Tuesday 31st October 2023
    Difficulty: Very hard

    Alexa (Quiz #347)

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    Amazon Alexa, also known simply as Alexa, is a virtual assistant developed and sold by Amazon.

    1. What is the most popular use for Alexa?

    2. Obviously, the use by Amazon of the name "Alexa" is annoying for people called Alexa. How many of the following are other "wake words" that Amazon offer as an alternative to Alexa?
    - Amazon
    - Bezos
    - Computer
    - Echo
    - Ziggy

    3. People named Alexa, and their parents, have formed an organisation whose aim is to persuade Amazon to rebrand their virtual assistant to a non-human name, and eliminate the “Alexa” wake word. What is the name of this organisation?

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