the operating
system.
http://youtu.be/qmr75thkyog

57. Ubuntu

58. Q8. Something Happens if you
Jump on it.
Put Funda, and Identify the
Game.
http://youtu.be/aEIw79YrSlM

59. Doodle Jump

60. Round 4
Minimal
Questions

61. Score Doubles after each correct Answer
Score is reduces to 1/4th of the score for
wrong answers
Non Passable Questions
Round is On Buzzer
Fastest Correct Answer Gets points.

62. Q1. Identify the Computer from
1980s from the image given in
the next slide.

64. NeXT Cube
The small 'e' was written as a tribute to the
popular equation e=mc^2

65. Q2. Whose CEO
history is this?

67. Evan Williams /
Dick Costolo

68. Q3. Identify the
Hardware makers

70. Western Digital

71. Q4. Identify the
recent Google Service

73. Knowledge Graph

74. Q5. The Origins of a Popular Game
Antagonist. Have been given in the image
(next slide), which game antagonist?

76. Pigs
from Angry Birds

77. Q6. Identify this
Apple Hardware

79. Airport Base Stations

80. Q7. Identify this recent
Indian Web Offering.

82. Flyte

83. Q8. The origins of which Internet
meme are given in the image?

85. Y U NO?

86. And One More
Thing...

87. Steve Jobs

89. 5 Points for each correct answer
Non Passable Round
No Negative Scoring
Time for Direct Question: 15s

90. Q1. Identify the
Indian.

91. Neem Karoli Baba

92. Q2. He is a person who inspired Steve Jobs,
He was also a brilliant chemist, famous for his
work in the world of Photography. Who is he?

93. Edwin Land

94. Q3. Issey Miyake is Famous for the
Creation of what, in the world near
Steve Jobs?

95. His Turtleneck

96. Q4. He created something that
went Viral sometime back. What
did he create?

97. The Silhouetted Steve Jobs
instead of The Bite,
in Apple's Logo

98. Q5. There's a famous Director at the
end of whose films, there is always a
message reading "Thanks Steve
Jobs", the message is also displayed
in all the movies produced by his
studio (but in a less prominent
way).
Who is the Director?

99. John Lassetor

100. Q6. The Renovation of X, according
to Mona Simpson started with the
construction of Pixar's New
Headquarters, and ended two
years later than the headquarters.
The instance signifies Steve Job's
Love of Perfection. What is X?

101. His Kitchen!

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