Moneycontrol Ultimate Business Quiz #5: Test your knowledge

Aeons ago , The Economist called it `the first fad of the 21st century’ though these days it can hardly be called just a fad. . A group at LOGICA chaired by Finn Trosby created the 1st specifications. Kevin Holbey took over as the chairman of the group which then completed the specifications ready for the market. Other key contributors were Ian Harris, Arthur Gidlow and Eija Thiager. What? (Picture: Pixabay)

In an interview for the Newsweek, he is quoted to have said “ By the time you've gone through all that, the girls got up and left!You're much better off to take one of your earbuds out and put it in her ear" referring to the slow functioning speed of a competitor's “innovation” which lost a bad battle. Who on what? (Picture: Reuters)

It was initially developed within Microsoft by a small team which included Seamus Blackley, a developer and high energy physicist.What? (Picture: Reuters)

This mark is a mandatory marking on certain products, which is required if they are placed on the market in the European Economic Area (EEA). By affixing this marking, the manufacturer, or its representative, or the importer assures that the item meets all the essential requirements of all applicable EU directives.What mark? (Picture: Pixabay)

Founded in late 2001 by Adrian Scottin San Francisco, this social networking website was the first of its kind and a heavy influence on the creation of a similar product by member Jonathan Abrams in 2002. Name both the products. (Picture: Pixabay)

In his words, “ I just had to take the hypertext idea and connect it to the TCP and DNS ideas and — ta-da! — the ______ _______ ____ ." Who about what? (Picture: Pixabay)

This is a military technology first used during World War II by English allies to foil German attempts at jamming transmissions. The allies decided to transmit over several frequencies, instead of one, making it difficult for the Germans to pick up the complete signal. What are we talking about? (Picture: Tata Walky)

An engineer from MS University, he moved from the Silicon Valley to Bangalore in 1989 and founded a company focused on the telecom vertical and products. He co-founded the company with Suresh Dholakia, his colleague at VLSI Technologies and Badri Agarwala from Valid Logic. Identify the gentleman and the company he founded. (Picture: Official website)

NASSCOM once carried an ad saying "Copy software, you get this hardware absolutely free". What was the hardware? (Picture: Reuters)

Neon, Lyric, Pepper, Silk were the other options. What was finally chosen as the name for this famous programming language? (Picture: Reuters)