Quiz 49: Answers

Q1. The earliest reference to the condition was provided by Marcello Malpighi in 1666. While occupied as museum curator at Guy’s Hospital, Hodgkin studied seven patients with painless lymph node enlargement. Of the seven cases, two were patients of Richard Bright, one was of Thomas Addison, and one was of Robert Carswell  Carswell's report of this seventh patient was accompanied by numerous illustrations that aided early descriptions of the disease. Which disease?

                                                Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

 Q2. Identify

  

                                Juan martin del Potro

-          became the first player in ATP history to win his first four career titles in as many tournaments

-          first to beat both Federer and Nadal in the same Grand Slam tournament

Q3. Historically this company was best known for being a manufacturer of Marine Chronometers. The best known of these was the M, GR.F models.. In 1983, this was acquired by businessman Rolf Schnyder. Which brand?

                        Ulysse Nardin

Q4. It is a sixth generation video game console manufactured by Sony. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000 in Japan. Its primary competitors were Sega’s Dreamcast, Microsoft’s Xbox and Nintendo’s GameCube.

Play Station 2 popularly known as PS2

Q5. Who described Steve Jobs as Michelangelo of “Computer Era”?

Narayan Murthy

Q6. Name the chess playing computer developed by IBM to defeat the then reigning world champion Garry Kasparaov?

Deep Blue

Q7. Identify the logo

   

BT – British Telecom – The ‘T” Logo and the “Piper” logo