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The Great Minds Tech Quiz Pune 2011 - Pune Edition Prelims

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Prelims of The Great Minds Tech Quiz hosted by Rohit Nair at Pune.Sinhgad College of Engineering won the quiz.TGMTQ is brought to you by Quizworks in association with IBM The Great Mind Challenge.

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WELCOME TO

THE Pune PRELIMS

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Rules & Regulations• The Great Minds Tech Quiz is open to only Engineering

& MCA Students

• All teams must consist of 3 members each- from the SAME college

• No negative markings in the prelims

• Top 6 teams on stage

• Inbuilt tie-breakers to decide in case of any ties.

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Created by Jordan Mechner, this video game franchisee was originally developed for the Apple II Computer.

This has now been spawned to an action film which was released in 2010.

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Who was named the TIME Person of the Year 2010?

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What was invented by Sanai Mito, a former Osaka Municipal University professor working for Sharp in the early 1970s?

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Logo of this online company was changed twice in matter of 6 months in 2010, due to severe

backlash from users. Which company?

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King Harald Blatant , who ruled Denmark from 940-980 AD gives his name to the which popularly used technology ?

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What invention of the late 19th century forced William Proctor to rethink the strategy on his most profitable product (at that time)?

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Who co-authored a paper with Dr Robert Kahn in 1973 that gave the world TCP and IP?

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The 10th edition of this software was launched on 10th October 2010.

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This company's name is officially an abbreviation of the phrase 'Do communication over the mobile network'.

Identify the company.

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•This character has changed numerous careers since 1959.

•The 126th profession was that of a Computer Engineer.

Which character are we discussing?

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Identify the author of the Best selling book

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All the best for the Finals

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