WORKOUTABLES is not a routine quiz that merely tests your memory. This one is work-outable by thinking through popular relevant facts and current news. Here we go...
1. The effect is noticed after prolonged periods of performing repetitive tasks, usually involving changing colours, shapes and movements. Through repetition, the brain starts automating the task through muscle memory thereby increasing speed. The effect has been noticed in programmers visualising lines of code, rock climbers searching for the next ridge to place their foot/hand and mathematicians dreaming of equations. However the effect is most pronounced in gamers and is hence named after one of the most popular video games of the last two decades. Name that effect.
2. This two-word term means extravagant and burdensome. Legend goes that it was coined based on a story where the King of Siam (present-day Thailand) gifted an albino version of a particular animal to his courtiers who had displeased him. He did so, so that they may be burdened with the costs of its upkeep. What is the term?
3. The ancient Roman legions were supposedly paid salt for their wartime works. This practice leads to the origin of a word which satisfies the same purpose as it did then. What is the good word?
4. Anyone wanting to come up with an X must submit an academic paper explaining why this X needs to be included in the group. X will be approved by a pool of tech companies comprising of Apple, Google, Adobe and Oracle, which pay 18,000 dollars each annually for the right to vote. Identify X
5. This was the first computer storage for the company X built from Lego blocks (refer photo below). This is also believed to be the inspiration for the colours of X’s logo. What is X?
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1. Tetris effect
2. White Elephant
3. Salary
4. Emoji
5. Google
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