Women's Day Quiz March 2015

Women’s Day 2015 Quiz

RG and Subbu

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Written Elimination Round

• To select the Top 5 Finalist Teams

• Tie-breaker for equal scores Fastest to submit answer sheet

• Time allotted: 7 minutes

Elimination Round Quiz (Pg 1 of 2)

Elimination Round Quiz (Pg 2 of 2)

Answers to Elimination Round Quiz (1 of 2)

Answers to Elimination Round Quiz (2 of 2)

NOT-ty Questions (Buzzer Round)

20 -5

• Which of the following was not a nickname for former British PM Margaret Thatcher?

a) Attila the Hen

b) Milk Snatcher

c) Decisive Dame

d) Iron Lady

• Which of the following companies is not an Oracle acquisition?

a) Bharosa

b) i-flex solutions

c) Skywire Software

d) Nest Labs

• Which of the following companies is not an Oracle acquisition?

a) Bharosa (identity management)

b) i-flex solutions (banking solutions)

c) Skywire Software (insurance solutions)

d) Nest Labs (home automation, acquired by Google)

• Which of the following is not the name of a popular instant messenger software?

a) Cohere Chat

b) Tencent QQ

c) Hike

d) Snapchat

• Which of the following is not the name of a popular instant messenger software?

a) Cohere Chat

b) Tencent QQ (most popular in China)

c) Hike (very popular in India)

d) Snapchat

Audience?

• Which of the following is not the name of a well known epidemic?

a) Bird flu

b) Crow’s feet

c) Swine flu

d) Mad cow disease

• Which of the following is not the name of a well known epidemic? a) Bird flu b) Crow’s feet c) Swine flu d) Mad cow disease

• Crow’s feet refers to the wrinkles in the outer corner of the eyes. We wish crow’s feet did become an epidemic Experts believe a non-fake smile (called a Duchenne smile) forms crow’s feet.

3-2-1 Who Am I (General)

20 15 10

Name the person

• I never thought that using my personal mail ID will become a scandal

Name the person


• Authored 6 books, one named Dear Socks Dear Buddy

Name the person



• My middle name is Rodham

Name the person



• My middle name is Rodham

• Hillary Clinton

Name the person

• They called me “lady with the lamp”, I wrote books on medicine

Name the person


• An anagram of my name is “Flit on, cheering angel”

Name the person



• Founder of modern nursing

Name the person



• Founder of modern nursing

• Florence Nightingale

Name the person

• My campaign to ban landmines won the Nobel peace prize

Name the person


• My death remains somewhat of a mystery

Name the person



• I was a member of a European royal family

Name the person



• I was a member of a European royal family

• Princess Diana Charles

Name the person

• Longest serving woman member of parliament of India

Name the person


• Popularly called, “tai” (elder sister)

Name the person



• Took over as speaker from another woman

Name the person



• Took over as speaker from another woman

• Sumitra Mahajan (previous speaker of Lok Sabha was Meira Kumar)

Name the person

• I had a different kind of “maid problem”

Name the person


• Another Indian origin person pursued my “crime”

Name the person



• My case strained Indo-US relations

Name the person



• My case strained Indo-US relations

• Devyani Khobragade

• A case for violating immigration rules was pursued by Preet Bharara

Audience?

Name the person

• I had to get a documentary done to establish my IQ

Name the person


• I am a good actor but became famous for a silly remark on national television

Name the person



• I am from a film(y) family

Name the person



• I am from a film(y) family

• Alia Bhatt, Bollywood actor • When asked to name the President of India in

the Koffee with Karan show in 2014, she said, “Prithviraj Chauhan!”

3-2-1 What Do I Do (Business)

20 15 10

Arundhati Bhattacharya heads ________?


• First woman chairperson of her organization



• First woman banker to head a Fortune 500 company anywhere in the world



• First woman banker to head a Fortune 500 company anywhere in the world

• Chairperson, State Bank of India

Aruna Jayanthi heads ________?


• Executive Council Member, NASSCOM



• Alumnus of NMIMS, Mumbai



• Alumnus of NMIMS, Mumbai

• CEO, Capgemini India

Padmasree Warrior is CTO of ________?


• Formerly CTO and EVP of Motorola



• Alumnus of IIT Delhi and Cornell



• Alumnus of IIT Delhi and Cornell

• Chief Technology & Strategy Officer (CTO) of Cisco Systems

Usha Sangwan is MD of ________?


• Turned around a housing finance subsidiary



• Alumnus of Punjab University



• Alumnus of Punjab University

• Managing Director, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)

Chitra Ramakrishna is MD & CEO of ________?


• Part of one of the world’s largest exchanges since its inception



• Chartered Accountant (CA)



• Chartered Accountant (CA)

• Managing Director, & CEO, National Stock Exchange of India (NSE)

Audience?

________ is co-CEO of ________?

________ is co-CEO of ________?

• Excel expert who controls an industry-leading large corporation

________ is co-CEO of ________?


• Media shy

________ is co-CEO of ________?


• Media shy

• Safra Catz

• Co-CEO, Oracle

Women Pioneers in Computing (Buzzer Round)

20 -10

When we find what she found (the first ever), we spray!

• Grace Hopper

• Inventor of the computer compiler at MIT

When we find what she found (the first ever), we spray!

• Grace Hopper

• Inventor of the computer compiler at MIT

• Found the world’s first “bug” in a computer!

Name this person

• Anticipated the evolution of the general purpose computer

• An early programming language is named after her

• Exchanged letters on her mathematical and scientific ideas with Charles Babbage

Name this person

• Anticipated the evolution of the general purpose computer

• An early programming language is named after her

• Exchanged letters on her mathematical and scientific ideas with Charles Babbage

• Ada Byron (Lady Lovelace)

She is the first ________ (which we all are, today)

• Mary Allen Wilkes

• Simulated the first minicomputer

• Moved on from computer science to pursue law

She is the first ________ (which we all are, today)

• Mary Allen Wilkes

• Simulated the first minicomputer

• Moved on from computer science to pursue law

• Said to have been the first ever home computer user

Audience?

She co-developed the language ________

• Adele Goldberg

• Worked at Xerox PARC on this first… (oops, can’t reveal more)

• Co-wrote a book with Alan Kay

• President of Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)

She co-developed the language ________

• Worked at Xerox PARC on this first… (oops, can’t reveal more)

• Co-wrote a book with Alan Kay

• President of Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)

• Developed Smalltalk

Thanks!

Women's Day Quiz March 2015

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