NDTV Croma Tech Grandmasters quiz episode 19

(TF)(Google News)Google News was created by Google’s principal Research Scientist, Krishna bharat,to keep himself informed about all developments post 9/11
Ans. True

(TF)(Strategy games)The computer game “Age of Mythology” was released after “The Age of Empires’
Ans. True

(TF)(Nobel prize)The first Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to German physicist Hans Bethe for the discovery of X- Rays
Ans. False
More Info: WILHELM ROENTGEN

(TF)(Infosys)Infosys was the first Indian company to be listed on Nasdaq
Ans. True

(TF)(Ittiam)Ittiam System’s name is derived from the English translation of Rene Descartes quote “cogito ergo sum”
Ans. True

(TF)(SanDisk)SanDisk was co-founded by Sanjay Mehrotra
Ans. True

(TF)(K)The “K” in the K series of chips from AMD stands for “Kaleidoscope’
Ans. False
More Info: Kryptonite

(Direct)(Personalities)Though he never finished college, who is known for making the “stay hungry , stay foolish” speech at his June 2005 Stanford University commencement speech
Ans. STEVE JOBS

(Direct)(WWW)Who tweeted in 2009 after being dropped from the England T20 team against Pakistan, “Done for rest of summer !! Man of the World cup T20 and dropped from the T20 side too.”?
Ans. KEVIN PIETERSEN

(Direct)(Entertainment)Which 2001 film is based on a story titled ‘Super-Toys Last all Summer Long’?
Ans. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT

(Direct)(Terminologies)What term , popularized by the scientist, musician and author Jaron Lanier , is often used to describe computer – created simulations?
Ans. VIRTUAL REALITY

(Buzzer)()Which character was played by Naseeruddin shah in the 2003 sci-fi film “the league of Extraordinary gentlemen”?
Ans. CAPTAIN NEMO

(Buzzer)()This is the mascot of which company?
Ans. SEGA

(Buzzer)()What Toshiba-backed format lost to Blu-ray in a war similar to the VHS-Betamax battle of the 1980s?
Ans. HD DVD

(Buzzer)()What tech slang term relating to computers and smartphones was voted the 2010 “Word of the Year “ by the American Dialect Society?
Ans. APP

(Buzzer)()What common term , also the title of a 2010 film, was introduced in Karl Capek’s 1921 Czech play R.U.R?
Ans. ROBOT

(Buzzer)()Which company was started in 1972 as system Analysis and program development?
Ans. SAP

(Buzzer)()Which technology buzzword would complete the title of this 1997 Radiohead song from the album O.K Computer, paranoid_____________?
Ans. ANDROID