Quiz Finals - XINO Intra 2015

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ROUND 1: WARM UP

ROUND 1: WARM UP

•  Each team can choose a question code of their choice; the last team will also

have two choices.

•  Questions will pass clockwise.

•  Flat scoring of 5 points. No negatives.

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ROUND 1: WARM UP

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1

The logo of which application

comprises of a ruler, a paintbrush

and a pencil to form the letter A?

On November 6th 2014, Microsoft

announced its acquisition of which

game developer for $2.5 million?

2

What is the name of the in-house

product label by Flipkart which

manufactures tablets, USBs, etc.?

3

Google manufactured the Nexus 6

in collaboration with which

hardware manufacturer?

4

Canadian telecommunication

manufacturer Blackberry was

formerly known by what name?

5

Until Mac OS X 10.8, the operating

system was codenamed after what?

6

Which company uses the tagline

‘Delighting You Always’?

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ROUND 2: VISUAL

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ROUND 2: VISUAL

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ROUND 3: DIRECT A

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ROUND 3: DIRECT A


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ROUND 3: DIRECT A

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1

Which online blogging platform

was started by Matt Mullenweg?

Eddy Cue, Phil Schiller and Craig

Federighi work as executives at

which company?

2

What is the name of Microsoft’s

annual developer conference?

3

4

What was the last Nokia flagship

smartphone to run the Symbian

OS?

5

What is the claim to fame of the

Magnavox Odyssey ?

To increase its sales over its

competitor, which company

purchased the domain name

BigBillionDay.com in 2014?

6

Blackberry produces a high-end

luxury smartphone in conjunction

with which automobile

manufacturer?

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ROUND 4: AUDIO VIDEO

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ROUND 5: DIRECT B

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ROUND 5: DIRECT B

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1

In which story did Isaac Asimov

coin the 3 Laws of Robotics?

In the phone A50 Superfone Ninja,

which artificially intelligent speech

handset assistant did Micromax

introduce?

2

John Wrench and L. R. Smith, in

1949, were the first to calculate pi

to more than 2000 digits (2,037).

What did they use to achieve this

feat?

3

In 1968, Gordon Moore and Robert

Noyce founded a famous company.

When they were naming it, Moore

Noyce was rejected and they used

NM Electronics instead. Why was

the earlier name ill suited for the

company?

4

When Kodak introduced cameras

with flashes, Samuel Ruben and

Philip Roger Mallory were inspired

to create which brand?

5

Randall Munroe is the creator of

which web comic?

6

In which city is the annual

Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

held?

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ROUND 6: RAPID FIRE

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ROUND 6: RAPID FIRE

•  Questions will be posed in rapid succession until 45 seconds

•  Teams can skip a question but not return to it again.

•  +5 for correct. No negatives.

ROUND 7: WHITE FLAG

ROUND 7: WHITE FLAG

•  6 questions common to the 6 teams on stage, the answers to which the teams

will write on paper.

•  +20 for correct answer. -10 for

incorrect.

In 2013, Apple acquired Israeli 3D

sensing company PrimeSense.

What history did the company

have with Microsoft?

What is the primary reason why

Facebook has a blue color scheme?

Connect the following cities.

Mumbai, Miami, Seoul, New York,

Mexico City, Rome, Vancouver,

Tokyo, São Paulo, Paris, Beijing,

Cairo, New Orleans, Los Angeles,

Bangkok and London.

Fluid Concepts and Creative

Analogies is a 1995 book by

Douglas Hofstader exploring

mechanisms of intelligence

through computer modelling.

What is one other claim to fame of

this book in the modern world?

This is the rankings of what?

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