infoyage 2014 senior quiz finals

INFOYAGE 2014SENIOR QUIZ

GENERAL RULES

⦿ The quiz consists of 5 rounds.

⦿ There are separate rules for each round.

⦿ The decision of the quizmaster will be final and binding.

ROUND 1 – LET’S BEGIN THE BATTLE

● One direct question will be asked from each team in this

round.

● The teams get 20 seconds to answer the question.

● Correct answer will yield you 10 points.

● The questions are passable and each passed question

contains a value of 5 points.

● There is no negative marking.

● There is pounce system in this round.

QUESTION 1

Chomper, Repeater, Snapdragon, Bonk Choy.

Where will you find these characters?

ANSWER

Plants vs. Zombies

QUESTION 2

Which major tech giant would you relate Phanindra Sama with?

ANSWER

Redbus.in

QUESTION 3

Alibaba: Jack Ma::Tencent: ? Ma

ANSWER

Pony Ma a.k.a. Ma Huateng

QUESTION 4

Who correctly predicted the winners of 1st

14 matches of FIFA 2014 knockout stage?

ANSWER

Cortana

QUESTION 5

Which copyright is owned by Fraunhoffer institute and Tomson Electronics?

ANSWER

MP3

QUESTION 6

Which tech giant has started the initiative hindiweb.com ?

ANSWER

Google Inc.

ROUND 2 – INTREGRATE X TO THE DERIVATIVE OF Y


round.


● Each Question has a value of 20 points, one answer will

give 10 points.

● The questions are passable and each passed question

contains a value of 10 points for both answers (5 for

each).



QUESTION 1

"Technology has the shelf life of a banana. By the time you buy it, implement it and train people on it, it's obsolete. The right thing to do is to share IP. Rather than litigate and protect our IP, we've decide to innovate and share it”, said by X, founder of Y.ID X and Y.

ANSWER

X-Scott Mcnealy

Y-Sun Microsystems

QUESTION 2

X, also known as Y-tan, is a moe anthropomorphism mascot character of Y, designed by Collateral Damage Studios. X was created in celebration of Anime Festival Asia 2013, and is featured in a video, Facebook profile as well as a special edition of the browser. X purpose is to help advertise Y, and to convince anime fans to return to using Y, due to its falling popularity.ID X and Y.

ANSWER

X-Inori AizawaY-Internet Explorer

QUESTION 3

Nokia Tune is a phrase from a composition for a solo guitar, Y, composed by the spanish classical guitarist and composer X. The Nokia Tune was first heard briefly for 3 seconds in a X 1011 commercial in 1992. It appeared as a ringtone in Noki 2110 under the name Type 7.ID X and Y.

ANSWER

X-Francisco Tárrega

Y-Gran Vals

QUESTION 4

Zygote Body, formerly called X, initially developed by Y, is a web application by Zygote Media Group that renders manipulable 3D anatomical models of the human body. Several layers from muscle tissues down to blood vessels can be removed or made transparent to allow better study of individual body parts. Most of the body parts are labelled and searchable.ID X and Y.

ANSWER

X-Google BodyY-Google Inc.

QUESTION 5

The idea for X was originally inspired when Y was at Harvard and had a conversation with his father, John R. Adler, about the difficulties of publishing academic papers. He teamed up with co-founders Jared Friedman and Tikhon Bernstamm and they attended Y Combinator in Cambridge in the summer of 2006 and result was the creation of X.ID X and Y.

ANSWER

X-ScribdY- Trip Adler

QUESTION 6

This person X started the Project Y and is one of the founder of MIT media lab.ID X and Y.

ANSWER

X-Nicholas NegroponteY- OLPC(One Laptop Per Child)

ROUND 3 – CONNECT THE DOTS


round.


● The question consists of total 30 points. Explaining each

link will reward you 5 points and answering the overall

connect will give 10 points.

● The questions are not passable.



QUESTION 1

ANSWER

Overall Connect - TED Prize1st image(Clockwise)-TED Prize2nd image-Bill Clinton(TED Prize Winner)3rd image-Richard Saul Wurman(TED founder)4th image-Sugata Mitra(2013 TED Winner; School

in the cloud )

QUESTION 2

ANSWER

Overall Connect-Pavel Durov1st image(Clockwise)-Pavel Durov2nd image-VK(Social Networking Site By Pavel

Durov)3rd image-mail.ru(Owns 48% stake in VK)4th image-Telegram Messenger(App created by

Pavel Durov)

QUESTION 3

ANSWER

Overall Connect-Companies Started By Ex-Paypal Employees

1st image(Clockwise)-Yelp(Started By Jeremy Stoppelman )

2nd image-Youtube(You Might all Know :P)3rd image-Yammer(David O Sacks)4th image-Linkedin(Reid Hoffman)

QUESTION 4

ANSWER

Overall Connect-Apple1st image(Clockwise)-Homebrew Computer

Club.(Steve and Woz were members)2nd image-The Byte Shop(First Contract for Apple

1 @$666.6)3rd image-1984(Apple’s 1984 ad was based on

this)4th image-Atari(Founders were Ex-employees of

Atari)

QUESTION 5

ANSWER

Overall Connect-Larry Ellison1st image(Clockwise) - Oracle Headquarters2nd image-BNP Paribas Open(Owns 50% stake)3rd image(Clockwise)-Map of Hawaii(Owns 98% of

Hawaii)4th image-America’s Cup(Larry Ellison with his Oracle

team had won America’s Cup 2013(Sailing))

QUESTION 6

ANSWER

Overall Connect - Microsoft Products Codenames1st image(Clockwise) - Mango(Windows 7.5)2nd image - Apollo(Windows Phone 8)3rd image(Clockwise) - Memphis Depay(Windows 98)4th image - Longhorn(Windows Vista)

ROUND 4 – RAPID PYRE

⦿ Five direct questions will be asked from each team in this round.

⦿ The teams get 40 seconds to answer the questions.

⦿ Each set consists of total 40 points. Correct answer will give 10 points.

⦿ The questions are not passable.

⦿ There is a negative marking of -5 per question.

SET 1

1. Which service did Facebook launch recently after

Rooms?

2. First phone to have Firefox OS is?

3. Connect: Google, Yahoo!, Bing, Yandex

4. X is an Augmented Reality based MMORP, GPS

dependent game by Njantic Labs, a startup within

Google. X please?

5. Expand CMOS.

SET 1 ANSWERS

1. Which service did Facebook launch recently after Rooms? Ans: Groups 2. First phone to have Firefox OS is? Ans: ZTE Open 3. Connect: Google, Yahoo!, Bing, Yandex Ans: Schema.org 4. X is an Augmented Reality based MMORP, GPS dependent game by Njantic Labs, a startup within Google. X please? Ans: Ingress 5. Expand CMOS. Ans: Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

SET 2

1. Which website was founded by ex-paypal employees Jeremy Stoppelman and Russel Simons?

2. Which voice assistant’s Chinese name is “Xiao Na”?

3. What is the significance of the message, “Hello, can you hear me?” or “Tere kas sa khuled wind”?

4. Desmond Miles is the protagonist of which game?

5. Expand MHL.

SET 2 ANSWERS

1. Which website was founded by ex-paypal employees Jeremy Stoppelman and Russel Simons? Ans: Yelp 2. Which voice assistant’s Chinese name is “Xiao Na”? Ans: Cortana3. What is the significance of the message, “Hello, can you hear me?” or “Tere kas sa khuled wind”? Ans: First msg sent through skype 4. Desmond Miles is the protagonist of which game? Ans: Assassins Creed 5. Expand MHL. Ans: Mobile High definition Link

SET 3

1. Which company was earlier known as Foodiebay.com?2. Talmon Marco, Igor Megzinik developed which

famous app?3. First Indian company to install a commercial

computer(ibm 401)?4. With which game would you associate the character

“Corvo Attano”?5. Expand PPP.

SET 3 ANSWERS1. Which company was earlier known as Foodiebay.com?Ans - Zomato2. Talmon Marco, Igor Megzinik developed which famous app?Ans:Viber3.First Indian company to install a commercial computer(IBM 401)?Ans- Esho India4.With which game would you associate the character “Corvo Attano”?Ans- Dishonoured5.Expand PPP.Ans- Point to Point Protocol

SET 4

1. “All American, All Electric, All the time”– TAGLINE OF WHICH COMPANY?

2. THIS APP BEGAN AS A RESPONSE TO JAPAN’S DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE. WHICH APP AM I TALKING ABOUT?

3. WHICH ENTREPRENEUR IS CREDITED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF ZIP 2 ? 4. WITH WHICH GAME WOULD YOU ASSOCIATE THE CHARACTER “LUMA” ?

5. EXPAND WELL

SET 4 ANSWERS

1. “All American, All Electric, All the time”– TAGLINE OF WHICH COMPANY?Ans:Tesla Motors 2. THIS APP BEGAN AS A RESPONSE TO JAPAN’S DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE. WHICH APP AM I TALKING ABOUT?Ans:Line 3. WHICH ENTREPRENEUR IS CREDITED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF ZIP 2 ?Ans:Elon Musk 4. WITH WHICH GAME WOULD YOU ASSOCIATE THE CHARACTER “LUMA” ? Ans:Mario5. EXPAND WELLAns:Whole Earth ‘lectronic Link

SET 51.Alex Welch co-founded which famous app?

2. Smartphone & tablet project by google and project group atap?

3. Which village located in muzaffargar is also called snapdeal.com nagar?

4. Zeptolab has created which famous game app?

5. Expand IDEN.

SET 5 ANSWERS

1.Alex Welch co-founded which famous app?Ans: Photobucket2. Smartphone & tablet project by google and project group atap? Ans: Project tango3. which village located in muzaffargar is also called snapdeal.com nagar?Ans: Shiv Nagar4. Zeptolab has created which famous game app?Ans:Cut the Rope5. expand IDEN.Ans: Integrated Digital Enhanced Network

SET 6

1. “Game Over” was a documentary film made by Vikram Jayanti about which iconic moment?

2. Which company owned the trademarks for “iPhone” and “iPad” many years before Apple?

3. Name the founder of Digital Research Inc. who is often called ‘The man who could have been Bill Gates’ .

4. X is a form of cheating in online games where players that have died tell other players that are still alive where other players in the game are. X pls.

5. Expand IMEI.

SET 6 ANSWERS1.“Game Over” was a documentary film made by Vikram Jayanti about which iconic moment?Ans: Kasparov vs. Deep Blue2.Which company owned the trademarks for “iPhone” and “iPad” many years before Apple?Ans:Cisco3. Name the founder of Digital Research Inc. who is often called ‘The man who could have been Bill Gates’ .Ans:Gary Kildall4.X is a form of cheating in online games where players that have died tell other players that are still alive where other players in the game are. X pls.ans:X-Ghosting5.Expand IMEI.International Mobile station Equipment Identity.

ROUND 5– FINAL LAP


round.

● The teams get 20 seconds to answer one question.

● Three Hints or questions will appear having successive

value of +30/-15, +20/-10, +10/-5.

● There is a negative marking.


QUESTION 1

Programming Language Developed By Bryan O’Sullivan, Julien Verlaguet, Alok Menghrajani.

+30/-15

QUESTION 1

+20/-10

Question 1

+10/-5

This Programming Language is Created by Facebook.

ANSWER

Hack

1) Hack was developed by Bryan O’Sullivan, Julien Verlaguet, Alok Menghrajani.

2) Logo of the programming language Hack3) Current owner is facebook.

Question 2

+30/-15

This Operation was named by FireEye, the security company credited with finding the vulnerability.

Question 2

+20/-10

ID this operation

Question 2

+20/-10

X refers to a vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) that would allow owners of malicious websites to gain complete access to the site visitor's computer if the visitor used IE version 6 and up. With access to the computer, hackers could engage in a number of malicious activities like install apps or even use the infected computer as their own. The vulnerability affects IE 6 through IE 11, but the attack is targeting IE 9 through IE 11.

ANSWER

Operation Clandestine Fox

1) Some information about it.

2) Logo of Operation Clandestine.

3) Some information about it.

Question 3

+30/-15

Identify the Company.

Question 2

+20/-10

Question 2

+10/-5

Marcelo Claure is the CEO

ID the Company

ANSWER

SPRINT

1) Previous Name of SPRINT was United Telephone System

2) Logo of SPRINT

3) Current CEO of SPRINT - Marcelo Claure

Question 3

+30/-15

Question 3

+20/-10

App By the Company

Question 3

+10/-5

Wanted to name this to relentless.com

ANSWER

Amazon

1) Amazon Echo

2) Amazon Silk Logo

3) Previous name decided was relentless.co

QUESTION 4

+30/-15

A game by this person

QUESTION 4

+20/-10

Company Owned by him

QUESTION 4

+10/-5

ANSWER

Elon Musk

1) Blaster game by Elon Musk

2) SolarCity- concept given by Elon Musk(current chairman)

3) X.com co-founded by elon musk

QUESTION 5

+30/-15

Very famous acquisition by this company

QUESTION 5

+20/-10

P2P Client by the company

QUESTION 5

+10/-5

Current CEO

ANSWER

Ebay

1) GittiGidiyor - Subsidiary of eBay

2) Billpoint - P2P service by eBay

3) John Donahoe- CEO of Ebay

QUESTION 6

+30/-15

This is the world’s quietest room. A part of which company?

QUESTION 6

+20/-10

A product by this company.

QUESTION 6

+10/-5

First CEO of this company

ANSWER

IBM

1) Quietest room in the world by IBM located in Zurich, Switzerland.

2) IBM Simon

3) Thomas J. Watson