Inaugral Quiz

Here we go !The quizzing forum has finally got its act together and come up with this blog.
Here is the first Quiz .Post in the answers in the comments.

1.X is a technology for mobile phones, developed by Tegic Communications,
It was acquired by Nuance Communications.It is used on phones from LG, Samsung, Nokia, Siemens, Sony Ericsson, Sanyo, Sagem and others.X’s objective is to make it easier to type text messages.
Identify X.

2.This Weapon works by first dispersing a cloud of powder or liquid explosive using a small charge, then igniting it with a second charge. The weapon consists of a container of either a volatile liquid or a finely powdered solid, which could be an explosive or metal powder, and two separate explosive charges.The weapon is initiated upon dropping or firing, and the first explosive charge bursts open the container at a predetermined height and disperses the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen.Once the fuel is appropriately mixed, the second charge detonates, propagating an explosion through the cloud.________________ as it is called, was able to produce a devastation similar to that of a nuclear bomb sans deadly radiation!


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4.The formal name for this derives from the Greek for `ribbon’. It was introduced by John Wallis in a book in 1655. The work was so brutally abstract that Thomas Hobbes complained of it being a “scab of symbols”.
It is the Cartesian plane curve that satisfies the equation:

(x^2 + y^2) = a^2(x^2 - y^2)
I do not need the formal Greek name. What is being referred to?

5.Čerenkov radiation, named after Pavel Alekseyevich Cerenkov, is electromagnetic radiation emitted when a charged particle passes through an insulator at a speed greater than the speed of light in that medium.
The characteristic “blue glow” of nuclear reactors is due to Čerenkov radiation.
With which Hindu mythological characters did Nehru compare these radiations with when he first saw them at a nuclear reactor at the BARC?

6.The literal meaning in Chinese for this term is –
"Ten-Thousand-Dimensional Web in Heaven and Net on Earth".
How do we better know this yet another term from the Cyber world ?

7.In 2005, a former skating champion named Sanjeev Bhatnagar filed a PIL in the Supreme Court asking for the deletion of a particular word. The SC labeled it 'a publicity interest litigation', fined him Rs.10000 and dismissed the 'case'. It was also noted that the word represents the culture and not the province. What?

8.Adam Mathes found that a search for 'internet rockstar' returned the website of a Ben Brown as the first result, even though 'internet rockstar' did not appear anywhere on Brown's webpage. What term did he coin to explain this?

9.What are all these:
Up and Down, Circular Swing, Drunk Style, Half-circle, Figure Eight, Side to Side, Whiplash, Two up Two Down, All Out, Tandem, Thrust, Hammer, Breakdown, Low Profile, Full Body and Half Body.

10.Intel offered $10000 reward on eBay in 2005 for an original copy of Electronics Magazine dated 19 April, 1965. Reason?