ACM Bangalore Computer Quiz 2010

Quizzing is indeed one of my passions. I justified this fact by finding for myself a quiz in my very first days at Bangalore :). It was the inaugural ACM Bangalore Computer quiz. They plan to hold it annually now. Thinking that computer quizzes were my forte, I went to the Taj Residency(another reason for attending the quiz) to take part in this quiz. However, the level of the quiz proved to be way over my head. In fact, I had just managed to get 2 questions correct in the 20 question prelims (the cutoff was 10). However, the final round proved to be relatively easier and I knew the answers for quite a few questions. It was an open quiz. Most of the finalists were famous (in the Bangalore quizzing circle) quizmasters themselves! Here are some of the questions...


Q1. What unique feat connects Chorme, Droid and Nexus One?

Q2. Who recently said, "The "//" after the colon in Web addresses, was unnecessary. "

Q3. Which famous personality credited with the development of a file system in Linux was convicted for the murder of his wife?

Q4. If Firefox:Gecko and Safari:Webkit then IE: ________

Q5. Jane Silber will become the CEO of which company in March 2010?

Q6. _______________ is a neologism that posits a form of repetitive strain injury caused by the frequent use of the thumb(s) to press buttons on PDAs, smart phones, or other mobile devices

Q7. J. Allan Toogood a _____ programmer once said, "God is Real, unless declared integer." Give the funda.

Q8. Developed by Ludicorp, a Vancouver-based company, this service emerged out of tools originally created for Ludicorp's Gmae Neverending, a very famous MMORPG. Identify the service.

Q9. what is the claim to fame of the V838 Manocerotis (as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope)?


Q10.What is the claim to fame of this music album by ABBA?


Q.11 Identify the product.




Q12. Who is the person and what is the claim to fame of this device?


Q13. What is this? ("Give the funda"- in the words of that quizmaster)



Q14. What is this device and what's special about this?



Q15. Who is he and what is his claim to fame?


Q16. Connect...









Q17. Intel recently posted a $10,000 bounty on eBay for someone who could provide it a copy of teh April 19, 1965 edition of the Electronics Magazine. Why?

Q18. Connect/Explain.

Connect

Happy new year to all!!Looking forward to some imba quizzing on the blog in 2010!

This is a typical connect quiz...not as good as my previous quizzes though...but I hope it is fun!

For each question, connect the pictures and explain the connect

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Q.2)
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Q.3)

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