Molybdenum-The Sci Biz Tech Quiz of DTU prelims

Sci-Biz-Tech Quiz | Prelims
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● 42/2 questions in total
● No negative marking. Guess away!
● Questions 12,15,16,19,20 are star-marked - they will be used to resolve ties
● Top 8 teams to qualify for the finals
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Credits Sci-Biz-Tech Quiz | Prelims

The series finale of Silicon Valley saw the fictitious decentralized
Internet,“Pipernet”, being infested by AI technology and causing an outbreak of
______ across entire San Francisco Bay Area.
This incident would remind you of another similar infamous event occurring
around seven centuries back in the continents of Europe and Asia.
Whose outbreak? What event?
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Rats, Black Death
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In early 2008, Shashank ND was frantically getting together his father's medical
records and scanning them so to get a second opinion from an American
physician, for an operation that his father was about to undertake.
Being unable to access enough information about the doctor to make an
informed decision on his father's life, he teamed up with his classmate Abhinav
Lal to create X.
Give X.

Fascinated by data patterns and algorithms, X was an avid fan of Monopoly and was
convinced that there was a code-based tactic to playing and winning at the board game.
To commemorate this moment, and to celebrate the life of X, custom board-game maker
Winning Moves produced a special X Monopoly set in 2012.
The board replaces houses and hotels with huts and blocks, the names given to
buildings within the Park complex. Spaces on the board will all feature locations
importing in X's life, including his birthplace in Maida Vale and Sherborne school.
Community Chest and Chance cards have also been revised, while utilities are replaced
by the ______ and Bombe. X's face appears on all the money in the game and was also
chosen to appear on the new £50 note last year.
Who are we talking about? (image next slide)

Alan Turing

What is Jack Dorsey taking a dig at?

Facebook new all caps logo

While on an expedition in Brunei, the scientists and a team of researchers
discovered a never before seen species of snails. They decided to call it
Craspedotropis Xae, after X.
The newly described snail belongs to the so-called caenogastropods, a group
of land snails known to be sensitive to drought, temperature extremes and
forest degradation.
Who is this snail specie named after?

Greta Thunberg

In S6E7 of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Capt. Holt & Jake Peralta discovers a X has
been sent into their precinct by Commissioner Kelly to seduce Holt and publicly
embarrass him.
In computer terminology, X has been quite often used as a computer security
mechanism to detect, and deflect, or counteract attempts at unauthorized use
of information, much similar to police conducting sting operations.
The word comes from the metaphor of a certain animal being attracted to and
stealing _____, which was popularized by someone in early 1900s.
Identify X

Honeypot

Johann Jacob X was a German-Swiss watchmaker and amateur scientist who
developed the first practical process to manufacture bottled carbonated mineral
water, based on a process discovered by Joseph Priestley in 1767.
Since then, X has gone on to make a name for itself with multiple distributors all
around the globe. A marketing campaign of X made use of onomatopoeia in
their commercials based on the sound of the gas escaping as one opens the
bottle.
Which brand is being talked about?

X is a French multinational chain of personal care and cosmetic stores fully
owned by luxury conglomerate LMVH. The brand derives its name from the
Greek spelling of ________, wife of Moses.
Which brand?

In the UK, there has been a sharp rise in hospital visits for diseases such as
scarlet fever, whooping cough and gout, research reveals.
These diseases that were extremely common during the Victorian era, and
some of them were nearly eliminated in the UK after a nationwide vaccination
program in the 1950s .
They are commonly referred to as _________ because of their frequent
appearance in his works.
Fill in the blank.

Dickensian diseases

A sign urging people to feed “starving” Xs with Y went viral recently and
sparked a heated debate about whether it is in the animals’ best interests.
Y in itself is not the best food as it fills them up without giving them the nutrients
they need. It is recommended that people instead give small amounts of grain
such as wheat, corn or seed, plus fresh chopped greens etc.
Give me both X and Y.

Ducks and Breads

Researchers at the University of Chicago developed an app called “Am I
______” to help users of X to understand their level of impairment.
The app tests memory, attention and reaction, giving people a measurement of
how well (or badly) they performed.
Researchers felt that this was necessary as we don’t yet have a biochemical
measure for X, so the next idea might be using a performance measure.
Give X or fill in the blank.

Am I stoned, cannabis

Zoologists have pointed out that a lot of creative license was taken in the movie
when it comes to X behavior and family dynamics.
Although male Xs appear much bigger and more aggressive, females are more
dominant and do the important decision-making. As National Geographic
pointed out, the movie would have been more accurate if it had been called Y.
Moreover, the rivalry depicted in the movie couldn’t have taken place in real life,
as the supposed ‘rivals’ would have coexisted peacefully.
Which movie? And Y?
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Lion King, Lion Queen

The company X released $105 glorified socks late last year. They have three
modes,
● Medial wrap-up grip in seek mode
● Lateral wrap-up support in attack mode
● Heel wrap-up stability in cruise and defense mode
Which company and purpose of these socks?

Puma “active gaming footwear”

At the Super Bowl 2020, the company Budweiser released a new beer product,
with a very specific purpose.
The beer tastes exactly like any other bottle of Budweiser (probably). But it’s
packaging, or the label that’s different. Look at the image on the next slide and
tell me the purpose of printing the label like this.

SelfieBud

The X effect is a term used especially in religious studies and sociology for the
phenomenon of elements of a nation or people's culture being transformed or
more fully embraced elsewhere, then re-imported back to their culture of origin.
The term itself was coined by an Austrian born Hindu monk while giving the
example of yoga.
The idea here being that X was popularized by emigrants, which was then
exported back to its native country after World War II.
What effect am I talking about?

Pizza Effect

New Zealand began a new programme recently to reduce its emissions from a
specific industry. This industry accounts for about one third of New Zealand’s
total greenhouse emissions.
In a tangentially similar move from the US, John Deere announced that its
delivery trucks will be running on ___ ______ from 2021 as the retailer weans
its fleet off polluting diesel fuel.
Which industry? And fill in the blanks.

Low methane emitting sheep
Cow manure

X has become a staple in many parts of southern Mexico.In fact, more X is
consumed per capita in Mexico than in any other country, and some studies
suggest the indigenous communities of the highlands may be its most loyal
customers on the planet.
No gathering to celebrate a birth, a marriage or a patron saint is considered
complete without X for the guests. X, believed to feed the good spirits and help
the sick, is today as central a feature of many rituals.
This has, however, contributed to the rise of a health emergency, with Type 2
diabetes being the biggest killer in the region. What is X?

Coca Cola

Though the idea goes back more than 200 years, X wasn’t taken seriously till
World War 1, when coal shortages throughout Europe prompted Germany and
its ally Austria-Hungary to adopt this measure. It was adopted soon by other
countries, but many dropped the ruse after 1918, only to re adopt it during the
energy crises of the 1970s.
Some argue that X does not really save energy. Arguments about its health
effects are varied with both sides having valid points.
What is X?

Daylight Savings Time

Atlanta’s High Museum of Art houses a permanent collection of more than
15,000 works, catering to a wide variety of artistic tastes. The collection
includes Giovanni Bellini’s “Madonna and Child,” Claude Monet’s “Houses of
Parliament in the Fog” and Mark Rothko’s color-field painting “No. 73.”
The museum has created an app, Heartmatch, to help guide visitors, who may
be overwhelmed by the sheer number of artifacts on view. The High Museum
team had three goals in mind when creating Heartmatch: highlighting the
collection’s diversity, directing on-site visitors to works they like and collecting
data on visitors’ tastes.
How does Heartmatch help visitors navigate the museum better?

The user can ‘swipe left or right’ (like Tinder) through the art installations and
the app creates a curated tour.

Following is an audio clip from Freakonomics podcast featuring X. What
announcement on the podcast sparked a controversy? Identify X.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rLTdKtwb-z5UJ12ROzrolhHgnq5gduwH

Indra Nooyi and Lady Doritos

On the occasion of Republic Day last month, X rolled out a new television
commerical for their product Z taking inspiration from the words of Y who had
used the words to encourage children to follow their dreams and ideas.
Identify X, Y and Z
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https://drive.google.com/open?id=188Lw1_-QGQrOGlpY1DzCm1yxKooxQFav

X- Apple
Y- APJ Abdul Kalam
Z- iPhone 11

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