Tech Quiz

[Aditya Grover]

Tech Quiz
QM: Aditya Grover

Answers are at the end of the quiz.

1. To all,
I am very sad to tell you that I’ve just been fired over the phone by
______’s Chairman of the Board. It has been my pleasure to work with
all of you and I wish you only the best going forward.
_____
Sent from my iPad
Which former CEO recently sent this message to all the employees and
clients associated with the company?

2.Apple:Ipad::Samsung:Galaxy Tab:: Blackberry:_______ ::Acer:______.
FITB.

3. X was the founder and chairman of Internet Users Community of India
(IUCI). He had also played a major role in setting up internet
organizations like the Ethical Hackers Association. We usually
associate him with a completely different industry. Give me X.
(Hint:Yahoo)

4. Who were the twins who represented US in the men’s’ team rowing
event in the 2008 Beijing Olympics? They finished fourth. Also, why do
you think I am asking this question in a tech quiz?

5. Currently Advisor to the Prime Minister of India on Public
Information Infrastructure & Innovations, he is also widely considered
to have been responsible for India’s communications revolution. He
founded C-DOT, (Center for Development of Telematics), and is also the
founder and first chairman of India’s Telecom Commission. Who am I
talking about?

6. It started out as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation, with its’ first
product being a battery eliminator. This company is also credited with
having built the first mobile prototype. It was recently in the news,
having been acquired by a famous tech giant. Which company?

7. X was the Pepsi’s youngest ever president. Amazed by X’s managerial
skills, Y, the founder of a very famous tech company, lured him into
joining his company. Y successfully sealed the deal with his
legendary pitch to X, asking him whether he preferred to "sell sugar
water for the rest of your life or come with me and change the
world?". As luck would have it, a power struggle between X and Y led
to Y’s ouster from the company a few years later (only to return after
a few years). Simply, give me X and Y.

8. If Windows 95 was codenamed Chicago, Windows 98-Memphis, Windows XP-
Whistler, what was the codename for Windows Vista?

9. Who/what is a social ghost?

10.Clippit, F1, The Dot, Mother Nature, Rocky and many more. You have
played with them, and maybe, even taken their help at times. Who/What
am I talking about?





Answers:
1. Carol Bartz, former CEO of Yahoo
2. Playbook, Iconia
3. Shammi Kapoor (The hint Yahoo was a reference to his classic song-
Chahe koi mujhe jangali kahe)
4. Cameron and Tyler Winkelvoss, they sued Mark Zuckerberg, claiming
that he had stolen their Connect-U idea for Facebook.
5. Sam Pitroda
6. Motorola
7. X:John Sculley Y:Steve Jobs
8. Longhorn
9. A person who is dead, but still has his account activated on a
social networking site.
10. Microsoft Office Assistants