01/01/07

January 2007 Main Quiz

Quiz 1

Planet Ocean, Aqua Terra and Aprea are all diving watches from whom?

a) Omega
b) Swatch
c) Seiko

Who is the largest chip maker after Intel?


a) Samsung
b) Texas Instruments
c) Toshiba

Simply put, what is an editable website hosted on a web browser called?

a) Wiki
b) Blog
c) Intranet

Quiz 2

Which is the world’s first blu-ray notebook?

a) Vaio AR
b) Samsung X05
c) Dell XPS M1710

What was the make of the bike in the in the song “Yeh Dosti” of the movie Sholay?


a) Bullet
b) Rajdoot
c) Yezdi

A big name from the business of entertainment – who is this?


a) Michael Eisner of Disney
b) Howard Stringer of Sony
c) Ted Turner of CNN

Quiz 3

As per which “old” law the power of computer processor doubles about every 18 months?

a) Metcalfe’s Law
b) Moore’s Law
c) Murphy’s Law

The Nokia 8800 is a favorite for impressing people. Now there is new edition, which is named after a type of wind. What is it called?



a) Sirocco
b) Chinook
c) Solano

On which console will you find the games Trauma Centre, WarioWare and Red Steel?

a) MS X-Box
b) Wii
c) Sony PlayStation 3

Quiz 4

According to Thomas Watson, CEO of IBM in 1943, the world market for computers was how many numbers -


a) 5
b) 500
c) 1200

The bike from which company is called as “Beamer” in slang?

a) Honda
b) Kawasaki
c) BMW

The invention of the swivel chair is actually credited to a US President. Which one?



a) Calvin Coolidge
b) John Tyler
c) Thomas Jefferson

Quiz 5

The name of this company means "I roll" in latin. It’s quite logical since the company started out making ball bearings. Which company are we talking about?

a) Skoda
b) Volvo
c) Renault

Tim Berners-Lee is credited with what great creation?



a) The first WAP enabled phone
b) Star Wars series
c) The World Wide Web

What kind of characters are Kai, Tyson, Daichi and Kenny?

a) Beyblade characters
b) Characters out of various X-Box games
c) Mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympics

Quiz 6

Which brand/ company logo is so designed to convey the fact that it makes engines for Land, Water and Air vehicles?

a) Mercedes
b) Volkswagen
c) Mitsubishi

Who is this “dabbawala” business personality?


a) Larry Page of Google
b) David Filo of Yahoo
c) Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com

“You never actually own a _______. You merely look after it for the next generation”. The name of which watch brand fills in the blank of that slogan?

a) Patek Philippe
b) Favre Leuba
c) Piaget

Quiz 7

“The medium is the message” is a famous quote by whom?


a) Dale Carneggie
b) Marshall Mcluhan
c) David Ogilvy

The first video cassette recorder was sold by which company in 1971?

a) JVC
b) Sony
c) Philips

This piece of communication from AT&T - What’s so unique about it?


a) The world’s first digital signature
b) The world’s first pop-up on the internet
c) The world’s first banner ad on Internet back in 1994

Quiz 8

Carabiners, Crampons, Chocknuts – these are part of equipment of which sport?

a) Archery
b) Skiing
c) Mountaineering

A place characterised by the brightness of advertising units all around. Which place is this?


a) Oxford Street - London
b) Times Square – New York
c) Rodeo Drive – LA

What is the contribution of Alfred Butts to pastime?

a) Invented Scrabble
b) Invented Monopoly
c) Designed Pacman

A make of watch endorsed by Charlize Theron. Which one?


a) Longines
b) Raymond Weil
c) Movado

A song was sung by the crew of Apollo IX
on March 8, 1969 perhaps qualifying as the first song sung in space? Which song are we talking about?

a) Happy Birthday to you
b) Mary had a little lamb
c) Little Green Apples – the 1969 Grammy Song of the Year

What was developed by a project codenamed “Whistler”?

a) Xbox 360
b) Windows XP
c) Zune MP3

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