Prelims for the Tech Exult Event (Quiz) as part of XINO 2014 held at DPS, Rohini on 23 August 2014

1. TEAM CODE
XINO 2o14 Tech Exult PRELIMS
Participant 1
Participant 2
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Rules
 The quiz consists of 25 questions to be attempted in 30 minutes.
 The 6 top scoring teams will qualify for the final stage round.
 Questions marked with a star (*) are tie breakers.
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1. What is searching for yourself on the web popularly known as?
2. Clicking on the first link in the main text of a Wikipedia article, and then repeating
the process for subsequent articles, usually eventually gets you to the ______________
article. As of May 26, 2011, 94.52% of all articles in Wikipedia lead eventually to the
article ______________. The remaining 100,000 (approx.) links to an article with no
wikilinks or with links to pages that do not exist, or get stuck in loops (all three are
equally probable). FITB.
3. He was the founder and chairman on Internet Users Community of India, and was
influential in setting up organizations like the Ethical Hackers Association in India.
He also maintained the website junglee.org.in . He died on the 14th of August 2011
in Mumbai and to honour him, a brass statue of his was unveiled at Bandra
Bandstand in Mumbai. Who?

2. 4. Hal Varian, Chief Economist at Google, is known for being a lookalike of whom?
5. The first SMS message was sent over the Vodafone GSM network in the United
Kingdom on 3 December 1992, from Neil Papworth using a personal computer to
Richard Jarvis of Vodafone using an Orbitel 901 handset. What was the text of the
message?
6. Microsoft has included this software as part of the Windows operating system since
Windows 3.0, starting from 1990. Microsoft intended X "to soothe people
intimidated by the operating system", and at a time where many users were still
unfamiliar with graphical user interfaces, it proved useful in familiarizing them with
the use of a mouse, such as the drag-and-drop technique required for moving cards.
7. VVK Chandra from Andhra Pradesh bought a book, "Leaving Microsoft to Change the
World" in 2007. How was this act significant from the Indian techonology sector’s
point of view?
8. Which programming language was the predecessor to the C programming language?
9. What does Godwin’s Law say in reference to online discussions?

3. 10. X was renamed from 86-DOS informally known as Quick and Dirty Operating System
owned by Seattle Computer Products. It was written by Tim Paterson. As Y had no
operating system for Intel 8086 it bought 86-DOS and ported it to run on 8086
processors. First version was shipped in August 1980 after which Y hired Tim
Paterson and released the first official release of X. It became the default OS of IBM
PC in August 1981!?
11. At the AusCERT security conference, 2010, IBM provided attendees with
complimentary USB drives. What was the most, or rather 2 most significant files on
it?
12. In the early 2000s, X created Y a software that possessed the ability to understand a
user’s music habits by the use of AI and then go on to provide him with certain
suggestions. X was then offered to be a part of the team of Microsoft and America
Online,who wanted to buy the software but he turned down their offer. Identify X.
13. In 1968, Dijkstra published a paper in the communications of ACM, against the use
of GOTO statement, "GOTO statement considered harmful". Frank Rubin, who
opposed the views expressed in the paper, published a criticism in 1987, titled " X ".
Later in the same year, another paper was published, expressing views from both
sides, titled 'Y’. ID X and Y.
14. ID

4. 15. X’s Bacon number is 5 via the following.
 X and Ronald Graham appeared in N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdős.
 Ronald Graham and Oliver Sacks appeared in Great Genius and Profound
Stupidity.
 Oliver Sacks and Tilda Swinton appeared in When Björk Met Attenborough.
 Tilda Swinton and James McAvoy appeared in The Chronicles of Narnia: The
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
 James McAvoy and Y appeared in X-Men: First Class.
In the reverse progression, Y’s Erdos number is 5. ID X and Y.
16. Where would you find the following?
Be wary of:
 Websites that collect or share information about you
 Internet service providers or employers that track the pages you visit
 Malicious software that tracks your keystrokes in exchange for free smileys
 Surveillance by secret agents
 People standing behind you
17. India : Netra :: USA : ?
18. Who is the second self- funded space tourist and the first South- African in space?
19. What was named after Debra Lin and Ian Murdock?

5. 20. Mario was one of the first video game character inductees at the X in 2005,
alongside Link and Sonic the Hedgehog. Popularly called the video game hall of
fame, this famous landmark might soon face closure. ID X.
21. On February 23rd, 2010, Japanese kindergarten teacher Atsuko Sato posted several
photos of her Shiba Inu, Kabosu to her personal blog. Among the photos included a
peculiar shot of Kabosu sitting on a couch while glaring sideways at the camera with
raised eyebrows. What was this photo the origin for?
22. Which award is recognized as the "Highest distinction in Computer science" and
"Nobel Prize of computing"?
23. On February 25, 1981, the day known as "X" at the company, Y personally fired forty
Apple employees, including half of the Apple II team, in a belief that they were
redundant. Later in the afternoon he assembled the remaining employees with a keg
of beer and explained the firings by stating, "I used to say that when being CEO at
Apple wasn't fun anymore, I'd quit. But now I've changed my mind — when it isn't
fun any more, I'll fire people until it's fun again.
24. How many bytes equal 1 KibiByte?
25. Pyongyang Racer, is significant for being the first game by whom?