• GDG GOOGLE QUIZ

l Quizmaster:- Ranu Vikram

1.

•Connect to a person

Vintage NeXT computerTweeted by X live during London Olympics

Ceremony

2.

•Translating to earth pig in native African , this African anteater is first

word(not an alphabet or short form) in dictionary.

3.

•Ehud Shabtai started the open source project "Freemap", then co-

founded a company called "Linqmap", before the name was changed to

X.

•From the About page of X.

•“By connecting drivers to one another, we help people create local

driving communities that work together to improve the quality of

everyone's daily driving. That might mean helping them avoid the

frustration of sitting in traffic, cluing them in to a police trap or shaving

five minutes off of their regular commute by showing them new routes

they never even knew about.”

4.

•This user-dialogue interface was an improvement over a interface with

a similar name.

•It has worked on digitizing the archives of The New York Times. As of

2012, thirty years of The New York Times had been digitized.

•Its slogan is "Stop spam, read books."

5. From the about page of X.

6.

•Originally created by a company named Lifescape in 2002.

• X is a blend of the name of Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, the phrase

mi casa (Spanish for “my house”).

7.

•The term X was used in a more modern sense by the French author

Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam in his work Tomorrow's Eve (1886). As

said by the officer in the story, "In this age of Realien advancement,

who knows what goes on in the mind of those responsible for these

mechanical dolls.

•Mainly a subject of science fiction and featured in movies like George

Lucas’s THX 1138 , Bicentennial Man and Blade Runner.

8.

•The inspiration for X as we know it today is credited to two different

events. The first was Karim's inability to find footage online of Janet

Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction,“

• And the second when Hurley and Chen were unable to share video

footage of a dinner party due to e-mail attachment limitations.

•Give me X.

9.

•Prior to it's acquisition by Google, Deja News was an archive of

messages posted on various Usenet discussion groups. In 2001,

Google acquired Deja News and transitioned it's assets to X.

• X is a service from Google, which provides discussion groups for

people sharing common interests. It also provides a gateway to Usenet

newsgroups via it's shared interface.

•Give me X.

10.

•Google has a tradition of perpetrating hoaxes, especially on April

Fools' Day.

•On April 1, 2013, Google launched it's fake product X. X was claimed

to “search for smells”. Google also uploaded a video on youtube

explaining the purported intention behind the project.

•Give me X.

10.

•Google has a tradition of perpetrating hoaxes, especially on April

Fools' Day.

•On April 1, 2013, Google launched it's fake product X. X was claimed

to “search for smells”. Google also uploaded a video on youtube

explaining the purported intention behind the project.

•Give me X.

11.

Google organizes an annual software developer-focused conference at

San Francisco, California. It features highly technical, in-depth sessions

focused on building web, mobile, and enterprise applications with

Google and open web technologies.

What is the name of this annual conference?

12.

•Google is developing a free, open hardware platform for creating

modular smart phones. It is purported as Google's plan to turn phone

into Legos.

•Initially the project was being headed by Motorola Mobility, but after

Google sold Motorola to Lenovo, this project is now developed under

Android division.

•Give me the name of this ambitious Google project.

13.

•Official website of this ambitious Google Service claims that it deliver

100 times faster internet connections as compared to today's average

broadband speeds.

•It provides broadband internet and television to a small and slowly

growing number of locations. This service was introduced in Kansas

City with plans to expand into other Kansas area suburbs.

•Name the service being talked about.

14.

•Initially X a Google service was purported to be named BuyWords as

suggested by Doug Edwards, first director of marketing and branding at

google, but this idea was rejected by Larry Page and Sergey Brin as it

implied one could purchase better placement in the actual search

results.

•The alternative suggested by Doug Edwards sounded like his own last

name. The alternative was picked as the official name for X.

•Id X.

15.

•Google owns the domain 466453.com, just explain the funda behing

buying such a strange domain.

ANSWERS

1.

•Connect to a person

Vintage NeXT computerTweeted by X live during London Olympics

Ceremony

SIR TIM BERNERS LEE

2.

•Translating to earth pig in native African , this African anteater is first

word(not an alphabet or short form) in dictionary.

aardvark

3.

•Ehud Shabtai started the open source project "Freemap", then co-

founded a company called "Linqmap", before the name was changed to

X.

•From the About page of X.

•“By connecting drivers to one another, we help people create local

driving communities that work together to improve the quality of

everyone's daily driving. That might mean helping them avoid the

frustration of sitting in traffic, cluing them in to a police trap or shaving

five minutes off of their regular commute by showing them new routes

they never even knew about.”

wAZE

4.

•This user-dialogue interface was an improvement over a interface with

a similar name.

•It has worked on digitizing the archives of The New York Times. As of

2012, thirty years of The New York Times had been digitized.

•Its slogan is "Stop spam, read books."

reCAPTCHA

5. From the about page of X.

MOTOROLA

6.

•Originally created by a company named Lifescape in 2002.

• X is a blend of the name of Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, the phrase

mi casa (Spanish for “my house”).

PICASSA

7.

•The term X was used in a more modern sense by the French author

Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam in his work Tomorrow's Eve (1886). As

said by the officer in the story, "In this age of Realien advancement,

who knows what goes on in the mind of those responsible for these

mechanical dolls.

•Mainly a subject of science fiction and featured in movies like George

Lucas’s THX 1138 , Bicentennial Man and Blade Runner.

android

8.

•The inspiration for X as we know it today is credited to two different

events. The first was Karim's inability to find footage online of Janet

Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction,“

• And the second when Hurley and Chen were unable to share video

footage of a dinner party due to e-mail attachment limitations.

•Give me X.

youtube.com

9.

•Prior to it's acquisition by Google, Deja News was an archive of

messages posted on various Usenet discussion groups. In 2001,

Google acquired Deja News and transitioned it's assets to X.

• X is a service from Google, which provides discussion groups for

people sharing common interests. It also provides a gateway to Usenet

newsgroups via it's shared interface.

•Give me X.

Google Groups

10.

•Google has a tradition of perpetrating hoaxes, especially on April

Fools' Day.

•On April 1, 2013, Google launched it's fake product X. X was claimed

to “search for smells”. Google also uploaded a video on youtube

explaining the purported intention behind the project.

•Give me X.

Google Nose BETA

11.

Google organizes an annual software developer-focused conference at

San Francisco, California. It features highly technical, in-depth sessions

focused on building web, mobile, and enterprise applications with

Google and open web technologies.

What is the name of this annual conference?

Google I/O

12.

•Google is developing a free, open hardware platform for creating

modular smart phones. It is purported as Google's plan to turn phone

into Legos.

•Initially the project was being headed by Motorola Mobility, but after

Google sold Motorola to Lenovo, this project is now developed under

Android division.

•Give me the name of this ambitious Google project.

Project Ara

13.

•Official website of this ambitious Google Service claims that it deliver

100 times faster internet connections as compared to today's average

broadband speeds.

•It provides broadband internet and television to a small and slowly

growing number of locations. This service was introduced in Kansas

City with plans to expand into other Kansas area suburbs.

•Name the service being talked about.

Google Fiber

14.

•Initially X a Google service was purported to be named BuyWords as

suggested by Doug Edwards, first director of marketing and branding at

google, but this idea was rejected by Larry Page and Sergey Brin as it

implied one could purchase better placement in the actual search

results.

•The alternative suggested by Doug Edwards sounded like his own last

name. The alternative was picked as the official name for X.

•Id X.

AdWords

15.

•Google owns the domain 466453.com, just explain the funda behing

buying such a strange domain.