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Note: All hints mentioned were given by the quizmaster himself.

1] Name the general purpose very-high level programming language

designed by Rossum. [Hint: It is dangerous.]

Ans: Python [Pythons are dangerous :D]

2] It was created by James Gosling, and is alternatively known as the Oak

Project.

Ans: Java [Java was formerly called Oak, after the oak tree that stood
outside Gosling's office.]

3] The word Compaq comes from which two English words?

Ans: Compatibility And Quality

4] Identify the logo.

Ans: Western Digital Corporation

5] Which company started as Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory?

Ans: Canon

6] Who started the Free Software Foundation? [Hint: He is God for all free
software lovers.]

Ans: Richard Stallman [The hint was no help whatsoever, although almost
everybody knew the answer.]

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7] Identify this co-founder of Sun Microsystems.

Ans: William Nelson Joy or Billy Joy

8] “Middleware is History.” Identify this person.

Ans: Jonathan Schwartz

9] Which product led Cisco to file a lawsuit on trademark infringement

against Apple Inc.?

Ans: iPhone [InfoGear (now owned by Cisco Systems) released the iPhone
modem in 1998. Even though the product was discontinued, Cisco Systems
held the trademark for the name, and also released another modem,
known as the Linksys iPhone in December 2006, after Apple Inc. released
their iPhone in June, 2006.]

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10] The acquisition of which company by Google Inc. marked their entry
into the world of mobile device software?

Ans: Android [Google Inc. acquired Android in 2005. Android is now an

operating system and a software platform based on the Linux kernel
developed by the Open Handset Alliance.]

11] Photorealistic Renderman or PR Man is the product owned by which

company? [Hint: It is owned by a company which makes many animation
films.]

Ans: Pixar Animation Studios [Unfortunately, the hint was too obvious.]

12] Identify this person from the world of Hewlett-Packard.

Ans: Mark Hurd

13] The interface of which photo mapping software bears a similarity to the
program described in Neal Stephenson's sci-fi work Snow Crash?

Ans: Google Earth

14] Started as Quantum Computer Services, it is currently a part of Time

Warner. Identify.

Ans: America Online [AOL]

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15] Toshiba launched the Qosmio G55 recently. It was the first laptop to
have the Cell CPU. Which other gaming console has the Cell CPU in it?

Ans: PlayStation Portable or PlayStation 3 [The former answer is probably

wrong, as the PlayStation Portable operates on the MIPS or Microprocessor
without Interlocked Pipeline Stages RISC processor. Interestingly, Qosmio's
home page has no mention of the Cell CPU at all. It mentions only the Intel
Core2Duo.]

16] Identify the game.

Ans: Far Cry 2 [The same screenshot was not used. The real screenshot
depicted a character holding a weapon and standing in a mustard field.]

17] Which company has lauched the Ideapad series of notebooks, which is
touted to be the next generation of the Thinkpad series?

Ans: Lenovo [Which is actually a subsidiary of IBM, manufacturer of the

Thinkpad series of notebooks.]

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18] _________ is a project which encompasses two related projects, with

the combined aim of creating a family of open-source mobile phones. It was
started by the FIC. [Hint: There were three options for this: a)
Mobilemoko; b) Openmoko; and c) Mokomoko.]

Ans: Openmoko [The two projects being discussed here are: a) Openmoko
Linux, a Linux based operating-system designed for mobile phones, built
using free software; and b) Development of hardware devices on which
Openmoko Linux runs. The first device based on the Openmoko project was
the Neo 1973.]

19] Which service do all Apple Inc. devices, such as the Macbook, the iMac,
the iPhone and the iPod Touch, use to synchronize data?

Ans: MobileMe [Formerly known as iTools and .Mac, MobileMe is a

subscription-based collection of online services primarily designed for Mac
OS X, but later targeted Microsoft Windows, iPhone, and iPod Touch users]

20] Identify the logo.

Ans: Kingston Technology Company

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