01/06/07

June 2007 Main Quiz

Quiz 1

Which among these is Steven Levitt’s most famous book?

a) Freakonomics
b) Marketing Myopia
c) Experiential Marketing

That’s the logo of a famous movie company. Which one?



a) MGM
b) Paramount
c) Columbia Pictures

What is the name of Microsoft’s new game developed to fend off competition against Nintendo and Sony?

a) Halo 3
b) Dark Horse 2
c) PlayMate 1

Quiz 2

How is Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine better known?

a) Aspirin
b) Viagra
c) RDX

This is an MP3 Scooter. Which company does it come from?



a) Honda
b) Piaggio
c) Yamaha

Who among these is accepted as India’s largest MNC?

a) Nokia
b) IBM
c) Samsung

Quiz 3

What did Kevin Bachus, Seamus Blackley, Otto Berkes and Ted Hase develop together for Microsoft in 2000?

a) Windows XP
b) Xbox
c) Outlook Express 5.0

Subtle, yet classy – looking at the picture it’s possible to work out which ad is this.



a) Apple – Mac 2006
b) Nokia N Series
c) Volkswagen Beetle

What is the contribution of James B Lansing to the world of music?

a) The MP3
b) JBL Audio
c) Development of Sony Walkman

Quiz 4

Ever wondered what the full form of USB is. Guess one out of these?



a) Unplugging Systems Back-up
b) Universal Serial Bus
c) User-defined System Buffer

The luxury car Teana is from which company’s stable?

a) Nissan
b) General Motors
c) Toyota

That’s the logo of which company?



a) Boeing
b) Qantas
c) Verizon

Quiz 5

They are called as Astronauts in the US and Cosmonauts in Russia. Taikonauts are from where?

a) Germany
b) Japan
c) China

A pioneer of sorts. A legend for sure. Who is this man from the motor world?



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

Come July, Energy Star 4.0 will be in vogue in the US. What is it all about?

a) Launch of a rating system for energy efficiency of PCs
b) Launch of a new variant of Gatorade
c) Launch of Chevrolet’s new hybrid car

Quiz 6

While the A380 will be the largest civilian aircraft, which Russian cargo plane is actually the largest in the world otherwise?



a) Ilyushin
b) Antanov 225
c) Topalev TU-144

What was founded in 2003 by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, that’s a software which makes communicating with people around the world easy and fun?

a) Orkut
b) Skype
c) I’m – Windows Live Messenger

That’s the logo of which pen brand?



a) Mont Blanc
b) Waterman
c) Sheaffer

Quiz 7

The development of what, was the objective of the Manhattan Project?

a. The first PC
b. The first Cell Phone
c. Nuclear Weopons

Garuda is an airline based out of which country?



a) Nepal
b) Indonesia
c) Sri Lanka

Introduced in 1971, the Kenbak-1 is generally considered to be the world's first what?

a) Personal Computer
b) First mobile phone model from Nokia
c) Model of Sony Walkman

Quiz 8

Blades, Mumbo, Half Jacket and Radar – these are all variants of sports sunglasses from whom?



a) Oakley
b) Ray-Ban
c) Levi’s

It was designed by Erno ____ in 1974. And while it was showcased at the Nuremberg Toy Show in 1979, it was a mega success only by 1982 having sold over 100 million units. What was it?

a) Cabbage Patch Kid
b) The Rubik’s Cube
c) The Hotwheels range of cars

Why the Ford Model T was called so?



a) It succeeded model S
b) Named after the first name initial of Henry Ford’s son
c) Because of its broad front, narrow rear “T” design

Business Jargon - If somebody had a “bandwidth problem” in office what is the problem one would encounter?

a) Inadequate number of PCs/ Laptops
b) Inadequate staff numbers
c) As simple as slow speed of internet download

It was first quoted in 1965 that computers would/ have double(d) up in capacity every 18 to 24 months. What did this came to be referred as?



a) Bohr’s Law
b) Anderson’s Law
c) Moore’s Law

01/05/07

May 2007 Main Quiz

Quiz 1

What does SG as on Cricket bats stand for?



a) Sunny Gavaskar
b) Sporting Goods
c) Sanspareils Greenlands

What are Sparsha, Surabhi, Umang, Falak and Spandana collectively a part of?

a) WorldSpace Stations
b) New Hindi fonts in the Windows Vista
c) Part of the new series of HCL Desktop Computers

Inimae Naangathan, Chhota Chetan, Friends Forever – What are all these?

a) Indian 3D Movies
b) Microsoft India’s HR Programmes
c) Indian sub-brands of soon to come Nokia CDMA phones

Quiz 2

What interesting thing in the cyber world is originally a creation of the Keyhole Inc.?

a) MSN Messenger
b) Finger print enabled access to computers
c) Google Earth

What on earth is the Maglev?

a) Currently the fastest train in the world
b) The latest games update on Xbox 360
c) The new antivirus kit from Symantec

His name was Rene’____. Which brand did he bring to us?



a) Nike’
b) Lacoste
c) Adidas

Quiz 3

KrisWorld is the in-flight entertainment system of which airline?



a) Cathay Pacific
b) Singapore Airlines
c) British Airways

What was designed by IBM in 1992 and was called as “Simon”?

a) The first smart phone
b) The first scientific calculator
c) The first web cam

The code 6E is the prefix to flight numbers of which domestic airline?

a) Kingfisher
b) Indigo
c) SpiceJet

Quiz 4

Who or what is “brog”?

a) Brands on Blog
b) Blogs of British origin
c) Computer garbage

In 1964 Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman got together in the shoe business. It was in 1972 that they got their own make of shoe. Which make was it?

a) New Balance
b) Puma
c) Nike

Which company is soon bringing out the first sub Rs.25K laptop in India?




a) Zenith
b) HCL
c) Sahara

Quiz 5

A world best seller plaything invented by Ruth Handler in 1959 named after her daughter. What is it?

a) Hoola Hoop
b) Frisbee
c) Barbie Dolls

What in the computer world was referred to as Osborne 1 and was truly the first of its kind in 1981?

a) The cordless mouse
b) The first truly laptop computer
c) The floppy disk

Invented by JP Knight, the world's first traffic lights were installed at the intersection of George and Bridge Streets in 1868. Which city was this in?



a) London
b) New York
c) Belfast

Quiz 6

Who among these was named as the Time Magazine’s “Man of the Year” in 1982?

a) Bill Gates
b) The Computer
c) Al Gore

How is the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States well known?

a) Hollywood
b) Silicon Valley
c) HP2

Who among these celebrities bought the first Hummer manufactured for civilian use in 1992?



a) Arnold Schwarzenegger
b) Christopher Reeve
c) Sylvestor Stallone

Quiz 7

In the 1940s, it was the first electronic computer which was about 80 feet long and weighed 30 tons. It was at least 50,000 times slower than the current desktop computers. What was it called?

a) ENIAC
b) Big Bull
c) Wizard

Who among these formed the company called Lakeside Programming Group at the age of 14?

a) Michael Dell
b) Steve Jobs
c) Bill Gates

This picture – best associated with which company?



a) Atlas Cycles
b) Bridgestone
c) MRF

Quiz 8

Steve Wozniak at one time had sold “blue boxes”. What did these blue boxes enable?



a) Making free telephone calls
b) Converting measurements from one unit to the other
c) Voice Mail recording

On which product would you most commonly find the letters YKK?

a) Memory Cards
b) Bulbs
c) Zipper

Vaio as in Sony Vaio is an acronym for what?



a) Voice Activated Internet Operability
b) Video Audio Integrated Operations
c) Various Intelligent Operations

It’s called as Mehran in Pakistan. What is it called in India?

a) Hyundai Santro
b) Maruti 800
c) Fiat Palio

What would happen to somebody in the western world, if he/ she said “I got Bangalored”?

a) Banned from working in any company of a certain industry
b) Looses his/ her job due to outsourcing to India (more specifically Bangalore)
c) Superceded by an Asian in terms of promotion in the office