The Bangalore Life Science Cluster Science Day Quiz

India Science Day Quiz
Feb 28 2021
Berty Ashley

If science is growing exponentially, then the major
technological advancements and upheavals of the
past 200 years are only the tip of the iceberg.
90% of all scientists who have ever lived
are alive today.

1. '___:Save The People' is a strategy-based cooperative
board game from Dartmouth University in collaboration
with the Mascoma Health Initiative.
It puts students in the role of infectious disease specialists
trying to contain an outbreak of a deadly disease.
It is used in universities to teach notions of '_X__
___Y____'.
The name of the game refers to the rash of pimples that
happens when infected by certain viruses.
XY refers to a form of indirect protection from infectious
diseases that occurs when a large percentage of a
population has become immune to an infection.
FITB and what is XY?

Q2. This is an experiment where oat flakes arranged in the pattern
of cities around Tokyo, Japan and a single-celled organism from
kingdom protista then constructed networks of nutrient-
channeling tubes between them. A new model based on the
simple rules of the organism’s behavior may lead to the design of
more efficient, adaptable rail networks.
What organism is this?

3. Jeevan Bindi (life-saying dot) is a way to help women
across rural India get their daily required dose of a certain
element.
Which vital element is this that at one time was not
available freely to Indians thanks to Mahatma Gandhi?

4. Lachrymatory-factor synthase is released into the air
when you do a particular daily task.
The synthase enzyme converts the amino acids sulfoxides
of the item you are working on into sulfenic acid.
The unstable sulfenic acid rearranges itself into syn-
ropanethial-S-oxide.
This gets into the air and irritates the
lachrymal glands.
What would you be doing for this to
happen?

5. This is a mosquito which has been trapped in tree sap
for millions of years.
Which famous multi-billion dollar franchise was started
thanks to this small insect?

FITB with the name of the most common dimorphic fungi.
6.

7. Superbugs are resistant to all antibiotics and are a huge
threat to medicine.
One mechanism which contributes to antibiotic resistance
involves a enzyme called NDM-1.
This is responsible for resistance to Klebsiella pneumoniae.
NDM-1 was first observed in a Swedish man who fell sick
after visiting a country known for its food. Though it was
later seen in other places, the name stuck.
M stands for 'Metallobetalactamase-1'.
ND stands for a place which is also referenced in the title of
a 2011 cult film.
What does ND stand for?

8. The people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were exposed to
high doses of radiation and subsequent heat from the atom
bombs dropped on them.
The most pronounced after effects were the horrific keloid
scars caused by overgrowth of granulation tissue as a result
of the burns.
Bigger image on next slide
Iwao Mori and Tomoyuki Tanaka decided
to raise awareness about these injuries in
their own way.
What did they create over the next 8
months?
TW: Bigger image on next slide

9. The Salvador/Warts pathway is also known as the 'X
Pathway‘, controls organ size in animals through the
regulation of cell proliferation and apoptosis.
The pathway takes its name from one of its key signaling
components—the protein kinase 'X'.
Mutations in this gene lead to tissue
overgrowth, or a "X"-like phenotype.
X is the short form of a name which in
Ancient Greek means "river horse".
What is X?

10. Zbtb7 is a gene that acts as a master switch for cancer,
and is responsible for the proliferation of cancer
throughout surrounding cells.
The gene which was first published in the January 2005
issue of Nature is unique in that it is needed for other
oncogenes to cause cancer.
It was originally called 'X', which referred to its full
description "POK erythroid myeloid ontogenic factor”, but
it was changed after a lawsuit was threatened by Nintendo.
What is X?

11. Chlorophyll absorbs mainly blue and red wavelengths from the
Sun and reflects green ones, hence giving plants their green color.
Chlorophyll evolved after another light-sensitive molecule called
retinal was already present on early Earth.
Retinal, found in photosynthetic microbe called halobacteria,
absorbs green light and reflects back red and violet light.
Chlorophyll evolved to make use of the blue and red light, since all
the green light was already absorbed by these organisms.
So if you went back in time, what colour would
these places have been instead of green?

12. A Valgo power plant in the southeastern French town of
Albertville uses a certain item to generate electricity.
The station uses the waste of a popular local product to power
its plant. When the product is made a lot of whey is produced.
Bacteria is added to this, which transforms the whey into biogas.
This gas is then fed through an engine which heats water to 90°C
to generate 2800 MWh/yr of electricity.
What does Albertville get its electricity from?

13. Dorothy Hodgkin in 1964 became the first, and so far only,
British woman to win a Nobel Prize, for her work in determining
the atomic structure of 'Cobalamin', an essential compound that is
involved in metabolism in the human body.
What is the common name for 'Cobalamin' which is an important
centre of debate nowadays as it has been proven that vegans do
not get this in their diet?

14. Eunice Foote’s article in The American Journal of Science and
Arts in September 1856 perfectly predicted a then unbelievable
idea by experimentally demonstrating the effects of the sun on
certain gases and theorizing how those gases would interact with
Earth’s atmosphere for the first time.
Three years later Irish physicist John Tyndall published similar
results but this time his work was widely accepted and is globally
accepted as the foundation of climate science.
What did Eunice Foote predict, which is now a
global issue but was ignored at the time due
to gender bias?

15. Plants possess a powerful agent that can help them
heal wounds. Known as ‘X Acid’, this agent stimulates
cell division, causing a protective layer to form and then
heal the damaged tissue.
Recently it has been shown to reduce oxidative stress in
human fibroblast cells.
What interesting name is this acid given?

16. Members of the subfamily Desmodontinae almost
never feed on humans.
Depending on the species, these animals target
domesticated animals or birds and suck on their blood.
They do this by releasing an anticoagulant into the blood
to allow it flow freely instead of clotting.
What is the rather appropriate name given to this
anticoagulant agent, and what type of animals are these?

17. Doctors in Ancient Rome used an early form of electrotherapy
to successfully treat neurological conditions such as epilepsy and
migraines.
They administered the charges by placing a certain animal on the
patient’s head.
These animals come from the genus Torpedo, the name which
comes from the Latin word 'Torpere' which means to stiffen or
paralyze, which is what used to happen when anyone
accidentally stepped on one of these animals.
What animals which are
completely made of cartilage are
these?

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18. In zebrafish this genetic mutation results in very small
ears; in fruit flies the same mutation causes the wings to
develop in a swirly pattern.
The name of the mutation is a reference to a an artist who
had a troubled life.
In the zebrafish gene it subtly references an important
event in the person’s life, while the fruit fly gene creates a
wing pattern reminiscent of one of his most famous works.
What is the name of the mutation?

Choose Wisely!
• 6 amazing scientists whom you *should* know!
• Pick the right answer

Kamala Sohonie
Rajeshwari Chatterjee
Asima Chatterjee
Janaki Ammal
A
D
B
C
19. This lady was an ace organic chemist who worked on
anti-epileptic and anti-malarial drugs and was the first to
receive a Doctorate of Science (DSc) from an Indian
university. Who is she?

Asima Chatterjee
Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi
Kamala Sohonie
Janaki Ammal
D
B
C
A
20. This lady was the first woman in India to be granted a
PhD in a scientific discipline and is responsible for paving
the way for IISc accepting women researchers after doing
a satyagraha outside Sir CV Raman's office. Who is she?

Kamala Sohonie
Janaki Ammal
Irawati Karne
C
D
B
A
21. This lady was a pioneering cytogeneticist and botanist
who is responsible for all the sweet-tasting and high-
yielding varieties of sugarcane in India and the first Indian
Scientist to be awarded the Padma Shri award. Who is she?

Kamal Ranadive
Irawati Karve
A
D
B
C
22. This lady was one of the earliest cancer researchers
and was one of the first to claim that breast cancer has a
relevance with heredity, and also went to start the Indian
Women Scientists' Association (IWSA). Who is she?

Kamala Sohonie
Asima Chatterjee
Bibha Chowdhuri
A
D
C
B
23. This lady was the first woman engineer from Karnataka
and after obtaining a doctorate from the University of
Michigan joined the IISc where she set up the microwave
research laboratory. Who is she?

Irawati Karve
Asima Chatterjee
Bibha Chowdhuri
A
D
C
B
24. This lady became the first Indian female practitioner of
western medicine after she lost her newborn child due to
lack of medical care. In 1886 at the age of 25 she was
appointed as the physician-in-charge of the female ward of
the local Albert Edward Hospital. Who was she?

Irawati Karve
Mary Poonen Lukose
Bibha Chowdhuri
A
D
C
B
25. This lady was the first female Surgeon General in India
and the founder of a Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Nagarcoil
and the X-Ray and Radium Institute, Trivandrum.
Who was she?

Audience Question! 1
• While looking for the God particle amongst other things
Scientists in a Utah lab detected an atomic nucleus
traveling at 99.9999999999999% of the speed of light,
with energy 20 quintillion times that of visible light. It
was appropriately named the “X Particle.”
• Where X is a 3 word phrase indicating excitement or
surprise.
• What is X?

This is newborn calf of a ‘Bucardo’, a wild goat native to the
Pyrenees. It was the result of a long and tedious cloning process
and was born on July 30, 2003.
This was the very first incidence of what in the world that starts
with the prefix 'De'?
Unfortunately it died in 10 minutes. 
Which also means it was the first incidence of what in the world
that starts with the prefix 'Re'?

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The government of Maldives held a cabinet meeting in
2009 under unique circumstances to highlight the threat
of global warming.
Where was it held?
And
In 2010 the Nepali government held a historical cabinet
meeting outside of their official buildings to draw the
global community's attention toward climate change and
its impact.
Where was this held?

1. '___:Save The People' is a strategy-based cooperative
board game from Dartmouth University in collaboration
with the Mascoma Health Initiative.
It puts students in the role of infectious disease specialists
trying to contain an outbreak of a deadly disease.
It is used in universities to teach notions of '_X__
___Y____'.
The name of the game refers to the rash of pimples that
happens when infected by certain viruses.
XY refers to a form of indirect protection from infectious
diseases that occurs when a large percentage of a
population has become immune to an infection.
FITB and what is XY? (3, 4, 8)

Q1. This is an experiment where oat flakes arranged in the pattern
of cities around Tokyo, Japan and a single-celled organism from
kingdom protista then constructed networks of nutrient-
channeling tubes between them. A new model based on the
simple rules of the organism’s behavior may lead to the design of
more efficient, adaptable rail networks.
What organism is this?
(5,4/5 [US/UK])

3. Jeevan Bindi (life-saying dot) is a way to help women
across rural India to get their daily required dose of a
certain element.
Which vital element is this that at one time was not
available freely to Indians thanks to Mahatma Gandhi?

4. Lachrymatory-factor synthase is released into the air
when you do a particular daily task.
The synthase enzyme converts the amino acids sulfoxides
of the item you are working on into sulfenic acid.
The unstable sulfenic acid rearranges itself into syn-
ropanethial-S-oxide.
This gets into the air and irritates the
lachrymal glands.
What would you be doing for this to
happen?
(7, 5)

7. Superbugs are resistant to all antibiotics and are a huge
threat to medicine.
One mechanism which contributes to antibiotic resistance
involves a enzyme called NDM-1.
This is responsible for resistance to Klebsiella pneumoniae.
NDM-1 was first observed in a Swedish man who fell sick
after visiting a country. Though it was later seen in other
places the name stuck.
M stands for 'Metallobetalactamase-1'.
ND stands for a place which is also referenced in a 2011 cult
film.
What does ND stand for?

They started the Gojira [Godzilla]
franchise .
Iwao Mori wanted the monster's
skin to show explicit scars from H-
bomb exposure so the suit
designers crafted it with a
distinctive skin modeled after the
keloid scars of Hiroshima's
survivors.
GODZILLA / GOJIRA

9. The Salvador/Warts pathway is also known as the 'X
Pathway' controls organ size in animals through the
regulation of cell proliferation and apoptosis.
The pathway takes its name from one of its key signaling
components—the protein kinase 'X'.
Mutations in this gene lead to tissue
overgrowth, or a "X"-like phenotype.
X is the short form of a name which in
Ancient Greek means "river horse".
What is X?

10. Zbtb7 is a gene that acts as a master switch for cancer,
and is responsible for the proliferation of cancer
throughout surrounding cells.
The gene which was first published in the January 2005
issue of Nature is unique in that it is needed for other
oncogenes to cause cancer.
It was originally called 'X', which referred to its full
description "POK erythroid myeloid ontogenic factor”, but
it was changed after a lawsuit was threatened.
What is X?

12. A Valgo power plant in the southeastern French town of
Albertville uses a certain item to generate electricity.
The station uses the waste of a popular local product to power
its plant. When the product is made a lot of 'whey' is produced.
Bacteria is added to this, which transforms the whey into biogas.
This gas is then fed through an engine which heats water to 90°C
to generate 2800 MWh/yr of electricity.
What does Albertville get its electricity from?

13. Dorothy Hodgkin in 1964 she became the first and so far only,
British woman to win a Nobel Prize for her work in determining
the atomic structure of 'Cobalamin', an essential compound that is
involved in metabolism in the human body.
What is the common name for 'Cobalamin' which is an important
centre of debate nowadays as it has been proven that vegans do
not get this in their diet? (7,3)

14. Eunice Foote’s article in The American Journal of Science and
Arts in September 1856 perfectly predicted a then unbelievable
idea by experimentally demonstrating the effects of the sun on
certain gases and theorizing how those gases would interact with
Earth’s atmosphere for the first time.
Three years later Irish physicist John Tyndall published similar
results but this time his work was widely accepted and is globally
accepted as the foundation of climate science.
What did Eunice Foote predict, which is now a
global issue but was ignored at the time due
to gender bias? (10, 6)

15. Plants possess a powerful agent that can help them
heal wounds. Known as ‘X Acid’, this agent stimulates
cell division, causing a protective layer to form and then
heal the damaged tissue.
Recently it has been shown to reduce oxidative stress in
human fibroblast cells.
What interesting name is this acid given? (9,4)

16. Members of the subfamily Desmodontinae almost never
feed on humans.
Depending on the species, these animals target domesticated
animals or birds and suck on their blood.
They do this by releasing an anticoagulant into the blood to
allow it flow freely instead of clotting.
What is the rather appropriate name given to this anticoagulant
agent, and what type of animals are these? (8, 7, 3)

17. Doctors in Ancient Rome used an early form of electrotherapy
to successfully treat neurological conditions such as epilepsy and
migraines.
They administered the charges by placing a certain animal on the
patient’s head.
These animals come from the genus Torpedo, the name which
comes from the Latin word 'Torpere' which means to stiffen or
paralyze, which is what used to happen when anyone
accidentally stepped on one of these animals.
What animals which are
completely made of cartilage are
these? (8,4)

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18. In zebrafish this genetic mutation results in very small
ears; in fruit flies the same mutation causes the wings to
develop in a swirly pattern.
The name of the mutation is a reference to a an artist who
had a troubled life.
In the zebrafish gene it subtly references an important
event in the person’s life, while the fruit fly gene creates a
wing pattern reminiscent of one of his most famous works.
What is the name of the mutation? (3,4)

Kamala Sohonie
Janaki Ammal
Irawati Karne
C
D
B
A
21. This lady was a pioneering cyotgeneticist and botanist
who is responsible for all the sweet-tasting and high-
yielding varieties of sugarcane in India and the first Indian
Scientist to be awarded the Padma Shri award. Who is she?

Kamala Sohonie
Asima Chatterjee
Bibha Chowdhuri
A
B
C
D
23. This lady was the first woman engineer from Karnataka
and after obtaining a doctorate from the University of
Michigan joined the IISc where she set up the microwave
research laboratory. Who is she?

Irawati Karve
Asima Chatterjee
Bibha Chowdhuri
B
D
C
A
24. This lady became the first Indian female practitioner of
western medicine after she lost her newborn child due to
lack of medical care. In 1886 at the age of 25 she was
appointed as the physician-in-charge of the female ward of
the local Albert Edward Hospital. Who was she?

Irawati Karve
Mary Poonen Lukose
Bibha Chowdhuri
A
D
C
B
25. This lady was the first female Surgeon General in India
and the founder of a Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Nagarcoil
and the X-Ray and Radium Institute, Thiruvananthapuram.
Who was she?

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