Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Quiz Circuit: Silicon Valley - Answers

1. "People can share the location they are at with friends by “checking in” through an sms (or a smartphone app). Points are awarded for checking in at various venues. Users can then connect their accounts to their Social Networking Sites accounts, which can update when a check in is registered. By checking in a certain number of times, or in different locations, users can collect virtual badges. In addition, users who have checked in the most times at a certain venue will be crowned “Mayor” until someone surpasses their number. Various venues now offer special deals to users who are “mayors”. " This is a description of which website?
Foursquare

2. Dustin Moskowitz and Chris Hughes are co-founders of which very popular website?
Facebook

3. Which site claims that it is the largest Search Engine in China?
Baidu

4. What is the designation of David Filo at Yahoo?
Co-founder and Chief Yahoo

5. Here is a fun question: What is 'Duck Duck Go'?
It is a general purpose Search Engine

2 comments:

  1. A very interesting and knowledge enhancer quiz

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  2. how come duskin moskowitz and chris hughes name wasnt taken in the movie social network? or did i missed it :s

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