Prelims

2. Prelims

3. Q1. What is a shell in Unix terminology?

4. Q2. What does GNU stand for and why?

5. Q3. Who is associated with the designs of the iMac, Macbook, Macbook Pro and subsequent iDevices?

6. Q4. Into what form does TCP break data into?

7. Q5. What is the main source of revenue for Google?

8. Q6. Which game does the slang ‘pwn-ed’ originate from?

9. Q7. Which was the world's first commercial video game console?

10. Q8. What is the glossary of slangs used by computer programmers called?

11. Q9. The 'X' was the first portable computer. It was developed by Lee Felsenstein and introduced at the West Coast Computer Fair in April 1981. It had WordStar, SuperCalc, dBase 2, CBASIC and MBASIC pre-installed in it, being the first microcomputer with bundled software. What is X?

12. Q10. 'X' is a 6th generation video game console, released by Sega in 1998 in Japan and a year later in other territories. It was the first console of a generation that includes the PS2 and the Xbox. Identify 'X'.

13. Q11. Which is the online service provided by Google that lets end users print to compatible printers, regardless of location?

14. Q12. Ning.com is a social networking site. How is it different from any other of its kind?

15. Q13. What would you associate kernel.org with?

16. Q14. Which cable connects the hard disk with the motherboard?

17. Q15. The merger and acquisition was termed as a massive fail, as the acquiring company failed to incorporate company X into itself. The founders of X were former Apple, WebTV and Phillips employees. Identify X.

18. Q16. Identify the console.

19. Q17. Identify the operating system shown in the smartphones.

20. Q18. Identify the character, and the website you will find it in.

21. Q19. A blueprint sketch, of which website?

22. Q20. What term first used in 1934 correlates engineering and human factors?

23. Direct Question Round • This round consists of 12 questions • Each team will be asked 3 questions. • A direct question holds 10 points, whereas a passed question holds 5 points. • The decision of the quizmaster will be final.

24. Q1. In 1991, Torvalds made a now famous post to a newsgroup asking for "any feedback on things people like/dislike in X, as my OS resembles it somewhat.“ X was what inspired Torvalds to make Linux. Identify X.

25. Q2. The Mozilla Foundation is colloquially called a 501(c). What does 501(c) signify?

26. Q3. X, a professor of Stanford was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1956 along with two others for inventing the transistor. Y was  served as Provost at Stanford from 1955 to 1965 and was the founding member of the US National Academy of Engineering. X and Y are called the ‘Fathers of Silicon Valley’. Who are they?

27. Q4. Link: The New York Times, Creative Commons, Sony Corporation, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Mozilla Foundation.

28. Q5. The book “The Man Who Knew Too Much” was written by Davit Leawitt is about a man who formalised the concept of algorithm. He also invented the bombe, which was the foundation for breaking the Enigma code. Identify this personality.

29. Q6. It was erroneously believed that Apple's previous logo, with the rainbow colours, was a tribute to Alan Turing, why?

30. Q7. The idea of this company came to founder when he was forced to pay $40 in overdue fines after returning “Apollo 13” well past its due date. What was founded?

31. Q8. Name the cloud based gaming service that allows users to play high-end PC and console video games rendered on remote servers, provided by Sony Computer Entertainment.

32. Q9. X’s original post was that of an international webmaster, but later he was assigned the post to design Y, a series of unique illustrations. The first of Y was put up during the Burning Man Festival of 1998. Identify X and Y.

33. Q10. Which is the world’s largest mobile phone network provider?

34. Q11. What is the engine that drives the Firefox OS called?

35. Q12. X connects ask, last, ping, fastmail and smart. Which country does X belong to?

36. Fastest Bang First • The team which bangs their table first shall get to answer. • There are 10 questions in this round. • There is no passing of questions in this round. • 10 marks for correct answer. There is no negative marking.

37. Q1. With a clock frequency of 5-10 MHz, this Turing-complete computer was the first one, ever. Name its inventor.

38. Q2. Ubuntu, Fedora, Mint Linux, what connects them?

39. Q3. Which two numbers are semordnilaps to each other; both in base 10 and base 2? (Hint: Sheldon Cooper has a green T-shirt with one of the two numbers)

40. Q4. What is GarageBand, iMovie, iPhoto collectively known as?

41. Q5. Maemoand S40 are predecessor to which operating system? Provide the most appropriate answer.

42. Q6. Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney created which iconic gaming company in 1972?

43. Q7. What connects Apple, Google and Hewlett-Packard, of course other than the obvious?

44. Q8. After Maps, Gmail and Facebook, which is the most downloaded Android app with more than 100 million downloads?

45. Q9. What does the word Ubuntu stand for?

46. Q10. What is erased from the image?

47. Infinite Bound • 10 points for every correct answer, direct or passed. • The question is passed until answered. If no one is able to answer, the next question will be asked. • The next question goes to the team, next to the one answering the question. • There are 8 questions in this round.

48. Q1. Epona and Hylian. What’s the link?

49. Q2. Which game would you associate Dr. Gordon Freeman?

50. Q3. Link: The bird, son of no one. The Eagle. The Life that was scratched.