A Quiz Club IIT Patna Quiz conducted by Abhimanyu and Anshul on 09th April 2021. The quiz was true to its name as it took us on a tour of the world and even beyond that with interesting facts from Astronomy and geography. It's safe to say that the quiz rekindled the love of astronomy in a few.

1. Earth and
beyond Earth
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S04_E12
09th
April, 2021

2. Rules
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1. There are 20 questions.
2. All questions carry 10 points, with no negative marking.
3. You have to write answers in the template provided to
you.
4. At the end of the quiz, you have to send the template with
answers. (within time limit)
5. Do not try to Google the answers. It just spoils the fun for
everyone. Try to figure it out yourself.

3. Sneak Peek
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We all know Yuri (pls no ‘Yuri’-tarded jokes) Gagarin, the first man in space.
Son of a carpenter, Gagarin joined the Soviet Air Force in 1955. His historic
space flight X lasted for 108 minutes and orbited the earth once.
Apart from being excellent in training, there was one particular peculiar
reason why the Soviets chose Gagarin.
What was the reason? And identify the spaceflight X.
(X shares its name with an ice station that recorded the lowest temp on
Earth’s surface)

4. X - Vostok I
Because of his short stature 157 cm (5 ft 2 in)
as the space in the craft was very limited.
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5. 1.
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In 1610, a certain astronomer X was observing a planet Y through a telescope.
While observing, X discovered four “stars” around Y. Later X found out that
they weren’t stars but moons.
This discovery led to a strong evidence that challenged a common belief of
that time.
In 1989, NASA had launched a space probe of X’s name specifically to study
the planet Y.
Name X and what was the common belief.

6. X- Galileo
Earth is at the centre.
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Mario Irarrázabal is responsible for “The Hand in the Desert” rising out of the
sand in the middle of X. Irarrázabal is known for his works associated with
human suffering and this huge unnerving sculpture captures a feeling of
loneliness, exacerbated by its desolate and secluded location.
Owing to its otherworldly appearance, X has
been used as experimentation sites on Earth for
Mars expedition simulations and as a location for
filming Mars scenes. Nasa duplicated the Viking
tests in Mars-like Earth environments and found
that they missed present signs of life in soil
samples from X. Identify X.

8. X- Atacama Desert,
Chile.
(driest place on earth)
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By tracking changes in speed and direction of wind and
precipitation using radio waves, X helps detect when
dangerous rotational patterns are developing - precursors to
things like tornadoes and hurricanes.
Where can you find these? Airports and well funded storm
chasers! X is named after a very famous phenomenon.
Identify X.

10. X-Doppler Radar.
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At roughly 4pm on 20th July, 1969, emergency alarm on the Apollo 11 lunar
module ‘Eagle’ lit up - something was overboarding the computer memory.
This error was solved by a software developed by X.
X designed the software to be asynchronous - prioritizing tasks on the basis of
importance. This mechanism saved the day and Buzz Aldrin immediately
switched off the rendezvous radar switch and freed up vital computational
memory.
Who is X and what is the term he/she(/it?) coined ?

12. X - Margaret Hamilton
Coined the term “Software Engineering”.
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Find the connection-
Chinook
Doldrums
Novre
Sirocco
Mistral
Williwaw
Loo

14. Local Winds around the World.
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Exoplanets are planets outside the Solar System that usually
orbit a star. Initially, exoplanets were discovered using a method
called wobble method where astronomers look for the Doppler
shift of the light emitted by the host star of the planet. However,
recently an increasingly popular method for finding
exoplanets was discovered. This method includes measuring
the amount of light emitted by the host star. When a planet
passes in front of the star, it blocks some amount of light and
the dimness can be measured which might indicate the
existence of a planet. This method is responsible for finding
majority of the 4000+ exoplanets discovered so far. Name this
method.

16. Transit Method
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X, sometimes referred to as the ‘lost city’, is identified as the capital of the
Nabataean kingdom and the centre of the canvas trade. Enclosed by
towering rocks and watered by perennial stream, X not just possessed the
advantages of a fortress but also controlled the main commercial routes of
the region.
X makes appearance in a number of movies and is
part of a group of famous landmarks, to which
even Statue of Liberty and Eiffel Tower failed to
make it .
Identify X and what is the group called?

18. X-Petra
Part of Seven
Wonders of the
New World
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19. 8
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While on his way to the Launchpad, Yuri Gagarin asked the bus
to stop as he had to do something. Since then, it has been a
tradition among Russian cosmonauts to perform that something
before the launch. It is done as it is considered as good luck.
What did Yuri do or what is the ritual?
(Yes, Gagarin again. We love him. Sue us!)

20. Peeing on
tyre of the bus
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21. 9
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During the cold war, the Outer Space Test Ban Treaty was signed by various
nations forbidding testing or use of nuclear weapons in space. Among the
signatories were USSR and US. However, neither of them trusted each other.
The US, fearing that the USSR might violate the treaty, launched satellites to
track any nuclear activity. The satellites were designed to detect certain
kind of rays. However instead of detecting any nuclear blasts, they
discovered a whole new phenomenon.
Name that phenomenon.

22. Gamma-ray Bursts
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23. 10
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(United States) (Russia) (China) (India)
ASTRONAUTS COSMONAUTS TAIKONAUTS ??

24. Vyomanaut/Gaganaut
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25. 11.
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X is the practice of advancing clocks during warmer months so that the
darkness falls at a later clock time.
Legend has it that Benjamin Franklin invented it in order to extend his evening
chess games. Today, almost 70 countries worldwide observe it though it
never became popular here in the East.
Identify X and which was the first country
to implement it?

26. X - Daylight Saving.
Germans were the first to
enact it nationwide in WWI
to conserve coal.
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27. 12.
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Neutron stars are the collapsed cores of massive stars.
They are immensely dense. The closest neutron star
found till date is 400 light years away. The star belongs
to a close group of seven neutron stars which was
nicknamed X after the 1960 movie X.
The particular neutron star was also called ‘Calvera’
based on the villain in the movie X.
Name X.

28. The Magnificent
Seven
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29. 13.
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The medieval city of Konigsberg is very famous surprisingly in the field of
Mathematics. Situated on both sides of the river Pregel, it made a network of
7 bridges as shown.
Ehler, a mathematician, did see this
map as well and was completely
obsessed with one question-
“Which route would allow someone to
cross all 7 bridges without
crossing any more than once?”

30. Don't try that because there isn't such a route possible.
The ‘why’ of this was explained by X who called it “Geometry of Position” which
is now called Y theory.
Identify X and the Y theory.
Ps- The city is now Kaliningrad and ‘the’ question is now answered. Soviet
bombed two of those bridges thus forming a ‘X’ian path. Ofcourse, they didn't
have maths in their mind when they did it.
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31. X - Leonhard Euler
Y - Graph Theory.
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32. 14.
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While short period comets (time period < 200 years) come from the Kuiper belt,
the long period comets ( time period > 200 years) are believed to come from
X. X was named after the astronomer Y, who in 1950 demonstrated the
existence of X. Name Y.

33. Jan Oort
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34. 15.
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Mount X is a volcanic mountain on an island. In April 1815, it exploded
resulting in the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. The eruption
ejected so much dust and ash in the atmosphere, that led to the global
temperature to fall by 1 F in the summer of 1816. The event is now referred
to as the “Year without Summer” and led to crop failures and famines all
over the globe having tremendous economical, social and even political
changes.
Identify Mount X and where is it?

35. X - Mount Tambora,
Indonesia.
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36. 16.
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The lunar landing was viewed live by millions of people all
over the world. During BBC’s live coverage of the landing, a
certain popular band X jammed the tune “Moonhead” in
BBC’s studio. This song has been largely forgotten and is
often overlooked. Name the band.

37. Pink Floyd
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38. 17.
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Born in 90 AD of Greek ancestry, X was a mathematician, astronomer,
astrologer, philosopher, cartographer, and even a librarian! And is credited for
earliest surviving trigonometry table, canonical map projections, geocentric
model of the universe and a 13 volume treatise on astronomy.
Columbus was a big fan of X and trusting X’s concept of earth’s
circumference, he did not dare to venture beyond the Caribbean.
X shares his name with a certain macedonian, who of course served under
the famous Alexander the Great, and started a new dynasty of pharaohs
that ended with Cleopatra. Identify X.

39. X - Ptolemy
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40. 18.
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Sputnik 1 Sputnik 2
What was the reason behind the design change?

41. To accommodate
Laika, the dog
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42. 19.
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Yeah everyone knows this is a black hole. The first image was taken in 2019
while the second one in 2021. What new feature of the black hole did they
discover in the second image and what is the difference in how the 2nd
image was taken?

43. Magnetic Field
around the black hole.
Image 2 used
polarized light.
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44. 20.
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X , the “Epithet Traveler of Islam”, began his 29 years of travel at the age of
21 when X undertook the holy pilgrimage to mecca. The narratives of X’s
journeys, Rihlah, still remains one of the best source of cultural geography of
the time.
.
If X ever met Marco Polo, X would call him an amateur after
travelling thrice as much distance as him. But most
importantly, X’s biggest achievement is having a catchy
bollywood song titling his name.
Identify X.

45. X - Ibn Battuta
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46. THANK YOU
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