UPS
UPS Systems
India, the U.S. and the World
Riddle
CS History
100

Founded in in 1907, our business (first known as the "American Messenger Company") was founded by THIS entrepreneur in Seattle, Washington.

Jim Casey

100

This handheld device is used by UPS drivers to record and transmit delivery information in real-time, which places a crucial role in package tracking.

DIAD (Delivery Information Acquisition Device)

100

Like the U.S., India's film and entertainment industry is known popularly throughout the entire world. Also like the U.S., the industry is often referred to affectionately by THIS single name, a portmanteau inspired by the American name for the same industry.

Bollywood

100

I'm often created weak, so I'm not forgotten. Sometimes I'm reset, if my owner forgets me. What am I?

Password

100

Apple, HP, and Microsoft are three examples of major computer brands that first began operation in THIS inelegant location.

Garage

200

Although also a potential competitor, THIS major company is also a huge customer that comprises between 11-13% of UPS's revenue each year.

Amazon

200

Although commonly referred to as "trucks" by laypeople and UPSers alike, all ground UPS delivery vehicles are officially called "Package ____" by the company.

Cars

200

In 1988, UPS officially opened offices and began operation in THIS city in Maharashta.

Mumbai

200

I have keys, but open no locks. I have space, but no room. You can enter, but you can't go inside. What am I?

Keyboard

200

In 1942, a US Navy Admiral was working on a Mark II computer when she discovered a moth that had become stuck in the relay. The resulting malfunction led to the coining of THIS now household computer term.

A bug

300

UPS is notable for being one of the few organizations to ever trademark a color, named for the iconic trucks that THIS particular shade of brown are featured on.

Pullman Brown

300

In a forward-thinking move in the early 1990s, UPS was an early adopter and pioneer in the development of THIS technology, now an industry standard across the world for any party running a courier service.

Computer Tracking (Tracking Numbers)

300

Like the Maharaja Mac, the _______?__ is a unique, completely vegetarian menu item sold by McDonalds only in India that is completely vegetarian, and has been offered since 2012.

McVeggie

300

The more you code, the more of me there is. I may be gone for now, but you can't get rid of me forever. What am I?

A bug

300

In 1991, Finnish student Linus Torvalds was credited with creating this now commonly used O.S.

Linux

400

UPS was among the first companies to offer this service as far back as the 1920s, but the stock market crash of the same decade resulted in UPS not offering the service again until 1953.

Shipping by Air

400

In the 1970s, UPS began designing delivery routes in the U.S. to try to avoid THIS otherwise very common driving maneuver, which saves millions of gallons of fuel, and prevents over 20,000 vehicles' worth of emmissions.

Left Turns

400

This historical American figure visited India in 1959, where he met with local leaders and was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence, which later became a central principle in his own civil rights movement in the U.S.

Martin Luther King Jr.

400

I offer you only two things to say, and yet, with those two you will able to say anything at all. What am I?

Binary

400

Two Pakistani brothers, Basit and Amjad Farooq Alvi, are credited for creating the first computer program of THIS type, now ubiquitous, in 1986.

Virus

500

UPS definitely protects its brand! It is virtually impossible for a non-UPSer to acquire any piece of _________, not on eBay or otherwise. They are carefully controlled and and reclaimed for disposal once _________ must be replaced.

a UPS delivery uniform
500

In 2013, UPS announced the creation of THIS new state-of-the art system to leverage advancing computer and GPS technology in order to determine the most efficient delivery sequence and route for each driver.

ORION (On-Road Integrated Optimization and Navigation)

500

Earlier this year, the ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization)'s ________ mission was successful, placing _______ Lander on the Moon. _______ deployed the Vikram rover to explore and look for evidence of water and sulphur.

Chandrayan-3

500

As a developer, you usually get mad at me because I complain a lot ... although I'm usually right. What am I?

Compiler

500

Vladimir Lukyanov, Russian scientist, was famed to have invented a computer powered by THIS ingenious method in 1936.

Water

M
e
n
u