Sci-Tech-Biz Quiz

Researched and Conducted by Sharan Seshadri and Ninaad Rajeev

ISTE in association with LDQ presents

Q1)X was handpicked by Vinod Dham (Father of the Pentium chip), and

worked for Intel between 1985 and 1991. He also founded BPL mobile, later renamed to Loop Mobile, which was acquired by Bharti Airtel for

700 crores. X is in the news for being one of the largest investors in Arnab Goswami’s new media venture “Republic”

• ID X.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Q2The name _____, was chosen due to the fact that it has a hard

consonant, with the letter ‘x’, and therefore could be recognised with higher precision. The name is also claimed to be reminiscent of the

library of ___________.

Give me the first blank/What is being talked about?

Amazon’s Alexa• Library of Alexandria

Q3X is a company established in 2014. It now has 1000 employees, and is in financial partnership with LeEco, the consumer electronics company.

It debuted its second concept vehicle, FF91, at CES 2017, and caught everyone’s attention as the car claimed to accelerate from 0-60mph in

2.5 seconds.

• ID X.

Faraday Future

Q4What is this statue in Russia dedicated to ?

Lab mice

Q5*X Technology Corporation raised $10.3 million through a Kickstarter campaign running from April 11, 2012, through May 18, 2012; this was the most money raised for any product on the site at that time. Best Buy, an American corporation, began selling X products in July 2013, and sold out within five days.

On December 7, 2016, X officially announced that the company would be shut down and would no longer manufacture or continue support for any devices, nor honor any existing warranties. X's intellectual property, and a portion of the X staff, was purchased by Y.

ID X, Y.

X- PebbleY- Fitbit

Q6)X was used for the first time about 1300 AD by Spanish alchemist Arnaldus de Villa Nova. X's etymology can be traced back to two words from Old Norse, one meaning 'dye' and the other meaning 'moss'.

ID X.

Litmus

Q7• The tweet is a pun on a certain technology. The technology is used in

Bitcoin. Give us the the original term.

Blockchain

Q8)• Give us the blank,

which is also a pun

Epoch Time- Number of seconds elapsed since midnight of 1st January 1970

Q9)*• Armalcolite is a Titanium Rich mineral with the chemical formula

(Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O5, together with tranquallityite and pyroxferroite. It was first discovered in 1969.• It is named after 3 people who were instrumental in making its

discovery possible.

• Who are the three people?

Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins (First men on the moon)

Q10)*

Q11)• Few people recognize his name, but most know Walter Werzowa's

work: the five musical tones heard in every commercial for _____.• It took Werzowa two weeks to create the audio mark. ____ told him it

wanted tones that evoked innovation, trouble-shooting skills and the inside of a computer, while also sounding corporate and inviting.• He used a bunch of marimba and xylophone because he thought they

sounded corporate

Which company ?

Intel

Q12)• X was invented by William A Mitchell in 1957, but did not gain

popularity until NASA decided to use it on John Glenn’s Mercury Flight in February 1962, and the subsequent Gemini missions.• Since then, it is closely associated with the US Space program. X was

used to improve the poor taste of the water from the life support system• In 2013, Buzz Aldrin admitted “X sucks”

ID X

Q13)• ____________ refers to vertical integration of the customer

experience within a specific industry. Its name comes from the popularity of an on-demand service called X. • The idea is to create mobile application that allows a user to easily

request a commonly needed service such as cleaning or car repair and have it perform quickly with little hassle.

• Give us the term

Uberification

Q14)• Put on display at CES 2017, this company used a VR Headset to prank

people. Which company ?

Tinder

Q15)*• What are these the ads of?

Penguin Audiobooks