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Prelims : Internet AND Comics Quiz

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Vishal Vaibhav
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The document discusses various topics related to internet and comics including: 1. A search engine that gets results from multiple sources and became popular in India after the NSA privacy leaks. 2. The concept of a meme coined by Richard Dawkins to explain the spread of ideas and cultural phenomena. 3. A character in a comic that was originally gray but changed to its current skin color due to printing issues.

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ALCHERINGA 2014 INTERNET AND COMICS
1 Give me the funda.
2. Name of this search engine emerges from a childrens game. Its search results are a compilation of "about 50" sources,[30] including Yahoo! Search BOSS, Wikipedia, Wolfram Alpha, Bing, its own Web crawler. In June 2013 it reported significant traffic , Some relate this claim to the exposure of PRISM and intrusion of online privacy by programs operated by the NSA were leaked by Edward Snowden.
3. Despite all the ridicule this topped the list of most searched on google from India , in 2013 google zeitgeist. Some other Awards won by this : Awarded the National Tourism Award of Excellence Awarded the National Award for E-Governance, 2007-08 Awarded the Genius of the Web Award 2007 by CNBC.
5. Give me the funda behind this xkcd comic.
6. Time Person of the year has been awarded many times to groups , some section of society or classes of people like The American fighting-man The Apollo 8 astronauts The Peacemakers The Whistle-blowers On these lines Time Person of the year for 2006 was awarded.
7. This term was coined by the British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene as a concept for discussion of evolutionary principles in explaining the spread of ideas and cultural phenomena. Examples given in the book included melodies, catchphrases, fashion, and the technology of building arches. Though now its uses are much more than that.
8. Previously, she was a long-time executive and key spokesperson for Google but later moved on its competitor company in 2012.
9. ID. THE CHARACTER ... In the debut comics the creator colored the character gray, he wanted a color that did not suggest any particular ethnic group. The colorist however, had problems with the gray coloring, resulting in different shades of gray. After seeing the first published issue, it was decided to change the skin color to what it currently is. The #302 reintroduced the gray character in flashbacks set close to the origin story.
10. WHAT TERM ? The alteration of previously established facts in a fictional work. Done for many reasons, like including the accommodation of sequels, wherein newer authors want to revise the instory history to allow a course of events that would not have been possible in the story's original continuity. Other reasons might be the reintroduction of popular characters, resolution of errors in chronology, the updating of a familiar series for modern audiences, or simplification of an excessively complex continuity structure.
11. WHO ? A man named Galan lived in another Universe on the planet of Taa. When his Universe neared it's end, entropy caused the general decay and death of his race. Being a scientist he piloted a ship to the center of the Universe and saw the Universe collapsing in upon itself, but instead of being destroyed, Galan was saved by the sentient incarnation of that Universe. When the current cosmos was born, Galan's ship had been transformed into some sort of incubator, and he emerged as a Ravager of Worlds.
12. WHO ? Deeply affected by his past and the cruelty on his life, circumstances forced orphan Suraj to fight against evil or lose everyone he ever loved. To destroy the evil he suffered since childhood and save his loved ones Suraj concealed his identity behind a dog mask, and set out to eliminate all the evil against humanity.
13. ID ? The first French satellite, was launched on November 26, 1965 by a rocket of type Diamant A from Hammaguir in Algeria. It was originally designated A-1, as the French Army's first satellite, but later renamed after a comic character.
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15. ID. (NAME+COMICS)
16. WHAT ?
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Prelims : Internet AND Comics Quiz

  • 2. 1 Give me the funda.
  • 3. 2. Name of this search engine emerges from a childrens game. Its search results are a compilation of "about 50" sources,[30] including Yahoo! Search BOSS, Wikipedia, Wolfram Alpha, Bing, its own Web crawler. In June 2013 it reported significant traffic , Some relate this claim to the exposure of PRISM and intrusion of online privacy by programs operated by the NSA were leaked by Edward Snowden.
  • 4. 3. Despite all the ridicule this topped the list of most searched on google from India , in 2013 google zeitgeist. Some other Awards won by this : Awarded the National Tourism Award of Excellence Awarded the National Award for E-Governance, 2007-08 Awarded the Genius of the Web Award 2007 by CNBC.
  • 5. 5. Give me the funda behind this xkcd comic.
  • 6. 6. Time Person of the year has been awarded many times to groups , some section of society or classes of people like The American fighting-man The Apollo 8 astronauts The Peacemakers The Whistle-blowers On these lines Time Person of the year for 2006 was awarded.
  • 7. 7. This term was coined by the British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene as a concept for discussion of evolutionary principles in explaining the spread of ideas and cultural phenomena. Examples given in the book included melodies, catchphrases, fashion, and the technology of building arches. Though now its uses are much more than that.
  • 8. 8. Previously, she was a long-time executive and key spokesperson for Google but later moved on its competitor company in 2012.
  • 9. 9. ID. THE CHARACTER ... In the debut comics the creator colored the character gray, he wanted a color that did not suggest any particular ethnic group. The colorist however, had problems with the gray coloring, resulting in different shades of gray. After seeing the first published issue, it was decided to change the skin color to what it currently is. The #302 reintroduced the gray character in flashbacks set close to the origin story.
  • 10. 10. WHAT TERM ? The alteration of previously established facts in a fictional work. Done for many reasons, like including the accommodation of sequels, wherein newer authors want to revise the instory history to allow a course of events that would not have been possible in the story's original continuity. Other reasons might be the reintroduction of popular characters, resolution of errors in chronology, the updating of a familiar series for modern audiences, or simplification of an excessively complex continuity structure.
  • 11. 11. WHO ? A man named Galan lived in another Universe on the planet of Taa. When his Universe neared it's end, entropy caused the general decay and death of his race. Being a scientist he piloted a ship to the center of the Universe and saw the Universe collapsing in upon itself, but instead of being destroyed, Galan was saved by the sentient incarnation of that Universe. When the current cosmos was born, Galan's ship had been transformed into some sort of incubator, and he emerged as a Ravager of Worlds.
  • 12. 12. WHO ? Deeply affected by his past and the cruelty on his life, circumstances forced orphan Suraj to fight against evil or lose everyone he ever loved. To destroy the evil he suffered since childhood and save his loved ones Suraj concealed his identity behind a dog mask, and set out to eliminate all the evil against humanity.
  • 13. 13. ID ? The first French satellite, was launched on November 26, 1965 by a rocket of type Diamant A from Hammaguir in Algeria. It was originally designated A-1, as the French Army's first satellite, but later renamed after a comic character.