The prelims of the business and technology quiz held during the annual Gnosis(Quiz Club) League of MNNIT Allahabad.

2. RULES
• Write down your team name and member names.
• 20 questions. No negatives.
• 5 Starred questions, will be used to resolve ties.
• Googling will be met with random acts of violence.
• Quiz Master is God.

4. “To create a new standard takes something that is not just a little bit
different. It takes something that is really new and captures people’s
imaginations. Macintosh meets that standard.”
Who said these words?
1.

5. Bill Gates

6. What can you buy from this ‘bot’?
*2.

7. Snapchat Spectacles

8. It is believed that X and Y weren’t given the Nobel Prize because of
their animosity to each other. There is circumstantial evidence that
each sought to minimize the other’s achievements and the right to win
the award, that both refused to accept it if the other got it first and
both rejected any prospect of sharing it.
Who are X and Y?
3.

9. Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison

10. There are many chemical elements named after countries but only one
country named after an element.
Which country?
4.

11. Argentina

12. In 2010, Urs Holzle sent out a memo warning that their company would
be crushed if it didn’t figure out its social media strategy.
A team started working on a project and codenamed it ‘Emerald Sea’
after the 1878 painting by Albert Bierstadt.
Which project are we talking about?
5.

13. Google+

14. “X is bonkers” says the Belize Prime Minister, as this person was on the
run after he was accused of murder.
When asked about the famous product he invented, he said that he
didn’t use it as it was annoying.
ID X or which product is being talked about.
*6.

15. X - McAfee

16. The QR code was invented in Japan by X, a subsidiary of Y in 1994 to
track vehicles during the manufacturing process & was originally
designed to allow components to be scanned at high speed. It has since
become one of the most popular types of two dimensional barcodes.
ID X and Y.
7.

17. X- Denso Wave; Y- Toyota

18. In 2000, X made a proposal to Blockbuster, the leading video rental store, that he
would handle a DVD mailing service for them. He was then laughed out of the room.
Less than a decade later, the store ended up declaring bankruptcy in 2010 due to a
company Y started by X.
Currently China, Syria, North Korea, and the Crimean Peninsula (Ukraine) are the only
countries in the world who do not have access to Y.
Identify X and Y.
8.

19. X - Reed Hastings, Y - Netflix

20. “Across the Zodiac: The Story of a Wrecked Record” (1880) is a science
fiction novel by Percy Greg, who is credited as an originator of the
“sword-and-planet” sub-genre of science fiction.
The book describes a flight to Mars, set in the year 1830. The name of
the spacecraft is now a word in the English language. This was one of
the word’s earliest appearances.
What word?
9.

21. Astronaut

22. ID these gentlemen.
*10.

23. Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger
(Founders of Instagram)

24. The pocket, the original, the revenge, the professor’s, the void, the
helicopter, the skew and the square are increasingly difficult variations
of what?
*11.

25. Rubik’s cube

26. X was originally spun off from Acer in 2001 to provide a separate
branded channel.
Its first mobile phone was M775C and it has launched 8 mobile phones
till now ranging from bar, clamshell to a Windows Phone.
The slogan of the company is “bringing enjoyment and quality to life”.
ID X.
12.

27. BENQ- Bringing ENjoyment and Quality to life

28. X was developed in the mid-1990s by United States Naval Research Laboratory , with the
purpose of protecting U.S. intelligence communications online.
X allows both organizations and individuals to share information over public networks without
compromising their privacy.
The major use of X is reported to happen for online drug dealing. The websites that are a part
of Y can only be accessed through X and are not accessible through regular browsers.
Id X and Y.
13.

29. X – Tor
Y- Dark Web

30. Which place from the world of technology bans tobacco, firearms, used
underwear, lottery tickets and over a hundred such items?
14.

31. eBay

32. X was a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. X was also a
pioneer in the development of virtual reality, including creating the popular ’Building
Virtual Worlds’ class.
On Sept. 18, 2007, only a month after doctors told him that he had 3-6 months to live
following a recurrence of pancreatic cancer, he presented a lecture called "Really
Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" to a packed auditorium.
Id X.
15.

33. Randy Pausch

34. 16.

36. This is a picture of the third generation Pokémon known as Deoxys. It’s
Pokédex number is 386 and it is frequently associated with auroras.
What is the inspiration for this Pokémon?
17.

37. DNA or Deoxyribonucleic Acid

38. In 2006, early concepts of this were based on the Atmel ATmega 644
microcontroller.
A trustee named Eben Upton assembled a group of teachers,
academics and computer enthusiasts to devise a computer to inspire
children.
Inspired by the Acorn’s BBC Micro of 1981, its logo is unmistakable.
Name the device.
*18.

39. Raspberry Pi

40. ID the blanked-out part in this Dilbert comic strip.
19.

41. Prisoner’s Dilemma

42. X was a famous American portrait painter in the 1800s.
In 1825, New York City had commissioned X to paint a portrait of Lafayette in Washington
DC. While painting, X received a letter from his father detailing his wife’s sudden death. He
immediately left Washington for his home, leaving the portrait unfinished. By the time he
arrived, his wife had already been buried. Heartbroken that for days he was unaware of his
wife’s failing health and her death, he decided to explore a means of rapid long distance
communication.
ID X.
20.

43. X - Samuel Morse
He invented the telegraph and developed the Morse Code