Finals of the CConglomerate Sci Tech Quiz @ NITC

2. hundred of a certain group. Due
to the fact that its discovery came
during the ColdWarY, its
discoverer had to request
permission of the government of
the United States to propose that
it be named for a Russian, but it
was granted.The name "X“ was
finally adopted in 1955. Id X

3. Seaborg naming
the 101st
element as
Mendelevium

4. This genetic disorder is due to
a malfunction of a gene
named X (named after a
popular video game character)
and its corresponding protein
and it is mostly found in
animals.Although cases of
humans have also been
reported.The name X is one of
the weirdest names in biology
as it has no connection to the
disorder it causes.Y cats are
the most famously found
examples of this disorder and
they are named suitably after
a mythological character.
X andY ?

5. X – Sonic
Hedgehog
Y- Janus Cats

6. On June 3, 2014, NASA released the
Hubble Ultra-Deep Field image(pictured).
What was special about it ?

7. On June 3, 2014, NASA released the Hubble Ultra-Deep
Field image composed of, for the first time, the full range
of ultraviolet to near-infrared light. Hubble Ultra-Deep Field
(HUDF) image with about 10000 galaxies in it HUDF is the
biggest picture ever.

8. of the nuclear power plant in "The
Simpsons", blue glow of Godzilla
before the "fire breath" etc. are
because of X radiation. It was
discovered by a Nobel prize winning
Russian scientist after whom it is
named. It is described as the radiation
emitted when a charged particle
enters a dielectric medium at a
velocity larger than the phase velocity
of light in that medium. X?

9. Cherenkov
Effect

10. more complicated and more impressive than
anyone had imagined. Here is the standard
explanation for it
As it flaps , a rotating vortex of air rolls off each
of its _______.These vortices mean that the air
immediately behind X gets constantly pushed
downwards (downwash), and the air behind it
and off to the sides gets pushed upwards
(upwash). If another X goes in either of these
upwash zones, it gets free lift. It can save
energy by mooching off the air flow created by
its companion

11. Flight of a flock birds in a
‘V’

12. Round
2

13. regions of Papua New Guinea. It is a type
of transmissible spongiform
encephalopathy, caused by a prion found
in X.The term "kuru" derives from the
Fore word "kuria/guria" ("to shake"), a
reference to the body tremors that are a
classic symptom of the disease; it is also
known among the Fore as the "laughing
sickness" due to the pathologic bursts of
laughter people would display when
afflicted with the disease. Id X

14. Humans

15. What we normally see are strings
of random characters falling from
top to bottom of the screen.This
effect is associated with a famous
franchise, that has inspired a lot
things in popular culture,
screensavers for instance. Name
the ‘effect’

16. Matrix Digital
Rain

17. The book shown, dating back to the fag end
of 19th century, are considered too dangerous
to handle, so much so that they’re stored in
rather safe manners. Studies claim that this
will have to be so atleast until around 3511
AD. Put Funda

19. Curie’s, considered to be
radioactive even to this day
and atleast until 3511,
forcing them to be stored in
Lead lined boxes.Their
examination requires special
undertakings and
permissions

20. This is Mohammed Quereshi, a
Canadian chemist, tqking the ALS Ice
Bucket Challenge to a whole new level,
by using Liquid Nitrogen instead of Ice
Water. He survives quite easily due to X
effect, which occurs when a liquid in
near contact with the mass hotter than
the liquid’s boiling point produces an
insulating vapour layer, which keeps the
liquid from boiling rapidly.
Name the X effect.

21. DaVinci thought of it. So did
Descartes. Adolf Fick made
the first successful model.
The first popular ones were
made of PMMA.What are we
talking about?

22. Leidenfros
t Effect

23. an American psychologist and
inventor, who createdWonder
Woman. Marston, however has
a claim to fame in science, as
being the creator of a device
that mimics an equipment
possessed byWonder Woman,
or at least aims to do so.What
was this invention ?

24. Polygraph
Test, an
intended
replica of
Wonder
Woman’s
Lasso of
Truth

25. Final
Showdo
wn

26. There is a story about an Indian temple
in KashiVishwanath which contains a
large room with three time worn posts
surrounded by 64 golden disks.
Brahmin priests, acting out an ancient
prophecy, have been moving them as
per the immutable rules of Brahma,
since that time. According to legend,
when the last move of the enigma will
be complted, the world will end.
How’d a computer techy better know
such a problem ?

27. Tower
of Hanoi

28. Put Funda

29. IKEA’s way of making
the Large Hadron
Collider

30. Project Loon, an R&D project
by Google, aims at providing
internet access to rural and
remote areas.Which, rather
unlikely country, happened to
be the first to get full LTE
coverage as a result of the
project ?

31. Vatican City

32. Russia uses GLONASS, China
uses COMPASS, if so who
uses Galileo and what are we
talking about ?

33. positioning systems
used by nations –
IRNSS by India, GPS by
USA
The EU uses Galileo