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Cyber Quest Quiz V.V. Ramanan
Questions 1. After which Indian has NASA's new SGI Altix 3000 supercomputer been named? 2. Who or what did Toby Gard and Paul Douglas create? 3. What was the former and more familiar name of one of Yahoo's longtime partner, Claria? 4. Which popular game released very recently has the tagline `It's Coming For You'? 5. Which company connects Mario, Donkey Kong and Pokemon? 6. On August 5, the world of hand-held computers was breached by a virus. Name the `pioneering' Windows Mobile backdoor Trojan horse. 7. Name the search engine, acquired by Ask Jeeves in 2001, whose name means `expert' in Gaelic. 8. If it was Carnegie Mellon University for Lycos, what was it for the above-mentioned search engine? 9. Name the Korean company that has bought Lycos for $95 million? 10. In cyber jargon, what is `active reconnaissance'?
Answers 1. Kalpana Chawla. 2. Lara Croft of Tomb Raider game fame. 3. Gator. 4. Doom 3. 5. Nintendo. 6. Backdoor.Brador.A. 7. Teoma. 8. Rutgers University. 9. Daum Communications. 10. The collection of information pertaining to the intended target of a malicious hack by analysing the target system.
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