(TF)(Transcend)Transcend’s StoreJet 25M portable hard drive is designed to meet the US military drop-test standard.
Ans. True
Episode ID: 41
(TF)(Watson)The IBM supercomputer Watson can hold a maximum of one million pages of content in its memory.
Ans. False
More Info: 200 MILLION PAGES
(TF)(Sewing machine)The world’s first electronic home sewing machine was named after the Greek goddess of wisdom.
Ans. True
(TF)(Genius bar)The tech support station located inside every Apple Retail Store is called Genius Bar.
Ans. True
(TF)(Transformers)According to a Hollywood film series, Optimus Prime is the leader of the Deception’s , a group of transforming robots from the planet Cybertron.
Ans. False
(TF)(AT&T)Solar cells were invented when AT&T was searching for a way to power parts of its telephone system in tropical areas in the early 1950s.
Ans. True
(TF)(Clepsydra)Clepsydra is an ancient device for measuring time by the shadow of an object.
Ans. False
(TF)(Linux)Linus Torvalds based Linux on a pre-existing operating system called MINIX
Ans. True
(TF)(Time)Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest person to be name TIME person of the year.
Ans. False
(Direct)(Gaming)Identify this game
Ans. CRACKDOWN 2
(Direct)(Innovations)What system did CBS director Tony Verna invent in 1963 for the network’s coverage of the Army – Navy football game?
Ans. INSTANT REPLAY
(Direct)(Gadgets)In 1962, what was first introduced in the Seattle World’s Fair as ‘Bellboy’?
Ans. PAGER
(Direct)(Personalities)Who was awarded the Grammy Trustees award in 2012 for ‘significant contribution to the Field of Recording’?
Ans. STEVE JOBS
(Direct)(Terminologies)In Finnish , it is called ‘Tietokone’, in Icelandic , we call it ‘Tolva’, what do we call it in English?
Ans. COMPUTER
(Direct)(Companies)Which company developed this supercomputer?
Ans. IBM
(Direct)(Landmarks)This was the first camera to land on the Moon. Which company manufactured it?
Ans. HASSELBAD
(Direct)(Entertainment)What 1982 sci-fi film , with a 2010 sequel, had its genesis when its director Steven Lisberger saw the computer game ‘pong’ for the first time?
Ans. TRON
(Direct)(Mixed bag)What is unique about the Google Doodle that was launched on 4 January 2010, the birthday of Sir Isaac Newton?
Ans. FIRST ANIMATED DOODLE
(Buzzer)()Which fictional scientist’s inventions include Annihilin, Air-conditioning pill and intellectron , among others?
Ans. PROFESSOR SHONKU
(Buzzer)()What was devised by an IBM engineer David J Bradley in 1983 that is also called “the three-finger salute�
Ans. CTRL+ALT+DEL
(Buzzer)()Which video game features the characters ‘Leonardo’ , ‘Raphael’, ‘Michelangelo’ and “Donatello’?
Ans. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
(Buzzer)()Which iconic car was advertised in India with the tagline ‘curves are back’?
Ans. VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
(Buzzer)()Who is the chief Internet Evangelist of Google since 2005?
Ans. VINTON CERF
