This document contains 26 multiple choice questions about science, history and materials for a quiz competition. The questions cover topics like ancient Sanskrit texts, elements, metals, inventions, materials, scientists and their discoveries. Participants are required to provide one word answers starting with the corresponding letter of the alphabet for each question. Correct answers will be determined based on the clues and context provided in each question.

1. Researched and Conducted by:
Somnath Chanda

2. Rules
• 26 questions.
• Each question carries 1 mark.
• Star marked question will be considered only when tie-
breaker situation arises. The teams having scored the
more no. of star marked questions will qualify.
• The n-th answer will start with n-th alphabet, i.e. 1st
answer will start with A, 2nd
answer will start with B and
so on.

6. 1.1.
Which ancient Sanskrit text, among other things, lays
down the role of the Director of Metals, the Director
of Forest Produce and the Director of Mining in this
country. As per that text, the Director of Metals was
assigned the job to establish factories for different
metals. It also stated elaborately
about counterfeit coins.
Which treatise?

7. 2.2.
Regarded in Sweden as ‘the Father of Swedish
Chemistry’, he was responsible for the discovery of
selenium, thorium and cerium. Annually, 20th
August
is designated as ‘___ Day’ in honour of him.
Identify him.
(Only surname is needed)

8. 3.3.
‘The Venus of Dolní
Věstonice’, a statue of
Venus, dated to 29,000–
25,000BCE (Gravettian i
ndustry), was one of the
earliest artefacts made
by which material?

9. 4.4.
What is being described?

10. 5.5.
Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to
the World’s Fair, which iron-lattice
construction assumed the record of the
tallest human-made structure in the world,
until 1930?

11. 6.6.
Also known as Auermetal, after its inventor
Baron Carl Auer von Welsbach, it is a man-made
metallic material that gives off a large number of hot
sparks at temperatures of 3,000 °F when scraped
against a rough surface. Because of this property, it is
used in strikers for welding torches and ‘flint-and-
steel’ lighter.
What is it?

12. 7.7.
Andre Geim is the only person
to have the rare distinction to
win both the Noble & Ig
Noble Prizes. In 2010, for the
groundbreaking experiments
regarding which two-
dimensional allotrope of
carbon, did he win the Noble
Prize?

13. 8.8.
Which Nobel laureate’s epitaph has the
following inscriptions -- ‘He lies here,
somewhere.’?
(Just the surname is good enough for points)

14. 9.9.
It is the logo of ……..

15. 10.10.
It is believed that it was a Sunday in March 1886
when a miner, George Harrison, stumbled across a
rocky outcrop of the main gold-bearing reef. It did
not take long for fortune-seekers from all over the
world to flock to the area and soon the nearby
dusty mining village known as Ferreira's Camp
was formalised into a settlement.
Which city was thus formed?

16. 11.11.
What has been edited out?

17. 12.12.
The demand for this highly reactive metals
increased dramatically during the Cold War with the
production of nuclear weapons. In fact, the
transmutation of this atom to helium was the first
fully man-made nuclear reaction, in 1932.
Which metal is this?

18. 13.13.
Alexandre Grilletta created this game after getting
enraged by the closing of two furnaces of a well
known steel company at its plant in the French town
of Florange. The ultimate aim for players, who take
on the role of factory workers, is to defeat the owner,
who appears in the game as a robot.
Who is the owner of that company? (Just surname
needed) (Vis – next slide)

19. 13.13.

20. 14.14.
They are all part of a bigger list. In sequencial order,
who comes in the blank space?

21. 15.15.
A 34 cm tall knight holding a crusader’s sword,
made by britannium (a pewter-type alloy with
composition - 92% tin, 6% antimony and 2% copper)
is one of the most coveted artefact. Since 1983, it is
manufactured every year by Chicago based R.S.
Owens & Company.
What is being referred to?

22. 16.16.
Connect with a two-word term.

23. 17.17.
Coined by Mark Reed, what can be described
as a nano-crystal made of semiconductor
materials that are small enough to exhibit
quantum mechanical properties?

24. 18.18.
The first ever elevator in Eastern India
(popularly known as the ‘Bird Cage Lift’) is
totally made up of gold.
Where can you find this tiny ornamentally
designed lift which is still functioning?

25. 19.19.
Which Maharatna company, started its journey
as Hindustan Steel Private Limited on 19 Jan,
1954?

26. 20.20.
In 1938, a gentleman named Roy Plunkett was
attempting to make a new CFC refrigerant. He saw
that the tetrafluoroethylene gas in the bottle stopped
flowing before the bottle’s weight had dropped to the
point signaling ‘empty’. He finally resorted to cut the
bottle apart and found a waxy white material which
was oddly slippery.
What was thus accidentally discovered?

27. 21.21.
In engineering, fiction and thought
experiments, ____ is any fictional, extremely rare,
costly material/entity needed to fulfill a given design
for a given application. Later, ____ became an
engineering term for practical materials that really
exist, but are difficult to obtain.
What am I talking about?

28. 22.22.
This Nobel winner became the first physics
professor of the University of Amsterdam. His
name is associated with a type of force (X) between
stable molecules and with small molecular clusters
bound by X forces. But primarily associated with
the X equation of state that describes the behavior of
gases.
Who? (Just surname needed)

29. 23.23.
Adamantium is a fictitious metal alloy in
the Marvel Comics Universe best known for
being the substance bonded to which
superhero?

30. 24.24.
This Google Doodle is a tribute to which
scientific invention?

31. 25.25.
It is a measure of the stiffness of an elastic
isotropic material and is a quantity used to
characterize materials. Though the concept was
developed in 1727 by Leonhard Euler, it was named
after a 19th-century British scientist (vis).
What is it?

32. 26.26.
Sunspots, caused by intense magnetic activity, are
temporary phenomena on the photosphere of the Sun
that appear visibly as dark spots compared to
surrounding regions. George Hale was the first to
notice the ____ ____ in the solar spectra, indicating
the existence of strong magnetic fields in sunspots.
Just fill in the blanks.
(Vis – next slide)

33. 26.26.

36. 1.1.
Which ancient Sanskrit text, among other things, lays
down the role of the Director of Metals, the Director
of Forest Produce and the Director of Mining in this
country. As per that text, the Director of Metals was
assigned the job to establish factories for different
metals. It also stated elaborately
about counterfeit coins.
Which treatise?

38. 2.2.
Regarded in Sweden as ‘the Father of Swedish
Chemistry’, he was responsible for the discovery of
selenium, thorium and cerium. Annually, 20th
August
is designated as ‘___ Day’ in honour of him.
Identify him.
(Only surname is needed)

40. 3.3.
‘The Venus of Dolní
Věstonice’, a statue of
Venus, dated to 29,000–
25,000BCE (Gravettian i
ndustry), was one of the
earliest artefacts made
by which material?

42. 4.4.
What is being described?

44. 5.5.
Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to
the World’s Fair, which iron-lattice
construction assumed the record of the
tallest human-made structure in the world,
until 1930?

46. 6.6.
Also known as Auermetal, after its inventor
Baron Carl Auer von Welsbach, it is a man-made
metallic material that gives off a large number of hot
sparks at temperatures of 3,000 °F when scraped
against a rough surface. Because of this property, it is
used in strikers for welding torches and ‘flint-and-
steel’ lighter.
What is it?

48. 7.7.
Andre Geim is the only person
to have the rare distinction to
win both the Noble & Ig
Noble Prizes. In 2010, for the
groundbreaking experiments
regarding which two-
dimensional allotrope of
carbon, did he win the Noble
Prize?

50. 8.8.
Which Nobel laureate’s epitaph has the
following inscriptions -- ‘He lies here,
somewhere.’?
(Just the surname is good enough for points)

52. 9.9.
It is the logo of ……..

54. 10.10.
It is believed that it was a Sunday in March 1886
when a miner, George Harrison, stumbled across a
rocky outcrop of the main gold-bearing reef. It did
not take long for fortune-seekers from all over the
world to flock to the area and soon the nearby
dusty mining village known as Ferreira's Camp
was formalised into a settlement.
Which city was thus formed?

56. 11.11.
What has been edited out?

58. 12.12.
The demand for this highly reactive metal
increased dramatically during the Cold War with the
production of nuclear weapons. In fact, the
transmutation of this atom to helium was the first
fully man-made nuclear reaction, in 1932.
Which metal is this?

60. 13.13.
Alexandre Grilletta created this game after getting
enraged by the closing of two furnaces of a well
known steel company at its plant in the French town
of Florange. The ultimate aim for players, who take
on the role of factory workers, is to defeat the owner,
who appears in the game as a robot.
Who is the owner of that company? (Just surname
needed) (Vis – next slide)

61. 13.13.

63. 14.14.
They are all part of a bigger list. In sequencial order,
who comes in the blank space?

65. 15.15.
A 34 cm tall knight holding a crusader’s sword,
made by britannium (a pewter-type alloy with
composition - 92% tin, 6% antimony and 2% copper)
is one of the most coveted artefact. Since 1983, it is
manufactured every year by Chicago based R.S.
Owens & Company.
What is being referred to?

67. 16.16.
Connect with a two-word term.

69. 17.17.
Coined by Mark Reed, what can be described
as a nano-crystal made of semiconductor
materials that are small enough to exhibit
quantum mechanical properties?

71. 18.18.
The first ever elevator in Eastern India
(popularly known as the ‘Bird Cage Lift’) is
totally made up of gold.
Where can you find this tiny ornamentally
designed lift which is still functioning?

73. 19.19.
Which Maharatna company, started its journey
as Hindustan Steel Private Limited on 19 Jan,
1954?

75. 20.20.
In 1938, a gentleman named Roy Plunkett was
attempting to make a new CFC refrigerant. He saw
that the tetrafluoroethylene gas in the bottle stopped
flowing before the bottle’s weight had dropped to the
point signaling ‘empty’. He finally resorted to cut the
bottle apart and found a waxy white material which
was oddly slippery.
What was thus accidentally discovered?

77. 21.21.
In engineering, fiction, and thought
experiments, ____ is any fictional, extremely rare,
costly material/entity needed to fulfill a given design
for a given application. Later, ____ became an
engineering term for practical materials that really
exist, but are difficult to obtain.
What am I talking about?

79. 22.22.
This Nobel winner became the first physics
professor of the University of Amsterdam. His
name is associated with a type of force (X) between
stable molecules and with small molecular clusters
bound by X forces. But primarily associated with
the X equation of state that describes the behavior of
gases.
Who? (Just surname needed)

81. 23.23.
Adamantium is a fictitious metal alloy in
the Marvel Comics Universe best known for
being the substance bonded to which
superhero?

83. 24.24.
This Google Doodle is a tribute to which
scientific invention?

85. 25.25.
It is a measure of the stiffness of an elastic
isotropic material and is a quantity used to
characterize materials. Though the concept was
developed in 1727 by Leonhard Euler, it was named
after a 19th-century British scientist (vis).
What is it?

87. 26.26.
Sunspots, caused by intense magnetic activity, are
temporary phenomena on the photosphere of the Sun
that appear visibly as dark spots compared to
surrounding regions. George Hale was the first to
notice the ____ ____ in the solar spectra, indicating
the existence of strong magnetic fields in sunspots.
Just fill in the blanks.
(Vis – next slide)

88. 26.26.