IITB sci tech 2013 finals infinite bounce

IITB Open SciTech Quiz—8th January 2013 Finals

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OkCupid’s OkTrends, a dating research blog, pulled data from their millions
of users to get answers to some fascinating questions about dating,
relationships and how we present ourselves online. Contrary to what most
people assumed/believed, R is the most popular kind of female photo
based on new contacts per month. In other words, even though social
networks are littered with these images and folks seem to be more vocal
about their silliness than their sexiness, the data doesn’t lie.
Women with a R are nearly 60% more likely to get contacted than women
with photos of themselves in bed.

Quizmaster: Antariksh Bothale


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The MySpace Angle



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In ancient Greek religion and myth, the Anemoi were Greek wind gods who
were each ascribed a cardinal direction from which their respective winds
came, and were each associated with various seasons and weather
conditions.
Of the four chief Anemoi, Boreas was the north wind and bringer of cold
winter air, Notus was the south wind and bringer of the storms of late
summer and autumn, and D was the west wind and bringer of light spring
and early summer breezes; Eurus, the east wind was not associated with
any of the three Greek seasons
D is known as the fructifying wind, the messenger of spring.
Name D, a term IITBians also know in another context.



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Zephyrus (Zephyr)



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X, is email that has been subscribed to and is therefore not unsolicited, but
is often not read by the recipient for a long period of time, if at all. X has
been described as "email you want but not right now.”
X differs from spam in that the recipient has signed up to receive it. X is
also not necessarily sent in bulk. Some examples of common X messages
are news alerts, periodic messages from e-merchants from whom one has
made previous purchases, messages from social networking sites, and wiki
watch lists.
The name X is meant to convey the idea that such email is better than
spam, but not as good as a personal email and is hence still like pig meat.



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Bacn



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His contemporaries nicknamed him beta, because he supposedly proved himself to
be the second best in the world in almost every field.
■ He was the first person to use the word "geography" and invented the discipline of
geography as we understand it. He invented a system of latitude and longitude
■ He was the first person to calculate the circumference of the earth
■ He was the first person to prove that the Earth was round
■ He was the first to calculate the tilt of the Earth's axis
■ He may also have accurately calculated the distance from the earth to the sun
and invented the leap day.
■ He also has a very famous algorithm in Maths named after him
■ He also created a map of the world based on the available geographical
knowledge of the era.
■ In addition, he was the founder of scientific chronology; he endeavored to fix the
dates of the chief literary and political events from the conquest of Troy.


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Eratosthenes



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This is a piece of mineral rock that’s called Armalcolite. How did it get its
name?



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Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins.



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Homage to _____ _____ (1986) is a collection of essays by Anthony
Burgess. The title of the collection is a reference to the urban legend of an
Hungarian man named _____ _____, who supposedly invented the
modern English keyboard layout and left his name lightly hidden in it. FITB.



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Qwerty Uiop



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NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe and 9-year-old Sofi Collis, who wrote
the winning essay in a naming contest, unveiled the names this morning at
NASA's Kennedy Space Center. "Now, thanks to Sofi Collis, our third grade
explorer-to-be from Scottsdale, Ariz., we have names for the rovers that are
extremely worthy of the bold mission they are about to undertake," O'Keefe
said.

Sofi read her essay: "I used to live in an orphanage. It was dark and cold
and lonely. At night, I looked up at the sparkly sky and felt better. I dreamed
I could fly there. In America, I can make all my dreams come true. Thank
you for the ______ and the ___________.



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Spirit, Opportunity



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In 1909, Twain is quoted as saying:
"I came in with D in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go
out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out
with D. The Almighty has said, no doubt: 'Now here are these two
unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together."
His prediction was accurate—Twain died of a heart attack on April 21,
1910.



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Halley’s Comet



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The common name of this plant means a lion’s tooth in French. It belongs
to the Asteraceae family.
Its flower head is composed of hundreds of smaller florets and seed heads
How has it become famous in the world of technology?



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Samsung Galaxy S3 Wallpaper



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Each year, The American Dialect Society selects its Word of the Year. For
2012, the winner was a bit of a surprise.
It wasn't fiscal cliff, the ubiquitous term in the news from Capitol Hill. And it
wasn't YOLO, the youthful acronym for "You Only Live Once" that quickly
rose (and just as quickly fell) this past year.
It wasn’t even Gangnam Style.
The official announcement reads:
“This was the year when Q became a ubiquitous phenomenon in online
talk,” Zimmer said. “Q have created instant social trends, spreading bite-
sized viral messages on topics ranging from politics to pop culture.”
What is Q?



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#hashtag



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Umwelt is the idea that because their senses pick up on different things,
different animals in the same ecosystem actually live in very different
worlds. Everything about you shapes the world you inhabit—from your
ideology to your glasses prescription to your ______________.
This was the introduction to?



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XKCD April Fool’s 2012 Edition.
People saw different comics based on their location, operating system,
browser, etc.



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Give Funda



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Launch of Google Fiber in Kansas City



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In Jan/Feb 2012, Google hosted a conference to which were invited
several leading technologists, scientists, and other innovators &
entrepreneurs to discuss some of the worlds most interesting & difficult
problems.
They called this an exercise in "moonshot thinking" i.e. solutions that are
just beyond what is currently feasible but just enough within reality.
Given the nature of the gathering (and that many videos were posted), the
gathering drew comparisons with TED. The name chosen for this (and
more are planned) is something that would often be seen in an algebra
problem.
What?



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Solve for X



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Traveler's diarrhea or traveller's diarrhoea (TD) is the most common illness
affecting travelers. An estimated 10 million people—20% to 50% of
international travelers—develop it annually. TD is defined as three or more
unformed stools in 24 hours passed by a traveler, commonly accompanied
by abdominal cramps, nausea, and bloating. Its diagnosis does not imply a
specific organism, but Escherichia coli is the most commonly isolated
pathogen.
There are a number of colloquialisms for travelers' diarrhea, such as
“Montezuma's revenge”, “Aztec two step”, "Pharaoh's Revenge”.
What is the Indian colloquialism for this disease?



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Delhi Belly



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Connect:
Sam, Mike, Mary, Michael, Michelle Hazel, David, Zira, Anna, Lili



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Names of computer voices in Microsoft OSes



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Connect (non-exhaustive)
■ Crocodile Shears
■ Bicholim Conflict
■ Martin Coleman
■ Functional Temporalism
■ Moroccans with Disabilities Act of 1992



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Hoax Wikipedia Articles



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AUDIENCE QUESTION



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AUDIENCE QUESTION
What is called a solidus if written as a diagonal line or a vinculum if written
as a horizontal line?



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AUDIENCE QUESTION
What is the first stanza?
When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
________________________

Then the traveller in the dark,
Thanks you for your tiny spark,
He could not see which way to go,
________________________

In the dark blue sky you keep,
And often through my curtains peep,
For you never shut your eye,
'Till the sun is in the sky.

As your bright and tiny spark,
Lights the traveller in the dark.
Though I know not what you are,



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AUDIENCE QUESTION
Which Shakespearean play is staged at the Globe Theatre ever 21st June
at 9 pm?



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AUDIENCE QUESTION
What is being described in this stanza of the poem The Rime of the Ancient
Mariner by Samuel T Coleridge?

The upper air burst into life!
And a hundred fire-flags sheen,
To and fro they were hurried about!
And to and fro, and in and out,
The wan stars danced between.


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