Access 2016 Open Quiz

Access 2016 Open QuizFinals

Made by Apratim Chandra Singh,Paavas Bhasin & Ayan Marwaha

Hosted by Apratim Chandra Singh & Paavas Bhasin

Rules

• 42 Questions in the finals (36 Questions on B&P, 6 Questions on buzzer)• Infinite Bounce and Pounce• +15/-10 on pounce• +10 on bouncing• Last 6 questions on buzzer• +20/-20 on buzzer

Q1

X was designed by the Bigelow & Holmes design studio in 1985.  Charles Bigelow is an American type historian, professor and designer. Kris Holmes coauthored Chicago, Geneva, Monaco and New York, the original Macintosh city fonts. Both designers wanted to create a font family that gave nice output on laser printers and displays, was available in a wide range of variants and weights, and included many mathematical symbols. Over the years they extended the font family which now includes serif, sans-serif, blackletter, calligraphic, mono-spaced, handwritten, casual and fax-optimized variants.  Which popular font’s origin history is this ?

Lucida

Q2

X was the codename for a rumoured Booklet PC from Microsoft, first reported in 2008 and cancelled in 2010. The unit would have contained dual-touchscreens that faced each other in a booklet form factor, and would have used a stylus and finger touch for input. The device would have been hinged like a book, with the seven-inch screens facing each other when the "book" was closed. A 3-megapixel digital camera with 4x zoom was integrated into the prototype system, and the final model might have contained an inductive charging pad for charging batteries wirelessly. What was the codename of the booklet PC ? <Image on next slide>

Microsoft Courier

Q3

• From the company’s ‘About Us’ Page• “Our goal is to make digital payments so easy, safe and universally

accepted that people never feel the need to carry cash or cards again. We believe India is at the cusp of a new mobile revolution, which will change the way we manage our money on the go. We see ourselves facilitating this change, through technology and dogged customer centricity.” Founded by Sameer Nigam, Rahul Chari and Burzin Engineer. Identify this Non Banking Financial Institution app which published its advertisement in national dailies across India few days ago and has received publicity due to the demonetization drive.

PhonePe

Q4

The company was founded in 1891 by Gerard X, a maternal cousin of Karl Marx, in Eindhoven, Netherlands. It's real name is Koninklijke X N.V or Royal X, commonly known as X. Gimme X or name of company.

Philips

Q5

Dr.Sanjay Sharma is known as the father of the RFID technology. While the technology is still in R&D stage, the last major pioneer of this technology was Hitachi, when it made a 0.4 mm tag a decade ago. Why did this technology come into public focus recently?

Rumored to be used in the 2000 Rupee note

Q6

In 1983, he designed his own computer-themed card game called Compucards which used binary numbers (1, 2, 4, 8...) instead of decimal and had a computer bug as the joker. The equivalent of a king in a regular deck of cards was the 'Programmer' that bore an uncanny resemblance to the creator himself. Who was the creator?<image>

Sam Pitroda

Q7

Eric S Raymond is the author of the Cathedral and the Bazaar and The Art of Unix Programming. He is also the head of Jargon File, which is basically the New Hackers Guide. However, he is famous/in famous for something else in the world of technology. How?

He released the Halloween Documents

Q8

Flipkart sent a Thank you card to its faithful users, which invited them to an exclusive preview of "The Flipkart Big Billion Days" 2016. This card, was special, serving another purpose. What?

It has seeds. By planting it in soil and watering, it would bloom

Q9

Joshua Neally, a 37 year old, suffered blockage in lung arteries. However, he managed to reach the hospital 32 km away and was saved. Why is this relevant to the world of technology?

He owned a Tesla Model X, which drove him on Autopilot mode

Q10

Litigation financing startup, Legalist provides funding to civil-lawsuits based on algorithms that determine their likelihood of success. Various factors are included while deciding whether to fund or not. It carries the cost of the lawsuit for a percentage of the financial settlement. Who, (in)famously, is behind this startup?

Peter Thiel

Q11

When asked about Y, X felt that she is funny, whereas X felt that Z has what is every _________'s dream. When X was asked that if he felt that he was better than Y, X replied with a lame pun, and when asked if Z is better than him, he simply said that - Full Respect, the job of a/an ________ is hard. When he was asked about A, he said that he liked her voice alot, aside from a physical feature of hers. ID X, Y, Z and A and give the pun, the dream and/or the physical feature for brownie points

Allo, Siri, Cortana and Alexa    "Its a Siri-ous question"     Her very own video game    Alexa's Blue Light

Q12

X had a ________ to give the users a feeling of being in a Helicopter Cockpit according to officials of Y. However the________ made the X users very uncomfortable and Y gave all the users of X a temporary "jugaad"

X and blank for points. Y is easy

Model X, Tesla and Glass Roof

Q13

FlexGo is a technology developed by X to enable users to use a special business model. This model has been popular in SIM cards and cellphones, but FlexGo was the first for its category. What is FlexGo? Which is the giant?

FlexGo is a technology developed by Microsoft to enable users to pay for using a fully-featured personal computer based on the amount of time it used for, similar to pay as you go for cell phones

Q14

Space Data Corporation has filed a lawsuit infringement against Google over its which project? The Founders said that the Sergey Brin, Larry Page and their team visited their office on the pretext of the deal, but instead went on to make their own technology.

Project Loon

Q15

Who addresses it's interns as "Hey Bae Interns!"... Adding- "There will be hella noms, lots of dranks...Hell yes to getting lit on a Monday night.“ ?Looking for a company’s name

Microsoft

Q16

USA has seen a huge number of protests against Trump. One such protest included slogans like  "X of colour matter", "My body My Choice" and "Not Him" with a couple of Trump supporters retaliating with the default, "I like it" and "Woo Hoo". Hundreds thronged the mall street, especially outside the Dance Club and Clothes Shop, even as temperatures dipped to Antarctic conditions. Despite the volatile nature of the topic at hand, there were no injuries or casualties, however many were banned from the area due to their unruly behavior. Where were these protests held?

Club Penguine

Q17

Linux-based projects R Consortium and OpenDaylight have received huge amount of funding from this company, who have also recently joined the Linux Foundation as a high paying member. Very uncharacteristic from which company whose CEO once said "Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches."?Which company ?

Microsoft

(Déjà vu)

Q18

Touche is a desktop app which aims to provide a newly launched technology experience to people. Which technology ?

It provides a feel of the Touch Bar by Apple

Q19

While not actively against social media sites, the Algerian government banned Facebook and Twitter for a period of a couple of months earlier this year to curb something, citing that these sites are the main means of certain people to spread ideas and information. What were they trying to curb?

Cheating in High School Exams

Q20

Often used for private and confidential conversations and pictures, Snapchat has often been the object of public ire due to their constant security lapses. Despite having kept records of millions of "deleted" images and data, the anger of the public has never been reciprocated in the form of major lawsuits or suing cases. What has Snapchat done that makes this possible?

Snapchat has a one dollar policy. A user can't sue Snapchat for more than 1 dollar.  

Q21

In May 2014, Amazon tried to patent a certain process/act that infuriated the public as they felt it was a really general thing and the patent would disrupt this common process. In Amazons defense, their patent was for a very specific act, which requires a stand and exact positioning of objects and capturing of shadows. What was this act, that is seen very regularly on not just Amazon, but nearly all online retailers?

Clicking a picture in front of a white background.

Q22

When asked why his company doesn't have an IPO yet, he said, "It's ninth grade, not time to go to prom yet". He feels that his company are at the very beginning stages of becoming a Robotics Company. Aside from their constant business, their first self driving truck recently made its first successful order. Which company?

Uber, Travis Kalenick

Q23

The iconic Indian Railways Announcement sound has been in place for nearly 20 years now, with it being used nearly every second by a train station in India. However, this sound first featured in the tech world. Where?

Windows 3.1 Startup Sound

Q24

According to Animation Factory employee Ryan Hagen, the GlF used in this meme was created by designer Josh Doohen. Before becoming an Internet meme, the image was used in AP Physics 1 Essentials, a textbook published in 2013. It's previous versions included a young boy with the caption "most wanted" and Pac-Man with sunglasses. In May 2016, the 'new' caption came under criticism after various Facebook users claimed to find it an "appropriation of African-American Vernacular English" and so Facebook discouraged it's use. What am I talking about?

Q25

Arshad Khan was a former Pakistani player who played 9 tests and 58 ODI’s. He famously dismissed Sachin Tendulkar in a key match. What was his new profession, as witnessed in November , 2015 in Sydney?

Uber Driver

Q26

• According to an article by Dr Paul Marsden in WPP titled X-fication of Everything, he goes on to explain that how X shas a simple psychological appeal – it promises to buy us time and save us effort. He further elucidates that X does more than deliver convenience as a simple service attribute, it delivers convenience across every customer touch-point.• What is X, which completes the title of the article ?

Uber/Uberfication of Everything

Q27

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Q28

• X is an Indian "food on demand" company that was incorporated in 2011.• X operates in the 16 of the largest cities in India and takes customer

orders via its mobile app. It is the only vertically integrated food business in India and operates all three stages of a "food on demand" business: ordering, distribution and order fulfillment.Founded by Jaydeep Barman and Kallol Banerjee and incorporated in 2011 it derives its name from an Africa nation which, the translation of the name of the African nation means “The Land of the Incorruptible”. Identify this App based food delivery company

Faasos

Q29

The surname of which tech pioneer is derived from the name of this historic landmark.

Larry Ellison from Ellis Island

Q30

X is a multinational and family-owned company based in Germany that provides antivirus software, Internet Security, Privacy, Identity and Performance tools for computers, smartphones, servers and networks, delivered as both software and cloud-based services.X’s headquarters are located near Lake Constance, in Tettnang, Germany.Founded by Tjark Auerbach in 1986 identify this popular anti-virus company.

Avira

Q31

According to an article by Business Insider, it is suggested that the hacking of the US Drones by the the virus Sykipot which originated from China took place by two rather old-school method. One of the ways by which it infected was by using malicious PDF Files, which was the other method or rather which was the utility it used which has become more or less obsolete now.

Internet Explorer

Q32

The original name for the DIRECTX Project by Craig Eisler, Alex Stone. John, and Eric Engstrom  was the___________?

Manhattan Project

Q33

These are phone cases for Pixel brought out by Google and cost about 50$ each. They come in 2 types, with multiple designs in each type. What makes them special ?

Google Live Cases,  portray images from Google Earth or trending topics from Google Trends.

Q34

Motorola has developed an edible pill that is FDA improved. Once digested, it is activated by the stomach's acids. What does it do?

Hint: It emits 18 bit signals

It can be used to unlock all your devices

Q35

 X is a hyperlocal on-demand multi-service provider based out of Chandigarh, which employs three wheelers as its logistic partners.Founded by Chinmay Agarwal, Samar Singla and operating in 38 locations. Identify this app which was first of its kind and shares its name with an insect.

Jugnoo

Q36Developed by 100Percentile, this software is used to manage all aspects of a certain activity you are expected to perform on this software. The software also gives you a convenient way to manage and keep track of ‘the activity in question’, and view reports for the same. It provides the following advantages :-1) Offline Capability2) Auto Save3) Security4) CustomizationThis software is only available to a certain group of people. Which entity owns this software or give the name of this software ?

Vidyamandir Classes Test Room

Buzzers!

Q1

What were first produced by Kay Dangaard at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel as a nod to the first site of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It is currently presented by International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences ?

Webby Awards

Q2

• Bhavish Aggarwal & Ankit Bhati - Ola• Travis Kalanick & Garrett Camp – Uber• Tan Hooi Ling & Anthony Tan - X ?

GrabTaxi

Q3

International Subversives is a group of three. If Trax and Prime Suspect are the first two, who is the third?

Mendax

Q4

• Infotel Broadband Services Limited is a company promoted by a core team of IT, Telecom and Media professionals. The Company has incubated a number of ventures in diverse domains like Wireless Broadband (Infotel Broadband Services Limited), Mobile VAS and content distribution platforms (NexGTv), IPTV, Homeland Security and surveillance (Polixel), e-commerce - both B2B and B2C (Koovs and BenefitsPlus), next generation CRM solutions (Digicall and OneClick) etc. •

An unlisted and largely unknown it came into limelight and stole the show in year 2016 albeit in a different avatar.

How do we better know this company now ?

Reliance Jio

Q5

X’s violates a long-accepted tenet of brand management: that a ____ must be respected and used correctly and consistently at all times. Constant change will reduce brand equity. However, X has made itself become iconic in its own right, and this feature has helped  X evolve as brand equity. Which company?

Google

Q6

Arirang is a Android smartphone announced by Koryolink on 10 August 2013. It is named after the "Arirang" folk song.  The smartphone has a touch screen and camera with “high pixels”. __________  has expressed his excitement and support of the smartphone, believing it will support the country's economy and "instill national pride and self-respect". Which country’s flagship phone is this ?

North Korea

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