CATECHIZE 2

Catechize 2014 Finals was held on Sunday, 27th July 2014 with the National Level Top 6 finalists, all of them were furiously answering and the table turned on the TieBreaker question. The Champion and the Runners Up get Tech Tac Toe Goodies and all 6 get Tech Tac Toe Catechize National level finalist’s Certificates.

Quiz Time

Q1. It is a piece of hardware that attaches to computer, TV, or other electronic device, and when attached, enables additional functions such as copy protection, audio, video, games, data, or other services. Name it.

Answer- Dongle

Q2. Currently a division of L-3 Communications, X is a technology company founded by Qualcomm founders Irwin M Jacobs, Andrew Viterbi and Leonard Kleinrock. Identify X.

Answer- Linkabit

Q3. Originally launched as ‘Minotaur’ by X as an e-mail client, it failed to gain momentum. Later it was revived under the new name Y. Now Y is the default email client for Ubuntu Desktop Operating System. Identify X and Y.

Answer- X- Mozilla Foundation

Y- Thunderbird

Q4. X is an open source client for the Tor network on Android mobile devices. It allows traffic routing from a device’s web browser, email client, map program, etc., through Tor network, providing anonymity for the user.

Answer- Orbot

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Q5. The first of its kind was made using ultraviolet ink, but was rejected because the ink faded easily and was too expensive. Patented in 1949 as “Classifying Apparatus and Method” by Norman Woodland and Bernard Silver. Which revolutionary invention has been described above?

Answer- Barcode or UPC(Universal Product Code)

Q6. Wikipedia often provides a message at the end of an article like the one below-

“This article is a stub”

What does the term ‘stub’ mean?

Answer- Stub = small

Pic Time

Q1. It is an open source implementation of the Seamonkey Internet Office Suite for the Debian Project. Identify it from the image below:

Answer- Ice Ape

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Q2. Identify:

Answer- Dynabook

Q3. The device below is the first X. What?

Answer- Printer

Q4. Identify this start-up that makes mobile apps to connect passengers with drivers of vehicles for hire and ridesharing services.

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Answer- Uber

Q5. What is the significance of this Rice Cooker?

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Answer- Sony

Q6. Which famous company’s product is this?

Answer- Nintendo

Tough Time

A. Informally referred as ‘Squiggly’, the name of this character comes from a Latin word meaning ‘title’. Which one?

Answer- Tilde Symbol

B. Which Bengali-American entrepreneur started a professional audio equipment company X in 1960s, because he was dissapointed with the performance of a stereo system that he purchased while pursuing his education from MIT? Name X.

Answer- Amar Bose, X= Bose Corporation

C. X is an annual event created by system administrator Ted Kekatos. Celebrated on last Friday of July, it exists to express gratitude towards all the IT workers all over the world for their contribution.

Answer- System Administrator Appreciation Day

D. X was named Y, due to its excessive use by its owners and is a reference to the addictiveness of crack cocaine. Use of the term Y became so widespread that in 2006 Webster’s New World College Dictionary named Y as the “New Word of the Year”. Identify X and Y.

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Answer- X- BlackBerry

Y- CrackBerry

E. Xwas launched first as an application available on Apple’s App store in the US. It integrated with services such as OpenTable, Google Maps, MovieTickets and TaxiMagic. It was acquired by Apple on April 28 2010 and was introduced as a feature of iPhone 4s. Name X.

Answer- Siri

F. He is responsible for the invention of ‘SketchPad’ which led many real time concepts like GUI, CAD etc. He is well known as the Father of Computer Graphics. Who?

Answer- Ivan Sutherland

BizTime

A. The Flipkart website crashed on Wednesday this week (23.07.2014) due to an exclusive sale of a product. Name it.

Answer- Xiaomi MI3

B. Which Indian corporate is at the center of a controversy where tickets bought by it for FIFA matches were resold in the black market?

Answer- Reliance Industries

C. This .com started by Marc Lore and Vineet Dharava, is the largest online retailer of baby products. Name it.

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Answer- Diapers.com

D. Which Indian Batsman’s nickname comes from, or rather derived from the occupation of his father? (The product of the company he used to work in).

Answer- Rahul Dravid, (NickName- Jammy), His Father worked for Kissan Jam.

E. What does D stand for in Glucose D?

Answer- Dextrose

F. The logo of this company is inspired by the founder’s zodiac sign and his love for bull fights. Different products, models of this company are named after famous bulls. Identify the company.

Answer- Lamborghini

ConnecTECH

A.

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Top Right- Yiying Lu- Maker of the Fail Whale

Top Left- Doug Bowman- Creative Director- Designer of Twitter’s first interface

Bottom- Dick Costolo- Former CEO Twitter

Answer- Twitter

B.

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Top- Lovefilm.com- A subsidiary of Amazon

Fire- Amazon Trademark

Right- Amazon Headquarters

Answer: Amazon

C.

Left Down- Tumble Beast

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Left Up- Marco Arment- Former CTO

Middle- David Karp- Founder of Tumbler

Answer- Tumbler

D.

Answer- Internet.org

E. Connect Hyundai, Budweiser and Adidas. (Think Recent)

Answer- Official Sponsors of FIFA World Cup 2014

F. Connect Boro Plus, Mentho Plus, Fast Relief, Navratna, Sona Chandi and Fair and Handsome.

Answer- Emami

Tie-Breaker Questions:

1. Champaklal H. Choksay, Chimanlal N. Choksey, Suryakant D. Dani and Arvind R. Vakil, in a garage on Foras Road, Bombay founded this company. The name of the company was picked randomly from a telephone directory. Forbes Global Magazine USA ranked the company among 200 best small companies of the world in 2002 and 2003 and presented ‘Best under a Billion’ award to the company. Name the company.

Answer: Asian Paints

2. X is a dish, which has its origin in Odisha, though very popular in India specially the eastern part. It is said to have been introduced by Haradhan Moira in Bengal during the 19th century. It was also one of the traditional offerings to Goddess Lakshmi. Haradhan Moira is said to have introduced the traditional X in Bengali including Nobin Chandra Das. Nobin Das simplified the traditional recipe, which became popular. Identify it.

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Answer: Rasogulla

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