01/02/07

February 2007 Main Quiz

Quiz 1

The world’s largest car maker for 2006 was –

a) Ford Motor Co
b) Toyota Motor Corp.
c) General Motors Corp

The ____P310 is the world’s only credit card size phone. It is from whom?

a) Samsung
b) Sony Ericsson
c) LG

Arun Sarin is the CEO of which global telecom company?


a) Vodafone
b) 3-Mobile
c) Nokia

Quiz 2

The first area of business of Nokia way back in 1865 was obviously not cell phones. What was it?
a) Cable/ Wires
b) Rubber works
c) Paper Mills

As per Alexa traffic rankings, which is the top site in India?

a) Yahoo.com
b) Orkut.com
c) Google.co.in

What kind of a device is apoptosis?

a) It’s the real name of the “Hawk Eye” technology in cricket
b) A device that disconnects cellphone calls happening near you
c) It’s a calculator developed by Duckworth Lewis for targets shortened cricket games

Quiz 3

Which site was founded in 2005 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim?

a) Flickr.com
b) Youtube.com
c) AOL.com

Who is the world’s largest toy maker?


a) Mattel
b) Fisher Price
c) Hanayama

What is the reference to the smallest part of a digitized or Digital Image?

a) DPI
b) Pixel
c) Hi-Definition

Quiz 4

Think. Computers help people help people. Solutions for a small planet. These slogans are best associated with which IT Giant?

a) IBM
b) Apple
c) HP

Which car makers name do you prominently see on the courts of the Australian Open Tennis these days?


a) Ford
b) Toyota
c) Kia Motors

In terms of computer data storage what is 2 to the 40th power or approximately a thousand billion bytes?

a) A Terabyte
b) A Gigabyte
c) A Petabyte

Quiz 5

What is the GRAPE IV, or Gravity Pipeline?

a) The first cordless mouse
b) The code name of the Channel Train project
c) The first computer to perform a trillion operations per second

This used to be the logo of which organisation?

a) Voice of America
b) British Telecom
c) Bose

What on earth is e-choupal?

a) ITC’s rural marketing venture
b) “Cybercafes” in rural areas powered by Microsoft
c) Slang name of the e-mart at Nehru Place, New Delhi

Quiz 6

What is an “interstitial” on the cyberspace?

a) The techy-name for a pop-up
b) A page inserted in the normal flow of editorial content on a Web site for the purpose of advertising.
c) A ticker/ crawler on the screen enabling you to work as well as keeping yourself updated with news, sports scores, etc.

Which country out of these do you imagine has setup a helpline for Gaming addiction of all things?


a) Holland
b) South Korea
c) Spain

“Nation shall speak unto Nation” is the motto of which organisation?

a) BBC
b) Vodafone
c) British Telecom

Quiz 7

Garmin, NovAtel and Trimble are collectively best associated with what products?

a) GPS Devices
b) Pen-Drives
c) MP3 Players

What is the term used these days for only music storage services?


a) Jukeboxes
b) MCs (Music Caches)
c) Lockers

Celador originated this. What did they originate?

a) Who wants to be a Millionaire (KBC in India)
b) American Idol (Indian Idol in India)
c) Deal or No Deal (Deal Ya No Deal in India

Quiz 8

Trait of an urban man of any sexual orientation with a strong aesthetic sense who spends a great amount of time and money on his appearance and lifestyle. Who is this in a single word?

a) Metrosexual
b) Yuppie
c) Wannabe

What was adjudged by the Time Magazine as the best invention of 2006?


a) Nike + iPod Sport Kit
b) YouTube
c) Apple MacBook Pro

Who among these was the top searched person of 2006 on Yahoo?

a) Paris Hilton
b) Britney Spears
c) Shakira

The cute Matiz is coming back with a makeover and a different name. What will it be called?


a) Pony
b) Atos
c) Chevy Spark

For what are the gadget geeks thankful to Philippe Kahn?

a) Invention of the Blackberry
b) Invention of the Camera Phone
c) Devising the iPod

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