Q1. What is a shell in Unix terminology? Q2. What does GNU stand for and why? Q3. Who is associated with the designs of the iMac, Macbook, Macbook Pro and subsequent iDevices? Q4. Into what form does TCP break data into? Q5. What is the main source of revenue for Google? Q6. Which game does the slang pwn-ed originate from? Q7. Which was the world's first commercial video game console? Q8. What is the glossary of slangs used by computer programmers called? Q9. The 'X' was the first portable computer. It was developed by Lee Felsenstein and introduced at the West Coast Computer Fair in April It had WordStar, SuperCalc, dBase 2, CBASIC and MBASIC pre-installed in it, being the first microcomputer with bundled software. What is X? 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'. Q11. Which is the online service provided by Google that lets end users print to compatible printers, regardless of location? Q12. Ning.com is a social networking site. How is it different from any other of its kind? Q13. What would you associate kernel.org with? Q14. Which cable connects the hard disk with the motherboard? 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. Q16. Identify the console. Q17. Identify the operating system shown in the smartphones. Q18. Identify the character, and the website you will find it in. Q19. A blueprint sketch, of which website? Q20. What term first used in 1934 correlates engineering and human factors? 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. 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. Q2. The Mozilla Foundation is colloquially called a 501(c). What does 501(c) signify? 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? Q4. Link: The New York Times, Creative Commons, Sony Corporation, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Mozilla Foundation. 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. Q6. It was erroneously believed that Apple's previous logo, with the rainbow colours, was a tribute to Alan Turing, why? 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? 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. Q9. Xs 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 Identify X and Y. Q10. Which is the worlds largest mobile phone network provider? Q11. What is the engine that drives the Firefox OS called? Q12. X connects ask, last, ping, fastmail and smart. Which country does X belong to? 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. Q1. With a clock frequency of 5-10 MHz, this Turing- complete computer was the first one, ever. Name its inventor. Q2. Ubuntu, Fedora, Mint Linux, what connects them? 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) Q4. What is GarageBand, iMovie, iPhoto collectively known as? Q5. Maemo and S40 are predecessor to which operating system? Provide the most appropriate answer. Q6. Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney created which iconic gaming company in 1972? Q7. What connects Apple, Google and Hewlett-Packard, of course other than the obvious? Q8. After Maps, Gmail and Facebook, which is the most downloaded Android app with more than 100 million downloads? Q9. What does the word Ubuntu stand for? Q10. What is erased from the image? 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. Q1. Epona and Hylian. Whats the link? Q2. Which game would you associate Dr. Gordon Freeman? Q3. Link: The bird, son of no one. The Eagle. The Life that was scratched. Q4. Clarion and Defender are the cheapest of their kind, each one being signature to one type of player. Which game features these? Q5. A level 100 X can potentially deal the most damage in one single attack through the use of numerous stat boosters; by using Helping Hand by two different Pokmon in a Triple battle, holding a Metronome, Power Trick, a Skill Swap to Pure Power or Huge Power, 6 Attack boosts, and a Mimic, Me First used on a slower Pokmon using the Defense Curl/Rollout combo. Also, Xs partner must have the ability Flower Gift and the weather must be sunny. On the 5th turn of using Rollout consecutively without any misses, if used against a level 1 Ledyba, Yanma or Combee with minimum Defense stats, that have been hit with negative Defense modifiers (such as Screech), it can deal 481,266,036 damage with a critical hit. Which Pokemon is X? Q6. In which game would you find the following goof up? Q7. Where would you find the following Easter egg? Q8. Identify the game from the following image. A direct question holds 10 points, whereas a passed question holds 5 points. Each team will be asked 2 questions. Each question can be passed only once. Q1. Identify the game from the audio: Q2. Identify the game from the audio: "It's Only Us" by Robbie Williams; "Bodyrock" by Moby; "To Get Down (Fatboy Slim Remix)" by Timo Maas; "Kids" by Sleigh Bells; "Club Foot" by Kasabian Q3. Q4. Identify the game from the audio. Q5. Link. Q6. Identify the operating system. Q7. What does the logo signify? Q8. The following image abstractly points to a major company. Which one? 10 points for every correct answer. Each team will be asked 4 questions. There is no passing of questions. If a team answers a question incorrectly, the score that they have accumulated in this round will be halved. Connect: A bear. Nine felines. And a rifle, favourite of Counter-Strike players. Connect: UPS Enron NeXT IBM Connect: Integrated Runtime. Captivate. Audition. Encore. Connect: Sonoma County. Purple star field. Dandelions. Shooting stars in a dusky sky over a mountain range.