NDTV Croma Tech Grandmasters quiz episode 14

(TF)(QWERTY)The QWERTY keyboard was designed because the original typewriters would sometimes get jammed while recovering from a keystroke
Ans. True

(TF)(Tata)Tata motors became the first Indian automotive firm to buy out a foreign company when they bought volkswagen India in 2010
Ans. False
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(TF)(Bug)Bug is an error in a computer program or system.
Ans. True

(TF)(Pac-Man)The popular arcade game Pac-Man was originally known as Puck-Man
Ans. True

(TF)(Greenwich Meridian)The Greenwich Meridian is marked at night by a laser beam emitted northwards from the Royal observatory.
Ans. True

(Direct)(Gadgets)What is this tablet device from Dell called?
Ans. STREAK

(Direct)(Mixed Bag)If Nokia calls it Ovi,and Apple calls it the App store,then what does Android call it?
Ans. MARKET

(Direct)(Personalities)ST.Claire of Assis, a devout christian nun, used to have visions of the mass on the wall of her cell. She is known as patron saint of which gadget?
Ans. TELEVISION

(Direct)(Entertainment)Which scientist was portrayed by David Bowie in the 2006 film ‘The Prestige’?
Ans. NIKOLA TESLA

(Direct)(WWW)Where did the former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz write this resignation first,’Today’s my last day at sun.i’ll miss it.seems only fitting to end on a haiku”?
Ans. TWITTER

(Buzzer)()What search engine went fully online on june 3, 2009,replacing these :Live Search,Windows Live Search, & MSN
Ans. BING

(Buzzer)()All secret agents love their gadgets,but who is the man provides them to James Bond?
Ans. Q-QUARTERMASTER

(Buzzer)()In the world of gaming, what is the full form of abbreviation PSP?
Ans. PLAYSTATION PORTABLE

(Buzzer)()What word could be used to refer to a confectionery item or a piece of information stored in a Browser’s memory?
Ans. COOKIE

(Buzzer)()The popular website soccernet and cricinfo are owned by which brand?
Ans. ESPN

(Buzzer)()Identify this personality on whom the french legion of Honour has been bestowed?
Ans. N R NARAYANA MURTHY

(Buzzer)()What Arnold Schwarzenegger quote features at no.37 on the American Film Institute’s top 100 movie quotes of all time?
Ans. I’LL BE BACK

(Buzzer)()Which mobile phone company started out as a wood pulp and paper manufacturing company?
Ans. NOKIA