2. Rules
• There will be 20 Questions in the elimination round. 6 Top
scoring teams will qualify for the finals. There is no negative
marking.
• You have been given one hour to attempt the quiz.
• Only one submission per team is allowed.
• Please refer to the Registration details sent to you, on your
registered email ID.
• Time of Submission will serve as a tie-breaker.
Quiz Master's decision is final and binding.
3. "A computer would deserve to be called
intelligent if it could deceive a human into
believing that it was human." - Alan
Turing
4. Q1. Put funda name the products that
are being talked about?
5. Answer:
Square Card Reader
and Paypal Here
Funda: The left image is that of a Jack, Its says, its a square: Thus, it is implied that we are talking about a
certain Jack, who prefers something called Square or in terms of technology, the Square Card Reader made by
Jack Dorsey
The Second image is that of the ‘Don’, Since, Square Card Reader takes on Paypal, Don implies the Don of
‘Paypal Mafia’ (Pieter Thiel Of Course), Whose company created a ‘triangular’ product to compete with Square.
Which is called Paypal Here.
7. Answer:
Robots.txt
Clockwise:
Image 1: A Still from the movie Robot
Image 2: Martijn Koster was the first one to use it.
Image 3: Robots.txt often prevents search engine bots from accessing certain parts of website
8. "Look at cookie.
Identify the Cookie
Now Smell Cookie.
Now Ready for this part? This is the fun Part.
Now you eat the cookie. No! wait. Wait.
You've got to eat it like this __________."
Q3. The Above Quote is about a character from a 1966
Children's TV Series which is still running. Identify the
Blanked out Part. Name the Game Character.
*Points only for naming the game character not the blanked out part
9. Answer:
Om Num
from the popular game, Cut the Rope.
10. Q4. A very popular
quote first appeared
on the image on the
left. In the early
2000s the quote got
a tech connection
when a person
closely associated
with technology
uttered it.
What is the quote?
13. Answer:
Technologies used in
Cricket
Clockwise:
Image 1: Mohawk: Hawk Eye Technology
Image 2: Virtual DJ: Virtual Eye Technology
Image 3: Hot Dot: Hot Spot Technology
14. Q6. A is an American Television and Film actor, who had
played the role of a White Hat Hacker in a 2007 Movie. A
has also given his voice to an children's movie series.
B is a few year's older than A. B is an Author and Actor,
B is has also appeared in a QI Episode in 2009 as a
guest. B wasn't given a buzzer in that episode. B is a
Mac User since1984. A Microsoft Employee is a B Look
Alike and has hence helped Microsoft a lot for a
'particular' task.
Both A and B had come together in 2006 for a series of
something which was humorous and loved by many. B
even tried to impersonate Steve Jobs at an Apple Event.
B has subsequently appeared at a few more keynotes.
By What Nick-Names do we popularly know A and B
and and where have we seen them together?
15. Answer:
A: Mac
B: PC
No Points for Justin Long or John Hodgman
16. Q7. Connect the Following set of
images to the world of Internet.
17. Answer:
The Urban Dictionary
Clockwise:
Image 1: Aaron Finch: The Urban Dictionary was created by a person called. “Aaron” Peckham
Image 2: The Man was the first word to be listed in the Urban Dictionary.
Image 3: Peckham created The Urban Dictionary when he was studying at the California Polytechnic State University
18. Q8. X is a term used for a technology
that is inferior in quality but sells
more than the better technology due
to good marketing. What is X?
24. Q11. Think out of the box, and put together
these images and identify the Indian IT
firm headed by the person hinted above.
25. Answer:
Mind Tree
Funda: Put together the Names Implied from the three Images and you get the Krishna Kumaran
Natarajan, who is the current CEO of Mind Tree.
Image 1: Lord Krishna; Image 2: Akshay Kumar; Image 3: Nataraj
26. Q12. They made a camera technology
which is soon going to be implemented
into a mobile operating system.
Which Mobile Operating System is it?
27. Answer:
Blackberry OS 10
The Logo is of Scalado, which is providing Camera technology for Blackberry OS 10 Devices, and
provides a really cool feature where you can edit an image that went wrong by going back in time
and choosing the perfect expression on the person’s face while the camera app was on!
28. Q13. A development event was held in June
some years ago by the developers of an open
source operating system in Canada. The event
saw a few developers working on cryptographic
software. This event is widely considered the
world's first _______. Fill in the blank.
35. Answer:
SPDY
Clockwise:
Image 1: Ghost Protocol: SPDY is an Internet Protocol
Image 2: Pinky from Pacman is also called Speedy: SPDY was named so as to be pronounced “Speedy”
Image 3: The Protocol is a Google Creation
36. Q17. Recently a movie studio and the
developers of a hot selling mobile game
collaborated to release a game where the
protagonist of the movie would be chased
by a bear in a forrest some where in Great
Britain, the protagonist is also given a
hunting mechanism for earning more
points. What's the game called?
38. Q18. Two people were talking on the Internet.
They were old friends they had met over the
Internet in their teens and had become friends
over a conversation on theoretical physics. Both
of them had later founded a revolutionary service
in the early 21st century. They had, had various
video conversations on a mac before, but this
conversation was different, it was in the air. Put
funda and identify the Internet app.
39. Answer:
AirTime
Funda: The Friend ship of Two people is indicated in the Question: The Two People as can be worked
out, are “Sean Parker” and “Shawn Fanning”
A Hint was dropped when it was said that they had had conversations on a Mac. Mac’s video
chatting software is called FaceTime. It was also told that they were having it on the air. Combine the
two and you get Sean Parker & Shawn Fanning’s new service Air Time.
40. Q19. His website has recently
threatened to tax a certain
minority. Which minority?
41. Answer:
Internet Explorer 7 Users
The image is of Ruslan Kogan, whose website Kogan (A popular Online Shopping
service in Australia) is taxing IE7 users.
43. Answer:
Apple’s Maps
From the Left:
Image 1: Tom Cruise: The Mapping Data is provided by TomTom
Image 2: Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie: There work Thrice over can be read as C3. Apple’s Maps are a
result of the acquisition of 3D Mapping tool C3 and another Mapping Service.
Image 3: Polygon with 9 Sides, Implies Poly9: Poly9 and C3 were acquired to provide data for Apple’s New
Maps application.
