NDTV Croma Tech Grandmasters quiz episode 32

(TF)(eBay)One of the first items sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer for $14.83.
Ans. True

(TF)(FM)FM broadcasting was invented by Guglielmo Marconi in 1933.
Ans. False

(TF)(Cellphone)Cellular phones use radio waves to transmit information.
Ans. True

(TF)(Satellite)AT&T launched the world’s first active communications satellite in July 1962.
Ans. True

(TF)(Couch potato)Couch potato ‘ is a term used to describe people who spend a lot of time using computers.
Ans. False

(TF)(ASIMO)The technologically – advanced humanoid robot ASIMO was made by Sony.
Ans. False
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(TF)(Mp3 player)The world’s first mass-produced MP3 player was called the MPMan.
Ans. True

(TF)(Nobel prize)The youngest person in history to be awarded the Nobel Prize is Werner Heisenberg.
Ans. False

(Direct)(Companies)Which Mac OS X version uses this logo?
Ans. JAGUAR

(Direct)(Terminologies)What effect did Garth Kidd describe in 1996 as “ a tendency to identify everything in the world as being made of four squares and attempt to determine ‘where it fits in ‘ “?
Ans. TETRIS EFFECT

(Direct)(Personalities)Who made a solo descent in a submarine called “ deep sea challenger” to the deepest spot on earth in March , 2012?
Ans. JAMES CAMERON

(Direct)(Gaming)In games , the first optimized use of what was introduced by Ralph Baer, an employee of defense contractor sanders associates in the late 1960s?
Ans. JOYSTICK

(Direct)(Landmarks)Astronaut Neil Armstrong’s first words from the moon were relayed to the Earth by which company’s radio transponder?
Ans. MOTOROLA

(Direct)(Gadgets)Which Korean brand of air-conditioner claims to be equipped with Inverter V Technologies ?
Ans. LG

(Direct)(Entertainment)Name this robot featured in a 2010 Hindi film “Robot”.
Ans. CHITTI

(Direct)(Innovations)Which car safety device was patented in the US by John W Hetrick after a car accident in 1952?
Ans. AIR BAG

(Direct)(Mixed bag)Identify this mascot.
Ans. TUX

(Buzzer)()Which combination of three letters generally precedes website addresses?
Ans. WWW

(Buzzer)()Which Samsung mobile phone’s tag line is : ‘Desh smart ban raha hai, aap kab ban rahe ho’?
Ans. SAMSUNG GALAXY Y

(Buzzer)()What came out of an open-source browser project called ‘Chromium’ started by Google in 2008?
Ans. CHROME

(Buzzer)()Identify the company from this image
Ans. ZYNGA

(Buzzer)()Core, Atom,i3,i5,i7 are microprocessors from which company?
Ans. INTEL

(Buzzer)()By what name do we better know the “Cyberdyne Systems Model 101” as mentioned in a popular sci-fi film series?
Ans. TERMINATOR

(Buzzer)()Which company uses the programmable bricks developed by MIT’s Media Lab?
Ans. LEGO

(Buzzer)()Which American firm owns the computer operating systems MS-DOS?
Ans. MICROSOFT

(Buzzer)()The ‘Think Different’ campaign is associated with which IT giant?
Ans. APPLE

(Buzzer)()The metric unit of power has been named after which scientist?
Ans. JAMES WATT

(Buzzer)()Which animal is featured on the official Apollo 11 emblem?
Ans. BALD EAGLE

(Buzzer)()How do we better know Victor Company of Japan, an electronics manufacturer ?
Ans. JVC