TCS IT WIZ QUIZ Questions- Ahmedabad 2012

I am Saptak Mankad and I had participated in the TCS IT WIZ quiz at Tagore Hall.
These are some of the questions asked in the Finals held over there.

Round 1- Angry Nerds

Q-1 ) In 1987, Thomas Kaun, A PhD student of Michigan University developed a program to display grayscale images. THe program was called The Display. It caught the attention of His brother and they both then made it a full fledged program. They named it ImagePro but the name was already take. So they then named it X. What is the name of X?

A-1) Adobe Photoshop

Q-2) 1st hint- It's also called Pacman Logo.
         2nd Hint- It's official name has a slit in the letter.
         3rd Hint- Developed by Scott Baker
        What is the quizmaster talking about?

A-2) Microsoft Logo

Q-3) Clamshell, Candybar, Slate, Swivel, Slider, Touch, Taco are types of what?

A-3) Mobile Phones

Q-4) 1st Hint- Robert Gaskins of Microsoft. May 22, 1996
         2nd Hint- THe software was made by Danis Austin and Thomas Rudkins
        3rd hint- It was originally called the "Presenter".
      What is the quizmaster talking about?
A-4 ) Microsoft Powerpoint

Q-5) Picture Question
windows xp bliss wallpaper location
       
This painting was bought for millions.












A-5 ) Microsoft's Default wallpaper "Bliss"

Q-6)
       
        
       
        This ad campaign was for what?

A-6) Skype Humoticons

Round 2 - Grand Theft Answers

Q-1) 1st Hint- Made by U.S Defense Department in 1994
         2nd Hint- Satellite Navigation Based System
        3rd Hint- Snap Track Inc. sold its technology for mobile phones.

        What is the quizmaster talking about?
A-1) G.P.S

Q-2) 1st hint- In 1991 NCR Corporation with AT&T invented the precursor to 802.11 intended for use in cashier systems.
         2nd Hint- Interband was hired to rename it to make it little more catchier then 'IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence'.
         3rd hint- Could NOt recognize the 3rd Hint
 What is the quizmaster talking about?

A-2) WiFi

Q-3) 1st Hint- Permission or Transmission
         2nd Hint- Developed by Digital Equipment Corporation in 1998.
         3rd Hint- It was created by Brian Reid and his team at Palo Alto.
        What is the quizmaster talking about?

A-3) Firewall

Q-4) Which was the first dot com to be listed first on Bombay Stock Exchange?

A-4) Naukri(dot)com

Q-5) 1st Hint- It is Headquartered at Walldorf, Germany.
         2nd Hint- It was founded in June 1972 as Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung (System Analysis and Program Development)
         3rd Hint- Founded by Five Former IBM engineers in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg who were ; Dietmar Hopp, Klaus Tschira, Hans-Werner Hector, Hasso Plattner, and Claus Wellenreuther.
        What is the quizmaster talking about?

A-5) S.A.P

Q-6) 1st Hint- Developed by Idealabs in 2002.
         2nd Hint- Google took over it in 2004.
         3rd Hint- The phrase mi casa in it refers to  "my house", and "pic" for pictures.
        What is the quizmaster talking about?
A-6) Picasa

Round 3- "@" TCS

Q-1)  NEDGroup Insurance (NedIC) has sleceted TCS's universal financial services platform named x to develop banking and market solutions. What is the name of X?

A-1) TCS Banc

Q-2) What is the trading symbol of TCS on National Stock Exchange?

A-2) TCS

Q-3) TCS is known for a suite of solutions shortened as "GNDM". What is GNDM?

A-3) Global Network Delivery MOdel

Q-4) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)  signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)  for the restoration of the iconic Rajabhai Clock Tower and Library building in coordination with Indian Heritage Society.  TCS signed the MoU with who?

A-4) Mumbai University

Round -4 Max Pain

Q-1) Visuals
       1.


2.

3. Video of song 'Korbo Lorbo Jeetbo re' of Shah Rukh Khan.

 Relate all these and what do you get?

A-1) NOKIA

Q-2) Visuals

1. 

2.  

3. Voice of Blackberry CEO.

After relating all these things, what do you get?

A-2) BLACKBERRY PEARL mobile Phone

Q-3) Sorry couldn't follow the question when asked.

A-3) Narayan Murthy

Q-4) Visuals
1. 

2.      Wipro Logo

3.  A visual with the letters "BUZZ"

What do you get after relating all of these?

A-3) Azim Premji

Round 5- Total Kombat

Q-1) It was created by a Slovenian company named "Outfit7" and it caught the attention of the whole world and it was downloaded more than 400 million times. What was made by the company?
A-1) Talking Tom

Q-2) CSS is the short for Cascading Style SHeet which was developed by?

A-2) Hakon Wium Lie

Q-3) They were looking for a name but could not find one. THey then founded a name. Its meaning was a state where a stone or a group of stones is imminently in danger of being taken by one's opponent. What was the name?

A-3) Atari

Q-4) Paul Buchheit is famous for creating what?

A-4) Gmail

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