A quiz on Technology genre

1. TECH QU!Z
GAURAV KABRA
1.0

2. RULES
A total set of 20 questions.
+5/-0 for direct.
+10/-10 for pounce.

3. Google recently revealed an interesting new project ‘P’ which
has been developing in their secretive Google X labs since mid-
2011.
The first trial was launched in New Zealand.
‘P’ was named so since Google itself found the very idea of the
project unprecedented and “crazy“.
Google recently announced that Q will be the first country in
the world to get full coverage of ‘P’.
Give me P & Q?
1.

5. P – PROJECT LOON
Q – SRI LANKA

6. Comprised of former Nokia veterans, X is a Russian
mobile broadband services provider and smartphone
manufacturer. (X is a trademark of Skartel LLC.)
They are famous for developing the world’s first
dual-screen, always-on smartphone Y which has
another screen at the back made up of an E Ink
display much like the one in Amazon's Kindle e-
reader.
Y was so popular that it won the Cannes Lions for
Innovation and Best of CES by Cnet.
X & Y?
2.

9. X – YOTA
Y - YOTAPHONE

10. Aprecia Pharmaceuticals Company operates as
a specialty pharmaceutical company that
develops and manufactures orodispersible
tablets. It recently came in news for
manufacturing ZipDose, a drug for epilepsy,
being designed from a special technology and
became the world’s first drug that FDA has
granted approval for the production of.
What special technology was used to
manufacture ZipDose?
3.

12. 3D
PRINTING!

13. 4.
FUNDA?

15. This is Google’s new Byzantine Process of Recruitment.
Google looks out for hiring people in its company based on
their search habits that fits in Google’s code book. It uses a
Secret Search that checks a person’s search habit and if it
fits in the Google’s Code book, then the company’s
algorithm will ask you to apply for a job through the search
page itself!
Recently Max Rosett received this offer from Google.

16. They have been around for a century now. The
first truly successful set was developed in 1910
by Nathaniel Baldwin, who made them by hand in
his kitchen and sold them to the United States
Navy. They became hugely popular and are used
by each one of you.
What is being talked about. (Relate to the
theme of the Quiz)

18. Headphones

19. Name the device and its manufacturer.
6.

21. Device Name – OZO
Company – Nokia.

22. What is the device used in the
picture shown in the next slide. Who
is the manufacturer.
Also tell the technology over which
this device works.
7.

25. MICROSOFT HOLOLENS
TECHNOLOGY – AUGMENTED REALITY

26. X is a cryptocurrency (a satire of the Bitcoin
boom) featuring a likeness of the ‘Shiba Inu’
as its logo. It was introduced on December 8,
2013.
Started as a "joke currency" in late 2013, X
quickly developed its own online community
and reached a capitalization of USD 60
million in January 2014.
What is the name of this digital currency X?
8.

28. DOGECOIN from the famous Doge Internet Meme

29. 9.
The idea for it was pitched by Rajen Seth and
went on to be developed by Paul Buchheit several
years before it was announced to the public. The
project was known by the code name Caribou.
Initially it was available for use only by the
company employees internally.
The service was first launched in April 1,2004, and
was conceived as an April Fool Hoax by the
consumers which was thankfully not true and the
service now has a user base of a whopping 1 billion!
What service/product?

31. GMAIL

32. 10.
This is the cover of a
famous book by Rashmi
Bansal.
What is the title of the
book (being blacked out
in the picture), which
has got a connection to
a very famous person
from the Tech industry.

34. STAY HUNGRY
STAY FOOLISH
(Made popular by Steve Jobs)

35. 11.
X and Y teamed up together and created a game Z to
promote a 2012 movie B .
The game Z is a spinoff of a very popular Android/iOS
game and is set in the highlands of Scotland. The default
character is Merida. There’s a new feature in this version
called archery in which during the game, archery symbols
will appear with some dots above them, acting as a signal
that there will be bull's-eyes at which to shoot.
X, Y, Z, B please.?

37. X – Imangi Studios
Y – Disney
Z – Temple Run –
Brave
B - Brave

38. 12.
_________ is a free online chat website that allows
users to communicate with others without the need to
register. The service randomly pairs users in one-on-
one chat sessions where they chat anonymously using
the names "You" and "Stranger“.
The site was created by 18-year-old Leif K-Brooks of
Brattleboro, Vermont, and was launched on March 25,
2009.
The slogan of the service is ‘Talk to Strangers!’
FITB.

40. OMEGLE

41. 13.
X is a series of 7 physics-based puzzle video
games developed by the Russian
entertainment company Zeptolabs for several
platforms and devices.
Y is the mascot of X which has become a very
popular character of it’s own and a 2016 movie
is scheduled to be released after it’s name.
Gimme X & Y.

43. X – CUT
THE ROPE
Y – OM
NOM

44. X was founded by Ashish
Hemrajani, an alumnus of
Sydenham Institute of
Management, Mumbai University.
Started as a small team of 5
members, X now employs more
than 400 people.
It’s parent company is BigTree
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd and they
recently acquired Bengaluru based
Eventifier .
Name the company X.
14.

47. 15.
1. Epic of _____ is an epic poem in the Tulu language.
2. ____ language, an Afro-Asiatic language
3. _____ Fort, in the city of New Delhi, was built during
the rule of Ala-ud-Din Khalji of the Delhi Sultanate to
defend the city from the onslaught of the Mongols.
4. _____ is a lake in Kaghan Valley, Pakistan.
5. _____ is a Scandinavian female given name.
FITB.
All the blanks connect to a word very famous product in
the tech world.

49. SIRI

50. 16.
He is Issey Miyake, a
Japanese fashion designer
known for his technology-
driven clothing designs,
exhibitions and fragrances.
You need to tell me what is
he famous for, of course
linking to the world of tech.

52. He designed the
iconic Turtlenecks
for Steve Jobs.

53. 17.
Name this
machine
and it’s
use.

56. This is called a
Freedom Toaster
It’s a public kiosk that
will burn copies of
free software onto
user-provided CDs and
DVDs.
The project was
started as one
solution to overcome
the difficulty of
obtaining Linux and
other free and open-
source software in
South Africa

57. 18.
What is
this device
on top of
the Google
self driving
car called
and what is
it used for?

59. The device is called LIDAR (portmanteau
of "light" and "radar“).
It is a remote sensing technology that
measures distance of objects while the
car is on road by illuminating the target
with a laser and analyzing the reflected
light.

60. 19.
The player has the ability to freely move horizontally
and vertically but can not increase the speed of the
screen's auto-scrolling feature.
Powerups can be picked up while going through the
levels (such as missiles, bombs, and energy beams) and
the player can use them when the regular projectiles
are of little effect against the enemy.
As each level is played, various enemy ships confront
the player, some of them following strict paths,
others following the ship itself and others shooting it
Gameplay of?

63. 20.
The picture in the next slide shows a
patent of X.
Though many believe this to be a recent
invention by Y, Z has pioneered the
concept in 2007 itself.
You need to give me the technology X
which was patented, and companies Y, Z.

66. X – Force touch
technology
Y – Apple
Z – BlackBerry (RIM then)
BB had introduced this
feature in their Storm
2008 smartphone in 2008
dubbed as “Sure Press”
technology.

67. The human spirit must prevail over technology.
–Albert Einstein
STAY CURIOUS