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Thursday, 02 September 2010 18:01

IT Quiz : Mixed Bag 2

1. Name the inventor of the Lisp programming language who is also credited with coining the term ‘Artificial Intelligence'.

A.John McCarthy

2. Tim Cook is the COO of…?

A.Apple

3. Which famous brand has launched ‘TheSmokingJacket.com', a site that contains no nudity but plenty of sex talk and jokes?

A.Playboy


4. Name the famous American politician who has sparked off a Twitter meme by coining a new word ‘refudiate' in the tweet and drawing comparisons with Shakespeare?

A.Sarah Palin


5. Who is to buy off most of telecom giant Motorola's wireless network equipment business for about $1.2 billion?

A.Nokia Siemens


6. Paul D. Ceglia recently attracted headlines by claiming to own 84 per cent of which happening site by citing a contract he signed with the latter's founder?

A.Facebook


7. What is the ‘Gorilla Grip of Death'?

A.The now problematic way of holding the Apple iPhone 4 that affects the antenna's performance.


8. Name the American actor who held the patent that is the basis for the Wi-Fi, GPS and mobile communications that we use today.

A.Hedy Lamarr


9. Thomas Flowers designed the world's first programmable electronic computer. What was it called?

A.Colossus


10. If it is Dennis Ritchie for C, then who is it for D?

A.Walter Bright

2 comments

  • Comment Link Nakul! Saturday, 04 September 2010 19:35 posted by Nakul!

    Hey what about the prelims of the other cities.??

  • Comment Link Vittal Pai Sunday, 05 September 2010 13:16 posted by Vittal Pai

    I am trying alot to get the quests..anywayz ll publish soon as soon as i get!

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