Derail

Derail

Round 3

Rules:

Each team gets to challenge another team. After the challenge is made, a question is

displayed. If the challenged team answers the question

then it gets +20 points and the challenging team gets -20 points and vice versa.

The challenged team then gets the chance to challenge another team.

A team once challenged cannot be challenged again till one set of questions (6 questions) is completed.

Question 1 X is a web-based machine translation

application on Yahoo! that translates text or web pages from one of several languages into another. It was previously owned by AltaVista and derives it’s name from Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy series. Id X.

Babel Fish

Question 2 Name the technology featured in Google Maps

and Google Earth that provides panoramic views from various positions along many streets in the world.

Street View

Question 3 X is a Linux-based open source mobile operating

system project. It was first announced at mobile world congress in February 2010 by Intel and Nokia in a joint press conference. AMD,Acer and Novell also supports the project. Id X.

Meego

Question 4 Id the person: President of Wikia, Inc. (2004–present) Chairman of Wikimedia Foundation (June 2003

– October 2006) Chairman Emeritus, Wikimedia Foundation

(October 2006–present)

Jimbo(Jimmy Wales)

Question 5X is an Indian Government owned Telecom Technology development Centre,. It was established in 1984 with initial mandate of designing and developing digital exchanges. Today, X has expanded itself in the area of Telecom. X is now a Next Generation Technology Centre developing various intelligent software applications. It has offices in Delhi and Bangalore. Id X.

Centre for development of telematics

Question 6X is an open source computer operating system released by Apple Inc. in 2000. It is composed of code developed by Apple, as well as code derived from NeXTSTEP, BSD, and other free software projects. X forms the core set of components upon which Mac OS X, Apple TV, and iOS are based. Id X.

X- darwin os

Question 7X is a device or set of devices designed to permit or deny network transmissions based upon a set of rules and is frequently used to protect networks from unauthorized access while permitting legitimate communications to pass. Id X.

X-firewall

Question 8‘Canonical’ founded by Mark Shuttleworth develops an open source operating system. This OS has codenames such as 11.04,11.10…Here 11 indicates the year 2011 and 4,10 refers to the month the OS was released. Also they are named in alphabetical order and their latest version being named ‘Precise Pangolin’. Name the OS.

UBUNTU

Question 9John Sheppard Barron, Indian born Scottsman is credited to have invented it. He is reported to have said:-I hit upon the idea of a chocolate bar dispenser but replacing chocolate with________. What got created?

ATM

Question 10It was codenamed “project pink”. The development began under J. Allard of Microsoft. This was launched in April 2010 and was discontinued in the same year. What is being referred to here?

KIN phones

Question 11Where would you find an error message illustrating several birds using a net to hoist a whale from the ocean.

Twitter (fail whale)

Question 12X chip is a passive antenna that’s pre-configured to transmit a specific code when it’s brought near a reader. It can be used to set up your computer or your phone to unlock only when you pick them up. Or install an X-enabled deadbolt on your front door and an X reader in your car and you won’t need to carry your keys around anymore.

RFID