NDTV Croma Tech Grandmasters quiz episode 24

(TF)(ATM)ICICI is the first bank to introduce ATMs to India.
Ans. False
More Info: HSBC 1987

(TF)(List)The Samsung Galaxy Nexus topped Time magazine’s list of Top 10 gadgets of 2011′.
Ans. False

(TF)(Linux)The operating system, Linux, has a puffin as its mascot.
Ans. False
More Info: PENGUIN

(TF)(Logo)TiVo’s logo is a smiling television set.
Ans. True

(TF)(Casio)Casio’s first major product was a finger ring to hold a cigarette.
Ans. True

(TF)(Sonar)Sonar devices in submarines use radio waves to measure the distance and direction of underwater objects.
Ans. False

(TF)(Facebook)Facebook can be used to send and receive e-mail.
Ans. True

(TF)(Balloon flight)The first manned free balloon flight took place in a montgolfier balloon over Paris in 1783.
Ans. True

(TF)(Greygler)Any Google employee above the age of 40 is called Greygler.
Ans. True

(TF)(SAP)SAP, the German software corporation, was founded by five former Intel engineers.
Ans. False
More Info: IBM ENGINEERS

(Direct)(Gaming)Which popular gaming character is a former NYPD detective whose wife Michelle and new born daughter were killed in connection with the Valkyr drug case?
Ans. MAX PAYNE

(Direct)(Entertainment)What format was standardized by Karlheinz Brandenburg after repeated listening of the song “Tom’s Diner” by Suzanne Vega?
Ans. MP3

(Direct)(Gadgets)This was the world’s first what?
Ans. SMARTPHONE

(Direct)(Mixed bag)Giridhari Dasa, president of the Brazil ISKCON community, used what trope from popular culture to draw attention to the message of Krishna consciousness?
Ans. ANGRY BIRDS

(Direct)(Terminologies)What term did interbrand corporation coin in 1999 to describe ‘IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence’?
Ans. WI-FI

(Direct)(Landmarks)What currently omnipresent technology was released for civilian use following the shooting down of a Korean Airlines airplane by the USSR in 1983?
Ans. GPS

(Direct)(Innovations)What is being demonstrated by this DuPont scientist?
Ans. NYLON

(Direct)(Companies)Which organization, headquartered at Pune, was started in 1988 with the initial mission of building indigenous supercomputers in India?
Ans. C-DAC

(Buzzer)()Which apple service is this the logo of?
Ans. ICLOUD

(Buzzer)()SoSasta.com, acquired by Groupon in 2012, was renamed to what after the crazy deals they offer?
Ans. CRAZEAL.COM

(Buzzer)()Which Indian car is the subject of the book ‘Small Wonder’ published in 2010?
Ans. NANO

(Buzzer)()How do we better know Syzygy Engineering, founded by Dabney and Bushnell, in 1971?
Ans. ATARI

(Buzzer)()Identify this internet activist and philanthropist.
Ans. JULIAN ASSANGE

(Buzzer)()Which motion picture film format gets its name from the words ‘maximum’ and ‘image’?
Ans. IMAX