BIZ TECH QUIZ

Rules• Written round.• Total of 10 questions.• Teams will exchange sheets after the round is over.• +10 for each correct (+5 for partly correct ) answer and no negatives.

1) NASA awarded the company a contract in 2006, to design and demonstrate a launch system to resupply cargo to the International Space Station (ISS). X's achievements include the first privately funded, liquid-propellant rocket (Falcon 1) to reach orbit, in 2008 ;the first privately funded company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft (Dragon), in 2010; and the first private company to send a spacecraft (Dragon) to the ISS, in 2012. Identify the company X.

• SpaceX

2) X is an intensively competitive individual, and he takes that competition very personally. He doesn't believe in there being any limits to the ends that one should go to pursue victory over one's competitors. For him, the battle for market dominance has no "friendly" aspect to it. In 2003, Mike Wilson wrote a book on his life named The Difference Between God and X: *God Doesn't Think He's X. Who is X?

• Larry Ellison

3)Name the device.

• iFusion – Smartstation dock for iPhone

FITB.4) __________ is a type of rich media Web advertisement that appears uninitiated, superimposed over a user-requested page, and disappears or becomes unobtrusive after a specific time period (typically 5-30 seconds).(Image in the next slide)

• Floating ads.

5) What led to the following things?• Okamoto Industries Inc. slumping 10 percent.• Pigeon Corp. surged 10.7 percent.• Unicharm Corp. and Kao Corp. both rose nearly 4 percent.• In New Zealand, the local dollar jumped as high as $0.6772, gaining

nearly 1 percent from $0.6699 the day before.

• China ending its one child policy and allowing two children.

• Okamoto Industries Inc. slumping 10 percent (Condom seller).

• Pigeon Corp. surged 10.7 percent (Baby bottle maker).

• Unicharm Corp. and Kao Corp. both rose nearly 4 percent (diaper makers).

• In New Zealand, the local dollar jumped as high as $0.6772, gaining nearly 1 percent from $0.6699 the day before (major importer of dairy products).

6) The videotape format war was a period of intense competition or "format war" of incompatible models of consumer-level analog video videocassette and video cassette recorders (VCR) in the late 1970s and the 1980s, mainly involving the X and Y formats. X was released by Sony in 1975 but soon after JVC released a competing home video recorder that was lighter, cheaper, and used Y format tapes that could hold a two-hour movie instead of X's one-hour limit. Y ultimately emerged as the pre-eminent format. It can be compared to modern day Bluray and HD DVD format war between Sony and Toshiba. Identify X and Y.(Part points applicable)

• X- Betamax (Sony) , Y- VHS (JVC)

7) This is the image of Lenovo Vibe S1. What is the unique thing about this specific phone?

• World’s first phone with two front cameras owing to the selfie trend recently.

8) X traces its roots to a textile manufacturing company established by Oliver Chace in 1839. In 1962, Y began buying stock in X after noticing a pattern in the price direction of its stock whenever the company closed a mill. Y initially maintained the core business of textiles, but by 1967, he was expanding into the insurance industry and other investments. Now, X is an American multinational company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, United States and according to forbes is the fifth largest company in the world. In 2010, Y claimed that purchasing X was the biggest investment mistake he had ever made yet it made him a billionaire. Identify X and Y.

• X- Berkshire Hathaway, Y- Warren Buffett

• X is a foundation established by Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh meant to fight Cancer by spreading awareness about the fatal disease.• In April 2015 Yuvraj Singh announced the intention to invest INR 40-

50 crores in online startups. Initial investments have been made in Vyomo, Moovo, Healthians, EduKart, JetSetGo and most recently Cartisan.• Name X.

• YouWeCan

10) What is abc.xyz?

• Alphabet’s website url.

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