MS TECH CHALLENGE 2015

Bivash Rath(on behalf of Odisha Quiz Assciation and QUIZZINE)

17.01.2015

THANK YOU…• ODISHA QUIZ ASSOCIATION (join the group on Facebook to stay updated on

Quizzing scenario in and around Odisha)

• QUIZZINE – QUIZ CLUB OF VSSUT,BURLA ( team working to promote quizzing in

Western Odisha)

• MICROSOFT DEVELOPERS GROUP

• SPECIAL THANKS – SOUBHAGYA JENA , SAMPAD PATTANAIK , DEBASISH DAS

SANKET TRIPATHY , CHANDI SARANGI , DEBASHISH PRADHAN

THE PRELIMS DECODED

1

ANSI – AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE

2

• British firm Bullit has made most

of the components of this

smartphone. Bullit is best known

for making rugged CAT-

branded smartphones. The

dual-SIM smartphone, the IM5,

will be available first in Europe

followed by a global launch by

the end of Q1 2015 at a price

tag of EUR 299 or $249 (roughly

Rs. 15,800).

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• Married the daughter of an IAS personnel in 1992.

• Has a daughter and two sons.

• Draws a base salary of nearly $700,000, for a total compensation, with stock bonuses,

of $7.6 million.

• Quoted controversy on his comments regarding the gender inequality in regards of

pay in the technical industry.

SATYA NADELLA

4

• "There is an association of social media for India the IAMAI, and they reward me with

the 'Social Media Person of the Year' award and it is time really to reward the

extended family for this... you are the ones that have made it possible for me to be

given this recognition,“

• Internet and Mobile Association of India

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6Give me the author of these books

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• MOZILLA FIREFOX

• We’re building a better Internet

9

• The origin of this term can be traced to 1886 as follows,

It used to be a sailors' slang word for any small mechanical thing or

part of a ship for which they lacked, or forgot, a name; perhaps from

French gâchette "catch piece of a mechanism” .

• The usage of the term in military parlance extended beyond the navy

in the 1918s and by the second half of the twentieth century, the term

"gadget" had taken on the connotations of compactness and mobility.

• Extra hint - the first atomic bomb was nicknamed this same.

GADGET

10

• The precise date of this occurrence is Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 “ABCD”. At this time, a

machine prone to this bug will show the time Fri Dec 13 20:45:52 1901, hence it is

possible that the media will call this The Friday 13th Bug.

• The Year “ABCD” problem is an issue for computing and data storage situations in

which time values are stored or calculated as a signed 32-bit integer, and this

number is interpreted as the number of seconds since 00:00:00 UTC on 1 January

1970 ("the epoch").Such implementations cannot encode times after 03:14:07 UTC on

19 January “ABCD”, a problem analogous to the "Y2K problem"

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• The company said their 32-bit integer (=2,147,483,647 counts) was doing well for

many years until a certain phenomenon happened which created records and which

forced them to abandon their 32bit based operation.

• The company was forced to upgrade their system to a 64-bit integer. That means the

next record will be made when the counter crosses the value

9,223,372,036,854,775,808.

• What was the reason for such a shift and who was responsible ?

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• The smartphone maker has launched a trade in program for customers based in USA

and in Canada by which customers can exchange a certain smartphone say X for this

company’s phone say Y priced at $550.

• It may sound bizarre and desperate attempt but such is the condition of the makers of

Y which has forced them to adapt such tactics.

• The exchange of a X phone will cut the price of $550 by $150 in USA and by $200 in

Canada. Subsequent cuts will be with respect to the variant of X.

• This program is scheduled to run till Feb 2015.

• Give me X and Y.

15LIST OF WHAT ?

SUPERCOMPUTERS OF INDIA

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• This person was born on the 27th of January 1982 in

Chennai, India.

• He went on to work with Lucent, Sony, Nokia and Sun

Microsystems before he started his mobile social-

networking venture along with Dennis Crowley.

• It is a location-based social networking website for mobile

devices, such as smartphones. Users "check in" at venues

using a mobile website, text messaging or a device-specific

application by selecting from a list of venues the application

locates nearby. Each check-in awards the user points and

sometimes "badges". The user who checks in the most often

to a venue becomes the "mayor," and users regularly vie for

"mayorships."

NAVEEN SELVADURAI

17

• Over six years ago, in December 1989, I was looking for a

"hobby" programming project that would keep me occupied

during the week around Christmas. My office ... would be closed,

but I had a home computer, and not much else on my hands. I

decided to write an interpreter for the new scripting language I

had been thinking about lately: a descendant of ABC that would

appeal to Unix/C hackers. I chose X as a working title for the

project, being in a slightly irreverent mood

• Founder of which programming language narrating the story of its

origin.

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• This event was first held in 2012 and was advertised on YouTube and via posts on

Google Plus. For the event, Google partnered with a number of ecommerce sites.

• In December 2014, this took place on Dec 10 - 12, and involved over 450 online

retailers.

• Apart from discounts, several brands also launched their products during the event.

Some of the launched products included Motorola Nexus 6, Google Chromecast, and

Appyappstore (an app store for children)

GOSF – GREAT ONLINE SHOPPING FESTIVAL

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• When we started brainstorming names we wanted to pick something short, simple

and fitting for the new mascot. Obviously trying to stray away from the *droid or

*Andy type names we decided to pay homage to D.A.R.Y.L., B.O.B Maximillion or

V.I.N.Cent and create a name that could also be an acronym.

• We chose X which is also an acronym for Y id, the common thread that Y users share;

each user’s unique place in our community.

• Some of you may also be familiar with the concept of the “id”, the instinctual driving

force behind our personalities. It seemed fitting, that this chaotic force and need for

immediate gratification, was incorporated into the image of a OS which strives to be

on the bleeding edge of Android development.

• Whose (Y) mascot is being talked of and name it (X).

CYANOGEN ID - CID

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• The first use of this word was recorded in 1613 in a book called “The yong mans

gleanings” by English writer Richard Braithwait

“ I haue read the truest X of Times, and the best Arithmetician that euer breathed, and

he reduceth thy dayes into a short number “

• It referred to a person who carried out calculations, and the word continued with the

same meaning until the middle of the 20th century.

COMPUTER

ROUND 1.1

• WRITTEN ROUND.

• 10 QUESTIONS

• 10 FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER. 20 BONUS FOR ALL CORRECT.

• EXCHANGE SHEETS AT THE END.

• Provide with the names of the missing websites. Answer serially

ROUND 1.2

• 6 QUESTIONS ON THE INFINITE POUNCE.

• CLOCKWISE IS THE DIRECTION.

• NO NEGATIVES BUT TWO STRIKES PER TEAM.

• DIRECT AND PASS 10 POINTS FOR EITHER.

1.2.1

• While Apple was announcing its latest iPhones, X was showing off a wheelchair.

• X revealed its connected wheelchair on Tuesday, complete with endorsement Dr.

Stephen Hawking. The wheelchair is being created by X 's internet of things

department, and is designed to take biometric information from the user and display

it on touch screens.

• The device is capable of measuring the health of the user, including body

temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure, in addition to the status of the

wheelchair itself. It also allows people to quickly judge the wheelchair accessibility

of places they visit. Hawking, has worked with X’s engineers for more than a decade.

1.2.2

UNRELEASED VERSIONS OF WINDOWS OS

• CAIRO

• NASHVILLE

• NEPTUNE

• ODYSSEY

1.2.3

• This is the snapshot of an island off the coast of known as the Réunion (a French island

located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar).

Since 6 December 2011, the rules for registering French domains have changed. The

owner of a domain does not need to be based in France anymore. All European

individuals, companies and organizations can register French domains.

• Its claim to fame in recent years like many of the smaller and obscure nations or

colonies of the world is provision of a safe haven to torrent hosting websites which are

being hunted all around the world by big powers to fight privacy and to maximize

their commercial gains.

• Which torrent website is this island hosting ?

(the QM is a big fan of this site for its more than awesome quality and more than

convenient sizes)

yts.re

1.2.4

• This is the Twitter profile of

a company who hit the

headlines a week or two

back because they were

acquired by a certain giant.

• Name this firm and who

acquired it ?

1.2.5

GOOGLE IN HACKER/LEETSPEAK.

• Leet/1337 (derived from elite), also known as eleet or leetspeak, is an alternative

alphabet for the English language that is used primarily on the Internet. It uses

various combinations of ASCII characters to replace Latinate letters.

1.2.6

• Neslson Mandela :

“A traveller through a country would stop at a village and he didn't have

to ask for food or for water. Once he stops, the people give him food,

entertain him. That is one aspect of X, but it will have various aspects. X

does not mean that people should not enrich themselves. The question

therefore is: Are you going to do so in order to enable the community

around you to be able to improve?”

X - UBUNTU

ROUND 1.3

• 6 QUESTIONS ON THE INFINITE POUNCE.

• ANTI CLOCKWISE IS THE DIRECTION.

• DIRECT AND PASS 10 POINTS FOR EITHER.

• BASICALLY SAME RULES AS THE PREVIOUS ROUND IN A REVERSE DIRECTION

1.3.1

Identify this couple. Names please

SEAN RAD AND ALEXA DELL

1.3.2

• US patent #7,684,694 is held

by a Toronto inventor named

Wayne Fromm who is on a

mission to litigate the

numerous "knockoffs" of his

decade-old patent for a

certain apparatus.

SELFIE STICK

1.3.3

• In a June 2011 article, Harry McCracken of Time Magazine commended X , comparing it to his

favorite hamburger restaurant, In-N-Out Burger,

"It feels a lot like early Google, with a stripped-down home page. Just as In-N-Out doesn't have

lattes or Asian salads or sundaes or scrambled eggs, X doesn't try to do news or blogs or books or

images. There's no auto-completion or instant results. It just offers core Web search—mostly the

"ten blue links" approach that's still really useful, no matter what its critics say.... But X ... is really

good at bringing back useful sites. It all feels meaty and straightforward and filler-free..."

• McCracken also included the site in the Time list of "50 Best Websites of 2011"

1.3.4

• The founder of the organization, was born and raised in New Orleans to a father from

Bangladesh, and mother from Calcutta. After earning three degrees from the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (a BS in mathematics, a M.Sc. in electrical

engineering and computer science, and an MEng in electrical engineering and

computer science) he pursued an MBA from Harvard Business School.

• In late 2004, the founder began tutoring his cousin Nadia in mathematics using Yahoo!'s

Doodle notepad. When other relatives and friends sought similar help, he decided it

would be more practical to distribute the tutorials on YouTube. Their popularity there

and the testimonials of appreciative students prompted him to quit his job in finance as

a hedge fund analyst at Connective Capital Management in 2009, and focus on the

tutorials. The project is funded by donations. It is funded also by Bill and Melinda Gates

Foundation and also Carlos Slim Foundation.

1.3.5

• Tom and James, both 29, of Brisbane, Australia, who created an app called “BroApp”

for those committed souls. Their app has been very well received and females have

also requested to come up with a version for the “she” s. It has been downloaded

over times and is soon to be launched for iOS. What does this app do?

THE BRO APPWHICH SENDS MESSAGES AUTOMATICALLY TO YOUR GIRLFRIEND AT

REGULAR INTERVAL OF TIME TO KEEP YOUR LOVE LIFE ALL SPICED UP!!

1.3.6

• This company was incorporated in 1911 in New York and its logo was unveiled for the

first time in 1924.In 1972, a new version of this company’s logo was introduced. The

solid letters were replaced by eight horizontal stripes, suggesting speed and

dynamism. If observed closely, the logo generates a message of "Equality". The white

lines passing through the logo (at the foot of the logo) gives the appearance of the

equal sign in the lower right corner, representing equality.

ROUND 2.1

• SIX TOPICS ON THE GRID FOR YOUR TASTE.

• TEAM WITH LOWEST SCORE GETS CHANCE TO CHOOSE THEIR TOPIC FIRST AND

SO ON.

• 10 ON A DIRECT AND ON PASS.

• YOU MAY CHOOSE TO DOUBLE AN ATTEMPT FOR 20/-10 ON EITHER DIRECT OR

PASS.

TAKE YOUR PICK

CONNECT THE PIX

• China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and its unit Alipay are in advanced talks to buy a

stake for about $550 million in India's One97 Communications

• Investors at One97 which is the parent of PayTm

• Vijay Shekhar Varma founder and CEO of One97

HOME

LETS TIE UP

• Under the partnership, subscribers of this company will be

able to purchase premium apps and game from the Windows Store on Microsoft

Lumia as well as other Windows based smartphones and pay for them through

integrated billing. The amount will be either added to the subscriber's monthly bill or

deducted from the prepaid balance, depending on the plan.

• According to a spokesperson of Nokia/Microsoft :

“They are the first operator in India to offer integrated operator billing on

the Windows Store.We are in discussions with other operators as well. It will help

customers who don't have credit cards or are not comfortable using them for online

transactions," he said.

IDEA CELLULAR

HOME

FRESH IN THE MARKET

• The video shows a certain product. What first has it to its credit ?

(something was made available to the consumers through this product)

SAMSUNG TIEZEN

HOME

GAMES

• The original version of this game was developed by a pre-Apple Steve Wozniak after

his friend Steve Jobs promised Atari founder Nolan Bushnell that he could deliver a

prototype in just four days.

• Woz worked for four straight nights and used some time at his day job at HP to make

this product for which he received $350 out of a total payment of $700. Other half

went to Steve Jobs. However Steve Jobs had cut a deal with Atari of $5000 which was a

secret Jobs kept from Woz.

• To commemorate the 37th anniversary of this product Google came up with

something very innovative in May 2013.

ATARI BREAKOUT

• HOME

Check out Atari

breakout in

Google Images for

“magic”

POP CULTURE

• Modified excerpt from “The Lost Worlds of 2001” :

“As is clearly stated in the novel (Chapter 16), it stands for Heuristically

programmed ALgorithmic computer. However, about once a week some character spots the

fact that it is as an acronym one letter ahead of X, and promptly assumes that we were taking a

crack at the estimable institution ... As it happened, X had given us a good deal of help, so we

were quite embarrassed by this, and would have changed the name had we spotted the

coincidence.’’

Which company /“estimable institution” is X ?

HOME

WEAVE A STORY

• HOME

Left image :

Lizard Squad started

selling their hacking

packages for

everyone to use

Right Image :

Tweets by the squad

leader while being

arrested

ROUND 2.2

• FOUR QUESTIONS ON POUNCE

• CORRECT – 20POINTS

• WRONG NEGATIVE 10

1

• Etienne Jules Marey was a 19th century French scientist and physiologist , with

significant work in the development of the fields of cardiology and aviation.

• However he is remembered best in a different field owing to this invention of 1882.

• What was this invention ? What term gained prominence because of the manner in

which it was used?

• The first ever portable motion picture camera called the “photographic rifle”. Since the camera was

shaped like a gun and a trigger had to be pressed to take a picture, the term SHOOTING found its

way to artistic parlance.

2

weRead, formerly iRead, is an online community of book enthusiasts. weRead started

out as a social cataloging application on Facebook in June 2007 and has since

expanded to over 3.1 million active members across Facebook, MySpace, Orkut, Hi5,

and Bebo.

It was acquired by a company in 2010 and is the first acquisition of that company which

has followed up with many acquisitions with one in 2014 worth being around 2000Cr

INR.

Which companies first acquisition was weRead ?

3

• Scripts for television and film are submitted through the web. They are reviewed and rated

by other readers in a crowd-source fashion, and/or by the studio staff. Scripts may be

submitted with the option to allow other people to modify them. In addition there is a

separate submission method for professional writers (Writers Guild of America

members) with separate rules.

• The studio has 45 days to choose a submitted script. If a project is chosen for

development the writer receives $10,000. If a developed script is selected for distribution

as a full-budget movie, the creator gets $200,000; if it is selected for distribution as a full-

budget series, the creator gets $55,000 as well as "up to 5 percent of Amazon’s net

receipts from toy and t-shirt licensing, and other royalties and bonuses.“

• This studio also plans to launch a TV show by Woody Allen. Sweet eh ? Give me the studio

AMAZON STUDIOS

4

• Developed by Suyog Computech Pvt Ltd, these are the features of which app launched

just days back

• • Emergency police assistance

• • Direct helpline numbers for women

• • Direct helpline numbers for traffic

• • Information about senior citizens security cell

• • Details about pink auto service

• • Download forms

• • Detail about woman security cell

• • Complaints can be lodged against TSR/ taxi drivers for misbehavior, refusal and

overcharging

BBSR CTC COMMISSIONERATE POLICE APP

THANK YOU…• ODISHA QUIZ ASSOCIATION (join the group on Facebook to stay updated on

Quizzing scenario in and around Odisha)

• QUIZZINE – QUIZ CLUB OF VSSUT,BURLA ( team working to promote quizzing in

Western Odisha)

• MICROSOFT DEVELOPERS GROUP

• SPECIAL THANKS – SOUBHAGYA JENA , SAMPAD PATTANAIK , DEBASISH DAS

SANKET TRIPATHY , CHANDI SARANGI , DEBASHISH PRADHAN