Fundamentals Online Beginner's Quiz October 2020

Online Beginner’s Quiz
Funda-Mentals
Oct 2 2020 | 4 PM | Discord
A Quiz By
Jayakrishna J & Sandeep

Funda-Mentals - Online Beginners Quiz – Oct 2020
Set by Jayakrishna J
Using Discord
● Make sure to join “the quiz” voice channel and mute yourself. Unmute only when you’re answering
● Discuss among your team mates via the team channel
● “!p answer” is the format for pounce . Eg. !p eureka
● Bounce will be over voice – one team member can unmute and answer
● “!scores” can be used to check your team’s score anytime
● “!shout” to send a message that will be sent to all teams. Eg. !shout no clues
● “!nice” if you especially like the question
● Stick to your team channel to avoid confusion
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Sample 1
International day for
Which condition?
Observed on the 21st of march every year

Sample 1
International day for
Which condition?
Observed on the 21st of march every year
Down’s syndrome
3/21 – trisomy 21

Sample 2
● Invented in the 1880s, the chronophotographic ___ was one of the ancestors of the movie
camera. It was closely modelled after something, with the same look and having similar parts.
● The hammer was made back to the end, which allowed the drum to move to where the
photographic plates were. There was also a shutter on the drum, which prevented the light from
entering when it was not taking a photo; and in the canon there was a lens. If one wanted to
change the approach, the length of the canon had to be changed.
● Its close resemblance to something and the way it was held to capture videos probably gave rise
to a term being used in the context of videography. What?

Sample 2
● Invented in the 1880s, the chronophotographic ___ was one of the ancestors of the movie
camera. It was closely modelled after something, with the same look and having similar parts.
● The hammer was made back to the end, which allowed the drum to move to where the
photographic plates were. There was also a shutter on the drum, which prevented the light from
entering when it was not taking a photo; and in the canon there was a lens. If one wanted to
change the approach, the length of the canon had to be changed.
● Its close resemblance to something and the way it was held to capture videos probably gave rise
to a term being used in the context of videography. What?
“Shooting”

Sample 3. Identify the scientist from this Google doodle
(The surname is enough. The rest of his name doesn’t carry much weight)

Sample 3. Identify the scientist from this Google doodle
(The surname is enough. The rest of his name doesn’t carry much weight) Hans Christian Gram

Sample 4
● Prithu Gupta, a 15 year old from Gurgaon in July
2019 became the 64th Indian to achieve what
distinction, which was first achieved by an Indian
(later a Khel Ratna Awardee) 31 years ago?

Sample 5
● As part of their social media outreach and marketing, Aakash Digital came up with
the idea of releasing a series of short videos featuring their faculty, to help and guide
the students (and of course, advertise themselves).
● These were organized into multiple seasons, composed of episodes such as, “How to
deal with stress when preparing for NEET 2020?”, “NEET Physics preparation tips from
Aakash faculty”, “Common Mistakes to avoid for NEET 2020” , and well, “How to fight
with distractions?”.
● What was the very interesting name of this initiative?

NEETFLIX

The format
● Clockwise (8 Qs)
● Written (9 Qs)
● Anticlockwise (8 Qs)
● Short written rounds in between each bounce round (2x3 Qs)
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Round 1
Bounce + Pounce
Clockwise

How it works…
● 8 questions, clockwise
● Pounce: (!p answer)
○ +10/-5
○ No part points
○ Send your pounce before pounce is closed
● Bounce: (on the voice channel)
○ +10/0
○ Part points as applicable
○ (If the nth team gives the correct answer, the next question goes to the (n+1)th team. The same happens
if no one gets the question correct)
● Short written round after the first 4 questions
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1
In late January 1981, an advertising team led by Alyque Padamsee
placed an ad in some Delhi newspapers proclaiming that history
was to be re-created on the 31st and inviting people to take part.
The ad proved to be extremely successful with a huge number of
people turning up, most of them unpaid and receiving just packed
lunch.
What was re-created thus?

The funeral scene in Gandhi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRHjpHzpg8c

2
Why have these and
many other brands
temporarily changed
their logos sometime
around mid-June for
the past few years?

(June 14 – World Blood Donation Day)

3
● From April 2017 to March 2019, approximately 78,985 tons of used
electronic devices, mostly cellphones were collected by municipal
authorities, apart from 6.21 million used mobile phones collected by NTT
Docomo shops across this nation.
● The collected devices were classified, dismantled, and metals were
extracted and further refined by smelting contractors.
● They were able to obtain about 2200 Kgs of a material made of copper
and zinc ,and lesser amounts of two other elements.
● The metals were then handed over to designer Junichi K, who was
selected after winning a contest with more than 400 participants.
● What were these to be used for?

4
● First described in 1970, Dahl’s Sign refers to the areas of hyperpigmented
and hyperkeratotic skin seen on the lower thighs and the elbows.
● It is seen in people who tend to sit forwards with their arms resting on their
thighs leading to chronic erythema of the skin at the points of contact. Over
time, haemosiderin released from red blood cells trapped in the skin is
released causing a brown discolouration of the skin.
● It is mostly seen in patients of COPD who tend to sit in this posture.
● Direct your mind towards forming a mental picture of the above
description and give the other name of this sign

Thinker’s sign

Bask In Robbins
Questions based on trivia mentioned in Robbins!
Written round of 3 questions
Send your answers via Pounce
Scoring: +10/0
If sure of an answer, you can play for a +15/-5, type stake in
your pounce

1
When Paul Ehrlich first described these cells, which were abundant near
small blood vessels and nerves and in sub-epithelial tissues, he
incorrectly flagged them as ‘well fed’ connective tissue elements with
acidic granules which he thought provided nutrition to nearby tissue.
Hence, he named these cells with a German root word which denotes
feeding or fattening, such as fattening animals and this root is also used
for a part in humans which has a similar function.
Which cells did he name thus?

2
In the 1860s, there was a fashion among American
women to wear their skirts gathered in the back into a
basket like structure. To compensate for all the weight
on their backs, they had to lean forward in an
exaggerated way which resembled the Greek statues,
and this led to this style being called the Grecian ____.
A few years later, when some people who were
involved in building the Brooklyn Bridge started to
develop a very painful condition which forced them to
characteristically arch their backs, the same term was
applied to them.
Which term? Which disease?

3

3
This was a device which combined direct adsorption of accumulated albumin bound
toxins and high-flux hemodialysis for removing water soluble substances, in order to
purify the blood of patients in whom the main organ responsible for removing these
toxins had failed.
Studies to try this device found that there was significant improvement in bilirubin,
ammonia and urea levels and that important substances cytokines and coagulation
factors were not removed, suggesting that this could be useful in relieving the organ
and enabling its cells to regenerate, though not to the extent shown by those of the
mythical ‘forethinker’ after whom the device is named.
What is the name of this system?

1
When Paul Ehrlich first described these cells, which were abundant near
small blood vessels and nerves and in subepithelial tissues, he incorrectly
flagged them as ‘well fed’ connective tissue elements with acidic
granules which he thought provided nutrition to nearby tissue.
Hence, he named these cells with a German root word which denotes
feeding or fattening, such as fattening animals and this root is also used
for a part in humans which has a similar function.
Which cells did he name thus?

Mast Cells

Bends,
Decompression sickness / Caisson’s disease

Prometheus
Whose liver is said to have regenerated within 24 hours, everytime after an eagle
pecked at his liver

5. Just FITB
This is an illustration of a certain character pulling
himself out of a mire using his own hair as a rope.
One of the editions of this satirical story was called:
“The Eighth Edition, Considerably enlarged, and
ornamented with Twenty Explanatory Engravings, from
Original Designs. Gulliver Revived: or, the Vice of Lying
properly exposed. Containing singular Travels, Campaigns,
Voyages, and Adventures in Russia, the Caspian Sea,
Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean, on
the Atlantic Ocean and through the Centre of Mount Aetna,
into the South Sea. Also, An Account of a Voyage into the
Moon and Dog-Star; with many extraordinary Particulars
relative to the Cooking Animal in those Planets, which are
there called the Human Species. By Baron __________”

Munchausen
"Like the famous Baron von
Munchausen, the persons affected have
always travelled widely; and their stories,
like those attributed to him, are both
dramatic and untruthful. Accordingly, the
syndrome is respectfully dedicated to the
baron, and named after him“
- Asher R, The Lancet, 1951

6

6
● Sleepify was an 2014 album released on Spotify by an American funk
band, Vulpeck that consisted of 10 songs each about 31 or 32 seconds in
length. Listeners were advised to play the album on loop while they slept.
The band had amassed about $20000 in royalties within a couple of
months, with which they planned to organize an admission-free Sleepify
Tour across the US, before the album was removed by Spotify citing policy
violations
● What was so special about the album?
● Why were the songs just 30ish seconds long?

The songs were just silence!
Spotify pays royalties for a song only if
the user listens for at least 30 seconds

7
● In order to improve the accuracy of testing, with an increase in efficiency
and convenience and to also lower the cost, the Dell Medical School in the
University of Texas at Austin created a new department in 2018.
● The department integrates the departments of Pathology, Radiology and
Laboratory Medicine. With partnerships with local practices and
community physicians, it hopes to function as a network to better serve
Austin residents in both in-patient and OPD settings.
● What’s the name of the department, probably for the first time in a real
hospital?

Department of Diagnostic Medicine

8
● To replicate for its viewers the vibrant atmosphere of clashes in the Premier
League, the sports network Sky teamed up with a certain company in June
and started using a product called Atmospheric _____.
● It consists of about 13000 different assets, most of which are tailored to the
various possible parts and outcomes of a match. These assets were used in
one of this company's most famous products, the first edition of which
kicked off in 1993.
● The first match in the league to use this tech was the one between Aston
Villa and Sheffield United and similar systems are to be used in other sports
as well.
● What technology?
● Which company did Sky team up with?

Electronic Arts’ FIFA
Fake audience noise

Set by Sandeep R
Rules
• 9 questions on the pounce
• Answer with “!p guess” format
• Only a single attempt allowed
• +10-5 for the first correct answer
• +5-5 for others
• Q4b is restricted

Set by Sandeep R
1.FITB
• Invented in 1831, they were phased out in the early 1930s
in favor of musical chimes, which had a softer tone
• The word ------probably comes from the rasping noise
these electromechanical devices made.

Set by Sandeep R
Buzzer

Set by Sandeep R
2
• The use of prosthetic mesh to reinforce
the abdominal wall is accepted as gold
standard for inguinal hernia repair
• To overcome the cost difficulties
associate with using PTFE and
polypropylene as mesh material, low
income countries decided to use low
density polyethylene - a common household
material in tropical settings.
• How do we better know this mesh material?

Set by Sandeep R
Mosquito nets

Set by Sandeep R
3
• In November 2006, Goldin and Senneby visited the site in
Sonoma Valley where the ---- image was taken, re-
photographing the same view now full of grapevines
• This was the recreation of which famous photograph,
originally titled Bucolic Green Hills?
• Picture follows

Set by Sandeep R

Set by Sandeep R
Microsoft Wallpaper - Bliss

Set by Sandeep R
4a
• Having waited for 2 years to capture this
photograph,dyson and eddington’s efforts became fruitful
on may 29,1919 within a short span of 6 minutes and 50
seconds to capture it
• Once captured, it proved to be the origin story for the
stardom of a german icon in his field
• What did they capture?

Set by Sandeep R
Total Solar Eclipse

Set by Sandeep R
4b
• Which icon and how?

Set by Sandeep R
Einstein-General Theory Of Relativity

Set by Sandeep R
5
• This controversial childrens’ toy from 1890s , based on
the psychological phenomenon called the ideomotor effect
(akin to pavlov’s dog), is still popular today among
people of all ages and makes cameos in various books,
movies and songs
• Which toy , made of cardboard and a planchette, am I
talking about?

Set by Sandeep R
Ouija Boards

Set by Sandeep R
6
A service which is widely used in hospital labs for
reducing sample delivery and report collection time,
was adopted by the food giant McDonalds for a
particular drive thru in Edina, Minnesota offering this
one of a kind service. What?

Set by Sandeep R
World’s Only Pneumatic Air Drive-Thru

Set by Sandeep R
7.FITB
Sabji ?
Haanji.
--- -
Na Ji
slogan by Amul commenting on India’s response to Indo-
chinese conflict this september.

Set by Sandeep R
Pub G

Set by Sandeep R
8.What promising technical innovation?

Set by Sandeep R
NeuraLink – by Elon Musk

Set by Sandeep R
Acknowledgement
• Thanks Jk
• Thanks to all the participants
• Thanks to everyone who made quiz meet-ups possible

Set by Sandeep R
9
• “They will be treated not as heroes but as bearers of the
most virulent,devestating plague the world has ever
known”
• The most famous 21 days quarantine which ended on august
12 half a century ago in Texas
• Who were quarantined and why?

Set by Sandeep R
Apollo 11 astronauts – Lunar Plague

Round 1
Bounce + Pounce
Anti-Clockwise

How it works…
● 8 questions, anticlockwise
● Pounce: (!p answer)
○ +10/-5
○ No part points
○ Send your pounce before pounce is closed
● Bounce: (on the voice channel)
○ +10/0
○ Part points as applicable
○ (If the nth team gives the correct answer, the next question goes to the (n-1)th team. The same happens
if no one gets the question correct)
● Short written round after the first 4 questions
cc

1
● When this person kicked off the opening ceremony of a 2012 event,
imploring the participants to be curious and to ‘look up at the stars, and
not down at their feet’, many might have not realized this person’s
association with sport.
● In fact, during his early undergraduate years, he played the role of the one
who controlled steering and stroke rate in the university rowing team,
cultivating a daredevil image and being responsible for steering the crew
on risky courses and damaging many boats.
● And it was while he was ice skating as a first year graduate student, that
an important life changing event happened.
● Who?

Stephen Hawking
Paralympic Games

2
A very interesting theory about the use of a particular term (which is usually
used to denote the brain) for referring to another region goes that it was
because earlier people believed that the seat of thinking was present in this
area. This is supported by the observation that in a lot of cultures, people
often touch this region while they ponder - the most famous example of this
being a famous statue by Rodin.
However, this theory does not seem to be true and most etymologists believe
that the word emerged from an Indo-European root word for ‘protruberance’.
Which part / What is the term?

Mental for Chin

Instrument?(1). FITB(1)
● This swan, the heaviest living bird native to North America, Cygnus
__________ gets its common name because of its resonant, sonorous, loud
and low pitched cry which is similar to the sound of a musical instrument
(A)
● It shares with species name with an anatomical structure in humans, the
name of which is derived from a term for someone who played a Roman
era instrument which served as an ancestor for A
3 FITB and ID the instrument A

Trumpet

Buccinator

4
● In Dutch, it was “Marten Asmodom Vilijn”, “Romeo G. Detlev, Jr.” in Danish,
“Trevor Delgome” in Icelandic, and “Mark Neelstein” in Slovenian.
● In the French version, “Tom Elvis Jedusor”, the word ‘Jedusor’ was a play on
the phrase “jeu du sort”, which means ‘twist of fate’ or ‘game of chance’.
● The Spanish, German, and Brazilian Portugese versions made changes
only to a part of the original name, while probably the simplest change
was in the Turkish version where only a letter had to be added.
● These were the results of the efforts of few who worked hard on the
nightmarish task of translating to their languages a certain identity, while
preserving an important revelation. What was the original version?

Tom Marvolo Riddle
Translations had to change the name, so that an appropriate anagram
could be formed
-In Spanish, his name became "Tom Sorvolo Ryddle", which transforms into "Soy Lord Voldemort".
-In French, "Tom Elvis Jedusor" - "Je suis Voldemort".
-In Italian, "Tom Orvoloson Riddle“ - "Son io Lord Voldemort".
-In German, "Tom Vorlost Riddle" - "Ist Lord Voldemort".
-In Dutch, "Marten Asmodom Vilijn" - "Mijn naam is Voldemort".
-In Turkish, "Tom Marvoldo Riddle” - "Adim Lord Voldemort".
-In Brazilian Portuguese, "Tom Servolo Riddle" - "Eis Lord Voldemort".
-In Danish, "Romeo G. Detlev, Jr.“- "Jeg er Voldemort".
-In Icelandic, "Trevor Délgome“- "Ég er Voldemort".

Anagrams of Book Titles
Short Round 2

Titles of famous books have been anagrammed.
Just Identify the books
Written round of 3 questions
Send a pounce with all answers in one chat
Points: +5/0, Bonus 5 if all correct
Time limit of 4 minutes
cc

1. Vitriol Stew
2. Betrays that egg
3. The children each try a lot of cacao!

1. Vitriol Stew
2. Betrays that egg
3. The children each try a lot of cacao!
Oliver Twist
The Great Gatsby
Charlie and the chocolate factory
cc
From The Internet Anagram Server at wordsmith.org

5
● Membrane Associated Ring-CH-Type Finger 1 is a gene belonging to a family of
ubiquitin ligases which downregulates the surface expression of MHC class II
molecules and other glycoproteins by directing them to the late endosomal /
lysosomal compartment. Abnormalities in this are associated with diseases
including cerebellar hypoplasia, renal dysplasia and anhydramnios.
● In August 2020, the Human Gene Nomenclature Committee announced that
there would a slight change in the nomenclature of this gene. Genes belonging
the Septin group of GTPases, which are required for cytokinesis also were
subject to similar changes.
● These changes were brought about because something that most researchers
commonly use turned out to be too proficient in doing something and this had
caused many unintentional errors in the scientific literature. What was the
problem?

MARCH1  MARCHF1
SEPT1  SEPTIN1

6
● In his book Spycatcher, Peter Wright describes a sophisticated technique (also
known as Canary Trap) used by intelligence agencies to find whether a suspected
person was a double agent. The basic premise is to reveal a secret to a
suspected enemy (but nobody else) then monitor whether there is evidence of
the fake information being utilised by the other side. For example, a popular
story goes that the chiefs at Apple fed employees with different pieces of
information about a fictional product called Asteroid and waited to see which
information got leaked.
● The name of the technique is obtained from medical parlance, as this technique
helps to uncover and make the moles inside the system easily visible.
● What name?

Barium Meal Test

7
This is an excerpt from Act 1, Scene 2 (A Public Place) of Shakespeare’s Julius
Caesar. Cassius, the leader of the conspiracy to kill Caesar tries to convince
Brutus to join them, saying that men are in charge of their own destiny and
that they should make their choices properly, or risk succumbing to a tyrant’s
rule.
Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The _____, dear Brutus, is not __ ___ _____,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
Fill in the blanks, which most of us would have heard thanks to one sick love
story.

Fault In Our Stars

Acknowledgments
Thanks Sandeep!
Dr Narendhar for his feedback
Harish ,QFI for the Discord Bot
Sandeep and Sarandev for helping test the bot
Everyone who set and attended quizzes and made the Quiz meetups possible

8
● The cold climate in Norway poses a risk of hypothermia in patients who have to
be brought to the hospital, especially when they are brought in using helicopters
for emergency services.
● To prevent such effects and to maintain the temperature in the prehospital
phase, the Helicopter Emergency services of Norway has tried many materials to
wrap around such patients for insulation, one of which was a certain material
which was accidentally invented by two engineers trying to make textured
wallpaper.
● However a study found that it was not superior to normal cloth blankets in
maintaining body temperature, disappointing many who might have expected
that cold was yet another stress that this material would help to relieve.
● What did they try to use?

It’s a wrap!
Thank you for attending!

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