QUIZZARDS GROUP ANNIVERSARY QUIZ #1

PENTATHLON EPISODE 1

QM-ANIRUDDHA BISWAS( TEAM QUIZZARDS )

This is the first among the series of quizzes we have planned as part of the celebration of 5 years of the Quizzards_2k4 yahoo group.The theme of the first quiz is Technology ,with the main focus being ICT.

The name of the Quiz series has been suggested by Saurish Das ,one of the earliest members of Team Quizzards.

Scores for this edition will be updated soon.

At the end of the series,cumulative scores will be calculated and the Quizzards Anniversary Quiz Champion announced.

1.This greatly pleasing or entertaining web service was started by Joshua Scachter in 2003.Having more than 5 million users its primary use is in storing,sharing and discovering bookmarks on the internet.Identify.

Ans.Delicious or del.icio.us

2.This free operating system gets its name from the Zulu word for humanity.Identify

Ans.Ubuntu

3.His father was an Indian freedom revolutionary from Bengal who having been imprisoned for his political activities, fled Kolkata in the 1920s in order to avoid further prosecution by the British colonial police.A Fulbright Scholar ,he earned his Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.He founded a company in 1964,whose products can be found in the Sistine Chapel and the Broadway Theatre."Better Sound Through Research" is the motto of the company.Identify the person and the company he founded.

Ans.Amar Gopal Bose, Bose Corporation


4.The term originates from name of the wooden box on which a speaker would stand to deliver a speech.The term is also used to describe a person engaging in often flamboyant impromptu or unofficial public speaking.The term is also the name of the online video streaming service provided by Microsoft on its MSN portal.Identify the term .

Ans.SoapBox

5.Which best selling author was recently quoted as saying ,"MySpace is my wife and Facebook is my mistress"?

Ans.Paul Coelho

6.Started by two Kolkata based brothers, Jayant and Rajat Agarwala,the site is currently known as Lexulous.What was its earlier avatar known as?

Ans.Scrabulous

7.What term has been given to the New York Governor,Dave Patterson's proposed tax on downloaded music,videos,ebooks and other such digital entertainment services ?

Ans. iPod Tax

8.It was started as a research and development project inside a San Francisco based company called Odeo.Evan Williams,Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone were the founders of the company,which currently employs around 25 people.What is being talked about ?

Ans. Twitter

9._________ is a paradigm in which information is permanently stored in servers on the Internet and cached temporarily on clients that include desktops, entertainment centers, tablet computers, notebooks, wall computers, handhelds, sensors, monitors, etc.Alternatively it is a style of computing in which IT-related capabilities are provided “as a service”, allowing users to access technology-enabled services from the Internet without knowledge of, expertise with, or control over the technology infrastructure that supports them. Fill in the blanks.

Ans. Cloud Computing

10.Connect the creatures shown in the picture below with the Firefox web browser.

Ans.The picture on the left is the depiction of a Phoenix,and on the right is
a Gecko lizard.Phoenix was the earlier name of the Firefox Project and the Firefox
browser runs on the Gecko web rendering engine

Quizzards Group's Fifth Anniversary Celebration

On 26th December 2008 the Quizzards group will be turning five. It has been quite a remarkable journey over the course of these 5 years, though the number of quizzes posted on the group has fluctuated at times we have still managed to maintain the overall quality of the quizzes posted here.

The membership as of today stands at 488,we would definitely love to attract more member who will actively contribute towards enriching our knowledge base.

As part of our fifth anniversary celebrations we are planning a series of quizzes which will be posted to group members and published in the blog. This series of quizzes will be running for a month starting 26th December 2008.

To make the 5th anniversary celebration of Quizzards a truly grand one,I would like to invite members to volunteer as quiz masters. If you intend to volunteer as a QM,please drop in a mail to quiz[dot]aniruddha[at]gmail.com

We are yet to decide on a suitable name on this Quiz series,if you have any suggestions do share them.
RULES:
1.Each quiz must contain a minimum of 10 questions.
2.A set can have questions on any specific subject of your choice.
3.You can send in the questions to my email id,and they will be subsequently posted to the group and the quizzards blog with due credits to the QM.All other members can send in their attempts 4.Scores will be compiled for each set, and would be carried over in determining the Grand Winner of the series.

Happy Quizzing