senior quiz for incognito - a tech fest

SENIOR QUIZ

Rules There are a total of 6 rounds in this quiz. A direct question carries 15 marks (Rounds 1-5) Questions can be passed in some rounds. Directly passed questions carry 10 marks. Further passing decreases weightage by 1 each. There will be NEGATIVE marking for answering

out of turn. Quizmaster is lord.

GAMING

QUESTION 1Which company is responsible for the

PlayStation exclusive The Order 1886 ?

QUESTION 2What is the name of the protagonist in

the upcoming sequel to

Watch Dogs?

QUESTION 3This game is based in a post apocalyptic future

where the wildlife is composed of machines.

Name it.

QUESTION 4It is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally

generated galaxy.Name it.

QUESTION 5Which company is

developing a sequel to the classic arena

shooter “Quake 4” known as “Quake

Champions”?

QUESTION 6Who is the developer for the popular class based First Person

Shooter Overwatch?

TECH FACTS

QUESTION 1

Cat-5e is a version of which type of cable?

QUESTION 2The method of

hacking passwords or encryptions by trial and error or trying

every possible key is known as?

QUESTION 3

On British keyboards what can you find in

place of “#”?

QUESTION 4

MPG is a file extension

of which formatof files?

QUESTION 5The observation that, over the history of computing hardware, the number of

transistors in a dense integrated circuit has

doubled approximately every two years is know

as?

QUESTION 6GIF is a lossy file format. Its intended substitute originated from libpng,

but is supported by very few browsers. What file

format am I talking about?

HISTORY

QUESTION 1Jeff Bezos initiallydecided to nameAmazon.com as

_________but changed it afterwards?

QUESTION 2

The original URL for ________was

http://akebono.stanford.edu?

QUESTION 3

The first commercial text message was

sent in?

QUESTION 4

What  was developed under the code name ‘Emerald

Sea’?

QUESTION 5Name the company which

made the world's first single-chip fully 32-bit

microprocessor, with 32-bit data paths, 32-bit

buses, and 32-bit addresses.

QUESTION 6GIF is a lossy file format. Its intended substitute originated from libpng,

but is supported by very few browsers. What file

format am I talking about?

CURRENT AFFAIRS

QUESTION 1Name the two

companies involved in the recent scandal of sending cherry picked

Graphics cards to reviewers?

QUESTION 2

Microsoft acquired which social media company for $26

billion?

QUESTION 3This online payment service is no longer supporting buyer

protection for crowdfunding

websites?

QUESTION 4

Which company’s flagship phone sales

were so bad that they  are

restructuring.

QUESTION 5In Google I/O 2016, google

annouced a new video chating that allows people

to see a preview of the person calling them

before they pick up. Name it.

QUESTION 6This company hand to pay a 10,000 USD as

settlement in a lawsuit for forced software

updates.

CONNECT THE DOTS

QUESTION 1

Multi-Frame Anti-Aliasing (MFAA)

?

QUESTION 2?

QUESTION 3?

QUESTION 4Apples ?

QUESTION 5

?Deepmind

QUESTION 6Systems, Applications, ProductsSystems, Applications, ProductsSystems, Applications, Products

Systems, Applications, Products

?

SPOT THE INCORRECT

QUESTION 11.Doodles have been organized and created by a team of employees termed "Doodlers".

2.Google changed its company name to Topeka in honor of Topeka, Kansas, whose mayor changed the city's name to Google for a short amount of time in an attempt to sway Google's decision in its new Google Fiber Project.

3.Apparently, Google has a pet T-Rex named STAN.

4.The company described Google Wave as a product that helps users communicate and collaborate on the web.

5. Google owns the top-level domain 1e1000.net which is used for some servers within Google's network. The name is a reference to the scientific E notation representation for 1 googol, 1E1000 = 1 × 101000

QUESTION 21. In 1968, Sennheiser released the world's first open headphones.

2. In 1996, Sennheiser received an Emmy Award for its advancements in RF wireless technology.

3. Its United States headquarters is located in Old Lyme, Connecticut.

4. The company was founded just a few weeks after the end of World War I, by Fritz Sennheiser

5. In May 2014, Sennheiser founded a new competence center for innovative streaming solutions, Sennheiser Streaming Technology GmbH (SST).

QUESTION 31. The NeXT Computer and NeXTSTEP operating system were the platform used for creating the World Wide Web, as well as creating the first app store,

2. Microsoft and NeXT were collaborating on a Windows NT-port of OpenStep in 1999

3.The first issue of NeXTWORLD magazine was printed in 1991. It was published in San Francisco by Integrated Media and edited by Michael Miley and later Dan Ruby.

4. A number of former Apple employees followed Jobs to Next, including Joanna Hoffman, Bud Tribble, George Crow, Rich Page, Susan Barnes, Susan Kare, and Dan'l Lewin.

5. The main purpose of the acquisition was to use NeXTSTEP as a foundation to replace the dated Mac OS, instead of BeOS or the in-development Copland.

QUESTION 41. On August 31, 2011, in Austin, Texas, AMD achieved a Guinness World Record for the "Highest frequency of a computer processor": 8.429 GHz. The company ran an 8-core FX-8150 processor with only one active module (two cores), and cooled with liquid helium.

2. AMD has an APU series by the name of Indian river Kaveri.

3. Starting in 2007, AMD, following Intel, began using code names for its desktop platforms such as Spider or Dragon.

4. AMD has a series of graphics card called "FirePro".

5. AMD acquired Atari Technologies in 2006.

QUESTION 51. In 1973 Motorola demonstrated the first hand-held portable telephone.

2. In 1991 Motorola demonstrated the world's first working-prototype digital cellular system and phones using LTE standard in Hanover, Germany.

3. In 1994 Motorola introduced the world's first commercial digital radio system that combined paging, data and cellular communications and voice dispatch in a single radio network and handset. In 1995 Motorola introduced the world's first two-way pager which allowed users to receive text messages and e-mail and reply with a standard response.

4. In June 2000 Motorola and Cisco supplied the world's first commercial GPRS cellular network to BT Cellnet in the United Kingdom.

5. In 1969 Neil Armstrong spoke the famous words "one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" from the Moon on a Motorola transceiver.

QUESTION 61. Xiaomi launched the Mi Induction Heating Pressure Rice Cooker on 29 March 2016.

2. Xiaomi released a Toaster on 9 December 2014 in Beijing.

3. Xiaomi managed to break the world record for "most mobile phones sold on a single online platform in 24 hours".

4. Xiaomi announced the Mi Water Purifier on 16 July 2015.

5. Xiaomi launched a smart blood pressure monitor on 24 September 2014.