iRobochakra was an open science and robotics quiz that was conducted as a part of iRobochakra's annual Robotics championship. The quiz was hosted by famed quizmaster Surya Narayanan of Catalyst Quiz Corp.

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Which country conferred a citizenship on Sophia, while promoting their conference,
and was later criticized because of its limited rights afforded to women, in general?

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SAUDI ARABIA

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This Google Doodle that appeared during the 2014 FIFA World Cup was
dedicated to which popular octopus?

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PAUL THE OCTOPUS

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Established in 1410, this is the oldest astronomical clock. In which
European city is this located? (Prague/Rome)

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PRAGUE

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Named after Gerard K, a Dutch astronomer, it is a ring of icy bodies that circles
beyond Neptune and is also the home of Pluto. What is this belt called?

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KUIPER

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Ficus elastica, or the Indian rubber tree, produces
rope like aerial-roots that when tied to bamboo
stalks can be trained to grow horizontally for years.
The roots are coaxed to entwine with each other
forming struts for that can hold up to 50 people.
What in the North-eastern India is created using
this process?

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LIVING ROOT BRIDGES

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Launched by Google, identify this Cloud gaming service that gets its name because
it contains a range of games that the users can sit back and watch or take part in

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STADIA

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Identify this water-dwelling tiny creature that is said to survive even a planet wide
apocalypse earning itself the title ‘The most indestructible creature in the planet’?

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TARDIGRADE/WATER BEARS

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Originally made for the babies, the Nasa
took inspiration from the design and
developed the Maximum Absorbency
Garment for the astronauts on space
missions. What was this that is also
available for adults today?

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DIAPERS

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While it took workers an hour to climb down the mountains to the factory, Alibaba’s
Cainiao has used drones to deliver them to the factory in under two minutes, thereby
quickening the time to market. What are these drones used to carry in Hangzhou, China?

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TEA LEAVES

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Now owned by Bombardier, when
LearJet began, their new experimental
jets was flown by a person chairing
their technical committee, even setting
an altitude record for its business jets
in the 1970s. Who?

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NEIL ARMSTRONG

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Which popular Science Fiction author wrote the screenplay for the film
along with Stanley Kubrick?

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ARTHUR C CLARKE

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Chandra X Ray telescope that
was launched in 1999 is named
after which Indian- American
Nobel laurate?

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CHANDRASEKAR

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The Japanese communications company
NTT Docomo, Japan Environmental
Sanitation and several other municipality
authorities have collected over 6.4 million
used electronic goods from Apr 2017 to Mar
2019 and has recycled them. What have they
been converted into that will be used in
2020?

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OLYMPIC MEDALS

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This documentary follows the life of Jeanie Finlay, a trans man, who gave birth to a
child. With the byline ‘The Dad who gave birth’, what is the name of the documentary
named after a certain creature?

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SEAHORSE

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Belonging to the subfamily Desmodontinae, these bats feed mainly on the blood, a
trait called hematophagy. Hence, what are these bats called?

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VAMPIRE BATS

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During the reign of Napoleon III, the wine
industry of France was facing trouble
because the microorganisms present were
spoiling the alcohol. Napoleon called a certain
person who killed the organisms by heating
the wine thereby saving the industry. Who
was commissioned for the task?

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LOUIS PASTEUR

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The Extraterrestrial highway located in the United States leads to which popular
location?

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AREA 51

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The cargo carrier of Airbus that is used to carry aircraft parts is named after
a species of whale. What is it called?

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BELUGA

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Named after the Dutch phytopathologist Jan Z, what is the name of this scale that is
used to measure the development of cereals?

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ZADOK

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On 21,2018, Tata Salt came up with the ‘MissingI’ campaign that saw a lot of newspapers
and TV channels not showing the letter I for the entire day. Tata Salt was talking about a
nutritional deficiency that was affecting children. What did the I represent?

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IODINE

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