11th Anniversary Quiz - [Correct Answers]
1. Nicolaus Otto built the first practical _________ called the "Otto Cycle Engine," and when he completed his engine, he built it into a motorcycle. What did he build?
2. The name of this person is Steve. He co-founded a successful internet business and sold it off in early 2000s. Who is this?
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3. Which of the following was invented by Benjamin Franklin?
4. How do we know a network hardware device that modulates one or more carrier wave signals to encode digital information for transmission?
Correct Answer: Modem
5. ‘After Effects’ is a popular video processing tool by which of the following companies?
6. This is an earlier version of what?
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7. ___________ was a French mathematician and physicist born in Auxerre and best known for initiating the investigation of a series named after him and the applications of the series to problems of heat transfer and vibrations. Who are we talking about?
8. Theodolite is an instrument which has a rotating telescope for measuring horizontal and vertical angles. Which engineer is most likely to use this instrument?
9. He is COO of a famous social media company who just stepped down and will be replaced by A. Noto. Which company are we talking about?
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10. In 1930s a Hungarian newspaper editor frustrated by the amount of time that he wasted filling up fountain pens and cleaning up smudged pages, noticed that inks used in newspaper printing dried quickly, leaving the paper dry and smudge free. He invented something using this and patented it in 1938. What item that we regularly use was thus invented?
11. Which open-source software framework for distributed storage and processing of very large data sets on computer clusters built from commodity hardware was named after the elephant toy of the son of its creator Doug Cutting?
- Cryogenic Engine
- Steam Engine
- Four Stroke I.C. Engine
- Train Engine
2. The name of this person is Steve. He co-founded a successful internet business and sold it off in early 2000s. Who is this?
- Steve Smith of Champions Australia
- Steve Wokniak of America Online
- Steve Case of America Online
- Steve Ballmer of Microsoft
3. Which of the following was invented by Benjamin Franklin?
- Bifocal lenses
- Fountain Pen
- Silver Coins
- Telephone
4. How do we know a network hardware device that modulates one or more carrier wave signals to encode digital information for transmission?
Correct Answer: Modem
5. ‘After Effects’ is a popular video processing tool by which of the following companies?
- Microsoft
- Adobe
- Opera
6. This is an earlier version of what?
- Canon
- Washing Machine
- Copier
- Electric Pump
7. ___________ was a French mathematician and physicist born in Auxerre and best known for initiating the investigation of a series named after him and the applications of the series to problems of heat transfer and vibrations. Who are we talking about?
- Joseph Fourier
- Napoleon Venn
- Leonardo Fibonacci
- Pierre Varignon
8. Theodolite is an instrument which has a rotating telescope for measuring horizontal and vertical angles. Which engineer is most likely to use this instrument?
- Civil Engineer
- Computer Engineer
- Chemical Engineer
- Metallurgical Engineer
9. He is COO of a famous social media company who just stepped down and will be replaced by A. Noto. Which company are we talking about?
- Google Plus
10. In 1930s a Hungarian newspaper editor frustrated by the amount of time that he wasted filling up fountain pens and cleaning up smudged pages, noticed that inks used in newspaper printing dried quickly, leaving the paper dry and smudge free. He invented something using this and patented it in 1938. What item that we regularly use was thus invented?
- Lead Pencil
- Stain Cleaning Detergent
- Fountain Pen
- Ballpoint Pen
11. Which open-source software framework for distributed storage and processing of very large data sets on computer clusters built from commodity hardware was named after the elephant toy of the son of its creator Doug Cutting?
- Hadoop
- Cassandra
- Ambari
- Linux
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