NDTV Croma Tech Grandmasters quiz episode 27

(TF)(Facebook)The minimum age required to create a Facebook account is sixteen.
Ans. False
More Info: 13

(TF)(Playbook)Play book is a tablet device launched by Sony.
Ans. False
More Info: Blackberry

(TF)(TCP/IP)The P in TCP/IP stands for ping.
Ans. False
More Info: protocol

(TF)(Programming language)The Programming language ‘C’ was thus named because its features were derived from an earlier language called ‘B’.
Ans. True

(TF)(Virus)VBS.Loveletter released in 2000 was a virus.
Ans. True

(TF)(iTunes)Delhi 6′ was the first Indian film to be available for download on Apple iTunes.
Ans. True

(TF)(ISRO)Aakash is a geoportal launched by Indian Space Research Organization(ISRO).
Ans. False

(TF)(Napster)Napster got its name from a nickname given to the founder due to his tightly -curled hair.
Ans. True

(TF)(Sony)The Sony CDP-101 was the world’s first commercially released portable cassette player.
Ans. False

(TF)(Diesel)The word ‘diesel’ is derived from the family name of a German inventor.
Ans. True

(Direct)(Landmarks)Name the wearable gestural interface device developed by Pranav Mistry , a PhD candidate at the MIT Media Lab.
Ans. SIXTH SENSE

(Direct)(Entertainment)Which company has started a digital music store named Flyte?
Ans. FLIPKART

(Direct)(Terminologies)What word is commonly used to refer to “unsolicited bulk e-mail”?
Ans. SPAM

(Direct)(Gaming)Identify this game.
Ans. THE GUNSTRINGER

(Direct)(Gadgets)Identify this device.
Ans. THE PLAY STATION VITA

(Direct)(Mixed bag)Which is the only country to be named after the Latin name of a chemical element?
Ans. ARGENTINA

(Direct)(Innovations)The firs airplane ‘Wright Flyer’ flown by the Wright brothers was a fabric covered biplane with a frame made of what material?
Ans. WOOD

(Direct)(Companies)Which company invented the ‘auditioner system’, a tool for simulating the sound experience of a yet -to-be -built room?
Ans. BOSE

(Direct)(Personalities)Identify this CEO.
Ans. STEVE BALLMER

(Buzzer)()Before adopting its current name, which web browser was initially named Phoenix and then Firebird.
Ans. FIREFOX

(Buzzer)()Which Bollywood actor has been appointed as a brand ambassador of Yatra.com in 2012?
Ans. SALMAN KHAN

(Buzzer)()Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 codename shares its name with Which fruit?
Ans. MANGO

(Buzzer)()Which famous website’s tagline reads ‘Broadcast Yourself’?
Ans. YOU TUBE

(Buzzer)()In which software suite would you find infopath, OneNote and Groove applications together?
Ans. MS OFFICE

(Buzzer)()What toy were Ruth and Elliot Handler inspired to create while watching their grandchildren playing with small, foreign die-cast cars?
Ans. HOT WHEELS

(Buzzer)()With which company would you associate ‘Project 10 to the 100th’?
Ans. GOOGLE

(Buzzer)()Which company gets its name from the phrase” Do communications over the mobile network”?
Ans. DOCOMO

(Buzzer)()Which non-profit organization founded by Sunshine press carries the slogan ‘We Open Governments”?
Ans. WIKILEAKS

(Buzzer)(TIE BREAKER)In 1851, the improved model of which domestic appliance was patented by Isaac Merrit Singer?
Ans. SEWING MACHINE