Introduction to Bill Gates’ Session at IIT Delhi
Bill Gates, Microsoft founder recently became part of a session of IIT Delhi. The event ‘Innovation for Public Good’ attracted thousands of participants in the auditorium as well as virtually. Bill Gates Spills Secrets in Rapid-Fire Round at IIT Delhi. The session got interesting when one of the participants asked quirky questions in a rapid-fire round on Bill Gates’s favourite places, Indian food and a lot more.
Bill Gates answered the questions smartly.
Here is a sneak peek into the rapid-fire questions and answers.
Question: If you could have one superpower, what it would be?
Answer: I would like to be smarter
Question: Which year would you travel with Time Machine and why?
Answer: I like to be in the present year.
Question: What is the first word you start with on WORDLE?
Answer: T R A C E
Question: What is your favourite Indian food?
Answer: Masala Tea or masala chai
Question: What’s one thing on your bucket list this year?
Answer: I would like to go to the Paris Olympics.
Question: This is a tough one, but if not the technologist or a philanthropist What career would you be in?
Answer: Wow, when I was very young I wanted to be a lawyer, then this computer thing attracted me and now I employ thousands of lawyers( Giggles).
Question: If you had to set up Microsoft today, what would you do differently?
Answer: We have the best software factory in the world and if something new comes along, we are just 5 times faster than other companies. The other competitor companies never invest in the kind of tools we have. We did make a lot of mistakes and I feel bad about it.
Question: Taj Mahal or Eiffel Tower?
Answer: Taj is more classic
Question: Super bowl or Fifa world cup?
Answer: Neither for me
Question: A life without books or a life without technology?
Answer: I’ll give up the physical books and read from the screen.