OPEN DAY 2023 - Science Quiz A general Science quiz held for all high school, college and open quizzers as a part of St. Joseph's University's Open Day 2023. Conducted on September 30th, 2023. Set by Dr. Arul Mani and current Office Bearer Pranava

1. OPEN DAY
SCIENCE QUIZ

2. 1) Two key forces act on a ________ _____: gravity,
which pulls it down, and lift, the reactive force of
the water, which pushes it up each time it hits the
surface. If the lift force is greater than the force of
gravity then it bounces up; otherwise it sinks.
Description of what common pastime? FITB

3. Skipping stone

4. 2) This word was coined by Charles Hinton in his
book titled A New Era of Thought in 1888. Where he
imagined how shapes would change based on what
dimension they existed on. But we are probably
familiar with this term thanks to a 2012 film, which
features an object bearing this name. What word?

5. Tesseract

6. 3) Jonas Salk first tested this on himself and his
family in 1953, by the following year, 1.6 million
doses were administered to children from USA,
Canada and Finland. In five years, the annual cases
dropped more than ten fold from 58,000 to 5,600.
What did Salk invent?

7. Polio Vaccine

8. 4) A _______ ____ is the explanation behind why a
lightning strike doesn’t electrocute those inside a
car, say. If the first blank is the name of a famous
19th century scientist, fill in both blanks.

9. Faraday Cage

10. 5) It was apparently created when X decided to
place a slightly larger glass lid on top of the
observation plate. Before this, they used a bell Jar
to cover the observation plate and therefore would
have to expose the contents to contaminants while
studying them. Which highly successful design still
widely in use today? OR name X?

11. Petri Dish; Richard Petri

12. 6) On Oct 3, 2022, The American Chemical Society,
recognised this 130 year old company for
“Significant contributions to Chemistry and
Science, and the lives of its consumers”. Before this
company’s invention, it was a complicated chemical
process involving a light-sensitive plate, glass and
other ingredients. Which company?

13. Kodak

14. 7) On August 5th, 1905, the first electric street-
light of Asia was put up. Identify the Bangalore
neighbourhood where it still stands today.

16. City Market; K R Market

17. 8) Her contributions are often unrecognised when
speaking about this invention. But she was the
backbone to her brothers’ experiments, handling
communications and taking notes during their test
operations. She was also the representative of their
company, and worked to obtain funding and
promote sales. Who?

19. Katherine Wright

20. 9) This company’s most famous model is named
after a type of rapidly rotating Neutron star, which
can spin as fast as 700 times per second. This
model is also sold under the name of “Rouser” in
South American markets. What am I talking about?

21. Bajaj Pulsar

22. 10) Although a French citizen, this physicist and
chemist, always held a strong sense of her native
identity, so much so that the first element she
discovered was named Polonium, after her native
country. Who?

23. Marie Curie; Poland

24. 11) Before he became world-famous, he spent two
years trying to apply for a teaching post in
Switzerland, on not getting accepted in any school,
he went on to work as a patent examiner. His most
well-known theory could have come from working
here, because of hours spent looking at the clock in
boredom. Who?

25. Albert Einstein

26. 12) The very end of our spine called the tailbone
is also known as the coccyx on account of its
resemblance to a song-bird’s beak. Which bird
lends its name thus?

28. Cuckoo

29. 13) A pioneer in computer technology, she not only
wrote one of the earliest computer programs but
was also the first to envision it as a device capable
of more than just calculating numbers. Who is this?
A contemporary of Charles Babbage.

30. Ada Lovelace

31. 14) This word is now used to describe the moment
when someone has arrived at an answer or solution.
It originates from an incident in Syracuse in ancient
times. Which 6-letter word?

32. Eureka!

33. 15) The title of this James Bond film is not accurate
because these things will eventually degrade,
although, over billions of years, to graphite. What
am I talking about? Give me the Bond film for
bonus.

34. Diamonds; Diamonds are
forever

35. 16) Nobody knows why it had such tiny arms, but
scientists have since discovered that it wasn’t
entirely useless as previously assumed, as these
tiny arms had enough strength to lift around 300
kgs. Whose arms?

36. The T-Rex

37. 17. The Latin word for footprint survives in two scientific terms: one
literally meaning to trace by following footprints is a 11-letter verb
associated with research;the other is a 9-letter adjective describing
structures from whose presence we can trace a function. Name either
word.

38. Investigate
Vestigial

39. 18. Crocodiles and alligators are reported to regularly eat
something because it gives them greater hydrostatic control,
prevents rolling or turning turtle during swift underwater
movement, and allows them to raise their heads with less
effort in the water through a seesaw effect. What specific
dietary item are we talking about?

40. Eating pebbles/stones

41. 19.
This extinct species has a name meaning ‘big tooth’--
entirely appropriate when you consider that these fossil
remains in this form were easily found by several
civilisations. The Italian biologist Colonna correctly
identified these fossils as teeth after comparing them to
those of a living shark in 1616. Give us a 9-letter name.

42. Megalodon

43. 20.
The elements Cerium and Palladium have something in
common with regard to their naming. What?

44. Named after asteroids
Ceres and Pallas

45. 21.
The name melanoleuca is given to a fungus well-known for
its concentric black and white rings. Which animal species
also has this long Latin name?

46. The Giant Panda

47. 22.
12% of the total volume of a substance indicated in causing climate change
comes from the practice of waterlogging in paddy fields. What substance is
this?

48. Methane

49. 23.
In 1881, Louis Pasteur proposed at the 7th International
Congress of Medicine that the term X (11 letters) should
be retained for all anticipatory measures as a tribute to
a pioneer Y. Give either X or Y.

50. Vaccination or Edward
Jenner

51. 24.
Nobody quite agrees on why this part of the human body
originated, but most seem certain that the Neanderthals
didn’t have it. One theory is that it was created by bone
thickening to support the stress of chewing. There is
also the belief that it promoted speech and socialisation.
What part, usually 0.7 cm to 1.1 cm in area?

52. The chin

53. 25.
Which phylum bears a name meaning ‘little rings’ in Latin?

54. Annelida

55. 26
a. Name this commonly
occurring mineral form (6)
b. It is a chemical compound
commonly referred to by
another 6-letter name. What
name?
c. A purple variety takes its
name from the fact that it
was believed to reduce the
effects of alcohol. (8 letters)
d. The Greek word for ice is
often used to describe
deposits taking this shape.
(7)
e. A red or spotted variety is
often considered a precious
stone, this form is also a
common first name in
English-speaking countries.
(6)

56. a.Quartz
b.Silica
c.Amethyst
d.Crystal
e.Jasper

57. 27. Ignore No. 4 which is not always found. Name 1-6.
.

58. 1. Pectoral
2. Pelvic
3. Dorsal
4. Adipose–not needed
5. Anal
6. Caudal

59. 28.
A. Start with an 8-iletter word meaning all
beasts..That should give you a genus.
B. The most well-known, emblematic member,
comes in variations known as Asiatic,
Barbary and Cape. What is this?
C. The other well-known member has an
extinct variation known as the Caspian.
Name this member.
D. Another member of the genus comes in
Javan, Sri Lankan, Arabian and Indian
variations. Name this member.
E. The visual s a mask by an indigenous
community representing the only member
found in their continent. Name member or
continent.

60. A. Panthera
B. Lion
C.Tiger
D.Leopard
E. Jaguar/South America

61. 29.
A. Identify this reproductive, seed-bearing organ,
usually female.
B. Which other fruit takes its name from a physical
resemblance to this body?
C. An entire group of plants bear a 7-letter name
on account of this shape. What shape?
D. Because these are exposed, and not protected,
they have a 10-letter name as well. What is that
name?
E. What F-word are you supposed to think of in
this connection?
.

62. A. Pine-cone
B. Pineapple
C.Conifer
D.Gymnosperm
E. Arranged in Fibonacci sequence

63. 30) In the episode titled “The Wizard of Evergreen
Terrace”, Homer discovers this photograph in a
museum. Look at the picture, and tell me which two
inventors are being compared?

65. Thomas A Edison;
Leonardo Da Vinci

66. 31. Logo of which European organisation?

67. CERN

68. 32) Chart tracking what?

69. Decline of polar ice cover

70. 33) William Blake’s painting of whom?

71. Isaac Newton

72. 34) In typical Simpsons fashion, Homer writes an
equation that effectively predicted the presence of
X in 1998, 14 years before science actually proved
it existed. “If you work it out, you get the mass of X,
only a bit larger.” What did Homer predict?

74. Higgs-Boson particle
God Particle