Monday, August 05, 2013

Quiz Time 129

1. X is competition for finding a Google search query consisting of exactly two words , that returns exactly one hit. What is X ?

2.Connect
Orlowski.jpg   

3. What is this?
 

4.  On February 2011,which IBM computer defeated the two greatest Jeopardy champions ever, Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings, by a significant margin ?

5. What is the name of supercomputer in the novel Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy constructed  for the purpose of calculating the "answer to life, the universe and everything" ?
BTW the answer is 42,took 7.5 million years to calculate !!!

6. Which widely popular term made its first appearance when  Ericsson described its GS 88 "Penelope" ?

7. What is the fictional, self-aware AI system which features in the Terminator franchise ?

8. What is this type of graphic using characters called?

9. Which OS is being used in the widely awaited   Microsoft Surface tablet ?

10. Identify



3 comments:

  1. 10) Galileo Logo?
    8) ASCII Text
    9) Win 9 or 8? :/
    1) Page rank?

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  2. 1.Google Whack
    2.GoDaddy.com(Hosting serives and domain names)
    3.Atari Breakout (if u search this in google images the game plays)
    4.Watson
    5.Deep thought
    6.Smartphone
    7.Skynet
    8.ASCII Art
    9. windows 8
    10.Galileo (navigation)

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  3. Thanks for commenting.Here are the answers:
    1.Google Whack
    2.Connect is Google Bomb/Google washing.
    1st pic-Miserable failure Google bombing here causes the search query "miserable failure" to be associated with George W. Bush 2nd pic- Andrew Orlowski Google washing coined by Andrew Orlowski. 3rd pic-GoDaddy.com(a Google Bomb was started against GoDaddy )
    3.Atari Breakout (if u search this in google images the game plays)
    4.IBM Watson
    5.Deep thought
    6.Smartphone
    7.Skynet
    8.ASCII Art
    9. windows RT(the answer i expected but used only in ARM devices) or windows 8 pro
    10.Galileo (navigation)

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