Intellex 2.0: Where Critical Thinking Thrives

[02]Quiz cards 🧠

The quiz touched on topics like these. I don't remember the exact questions, so these cards are my own, with the facts behind each topic. Try them before you flip.

0 / 5 answered · tap a card to flip it

• Q01 · GamingWhich falling-blocks game was born in a Soviet computer lab?Flip ↻AnswerTetris. Alexey Pajitnov wrote it in 1984 at the Soviet Academy of Sciences in Moscow.
• Q02 · Self-drivingWhich self-driving car company started life as a Google project?Flip ↻AnswerWaymo. It began as Google's self-driving car project in 2009 and became its own company under Alphabet in 2016.
• Q03 · Open sourceWhich open-source Linux company is named after a piece of headwear?Flip ↻AnswerRed Hat. Co-founder Marc Ewing was known for wearing a red Cornell lacrosse cap. IBM bought the company in 2019.
• Q04 · Social mediaBurbn, twttr, TheFacebook and Picaboo. What do we call them now?Flip ↻AnswerInstagram, Twitter (now X), Facebook and Snapchat.
• Q05 · LanguagesWhich programming language did Apple announce in 2014?Flip ↻AnswerSwift, Apple's modern language for building apps across its platforms, made to succeed Objective-C.

[03]Moments

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  We were Team 9

  No clever team name this time. Just a number on a name card at the edge of the desk.

  Team 9
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  Pierre Hall

  Le Corbusier Block, curved green benches, a projector and a hall full of teams.

  9:00 AM
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  Everything used to be called something else

  One of the topics was the old names of social media apps. Half of the internet started life under a different name.

  Renamed

[04]Behind the scenes

[05]The certificate

That's a wrap ✓

Participated in "Intellex 2.0 – Where Critical Thinking Thrives" at National Coding Week, 18 September 2025, from Evolve AI and the Department of CSE-AI, Chitkara University. Signed by Dr. Vandana Sood, Dr. Kamal Deep Garg and Dr. Sushil Kumar Narang. 📜

“Not every session has to end with something built. Some just leave you knowing more about the world you work in, and why a Linux company is named after a hat.”