Crossword + Senior Quiz + Hardware

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Rules
● This paper is divided into three sections, namely :
a. The Crossword prelims, containing a crossword of 20 clues
b. The Senior Quiz prelims, containing 25 questions
c. The Hardware prelims, containing 15 questions
and you have been provided 90 minutes to completely attempt it.
● Each correct answer will fetch you one mark while there is no negative
marking for incorrect answers.
● The teams with the highest score in the ​ Senior Quiz and Crossword
sections taken togethe​ r will qualify for the Senior Quiz finals.
● Qualification for further rounds of the Crossword and Hardware events
will depend on the score in that section alone.
● Consulting with teams sitting around you is not advisable as it will lead
to disqualification.
● (*) marked questions will serve as tie-breakers
● Guessing is highly encouraged, as it is, almost always, what gets one
points in quizzes.
All the best!

Do not turn this page until the announcement is made

 
 Crossword
Grid

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Clues
Across
1. *Anyone can work here
3. Vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park
4. *Jugaad ki zindagi
8. Move over, age of textbooks, here comes ​
________
9. I wished my operating system goodbye
10. *
11. Last seen being used by almost nobody
12. Breakfast cereal for the technologically inclined
14. *The janitor in the army
16. What to do when you’re frustrated in the supermarket
17. Rolling in the deep consumer electronics industry
18. Stories in six seconds
19. *The wise old prophet from California, predicting futures since 1977

Down
1. *Chinese three
2. SSL ka dil toota
5. The tidy font
‘Mera beta Rajesh Verma….​
6. ​ ’
7. A veritable cornucopia of streetwise lingo
13. *Respectfully offering gadgets
15. *The front page of the internet

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 Senior Quiz

1. If you make a
In an attempt to mock Pepsi’s apparent unoriginality, the text below reads, ‘​
copy, copy right.’ ​
Which technology giant was behind this advertisement?

2. *Developed in Saint Petersburg in 2001 by a group of three programmers, ​ X is a

chatterbot portrayed as a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy - characteristics that are intended to
induce forgiveness in those with whom it interacts for its grammatical errors and lack of
general knowledge. In 2014, it became famous as the first chatterbot to pass the Turing
test. What is ​
X​
?

3. X was an online black market, best known as a platform for selling illegal drugs. It was
founded by Ross William Ulbricht, better known as ​ ‘Dread Pirate Roberts’​
.  ​
As part of the
Deep Web, it was operated as a ​ Tor hidden servi​
ce​
, such that online users were able to
browse it anonymously and securely without potential traffic monitoring. In 2013, the
Federal Bureau of Investigation shut down the website and arrested Ulbricht. In 2015,  
Ulbricht was convicted of all seven charges in U.S. Federal Court in Manhattan relating to
X​and was sentenced to life in prison. Identify ​
X​
.

4. X is an 'open world' ​video game originally created by Swedish programmer ​ Markus ‘Notch’
Persson and later developed and published by the Swedish company ​ Y​. The creative and
building aspects of X enable players to build constructions out of textured cubes in a ​ 3D
procedurally generated world. In 2014, ​ Microsoft signed a deal to buy ​
Y and the ownership
of ​
X​for ​
US$​2.5 billion. Identify ​
X​
and ​
Y​
.

5. *When ​ X​ was, in 2011, informed that he had become the world’s youngest billionaire after
narrowly edging Mark Zuckerberg, he had this to say :
‘​
I guess the eight days in the womb really made a difference.​
’ Who is ​
X​
?

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 6. Born to Joanne Simpson and an Egyptian Arab father in Green Bay, Wisconsin, ​ X​ was
adopted soon after birth by Paul and Clara of Mountain View, Santa Clara County,
California. ​
X​’s biological sister is the novelist Mona Simpson and one of his first jobs was
as a fruit-picker in an orchard in Oregon. Who is being talked about?

7. X was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer and

Internet ‘hacktivist’ who was involved in the development of the web feed format RSS, the
Markdown publishing format and the Creative Commons organisation. He committed
suicide in 2013 while under ​
federal indictment for data-theft, after he had been arrested by
MIT Police while trying to publish academic journal articles on the internet so as to make
them openly available to researchers. He was inducted into the ‘Internet Hall of Fame’
posthumously, and was also the subject of a recent documentary titled ​ ‘The Internet’s
own boy​ .’ Identify ​
X​
.

8. *​
X​started his career as an advertising professional with Rediff India, but later quit his job
and founded a startup called ‘TenTenTen’, which made apps to connect brands with their
customers. However, his claim to fame is his status as a ‘Twitter celebrity’, where he
shares humorous insights on politics and other contemporary happenings. He describes
himself as an ‘armchair thinker and excessive drinker’, and has a healthy following of
365K. Identify​X​
​ .

9. *The Oracle Corporation is headquartered in Redwood Shores, CA. This place has a
regional airport called the San Carlos Airport, with an airport code that is almost an
unbelievable coincidence, given its proximity to Oracle’s headquarters. What is the IATA
airport code of the San Carlos Airport?

10. What contraption is this?

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 11. In 2012, Skype, as a part of its marketing campaign, launched a new (much ridiculed) way
of conveying one’s message. They felt that the conventional methods for conveying
emotions through the web were not competent enough and required a more touching
experience. What did they introduce?

12. At third place is a celebrity condolence message for 6 year old Avalanna Routh. At second
is a picture of the first couple of the USA hugging. What’s at first place?

13. X i​
s a crowd-sourced South Asian language and culture website which provides a guide to
the English words and phrases of South-East Asia. It was founded by Vikram Bhaskaran
and three of his friends in 2011, and calls itself the ‘definitive guide to South Asian Lingo.’
What?

14. X i​
s an American author, best known for his technically detailed espionage, military
science and techno thriller storylines set during and in the aftermath of the Cold War.
However, he is best known for a series of video games which bear his name - even though
he did not work on them - for licensing and promotional purposes. Identify​
X​
​.

15. Identify this personality who has recently shot to notoriety.

16. *Explain what the concept behind ‘​

reCAPTCHA​
’ is.

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 17. *​
X ​is an upcoming physics-based puzzle platform video game developed by Coldwood
Interactive and published by Electronic Arts. It was announced on June 15, 2015 at EA's E3
2015 conference. The game stars Yarny, a small anthropomorphic creature made of yarn,
and the objective of the game is to solve puzzles using threads that Yarny leaves behind
as he moves. Identify ​
X​
.

18. Panchgaon (in Maharashtra) has, very recently, become the first Indian village to have
what?

19. *In 2014, Prince William of Great Britain teamed up with ​ X in a bit to save the scaly
anteater (aka the pangolin) which was in danger of extinction in its native country China
due to poaching. Speaking in a video message that accompanied the launch of this
new-look game, William said that ‘​he hoped the appearance of pangolins in X would give a
boost to efforts to stop poaching​
.​
’​
Which game?

20. The ​X ​is the world’s largest exhibition-cum-conference in the mobile industry featuring
representatives of some of the biggest technology companies on the planet. In 2014,
during a keynote speech at ​ X​, Mark Zuckerberg explained Facebook’s acquisition of ​ Y​
,
saying that ‘​ acquiring ​
Y is part of our dream of connecting as many people as we can,​
’ and
that, ​
‘​
Y​
is, already and solely, worth more than what we paid to get it.​
’ ID ​
X​
and ​
Y.

21. Who has been blacked out?

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 22. ‘​
2001:0db8:0a0b:12f0:0000:0000:0000:0001​
’ - What is this an example of?

23. *He was the founder and chairman of the ‘Internet Users Club of India’, which was
established in 1995. The World Wide Web was introduced in India in the mid-90s, but he
was ‘online’ way before that, through a British telecom service. He was also one of the few
people in the world who got beta access to Apple’s experimental ‘eWorld’ service, before it
was launched in 1994, which was probably a very primitive version of a social network. He
was called the ‘Yahoo man of India’ and was present at the inauguration of Yahoo’s first
headquarters in India, even though he had nothing to do with the company. He even ran a
website called junglee.co.in, which still exists and is frequently updated. Identify him.

24. *After being denied ​ Cray ​ supercomputers as a result of a technology ​ embargo​

, India
started a program to develop indigenous supercomputers and supercomputing
technologies. Supercomputers were considered a double edged weapon capable of
assisting in the development of ​ nuclear weapons​ . For the purpose of achieving
self-sufficiency in the field, the ​ X was set up in 1988 by the then Department of
Electronics with Dr. ​Vijay Bhatkar as its Director. The project was given an initial run of 3
years and an initial funding of ₹30,00,00,000, the same amount of money and time that
was usually expended to purchase a supercomputer from the US. In 1990, a ​ prototype
was produced and was ​ benchmarked at the 1990 Zurich Supercomputing Show. It
surpassed most other systems, placing India second after the US. The final result of the
effort was the ​Y​, which was installed in 1991. It is considered India's first supercomputer.
Identify ​
X​and ​
Y.

25. X has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize twice, in 2010 and 2011. However, ​ X
hasn't been awarded yet, as no one knows who the prize should be given to. Identify ​
X​
.

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 Hardware
1. What is Nvidia G-Sync?

2. What does the ‘k’ stand for in the processor name ‘Intel i7-4790k’?

3. What was the main reason behind Snapdragon 810 being dubbed a big failure?

4. What primary advantage does the CrossFireX have over SLI?

5. Identify the claim to fame of the AMD Liverpool and AMD Durango chipsets.

6. What is Intel’s ‘tick-tock’ model? How would you classify Intel Broadwell in this
context?

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 7. What is the ‘big.LITTLE’ architecture? Name some chipsets that employ this
technology.

8. What upcoming tablet device is codenamed ‘Flounder’?

9. Name the type of 3D display technology used by the Nintendo 3DS.

10. Which phone was declared as the Antutu ‘Champion of the year’ 2014?

11. PowerVR: Imagination Technologies :: Mali : _________ :: Adreno :_________

12. What was the the manufacturing process used in Samsung’s latest chipsets - which
power the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge?

13. *What is the difference between RAID 0 and RAID 1?

14. *What is AMD FreeSync? Explain.

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 15. *Why is the quad core Intel i7 performing better than the octa core AMD FX-8350?

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