01/04/07

April 2007 Main Quiz

Quiz 1

How is Cingular now re-branded?

a) Gateway
b) MicroPro
c) As AT&T

Which place in the world is referred to as the birthplace of Golf?


a) St. Andrews - Scotland
b) Llandrindod Wells - Wales
c) Dewstow Golf Club - South Wales

For which marriage portal is Anupam Mittal credited as its founder?

a) Shaadi.com
b) bharatmatrimony.com
c) Lifemate.in

Quiz 2

Shigeru Miyamoto, a top game designer, is best associated with which game maker?

a) Nintendo
b) Sony
c) Microsoft

Which golfing personality is referred to as the “Shark”?


a) Jack Nicklaus
b) John Daly
c) Greg Norman

Jimmy Wales founded what?

a) Youtube
b) Wikipedia
c) T3 Magazine

Quiz 3

What kind of search engine is Technorati?

a) Picture Searcher
b) Blog Searcher
c) Music/ Audio Searcher

Which among these was a company started by Steve Jobs?


a) NeXT
b) mPhasis
c) Zatang

The successor of Windows Vista will be developed by the project Windows____(followed by which city’s name)?

a) Vienna
b) Venice
c) Roma

Quiz 4

What is the Hydropolis?

a) First underwater hotel project being developed off the cost of Dubai
b) The Oracle’s Water Testing software
c) The mineral water sourcing point of Evian

An Icon in the true sense - Who is he?


a) Henry Ford
b) Thomas Edison
c) Lee Iacocca

Santosh Kumar Kulangava would become the first Indian space tourist in 2009 aboard the spaceship of which company/ airline?

a) Boeing XX7
b) Concorde Re-Max
c) Virgin Galactic

Quiz 5

“Elegante” is currently a concept car of who’s among these?

a) Tata Motors
b) Hyundai Motor
c) General Motors

Which is this duo?


a) Co-Founders of Yahoo!, David Filo and Jerry Yang
b) YouTube co-founders Steven Chen and Chad Hurley
c) Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin

It is the act of registering a popular internet address, usually a company name, with the intent of selling it to its more relevant/ rightful owner. How is this referred in business jargon?

a) Cyber Squatting
b) Spamming
c) Cyber Booking

Quiz 6

It was founded in 1988 by Dr. Eli Harari. It has grown to become the world’s largest supplier of flash memory data storage products. Who/ What are we talking about?

a) Imation
b) Sandisk
c) Emtec

Ratchet and Clank are 2 of the gaming champions of whose console?


a) Nintendo Wii
b) Microsoft Xbox 360
c) Sony Playstation

Who/ What is an Ecotel?

a) Economy Telecom Service
b) Eco-friendly Hotel
c) Ecological Expert

Quiz 7

The most popular collected stamp in the US features which pop icon on it?

a) Elvis Presley
b) Bruce Springsteen
c) Ray Charles

Identify this man to whom the IT Industry owes a lot?



a) Andy Grove of Intel
b) Larry Elison of Oracle
c) Michael Dell of Dell

Information Superhighway – who is best credited for this term?


a) N.R. Narayanamurthy
b) Al Gore
c) Bill Gates

Quiz 8

Who is remembered for being the only person to have played golf on the Moon (with a Spalding six-iron)?



a) Alan Shepherd
b) Neil Armstrong
c) Buzz Aldrin

“Shape Your World” is the base line of which car’s advertising in India?

a) Hyundai Getz
b) Zen Estilo
c) Indica Xeta

A big name from the world of showbiz - Who is this?


a) Rupert Murdoch
b) Ted Turner
c) Kerry Packer

Colorful balls. Big and Small. Whose TV ad features this?


a) Canon Powershot
b) Samsung Colour Monitor
c) Sony Bravia

Intel will be producing low-end PCs for children in India priced between Rs.9-11K. What will it be called?



a) Intelli PC
b) Cyber Junior
c) Classmate

01/03/07

March 2007 Main Quiz

Quiz 1

Which techie giant is listed on the NYSE by the short code of INTC?

a) IBM
b) Infosys
c) Intel

In its quest to bring more good things to life, what among these is GE is getting into by April this year?


a) Digital Cameras and Photo Printers
b) Mobile Phones
c) Ready-to-wear

Who is the No. 1 computer security software maker?

a) Symantec
b) McAfee
c) BitDefender

Quiz 2

Just as Microsoft released the Vista as its new operating system, what among these is the new offering from Apple?


a) 360D
b) Cyberia
c) Leopard

What did Fujio Masuoka invent in the '80s that launched the Digital Era?

a) The flash-memory chip
b) Sony Trinitron
c) Artificial Intelligence (AI Technology)

First man to be on the cover of Playboy – who was it?


a) Richard Burton
b) Peter Sellers
c) Roger Moore

Quiz 3

What company/ brand name on the right of this logo is masked?


a) Cisco Systems
b) Seagate
c) Fuji

A Man. A Legend. Who is it?



a) Henry Ford
b) Enzo Ferrari
c) Lee Iacocca

The invention of the VCR is credited to which among these companies?

a) Sony
b) Philips
c) JVC

Quiz 4

Which domain name recently got sold at a price of US$14Mn to become the world’s most expensive domain name?

a) Sex.com
b) Business.com
c) America.com

The Super Mario game comes from which stable?


a) Nintendo
b) Sony
c) Microsoft

It’s called as VU. It’s in Mumbai and it’s the first of sorts in India. What is it?

a) Sony PlayStation Parlor
b) The largest mobile boutique
c) A Gadget Bar

Quiz 5

That’s a Google holiday logo depicting which occasion?


a) Thanks Giving Day
b) Halloween Day
c) Guy Fawkes Night

What invention is the contribution of Joseph Woodland to retail business?

a) Digital Scales
b) Bar Code
c) Digital surveillance systems

What among these is the main business of the company Caterpillar?



a) Office Furniture
b) IT Storage Devices
c) Earth moving equipment

Quiz 6

What is the creation of Jim Davis that excites us daily?

a) Dilbert
b) Garfield, the cat
c) Dennis, the Menace

This is the logo of which company?


a) Bentley
b) Brietling
c) Bridgestone

Who in the world is the largest automotive components supplier?

a) Mico
b) Bosch
c) Talbros

Quiz 7

Which watch brand is endorsed by Nicole Kidman?


a) Omega
b) Citizen
c) Raymond Weil

It’s a game where you build the character, control their emotions and lives. And do a lot more. Which among these is it?

a) SIMS 2
b) Diablo
c) Halo

Which was the first metro in India to have mobile phone services in 1995?


a) Mumbai
b) Delhi
c) Kolkata

Quiz 8

What was recently unveiled in Australia recently and is being called as burkini?

a) Storm alert service of 3 Mobile
b) Swimwear for Muslim Women
c) Animated character seen in cricket on TV (replacing the duck on someone getting out on zero)

A brand of camera is endorsed by Sachin Tendulkar. Which one is it?


a) Canon
b) Fuji
c) Kodak

Who is launching a premium range of shoes under the name of Black Label in India?

a) Nike’
b) Samsonite
c) Lotto

Ambassador, the first car made in India in 1948, is originally based on which car?


a) Austin Healey
b) Triumph TR 3B
c) Morris Oxford

What is the “7X Formula”?

a) Codename for Windows Vista project
b) The Coca-Cola Formula
c) The iPhone configuration