TCS IT Wiz

Ahmedabad Finals 2012

Round 1 – Angry Nerds

1.In 1987, Thomas Knoll, A PhD student of Michigan University developed a program to display

grayscale images. The program was called The Display. It caught the

attention of his brother and they both then made it a full fledged program.

They named it ImagePro but the name was already taken. So they then

named it X. What is the name of X?

Adobe Photoshop - Maharaja Agrasen

2. It's also called Pacman Logo. It's logo has a slit between the

letters O and S. Developed by Scott Baker

Microsoft - Maharaja Agrasen

3. Clamshell, Candybar, Slate, Swivel, Slider, Touch, Taco are

types of what?

Mobile Phones - Navrachana

4. Robert Gaskins of Microsoft. May 22, 1996

The software was made by Danis Austin and Thomas RudkinsIt was originally called the

"Presenter".

Powerpoint - St Kabir

Bliss

Skype Humoticons - St Kabir

Round 2 - GTA

1. Made by U.S Defense Department in 1994

Satellite Navigation Based System

Snap Track Inc. sold its technology for mobile phones.

GPS- DPS Bopal

2. In 1991 NCR Corporation with AT&T invented the precursor to

802.11 intended for use in cashier systems.

Interband was hired to rename it to make it little more catchier then

'IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence'.

WiFi - DPS Vadodara

3. Permission or Transmission Developed by Digital Equipment

Corporation in 1998. It was created by Brian Reid and

his team at Palo Alto.

Firewall - DPS Vadodara

4.The first dot com to be listed first on Bombay Stock Exchange,

Sanjeev Bikchandani

Naukri.com - Maharaja Agrasen

5. Walldorf, Germany. Systemanalyse und

Programmentwicklung Bill McDermott

SAP AG - Maharaja Agrasen

6. Developed by Idealabs in 2002. Google took over it in 2004.

The phrase mi casa in it refers to "my house", and "pic" for

pictures.

Picasa - Bright Day

@TCS

1. NEDGroup Insurance (NedIC) - which country?

South Africa - DPS Vadodara (-5)

2.What is the trading symbol of TCS on National Stock Exchange?

TCS - DPS Vadodara

3. A trademark of TCS, what is GNDM?

Global Network Delivery Model - Maharaja Agrasen

4. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) signed a Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) for the restoration of the iconic Rajabhai

Clock Tower and Library building in coordination with Indian Heritage Society. TCS signed the MoU with

which university?

Mumbai University - DPS Bopal

Round 4 – Max Pain

1. Connect - Priyanka Chopra, some arbitrary thing, Windows

logo, KKR.

Nokia - Maharaja Agrasen

2. Connect - arbirary, unknown, random, first BB phone.

Blackberry - Maharaja Agrasen – big risk :P

3. Connect - A Better India, Catamaran.

Narayana Murthy - St. Kabir

Connect - Sunflower, Buzz.

Azim Premji - St. Kabir

Round 5 – Total Kombat

1. It was created by Outfit7. (buzzer)

Talking Friends - Maharaja Agrasen

2.CSS (buzzer!)

Hakon Wium Lie - St. Kabir

3. They were looking for a name but could not find one. (buzzer)

o.O

Atari - Navrachana

4. Paul Buchheit (pickbrain spells Buchheit)(buzzer)