1. and
present
Mobilized Minds
- a quiz on telecom -

3. The Prelims
25 questions
One point per question; No negatives
Questions with a * will be used to
resolve ties
Two separate finals – one for college
teams and one for corporates
6 teams in each finals
Quiz Masters’ decision is final
Good Luck!

4. 1
They are small-bodied, thin men and women.
The head was made of Perspex with three
holes on the top of the head for breathing, no
eyes or mouth, and the body was a separate
outfit created with foam and fibre to create thin
legs and arms.
What is being described here?

6. Answer
The ZooZoos in the recent Vodafone
campaign

7. 2
It is a brand used by Matsushita Electric to
sell home appliances, personal appliances,
and industrial appliances.
It was also the first name used by
Matsushita's electric firm to sell his battery-
powered bicycle lamps. He hoped that they
would be a product used by all of Japan,
hence the name___________.
Fill in the blank.

9. Answer
Panasonic

10. 3
It has a one-way surface into which objects
can fall but nothing can come out of. It
possesses a temperature and radiation. It
can reveal its presence through interaction
with other matter. And the general
consensus is that, barring a breakdown in
our understanding of nature, it does exist.
What is this, and how would you relate this
to mobile technology?

12. Answer
Black Holes, places like
basements, lifts or closed
conference rooms in big buildings
where signals are weak and cell
phones do not operate.

13. 4
“The razor-toothed piranhas of the
genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus
are the most ferocious freshwater fish
in the world. In reality, they seldom
attack a human.”
What is the significance of this piece of
information?

15. Answer
The text that people attempting to
beat the world SMS speed record
need to type, without the aid of T9.
The current record is 43 seconds.

16. 5
Its distinctive styling earned it the
nickname of quot;banana phone”. Three years
after its release, it featured in the public
eye with its appearance in ___ ______.
In reality, its sliding cover was not spring
loaded, but moved by hand; the spring
loading feature was added for the ___
______, and later incorporated into another
popular model (the first one with a WAP
browser).

18. Answer
Nokia 8110,
“The Matrix” phone
The first WAP phone
was Nokia 7110

19. 6 ID the logo

21. Answer
Open Handset Alliance

22. 7
French engineer Pierre Azaria set up the
Compagnie Générale d'Electricité (CGE)
with the aim of taking on the likes of
AEG, Siemens and General Electric.
In 1966, an absorption was done by CGE
of the “Société Alsacienne de
Constructions Atomiques, de
Télécommunications et d'Electronique.”
How do we know this company today as?

24. Answer
Alcatel

25. 8*
You would dial +91 if you need to
reach India, +1 if you needed to call
someone in the US and +81 for
Japan and so on… Where is the
person you are trying to reach if you
dialed +871, +872 or +873?

27. Answer
On a ship!! 871, 872 and 873 are
the Marisat codes for the Atlantic
Ocean Region, Pacific Ocean
Region and Indian Ocean Region
respectively.

28. 9
Id the logo – the company supplies
solar panels for the Toyota Prius
among other thngs, and also
completed a recent acquisition of
Sanyo’s mobile division

30. Answer
Kyocera

31. 10
In May 2008, Reliance Globalcom
announced the acquisition of which
UK based Global Managed Network
Services provider, adding over 220
MNCs to the Reliance Globalcom
customer base and expanding its
footprint to 163 countries?

33. Answer
Vanco

34. 11
It is the unique commercial façade of
almost all France Telecom services,
and shares its name with a series of
protests and political events that
took place in Ukraine from late
November 2004 to January 2005.
Name it.

36. Answer

37. 12
Close to a 100 patents
Winner of the Padma
Bhushan in 2009 for
contributions to science
and engineering
Considered a pioneer in
handhelds. Invented the
Electronic Diary in 1975
Also an avid painter.
ID.

39. Answer
Sam Pitroda

40. 13
If it is ASKM for the airline industry,
and ARR for the hospitality industry,
what is it for the telecom industry?

42. Answer
ARPU – Average Revenue Per
User

43. 14*
Developed in 1847 it was called the
wonder material of the age. The
formation of the _____ ______ Company
was a leap forward for submarine cables.
It was an excellent electrical insulator in
water, and was an inelastic substance
based on a special type of latex that had
been introduced from Singapore to
Britain.
Name it.

45. Answer
Gutta Percha

46. 15
Today a financial services major, it
once also had a service called
CandyGram – a box of chocolates
with a telegram. Until it discontinued
the service, it was the best known
US company in the business of
exchanging telegrams. It introduced
the first stock ticker. Which
company?

48. Answer

49. 16**
It was originally a research project in
Telenor, Norway’s telecom major. It
became an independent outfit aiming
to develop a cross-platform and
cross-device browser.
ID.

51. Answer
Opera

52. 17
Samsung :
Motorola :
Nokia :
Sony Ericsson : ??

54. Answer
Hrithik Roshan

55. 18*
He contributed extensively to the
fields of electromagnetism, a key
to modern telephony. He is
probably the only scientist to have
two units named in his honor, one
of them for electrical charge.
Name him.

57. Answer
Michael Faraday
Faraday is the unit of electrical
charge
Farad is the unit of electrical
capacitance

58. 19
The Colonial Stadium in Melbourne
was the stage for the first ever
indoor one-day international
cricket match.
What is the alternate name for the
stadium?

60. Answer
Telstra Dome

61. 20
The “standard” SMS tone on Nokia
mobiles is Morse Code for “M”
(Message) and the “Special” tone is
actually Morse Code for “SMS”.
The “Ascending” SMS tone on Nokia
mobiles is Morse code for what?

63. Answer
Connecting People – the Nokia
tagline

64. 21
The first one was in June 2004 when it
was discovered that a company called
Ojam had it in their mobile phone
game Mosquito. In July 2004, Cabir,
kick started the trend. What?

66. Answer
Virus attacks on mobile devices

67. 22
It was founded in 1979 to ensure that
ships could stay in constant touch by
telephone. In 1999, it became the first
intergovernmental organization to
transform into a private company and, in
2005, was floated on the London Stock
Exchange.
Which setup?

69. Answer
INMARSAT

70. 23
X is a technology for mobile phones,
developed by Tegic Communications,
which was acquired by Nuance
Communications. It is used on
phones and it’s objective is to make
mobiles easier to use. Identify X.

72. Answer
T9

73. 24*
The eldest brother discovered the
dynamo-electric principle helping the
trans-Atlantic and the Indo-European
telegraph lines. His brother seven years
younger pioneered submarine cables.
Another younger brother oversaw the
setting up of the Russian telegraph
network. Which family?

75. Answer
Siemens

76. 25*
The birth of Global System for Mobiles (GSM)
started in 1979 with the allocation of the
frequency bands near 900 MHz, which were
designated for a future standard of cellular
telecommunications.
This was followed by the creation of “G_____
S______ M______” which is an early acronym
for GSM, which lead to a standard some years
later and a commercial kick-off in 1993.

78. Answer
Groupe Special Mobile

79. All the Best, Folks!