Answers to Quiz - 5

1) Where would people buy and sell using Linden Dollars?

In ‘Second Life’ the virtual community

2) If a bit is the smallest unit of information in conventional computing, what is a qubit?

The smallest unit of information in Quantum Computing, which relies on quantum physics and takes advantage of certain quantum physics properties of atoms or nuclei that allow them to work together as quantum bits, or qubits, to be the computer's processor and memory.

3) Name the freely available Linux based operating system developed by the South African entrepreneur.

Ubuntu

4) After which legendary rock guitarist has a premium vodka label been launched recently?

Hendrix Electric after Jimi Hendrix

5) Which word meaning ‘that which folds up’ in the Makonde language spoken in the Tanzania – Mozambique border describes a rare viral fever spread by mosquito bites?

Chikungunya

6) Who in 2004 coined the phrase web 2.0 to refer to the second generation of Internet based services like social networking sites?

O’Reilly Media

7) The concept of slugging is popular in many American cities, especially Washington. What is it?

Unofficial car-pooling to increase the occupancy level of a car so as to specially designated less congested traffic lanes.

8) Bluetooth technology provides wireless connectivity between various devices and takes its name from King Harald Bluetooth who made the warring parties to talk to each other. Which country did this king rule?

Denmark

9) Google recently launched its search engine in Quechua, the official language of an ancient empire. Which empire?

Inca Empire. It is spoken by more than 10 million people today in South America.

10) In the 1960’s following the discovery of natural gas in Holland, the country’s manufacturing sector went into a decline. This led economists to coin a term to explain the de-industrialisation of a country’s economy in the wake of a large inflow of foreign currency. What is this term called?

Dutch Disease