Infoyage 2015 Senior Quiz Finals

INFOYAGE 2015SENIOR QUIZ FINALS

GENERAL RULES• The quiz consists of 30 questions.• Quizmaster ki sun lena. Please.• Infinite bounce and pounce • Marking scheme:

+15/-10 on pounce+10/0 on a direct/passed question

Look out for extra points in the (+5) marked questions!

Q. 1X’s mother was an actress, and his father was a director. He went to Swarthmore College in the late 1950's, where he became a film maker. He then went to graduate school at the University of Chicago in 1959, followed by Harvard University in 1960, where he took a course in computer programming. As he considered the design of this system, X applied his experience as a filmmaker with the conception of complex motion picture effects, moving from one shot to another, and conceived of the idea of Y.

AnswerTed Nelson, Hypertext

Q. 2Google in a recent blog post explained how trained AIs can recall and “generate” images of various objects. The images thus created are endless patterns of new impressions, illustrating how the machines think. What does Google call this phenomenon?

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AnswerInceptionism/day dream/deep dream

Q. 3“There is a trend of brands shutting down their mobile sites in favor of mobile apps — they claim it is due to the overwhelming effort required to maintain all products across multiple platforms. We think that’s a terribly weak argument coming from companies that have no dearth of resources at their disposal. We’re committed to keeping _______ accessible so our customers can use the channels they prefer.” Which popular Indian company’s blog?

AnswerCleartrip

Q. 4Identify.

AnswerNeil Harbisson, first cyborg

Q. 5 (+5)

X held 74% stake in Y, one of India's leading mobile operators. It was acquired by Z based on Malaysia in 2006. Later CBI alleged irregularities in acquiring of Y by Z. CBI charged Dayanithi Maran Ex-Telecom minister had forced X to sell all his stakes to Z in 2005. Now the matter is under scanner of CBI & special CBI court is investing the case. ID X, Y and Z.

AnswerX - Chinnakannan Sivasankaran Y - Aircel Z - Maxis Communications

Q. 6Walk along the bedraggled queue of people, and pillows and discarded bottles of water bore the same bright blue color and were emblazoned with the hashtag #NextIsNew. The blankets, bottles and pillows had been handed out by a dozen or so people wearing blue jackets with the #NextIsNew slogan. What is being talked about?

AnswerSamsung trolling at Apple 6S launch

Q. 7He hails from Tulsa. He studied at Stanford but did not graduate, which is not a problem for anyone but his parents, who maybe should focus on him being the CEO of a company? Before starting Pied Piper, he briefly worked for Hooli. You know, the corporate behemoth whose butt he just kicked at TechCrunch? Who is being talked about?

AnswerRichard Hendricks, Silicon Valley

Q. 8At 1:20 AM Eastern Time on Tuesday, September 29, Sanmay Ved, an ex-googler, managed to buy and retain ownership of what for a full minute for a sum of $12?(Easiest one!)

AnswerThe domain, www.google.com

Q. 9Who are Neo-Luddites?

AnswerPeople who oppose modern technology and the rate at which technological evolution takes place.

Q. 10 (+5)

Connect.

AnswerNearbuy

• Ankur Warikoo• Sequoia Capital

Q. 11"Who wants a Y? You have to get 'em, put 'em away, you lose 'em – tech! Nobody wants a Y. So let's not use a Y.“ “God gave us ten Ys. Let us not invent another.”

Who’s being quoted? What is Y?

AnswerSteve Jobs, Y - Stylus

Q. 12This company was formerly known as “Isis Mobile Wallet” but due to the popularity of the militant group ISIS, it renamed itself and adopted the name X. X was recently acquired by Google to compete with Apple Pay and then shut down. ID X.

AnswerSoftcard

Q. 13X were initially used by Japanese mobile operators, NTT DoCoMo, au, and SoftBank Mobile (formerly Vodafone). These companies each defined their own variants of X using proprietary standards. From 2010 onwards, some X character sets have been incorporated into Unicode, a standard system for indexing characters, which has allowed them to be used outside Japan and to be standardised across different operating systems. ID X.

AnswerEmoji

Q. 14This is an easter egg from the movie Ex Machina. What does the code return?

AnswerISBN to Embodiment and the inner life: Cognition and Consciousness in the Space of Possible Minds

Q. 15 (+5)

Connect.

AnsweriGATE

• Sunil Wadhwani and Ashok Trivedi, founders of iGATE• iGATE old logo• Capgemini acquired iGATE

START ANTI-CLOCKWISE!

Q. 16On 22nd October 2015, Google’s holding company reported its third-quarter earnings, with revenue and earnings slightly above expectations. The bigger news tucked in the release: The company finally issued a major buyback, some $5 billion, to shareholders, what investors have demanded for years.

The exact number of the share repurchase was funky, $5,099,019,513.59. What’s funky about it?

Answer√26 = 5.09901951359

Q. 17The X is a method of measuring a civilization's level of technological advancement, based on the amount of energy a civilization is able to utilize. The scale has three designated categories called Type I, II, and III. A Type I civilization uses only resources available on its home planet, Type II harnesses all needed energy from its local star, and Type III of its galaxy. The scale is only hypothetical, but it puts energy consumption in a cosmic perspective. It was first proposed in 1964 by the Soviet astronomer. Various extensions of the scale have been proposed since, from a wider range of power levels (types 0, IV and V) to the use of metrics other than pure power.ID X.

AnswerKardashev Scale

Q. 18In 1996, X founded the Y, as the organization’s CEO and creative director, she co-produced and directed theatrical productions of Y in addition to directing short films for the show. With hosts that included Alan Cumming, and appearances by Al Gore, Prince, and Thomas Friedman, among others, The Y consistently sold out the venues in which they were presented. X appeared on Good Morning America as the program’s on-air internet expert from 2000 – 2003.X and Y please?(Hint: She introduced the concept of “Cloud filmmaking”)

AnswerX - Tiffany ShlainY - Webby Awards

Q. 19Alexander Asseily and Hosain Rahman, who met as Stanford University undergraduates, founded Aliph 1999 to develop noise-cancelling technology for the U.S. military. In 2002, Aliph won a contract with DARPA, the U.S. military’s research arm, to research ways for combat soldiers to communicate clearly with each other in difficult and adverse conditions. Upon recognizing the consumer potential in their work the pair began to develop a mobile phone headset designed to dramatically suppress background noise for the listener. Currently, We know this company by a different name and has moved to wearable technology and Internet of Things. How do we know this company today?

AnswerJawbone

Q. 20 (+5)

Connect.

AnswerMSN1. Marvel was the codename.2. Nathan Paul Myhrvold, head of MSN project.3. MSN

Q. 21What was developed by Jay Freeman (also called "saurik") and his company, SaurikIT. The name X is an allusion to the Codling Moth, with a scientific name of X, which is the proverbial "worm in the ______”?

AnswerCydia

Q. 22An executive of X announced that it is gearing up to compete in the gaming wearable space, announcing a partnership with games publisher Valve to bring a virtual reality headset to market, called the X Vive — to compete with the likes of the Oculus Rift. He said that the Vive will offer a “room-scale” VR experience, delivered via “over 70 sensors to provide full 360 room-scale tracking”.ID X.

AnswerHTC

Q. 23X is the founder and CEO of Vanu, Inc., a firm whose software-based radio technology provides a wireless infrastructure that enables individual base stations to simultaneously operate GSM, CDMA, and iDEN protocols for cellphone voice and data transmission. X’s father revolutionized the audio industry. He quoted, "I would have been fired a hundred times at a company run by MBAs. But I never went into business to make money. I went into business so that I could do interesting things that hadn't been done before."P.S. - The full name is required.

AnswerVanu Bose, son of Amar Bose.

Q. 24X and ZMP Inc. have agreed to collaborate on the development and launch of enterprise solutions using autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles for image capture combined with cloud-based data processing. X and ZMP will jointly found “Aerosense Inc.,” a new company.X please?

AnswerSony

Q. 25 (+5)

Connect

AnswerBetaworks

• Instapaper• Dots• Digg

Q. 26X, the bitcoin exchanged started by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has finally received approval to launch from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYSDFS).What is X?

AnswerGemini

Q. 27X was founded by Reshma Saujani in 2012 who came up with the idea of creating the organization during her run for the United States Congress when she noticed that schools along her campaign route lacked girls in computer science classrooms. The organization runs summer programs teaching high school girls computing skills like programming, robotics, and web design, with the 7 week sessions including projects and trips to companies like Twitter and Facebook.ID X.

AnswerGirls who code (GWS).

Q. 28Which company’s ad campaign is this (image on next slide) on which it spent $8 million and ended up facing backlash?

AnswerAirbnb

Q. 29Facebook has revealed its first full-scale drone, which it plans to use to provide internet access in remote parts of the world. Code-named X, the solar-powered drone will be able to fly without landing for three months at a time, using a laser to beam data to a base station on the ground. The company plans to use a linked network of the drones to provide internet access to large rural areas. However, as with its Internet.org project, Facebook will not be dealing with customers directly, instead partnering with local ISPs to offer the services.

What is X?

AnswerAcquila

Q. 30 (+5)

Connect.

AnswerGateway Inc.1. Former logo of Gateway2. Former logo of Acer3. Stan Shih, founder of Acer

Tie breakers• Russel Simons co-founded which company?(YELP)• Nelson Gonzalez founded which company?(Alienware)• Connect:

Opera, Vivaldi, Lars Boilesen(Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner)• Arzoo was founded by which famous IT personality?(Sabeer Bhatia)

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