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Q.2 "The origins of the term ______ date back to the 19th century. The source of the term as an urban-landscape reference is heavily debated, and is generally identified as originating in either Vancouver or Seattle, where it was adapted from a word which meant a corduroy road made of logs, used to skid or drag logs through woods and bog."
Identify this two word term, which refers to a dilapidated urban area, and is also the name of a famous band.

Q3. The product was codenamed as 'whistler', as several of the employees skied at Whistler-Blackcomb ski resort during its development. Identify this product.


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Sorry guys, went outta town for a few days...the answers were cracked by almost everyone who attempted...n thanks rishabh for pointing out the flaw about the pic name...offence well recieved

1. Fountain of youth
2. Skid Row
3. Windows XP

8 comments:

At December 21, 2007 at 4:00 PM Unknown said...

1. Fountain of Youth.
2. Skid Row/Road.
3. Windows XP.

 
At December 21, 2007 at 4:25 PM Nilanjana said...

last one's Windows XP.... trying to figure out the rest

 
At December 21, 2007 at 4:26 PM Nilanjana said...

the last one's Windows XP.... trying to figure out the rest.
btw first one wouldn't be paradise would it? :P

 
At December 21, 2007 at 5:16 PM Rishabh Kaul said...

1)Fountain of Youth(MC change the name of the pic)
2)Skid Row
3)Windows XP

 
At December 22, 2007 at 11:22 AM Aravind said...

2.skid row
3.windows XP

 
At December 22, 2007 at 5:48 PM Varun said...

1)Fountain of Youth
2)down town?

 
At December 23, 2007 at 4:33 PM Unknown said...

may i add to the trivia of the 3rd one!
Whistler was the name given to XP.
Further Blackcomb was the first codename for the next Windows version (after Vista). It is changed to Vienna and then to '7' now.

 
At December 23, 2007 at 7:09 PM Vivek Krishnan said...

1. Fountain of Youth.
2. Skid Row.
3. Windows XP.

 

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