Saturday 29 October 2011

Quiz 45: Answers

Q1. He called her “The Enchantress of numbers”. In 1843 he wrote of her “Forget this world and all its troubles and if possible its multitudinous Charlatans – everything, in short, but the Enchantress of Numbers”. Name the two people whom we are talking about.

Charles Babbage (Father of Computer) praising Lady Ada Lovelace

Q2. Why are modern computers are called “Digital Computers”?

The word Digit comes from Latin word meaning “finger” and ancient people used fingers for counting hence the name Digit.

Q3. Name the person who owned the Byte shop which purchased the first 50 computers sole by Apple.

Paul Terrell

Q4. Name the company founded by K B Chandrasekhar and B V Jagdeesh in 1994 which was originally named ‘Fouress’.

Exodus communications

Q5. Marseilles, Algiers and Malta Telegraph company to form the Eastern Telegraph Company which was later renamed by its founder John Pender to is current name. Which company are we talking about?

Cable and Wireless Worldwide

Q6.  Identify the tower.





British Telecom Tower

Q7. Identify the logo


Freemasonry

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