PENTATHLON EPISODE 1

QM-ANIRUDDHA BISWAS( TEAM QUIZZARDS )

This is the first among the series of quizzes we have planned as part
of the celebration of 5 years of the Quizzards_2k4 yahoo group.The
theme of the first quiz is Technology ,with the main focus being ICT.

The name of the Quiz series has been suggested by Saurish Das ,one of
the earliest members of Team Quizzards



1.This greatly pleasing or entertaining web service was started by
Joshua Scachter in 2003.Having more than 5 million users its primary
use is in storing,sharing and discovering bookmarks on the
internet.Identify.

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3.His father was an Indian freedom revolutionary from Bengal who
having been imprisoned for his political activities, fled Kolkata in
the 1920s in order to avoid further prosecution by the British
colonial police.A Fulbright Scholar ,he earned his Ph.D in Electrical
Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.He founded a
company in 1964,whose products can be found in the Sistine Chapel and
the Broadway Theatre."Better Sound Through Research" is the motto of
the company.Identify the person and the company he founded.

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7.What term has been given to the New York Governor,Dave Patterson's
proposed tax on downloaded music,videos,ebooks and other such digital
entertainment services ?

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8.It was started as a research and development project inside a San
Francisco based company called Odeo.Evan Williams,Jack Dorsey and Biz
Stone were the founders of the company,which currently employs around
25 people.What is being talked about ?

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For the complete quiz visit the Quizzards blog (http://quizzards.blogspot.com)
or the Quizzards yahoo group (http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/quizzards_2k4)

To respond to this quiz,you can leave your answers as comments in the
blog within the next 7 days.

Do not reply to the quiz through e-mail

Please leave your full name along with your answers, anonymous
comments will not be considered for evaluation of scores.

At the end of the series,cumulative scores will be calculated and the Quizzards
Anniversary Quiz Champion announced.
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Happy Quizzing

Aniruddha Biswas

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/quizzards_2k4
quizblog:http://quizzards.blogspot.com