This Tech Quiz was held in August 2021 and set by Omkar as part of our weekly sessions. The set was meticulously compiled and hosted by the QM.
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2. Rules:-
1. There are a total of 14
questions.
2. +10/-0 on bounce
3. +10/-5 on pounce
4. Part points applicable in
case there are more than
one answer to a question.
5. All the best.
3.
4. 1.Marketing agencies,public relations and advertising
agencies often use memes as a cost effective way to
promote their products or to simply create an image of
trendiness among the general public. This practice is
called ‘memetic marketing’.
And when you’ve so much to look after, you often
tend to be lazy. ______ _______ is the term used for the
practice of hijacking of well-established memes by
companies for the purpose of memetic marketing.
FITB. The blanks are indicative.
7. 2. This movie was originally scheduled to be released on
May,2020 but was delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Based on the South Korean thriller ‘ The Outlaws’ by
Kang-Yoon-sung; This movie is set to create history by
becoming the first Bollywood movie to go live on Apple
TV in 65 countries across Asia, Europe and Africa. Name
the movie.
11. 3. X is a type of parody presented in
the form of mainstream journalism
and called a satire because of its
content. It’s believed that X was also
produced by Samuel Clemens (later to
be known as Mark Twain) when he
used to work as a newspaper reporter
who published many satirical articles.
Name X.
15. 4.Economic bubble is a situation in which prices
of an asset greatly exceeds its intrinsic value
It is more often than not based on a belief on
part of spectators that the future belongs to the
asset and hence needs to be profitted from.
________ bubble occurred when internet was
opened for general public in early years of 21st
century . During this time, investors began
investing irrationally on any company with suffix
_____ in its name without considering the
commercial standing of the company .Fill in the
blanks. Blanks are not indicative.
18. 5.Larry Bird is a hall of fame NBA forward who played
13 seasons with boss Boston Celtics.
->Biz Stones,cofounder of _____ and a Boston native
during Larry’s 3 NBA championships and 3 MVP titles
with the Celtics grew up to admire him. So much so,
that the official mascot of the app he created along
with his compatriots was given the name of Larry the
Bird.Fill in the blank.
21. 6. On January 14, 2021 , X a brand that manufactures fitness
wearables came under the control of a company that is also the
owner of NEST labs, reCAPTCHA and Motorola Mobility , when it
acquired X for 2 billion dollars triggering fear among the user
base of X that their health data will be used for targeted
advertisements and the wearables will be allowed to function
only with Android thus potentially leaving out its users using
smartphone with non Android UI. Identify X.
24. 7. In 2011, South Korean National Assembly passed the
Youth Protection Revision Act which forbids children
under the age of 16 to play online games between the
hours of 0000 and 0600 hrs leading to identity theft by
these children in order to play games at night. This
unsucessful attempt by the South Korean govt to curb
the menace of midnight gaming among adolescents also
came to be known by another name ie based on a
Disney character. Name the name by which this law is
famous in public domain.
28. 8. Razor and blade model is a business model
in which a company sells one item at a low
price sometimes at a loss but aims to earn
profit from consumable supplies that user
needs to use in order to derive function from
the product. For example PlayStation and Xbox
consoles are sold at low prices relative to the
high production cost involved and these video
game companies depend on games sales for
profit . This model is named after famous
brand that manufactures men’s grooming
products . Name the brand after which the
model is named.
31. 9. Loitering munition is the on-paper name of
attacking drones which hover around the target area,
search for target and attack once the target is located.
In general public, they are known by another name
that is symbolic of a strategy used by pilots of one of
the Axis powers in World War II in which they would fly
their aircrafts into naval ships of enemy.
What is the the unofficial name I am talking about?
34. 10._______Dysmorphia is a psychological
condition that is closely related with Body
Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD). Under this condition ,
patient suffers severe emotional distress and
fixates excessively on flaws of their bodies and
seek cosmetic surgeries in order to look more like
their digital image of themselves or of their idols.
The blank refers to a social media app that has a
mascot called ‘Ghostface Chjllah’. The app in
question has become quite mainstream due to the
augmented reality filters it offers to its user.FITB.
38. 11. Hero ->
Heroine ->
-> Movie released in the year
1998
-> First movie to use a
promotional video and also
the first Bollywood movie to
use VFX
Hint -> This song belongs to
that particular movie about
which the ques is all about
41. 12. X -> Meant to aid those with auditory problems ,due
to which they can’t comprehend the audio used in the
video https://youtu.be/BslKbJkOm98
Y -> Meant for thise who can hear the audio properly but
cannot understand the content of what is being spoken
about in the video ,mainly due to the language barrier that
exists between the content creator and consumer.
https://youtu.be/QQF4Uz4CZMg
Identify X and Y and tell which is which.
44. 13. Sometimes the best
way to sell a product to
consumers is to tell
them not to buy it.
_____ is the term used
for advertisements that
use reverse psychology
to create brand
awareness. In such ad
campaign, companies
tend to poke fun at
themselves rather than
revealing any product.
FITB.
47. 14. CAPTCHA refers to Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell
Computers and Humans Apart
CAPTCHA Ver1.0- >
Earliest version of
CAPTCHA
-> Based on optical
perception capabilities
of humans aka reading
ability
-> Consisted of one
word that was warped
and stretched in order
to make it difficult for
bots to read it
48. reCAPTCHA-> Introduced in 2005
-> Consisted of two words ,of
which first one was known by the
computer
-> The result was based on whether
you got the first word correct; In
case you get the first correct the
machine inferred that you weren’t a
bot
reCAPTCHA V2-> Used image
perception as the testing criteria
-> Was used by Google to train
automated cars and to improve
Google maps
49. NOCAPTCHA/ reCAPTCHA V3-> Also
called invisible captcha
->Its testing criteria is based on search
history and cookies collected by
previously visited sites
What are the traits that this version of
CAPTCHA studies in order to infer whether
the site visitor is a bot or a human?
53. FOR FURTHER REFERENCE ON THE
TOPICS,YOU CAN USE THESE SOURCES
Selfie Dysmorphia -> https://youtu.be/tRfpuEXrJqQ
Razor and blade model-> https://youtu.bewearableCOP0na
Google’s Fitbit acquisition-> Google completes acquisition of
Fitbit : Analysis of what it means
(DCRainmaker.com)
-> What Google’s Fitbit buy means for the future of wearables (
Wired)
Cinderella law-> Shutdown laws ( Wikipedia)
54. Captions and subtitles ->Cations and subtitles
what’s the difference between them (3playmedia)
->Closed captioning vs subtitles (3playmedia)
->Open captions vs closed captions what’s the
difference (rev.com)
->Subtitles and dubbing (learnenglishteens – British
council)
VFX in Bollywood-> History of visual effects in Indian
cinema (Wikipedia)
Dot com bubble->Dot com bubble – overview,
characteristics,causes (Corporatefinanceinstitute)
reCAPTCHA-> https://youtu.be/lUTvB1O8eEg
Digital anthropology -> https://youtu.be/TPAO-
lZ4_hU
-> https://youtu.be/ofsFnJWJsC8