Quiz
Category: Quiz
Category: Quiz
What/who came after 1 and 2?
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SEGA wanted a mascot to rival Nintendo’s Mario. Their first attempt was Opa-opa (1). Then they tried Alex Kidd (2). They eventually hit upon Sonic the hedgehog, and stuck with it till now.
Simple one for the day. Identify 1 and 2 (which will actually connect them too).
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FERMIAC - an Analog computer invented by Enrico Fermi!
This programming language kinda saw a revival with the OLPC. What’s it called?
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eToys. The wiki page has neat info on its pedigree.
Guest question from Manish Achutha %gqh%. Thank you sire and congrats on winning your first GQH trophy!
Identify.
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Fujitsu IPad. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujitsu_iPAD
This dude, an artist by profession, has painted awesome stuff like 2. But he is appearing on BB today for an invention of his which revolutionized communication.
Who he?
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Samuel Morse, inventor of the Morse Code!
Sorry for the delay, folks. A fairly direct question for today. Identify this British radio/television personality.
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Popular. What is the dancing “thing” called?
P.S: If you are in the SF Bay area, dineshk is conducting a quiz on 13th November, most probably in the Google campus in Mountain View. For more info mail [email protected]
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The robot Keepon (developed by Hideki Kozima and programmed by Marek Michalowski) dancing to the Spoon song, “Don’t You Evah.”
Early patent diagrams for something. How do we know these today?
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This question was, apparently, previously featured on shenoyvarun86’s blog. The petering was completely accidental :-)
Every dog’s dream vehicle. What is this?
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Space vehicle used by Russians to carry dogs for sub-orbital and space vehicles
Identify:
Sorry for the late post, folks.
Also, looks like the YC question I posted was more-or-less a repeat. I’ll be posting another one today to make up for that, and then deleting that one. :-)
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Gyricon Electric Paper - the first “electronic ink” mechanism, developed by Xerox PARC!