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SUB-JUNIOR QUIZACCESS 2016
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Q1
The name “X" was derived from the city name ___ _________, which is why the company's engineers insisted on using the lower case “X" in its early years. The logo is intended to depict the two towers of the Golden Gate Bridge.
X?
CISCO, SAN FRANCISCO
Q2
This company was started in Chicago, Illinois, as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation. Some of its important milestones are:Made the radio that went to the moonCreated the first mobile phone everGot acquired by Google, then Lenovo
MOTOROLA
Q3
Ritesh Aggarwal founded Oravel Stays as a method for people to easily book rooms. He then changed its name to “X”, which has become one of the most popular startups in the country. Its logo is a location pin.
OYO ROOMS
Q4
This man is often called a Serial Entrepreneur, founding a series of successful companies, and then leaving them for new ventures. Following are some of his companies:Zip2SolarcityOpenAI
ELON MUSK
Q5
The company was founded by and is managed by James Park and Eric Friedman, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company's stock began trading with the symbol “___“(First three letters of their name) on June 18, 2015.
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FITBIT
Q6
was born at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas, on May 27, 1999. He was named by Dan Van Coppenolle after the 1988 Shanachie song “_______(Working Together for Freedom)" by Rita Marley. _________ is a Swahili term for communal labor.On September 18, 2014, _______ was transferred to the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden to learn adult gorilla behavior and join a new social group.
HARAMBE
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Q7
This was founded as a card company in late 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi. Based in Kyoto, Japan, the business produced and marketed a playing card game called "Hanafuda". Currently, it is one of the biggest companies in the gaming world.
What company?
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NINTENDO
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Q8
Who is called the Father of Supercomputers ?
SEYMOUR CRAY
Q9
What is the name given to the three lined menu button which is seen on most websites ?
HAMBURGER MENU
Q10
Which company’s name translates to “Three Seas” in its native language ?
SANYO
Q11
Deep Kalra, alumnus of St.Stephen’s College is the founder of which popular travel company ?
MAKE MY TRIP
Q12
Which company provides GPS Service to Apple Maps ?
TOMTOM
Q13
This entity is named after the girlfriend of the founder.Identify this entity which is known for producing distribution of Linux OS
DEBIAN
Q14
Which company was founded by ex-Modernite Deepak Puri and is the largest optical storage manufacturer ?
MOSERBAER
Q15
It was a project started by Apple in the 90’s to create a handheld personal assistant device. What was the name of the project ?
NEWTON PDA
Q16
Which popular tech personality offered to donate his kidney to Steve Jobs ?
TIM COOK
Q17
After being rejected by Twitter and Facebook, Brian Acton founded which popular messaging company valued at more than $17 Billion ?
Q18
A computer scientist and inventor hailing from Gujarat. He is the head of the think tank of a huge global conglomerate. Project Beyond and Sixth Sense are some of his most known works. Where does he work ?
SAMSUNG
Q19
Which popular music software was earlier known as SoundJam ?
ITUNES
Q20
Developed by Plain Vanilla Games from Iceland. It matches up users to compete against each other in an activity dear to our heart.
QUIZUP
Q21
John Tukey early in his career worked on developing statistical methods for computers at Bell Labs where he invented the term “bit”. However the term X which Paul Niquette claims he coined in 1953 wsa first used in print by Tukey in a 1958 article in American Mathematical Monthly and thus some attribute the term to him. Which term ?
SOFTWARE
Q22
Connect :-Max LevchinReid HoffmanKen HoweryLuke NosekSteve Chen Keith RabeosChad HurleyEric M JacksonDave McClure
PAYPAL MAFIA
Q23
X is a New Delhi based company which was founded on 10 June 1988 by Rakesh Malhotra. The tagline of X is “Jispe Desh Kare Bharosa”. In 2004 X tied up with Eagle Picher Inc USA for battery technology. Today X is a part of Schneider Electric Conglomerate and Sachin Tendulkar is the brand ambassador of X.
LUMINOUS
Q24
_______ Ravindran cracked the CAT Examinations several times but he decided not to join IIM and instead founded his own company which is named after him and is known for using technology to impart education. Identify this company ?
BYJU