 1.

What Outlook macro virus, with a dainty female name, was the first to
infect a million computers?
A. Mary Ann
B. Minnie

C. Melissa
D. Marty
E. Mina
 2. What high-tech mogul appeared on a 1995 cover of Time headlined
"Master of the Universe"?
A. Jeff Bezos

B. Bill Gates
C. Steve Jobs
 3. What Pixar release was the first feature film to be entirely computer-
animated?
A. Tron
B. Toy Story
C. Tiny Commandos
D. Little Green Army Men
E. Birds on a Wire
 4. What high-tech upgrade did the New York Times dub "$90 Worth of
Duct Tape" in 1998?
A. Windows 95

B. Windows 98
C. Windows ME
D. Double DOS
 5. What IBM supercomputer became a weather forecaster for the Atlanta
Olympics after losing an epic chess match to Garry Kasparov?
A. Big Blue
B. Deep Purple
C. Big Red
D. Oh So Yello
E. Deep Blue
 6. What computer hardware outfit ditched retail for mail-order to become
the top direct-sale vendor?
A. IBM
B. Gateway
C. Compaq

D. Dell
E. HP
 7. What was the first band on a major label to debut a complete song
over the Internet, with Headfirst?
A. Van Halen

B. Aerosmith
C. AC/DC
D. Ratt
E. Bon Jovi
Without answers

1. This Professor of IIT Madras is an authority in

technology, telecommunications, computer networks and
fiber optics.  Over the years, through sheer hard work,
dedication, passion and creativity, he has explored the
worlds of engineering and technology, and developed
advanced wireless communication systems.  He has also
incubated several successful start-ups and was awarded
the Padma Shri by the Government of India.  Who?

2. Who was the first designer of the BASIC interpreter

implemented in India, and also a key member of the team
that built India�s first multi-user operating system ?

3. He became President of Bell Labs, the world�s largest

R&D organization.  He had worked there for nearly three
decades.  He is also a known expert in the field of
multimedia communications and the one who pioneered
digital images and video compression technology.  His
work on high-definition television earned him an Emmy. 
He holds 60 patents in the area of human interfaces,
picture processing and digital television.  Who?

4. He gave India its first supercomputer, the PARAM 8000,

in 1991.  He did it in a record time of three years.  It was
the most resoundingly proud retort to the USA, which had
then refused to let Cray sell its supercomputer to India. 
He went on to build the PARAM 10000 in 1998, one of the
world�s largest supercomputers, propelling India in to
the group of elite five nations that possess this
technology.  He is widely regarded to be the father of
supercomputing in India.  Who?

5. More than four decades ago, he left India with a BE in

Civil Engineering from the Guindy Engineering College,
Madras.  Today, he is among the most respected names in
 the world in the field of robotics and artificial
intelligence.  He was the founding director of the Robotics
Institute from 1979 to 1991, and became the Dean of the
Computer Science Institute in Carnegie Mellon University,
USA.  He was also made the co-Chair of the US
President�s Information Technology Advisory
Committee.  Who?

6. He leads India�s only storage media manufacturing

company, which is also currently among the largest
optical media companies in the world.  He is a mechanical
engineer and started his company in 1983 in
collaboration with a Swiss company.  Who?

7. As a teenager, he was fascinated by physics.  Although he

planned to pursue an undergraduate degree in that
subject at Delhi University, where he was accepted into
the Bachelors degree programme, his brother talked him
out of the idea.  He as told by his elder brother that he
would end up selling bananas if he continued toward his
projected goal of getting a Ph.D. in physics.  He is among
the most celebrated electronic chip designers of all time. 
Who?

8. He went to seek funds for his start-up company, Excelan. 

That was when John Bosch of Bay Partners looked at his
business plan, and said, �Indians have not been funded
up to now;  maybe it�s time to do one.�  Excelan turned
out to be the best investment ever made by Bosch.  After
that he funded many Indian start-ups and kick-started
the great Indian Silicon Valley saga.  He became CEO of
Excelan in 1985 and the company went public in 1987.  It
then merged with Novell, the networking major in 1989,
in a record of sorts.  He became the first Indian tobe on
the Board of a billion-dollar multinational infotech
company?  Who?

9. He played a key role in putting the Indian IT sector on the

world map.  He became the chief of Nasscom and
successfully negotiated for several concessions from the
Government of India for the IT industry including Income
Tax exemption for software exporters, software
reproduction legislation, and excise and sales tax
exemption from a number of state governments.  A major
award in the IT industry has been instituted in his
memory.  Who?