InQuiZtive

Prelims

• 20 Questions 1 mark each• Top 6 teams will be selected• Starred questions will be used for tie breaks

1. Name the popular website owned by Obvious Corp?

2. bit.ly,goo.gl,fb.me… these are the examples for?

3. Name the codename of the next version of Android after Jellybean?

*4. Identify these two very famous personalities

5. X recently lost a lawsuit filed against it by Y, having to pay $1Billion in damages for infringing patents held by Y. Name X and Y?

6. Which company offers online cloud data storage service called ‘Sky Drive’?

7. Established in 1996 through Nelson Gonzalez and Alex Aguila, this company’s name was chosen because of the founders' fondness for the hit television series The X-Files hence the theme to their products, with names such as Hangar18 and Aurora. Name the company?

8. B is a photo sharing and editing service taken over by A for $1Billion in cash & stock. A had one of the biggest IPO in technology on May 18,2012. Name A and B?

9.Name the youngest person to be named TIME person of the year?

*10. Programed by Toneli Armanto in 1997 variants of which popular game included Xenzia,EX,EX2,Subsonic,etc.?

11. Which iconic car was advertised in India with the tagline ‘Curves are back’?

12.David Bradley spent 5 minutes writing the computer code that has helped the worlds PC users for decades. Which key combination also called ‘Three-finger salute’ is invented by him?

*13. Michel Scott, Mike Makkula, John Sculley, Gil Amelio, __________, Tim Cook were/is CEO in chronological order of this company which is the world’s largest publically traded company. Fill in the blank?

14. Identify this supercomputer

15. The name of this electronics giant company means ‘Three stars’ in Korean. Which company is it?

16. When is the stated launch date of Microsoft Windows 8?

17. Identify this logo

18. What is the name given to software applications that run automated tasks over the Internet?

*19.Which OS is sponsored by Canonical Ltd?

*20. Photorealistic Renderman or PRMan is a commercial product developed by which company?