Made by Rajat Sable, Btech, Chemical Engg, IIT BHU Gaurav Somani, Btech, Metallurgical Engg Presented by Akash Sahu, Btech Mechanical engg

1. Presents
Astroquiz

2. 1. Four rounds in total.
2. Teams of 2.
3. Scoring pattern is specified before each round.
4. Specific rules will be made on the fly.
5. QM’s decision is final in case of disputes.
General Guidelines for the Quiz:
Welcome to Astroquiz at Technex’17.

3. Round 1
Infinite pounce and No bounce (clockwise)
1. 8 Questions
2. You can pounce and write your answer for +15/-5
3. Each question is directed to a specific team.
4. On your turn, you receive +15/0

4. Question 1
• Guess the Galaxy ?

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6. Answer
Sombrero Galaxy

7. Question 2
• X was a mission launched by NASA. It was the third intended
manned mission to land on the Moon and was launched on
April 11, 1970. But the Lunar Landing was aborted after an
Oxygen Tank explosion, two days after the launch. Despite
great hardship, the flight passed the far side of moon and
returned to earth safely. What is the name of this mission?

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9. Hint

10. Answer
• APOLLO 13 MISSION

11. Question 3
• ISRO launched the Mars
orbiter Mission (MOM) on 5
Nov, 2013 and has been in
Mars’ orbit since Sept 24,
2014. It has sent several
images since. What is the
significance of this image?

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13. Answer
• It was the first image of Mars captured by Mars Orbiter on
September 24, 2014.

14. Question 4
• X was a Dutch astronomer of the 20th century who overturned the
idea that our sun is at the center of the Milky Way galaxy and
correctly estimate the distance between Earth and the Galactic Center
(30,000 ly). He used Radio astronomy to predict the structure and
evolution of our galaxy, and also discovered the place of origin of
most comets.
• Who is X?

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16. Answer
• Jan Oort

17. Question 5
• W was a son of Tros, first king of Troy. He tended sheep there on the
slopes of Mount Ida. One day Y caught a glimpse of the young boy
and was overwhelmed with a desire to bring W to Olympus to serve
as the cup bearer of the gods. Y thereby changed his shape to a bird,
swooped down and carried the boy off to the home of the gods.Now
it so happens that this position was already filled by Hebe,the
daughter of Y and his wife Juno. Once W arrived at the royal court a
competition began between Hebe and W for the honor of serving the
gods. Eventually W won the post, and stayed on also as the favored
companion to Y..To honor the events surrounding the elevation of W
to "cup bearer and servant of the gods," Y placed the shape he
assumed when abducting W to Olympus, into the heavens as the
constellation X. and immortalized W as the constellation Z. One of Y's
moons is also named after W.

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19. Answers
• W - Ganymede
• X - Aquila
• Y – Zeus (Jupiter)
• Z - Aquarius

20. Question 6
In Indian mythology, the seven central stars of Y that form the cup
shape,is refered to as W meaning seven sages. However, Agni
developed a desire for the wives of X and wanted to seduce them.
On the other hand a minor goddess wanted to marry Agni. She
therefore took the form of six of the seven wives of the W’s and mated
with Agni. However, the W’s themselves uncertain about the chastity of
their wives, divorced them and they went on to become the
X. Only one wife Arundhati of Vasishta remained loyal to her
husband that is the binary in Y.

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22. Answer
• W - Saptarshi
• X - Kritika or Pleidaes ( 1 mark for Engish Name, 2 for both eng n
hindi)
• Y - Ursa Major

23. Question 7
• Einstein added an extra term in equations of general relativity that
describes the Universe in the situation when it is static. This extra
term was Cosmological Constant. Einstein later called it ‘Biggest
blunder of his life’. Why did he say so?

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25. Answer
Hubble’s discovery lead to theory of Universe expansion which meant
there was no significance or need of Cosmological Constant.

26. Question 8
This is 90 feet high Samrat Yantra, which you can find in the Jaipur Jantar Mantar.
What does it serve?

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28. Answers
It is used to know the directions at a place .It always
points at Pole Star.

29. Round 2 : Pounce++
 5 questions
You can pounce and write down your
answer for +15/-5
You can ‘powerplay’ before answering to
play for +25/-20

30. Question 9
• On what occasion was this Doodle used?

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32. Hint

33. Answer
• Philae Lander

34. Question 10
• In 1965 Arno A. Penzias and Robert W. Wilson of Bell Laboratories
were testing a sensitive horn antenna which was designed for
detecting low levels of microwave radiation. They discovered a low
level of microwave background "noise", like the low level of electrical
noise which might produce "snow" on a television screen. After
unsuccessful attempts to eliminate it, they pointed their antenna to
another part of the sky to check whether the "noise" was coming
from space, and got the same kind of signal.
• What was this noise and where did it came from ?

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36. Hint

37. Answer
• Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
It is a residual microwave background radiation left over from the Big
Bang.

38. Question 11
• On July 23,1995 , an unusually large and bright comet was seen
outside of Jupiter’s orbit. It holds the record for longest period of
naked-eye visibility. Guess the comet.

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40. Hint
It will next appear after 2400 years.

41. Answer
• Hale-Bopps Comet

42. Question 12
Lockyer's account of X, as seen through Newell's large refracting
telescope at Ferndene, Gateshead, and which he described as having a
head like "a fan-shaped projection of light, with ear-like appendages, at
each side, which sympathetically complemented each other at every
change either of form or luminosity." What is X?

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44. Answer
Coggia’s Comet

45. Question 13
 Identify this object.

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47. Hint
 It is the successor of Hubble Telescope.

48. Answer
 James Webb Telescope

49. Round 3: Differential
5 Questions
Pounce for +5(8-n)/-15

50. Question 14
Its about Optical effect seen in stars (including the Sun) which produces
intensity variation.What is effect called ?

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52. Hint
Observe the intensity variation across the image.

53. Answer
Limb Darkening

54. Identify The Lady
Question 15

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56. Answer
VALENTINA TERESHKOVA – The First
Woman to Space

57. Question 16
Laurentius, a Christian deacon, is said to have been martyred by the
Romans in A. D. 258 on an outdoor iron grill. In the midst of this
torture, Laurentius was said to have cried out, "I am already roasted on
one side and, if thou wouldst have me well cooked, it is time to turn me
on the other." This talk about an astronomical phenomenon. It is also
called "The Tears of St. Lawrence."

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59. Hint
August is famous for this phenomenon.

60. Answer
Perseid Meteor Shower

61. Question 17
 The Total Solar eclipse of 29 May 1919 was one of the most awaited
ones. The eclipse was the only chance to turn the light from Sun in
order to observe stars near it.
 The observation of light deflection was performed by Famous Brithish
experimentalist X by noticing the change in position of stars as they
passed near the Sun on celestial sphere to test a theory Y by Z.
 Identify X,Y and Z.

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63. Answer
 X – Arthur Eddington
 Y – General Theory of Relativity
 Z – Albert Einstein

64. Question 18
 NASA tweeted this on Valentine’ Day with a message
 “ With Love from Deep space” .
Identify the object.

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66. Answer
 Pluto

67. ROUND 4 - CONNECT
Markings are given on each page

68. +50/-25
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69. +40/-20

70. +30/-15

71. +20/-10

72. Last Hint
It is the farthest man-made object from earth.
+10/-5

73. Voyager 1
Description
1st picture shows people on voyage
2nd slide shows the destinations of Voyager 1 (Jupiter, Titan, Saturn)
3rd slide shows the Golden Record held by Voyager 1 in its carriage
4th slide has a famous image of earth taken by Voyager 1
5th Voyager has crossed the Kuiper belt and now is in the Heliosphere.
Answer

74. THAT’S ALL FOLKS
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