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BACK TO THE ? FUTUREQuestions compiled by:Rohit Vineet NairFINALS5 roundsRules as we go alongQMs word is finalROUND 1Infinite BounceRules:6 questions clockwise, +10 for correct answerPounce - +10, -10Question 1Which p2p payment system developed by Satoshi Nakamoto is currently embroiled in controversy because of rampant usage by the underworld?

SAFETY SLIDEAnswerBitcoin

Question 2X was an Austrian actress and an inventor known for her work in spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping which paved the way for todays wireless communications. X?

SAFETY SLIDEAnswerHedy Lamarr

Question 3Which German company has been chosen as the goal line technology supplier for the FIFA WC 2014 beating 3 other competitors including the British video tech giant Hawk-Eye?

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Question 4Much of this country's details were not available in Google Maps until January 2013. In an update to its data, Google Maps now shows details of various landmarks from this country whose geography may not be a mystery anymore, but almost everything else is.Which country?SAFETY SLIDEAnswerNorth Korea

Question 5Description from howstuffworks.com: A piston fires. The next piston fires at 315 . There is a 415 gap. A piston fires. The next piston fires at 315. There is a 415 gap and the cycle continues. What is being described here?

SAFETY SLIDEAnswerThe Harley Davidson Engine

Question 6What is this persons claim to fame?

SAFETY SLIDEAnswerDong Nguyen, the man who developed Flappy birds

END OF ROUND 1ROUND 2ConnectRules:Short connect questions1 question to each team+10 for correct answer, direct and pass Part points at QMs discretionNo pounce Question 1Connect: (Exhaustive)SamMikeMaryMichaelMichelleHazelDavidZiraAnnaLiliSAFETY SLIDEAnswerMicrosoft text-to-speech voicesQuestion 2

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Question 3

SAFETY SLIDEAnswerRecursive Acronyms

Wine- Wine Is Not an EmulatorPHP- PHP Hypertext PreprocessorGNU- GNUs Not UnixQuestion 4

SAFETY SLIDEAnswerAccidental inventions/discoveriesQuestion 5Connect: (Exhaustive)RedThe BluesChuckBombMatildaTerenceHal (Boomerang)BubblesStellaSAFETY SLIDEAnswerThe Original flock in Angry Birds

Question 6

SAFETY SLIDEAnswerAlessandro Volta, Nikola Tesla, Isaac NewtonAll have SI units named after themElectric potential-VoltMagnetic flux density- TeslaForce- Newton

END OF ROUND 2ROUND 3Long Visual Connect (Theme based)Rules:Written roundSet of 6 photos connected by a common themeScoring for each individual question- +6 to +1

Contd.Points for theme as follows:After: 1st photo- +30,-202nd photo- +25, -153rd photo - +20, -124th photo- +15, -85th photo- +10, -56th photo - +5, -2Write down the theme, dont shout it out.Only 1 guess allowed for the theme.+30,-20

+25,-15

+20,-12

+15, -8

+10,-5

+5,-2

SAFETY SLIDEAnswersJohn Warnock, Co-founder of Adobe SystemsPalo Alto Research Center, where John Warnock worked before founding AdobeMacromedia, acquired by Adobe Systems in 2005PostScript, developed by Adobe SystemsAdobe CaptivateAdobe PhotoshopTheme: Adobe

END OF ROUND 3ROUND 4Infinite BounceRules:6 questions anti-clockwise, +10 for correct answerPounce - +10, -10Question 1X is the practice of photographing oneself at a particular angle for the sake of obscuring ones own facial flaws. Despite the name X, this phenomenon is not confined solely to ______ and the term can be used to refer to all vainly obscured photos on the internet.

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Question 2Where will you end up if you type www.relentless.com in your browser?

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Question 3Recently, Apple inc announced the name of their long awaited iOS in the car, entering into an agreement with Volvo Cars to use this technology in their upcoming cars. What is the product called?

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Question 4X is a term in the computer industry that describes a product, typically computer hardware or software, that is announced to the general public but is never actually released nor officially cancelled. What is X?

SAFETY SLIDEAnswerVaporwareQuestion 5What comes next in this video?

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Question 6On 18th March, 2014, Sony Corp announced its latest project, codenamed Project Morpheus, a system that works with its Playstation 4 games console. What is Project Morpheus?

SAFETY SLIDEAnswerVirtual reality headset

END OF ROUND 4ROUND 5Differential Scoring Written roundPoints for correct answer = 5*(number of teams that dont write the correct answer)Please do not shout out the answersQuestion 1X syndrome refers to the phenomenon that many people will start to fully apply themselves to a task just at the last possible moment before a deadline. The X syndrome is a form of procrastination. In the end, X will often end up close to the same situation they started with: wishing they had more time as the new delayed deadline approaches.

SAFETY SLIDEAnswerStudent syndromeQuestion 2Identify these two famous gentlemen who established a company (synonymous today with Luxury and Class) in 1906 at Derby, England.

SAFETY SLIDEAnswerCharles RollsHenry RoyceQuestion 3Time Person of the Year:1930- Mahatma Gandhi1938- Adolf Hitler1982- ??2010- Mark ZuckerbergSAFETY SLIDEAnswerThe Computer

Question 4What is unique about this Wikipedia page?

SAFETY SLIDEAnswerClicking on the first link in the main text of a Wikipedia article, and then repeating the process for subsequent articles, usually eventually gets you to the Philosophy article.Question 5What is this?

SAFETY SLIDEAnswerAndroid Wear, a version of the OS specifically designed for wearable devices Question 6Representation of what?

SAFETY SLIDEAnswerPageRank algorithm, used by Google to rank websites in their search engine results

END OF QUIZThank you!