Iconic ad. For which company?

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This guy was a quizmaster favorite and used to routinely appear in “tech-quizzes” about 5 years ago. Not so popular now, just like the once super popular website he created. Who he?

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1 started company X and named it after his pet bull-dog. Even the company logo features a bull-dog. Who he? Identify X.

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Very famous test “image” for which standard?

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Connect

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This dude, developed a piece of software in the 80s when he saw something from Pakistan. His software quickly became very popular and he built a billion dollar industry around it. Who he?

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Identify this variant of chess.

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Who he? Which programming language did he create?

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Classic 3 way war between 1, 2 and X (not shown here). X won it. What is X, Identify 1,2.

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This dude created X because he forgot to carry his thumb drive on a bus ride from Boston to NY. Who he? What is X?

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