If Pharrell Williams is everyone’s favourite big hatted pop star of the moment, it’s equally fair to say we’re all singing his song of the moment: all together now, ‘because we’re Apppyyyyyy…’.
Oh ok, maybe his recent BRITs show-stopping #1 hit isn’t about the wonderful things that make our smartphones so damn smart – but that’s not so say we can’t celebrate apps. Did you know that Windows Phone now has more than 240,000 of the blighters and adds more than 500 daily? There’s no end to the things you can do with them so we thought we’d celebrate with a little brain teaser.
So take our fun quiz based around the Windows Phone and Windows apps, which showcases the Nokia Lumia 1020s’ frankly amazing photography features – with added questions on awesome third party apps like Instagram and WhatsApp, as well as a round on the Bing Travel app’s stunning panorama feature.
Did you know the Nokia Camera app turns any Lumia smartphone, which has been updated to Lumia Amber, into a powerful imaging tool? You do now.
Right, if you’re sitting comfortably in your Pharrell hat, let’s go…
Round one.
Picture This with the
Nokia Lumia 1020 Zoom.
The Nokia Lumia 1020 has an amazing camera – you do know it’s the only smartphone with a 41 megapixel camera sensor, Full HD video and Nokia Rich Recording for incredible audio capture, right?
So have a look at these zoomed everyday images, taken with the 1020, and work out what they are. Answers at the bottom…
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| Image 1
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| Item 2 (on the left hand side)
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| Item 3
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| Item 4
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Round two.
APP
–
tastic
general knowledge.
Round two is all about popular culture, specifically technology related pop culture so get your thinking cAPPs on!
1. With an unlikely plot, Angry Gran Run on Windows Phone has become a smash hit. The game allows you to guide a senior citizen through the streets of New York as she escapes from the ‘Angry Asylum’. What is the current star rating for the game? For a bonus point, how many app downloads are there on Windows Phone every day?
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2. WhatsApp has taken off massively in the past few years, and recently was bought by Facebook for an eye watering $19 billion. In December 2013, how many active users did the company state they had?
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| Round 2, question 2
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3. In 2012, Ellie Goulding came out with an alternative music video for her song “Anything Could Happen”. What was different about the video?
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| Round 2, question 3
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4. Which hip-hop star posted the following picture on Instagram?
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| Round 2, question 4
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Round
three
.
Round the World with the
Bing Travel app for Windows
8 and Windows Phone
.
Windows 8.1 was the fastest ever Windows upgrade ever! With loads of great new features, you can also download the amazing Bing Travel app, helping to turn that dream holiday into reality, with destination guides, rich photos, expert reviews and options to book your flights and hotel. The app also lets you see your flight status in real-time at a glance by pinning a Live Tile to your home screen. The app also lets you see weather updates and currency conversion rates.
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| The Bing Travel app
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The Windows version of the Bing Travel app also features a very cool Panorama feature. Images become interactive providing you with stunning 360 degree panoramas of countless destinations, as you move your Windows 8 tablet in front of you. The following screenshots, taken through the Bing Travel app’s Panorama feature illustrate different landmarks around the globe. Using the clues can you work out where they are?
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| 1. Which landmark building would you be in if you were enjoying this view?
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| 2. Stone me: which European capital city is home to this famous sculpture?
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| 3. Which country is home to this fabled lost city and area of great natural beauty?
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| 4. What country does this hidden desert canyon carving feature in?
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Round
four
.
Nokia Lumia 1020 vs
SLR
.
In this round we challenge you to work out whether you think the image was taken with a Nokia Lumia 1020 or a professional SLR camera. We warn you, this round is not easy – the Lumia 1020 is that good.
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| Image 1: Nokia Lumia 1020 or professional SLR camera?
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| Image 2: Nokia Lumia 1020 or professional SLR camera?
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| Image 3: Nokia Lumia 1020 or professional SLR camera?
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| Image 4: Nokia Lumia 1020 or professional SLR camera?
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Answers
.
Round one.
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| 1: A cafetiere
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| 2: Nokia Lumia 1020
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| 3: Money
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| 4.: A payphone (remember those?)
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Round two.
- 4.5 out of 5 stars; 12 million app downloads
- 400 million
- The video contained fan submitted Instagram photographs to represent words or lyrics from the song. Over 1200 different photographs were submitted.
- Snoop Dog / Snoop Lion
Round three.
- Empire State Building in New York City
- Copenhagen
- Peru
- Jordan
Round four.
- Nokia Lumia 1020 [Source: Nokia]
- SLR [Source: Grand Getaways]
- Nokia Lumia 1020 [Source: National Geographic]
- Nokia Lumia 1020 [Source: Nokia]
