NDTV Croma Tech Grandmasters quiz episode 18

(TF)(Nokia)In the 1980s, Nokia sold a line of microcomputers called MikroMikko
Ans. True

(TF)(Thomas Edison)Thomas Edison was the first to get the contract to harness the waterpower from Niagara Falls
Ans. False
More Info: GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE

(TF)(AOL)AOL ownes the network and technology blog TechCrunch
Ans. True

(TF)(Egypt)During the Egypt protests of esrly 2011,google and Twitter launched a speak – to-tweet service that allowed people to post messages without Internet access
Ans. True

(TF)(Finder’s Fee)Donald Ervin Knuth, author of the pathbreaking multi-volume work ‘The Art of Computer programming’, used to pay a finder’s fee of $2.56 for any typo errors.
Ans. True

(TF)(FM)The first FM service in India was started in July, 1977 from Madras
Ans. True

(TF)(Firefox)Firefox 4 is codenamed Namoroka
Ans. False
More Info: Firefox 4 is codenamed Tumucumaque

(Direct)(Mixed bag)Started by Greg Lowe in a colorado garage over 40 years ago, what kind of bags does the company Lowepro manufacture?
Ans. CAMERA

(Direct)(Companies)Which company was started by these three former PayPal employees?
Ans. YOUTUBE

(Direct)(Innovations)Which peer to peer mobile voice over IP application, headquartered in Israel . Enables users to chat using ICQ, Google Talk, MSN and AIM, all in one application?
Ans. FRING

(Direct)(Wheels)B-2 Sprit and F-22 Raptor are the only two manned fighter aircrafts in service with what technology?
Ans. STEALTH

(Direct)(Landmarks)What was the first product to be bar coded?
Ans. WRIGLEY CHEWING GUM

(Direct)(WWW)Hrithik Roshan, Shah Rukh Khan and Sachin Tendulkar were all roped in to do commercials for which dotcom?
Ans. HOMETRADE .COM

(Buzzer)()Complete the title of these two autobiographies written by Leonard Nimoy; “I am _____ “ and I am not ____”
Ans. SPOCK

(Buzzer)()The term ‘Ovi’ used by Nokia for their mobile and internet services means what in the Finnish language.
Ans. DOOR

(Buzzer)()What specifically connects these movies; ’50 First Dates’, ‘The Fifth Element’, ‘Hitch’, ‘House of flying Daggers’, ‘Under world: Evolution’, ‘XXX’, and ‘The Terminator’?
Ans. FIRST MOVIES TO BE RELEASED ON BLUE RAY

(Buzzer)()Which Yahoo!- owned website is named after a fictitious animal from “the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy “ series.
Ans. BABEL FISH