Science and Technology Quiz

SCI-TECH QUIZ
QM : Dhrubojit Bhattacharya

Rules
■ 15 Question, +1/0
■ Carried forward multiplied by a factor of 5

Q1
Cosmos Redshift 7 is a high-redshift Lyman-alpha emitter galaxy, in the
constellation Sextans, about 12.9 billion light travel distance years from Earth.
Whom is it named after?

Q2
Technical specifications
■ Curb weight: 4500 lb Wheelbase: 126 in
■ Length: 226 in Width: 90 in
■ Height: 48 in Fins: 84 in
■ Engine: 390 in³ Ford FEV-8 Transmission: B&M C-6 Automatic (2nd transmission)
Other facilities :
■ smoke and oil dispensers wheel slasher hubs
■ missile rack, tear gas dispensers
■ ejection seats titanium alloy wheels and body panels
■ reversible jet exhausts shield platings
Which vehicle?

Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle

Q4
List of what?
Cheetah Puma
Jaguar Panther
Tiger Leopard
Snow Leopard Lion
Mountain Lion Mavericks
Yosemite El Capitan
Sierra

Q5
This was a glitch in the artificial intelligence (A.I.) settings for Gandhi’s aggression level.
Despite starting with the lowest level of aggression to reflect Gandhi’s historical legacy of
pacifism, as the game progresses towards the Modern Era the Indian civilization would
often become more hostile and confrontational towards other leaders as a result of a
coding error.That would lead Gandhi to become a war-mongering Nukehead.What error
lead to this?

Underflow error/ Integer overflow

Q7
The scientific name for kidney stone is XY.Y shares it’s name with a branch of
mathematics, and literally means ‘small pebbles used for counting’, and the discovery of
this branch of mathematics is often debated between two great mathematicians of
Germany and England.
Give meY.

Q8
Also known as X’s balls and Executive Ball Clicker, it demonstrates that the conservation of
momentum (mass × velocity) and kinetic energy (0.5 × mass × velocity^2) can be used to
find the resulting velocities for two colliding perfectly elastic objects. Name it.

Q9
In 1943, Navy engineer Richard James was trying to figure out how to use springs to keep
the sensitive instruments aboard ships from rocking themselves to death, when he
knocked one of his prototypes over. Instead of crashing to the floor, it gracefully sprang
downward, and then righted itself.What toy was ‘accidently’ invented because of this?

Q10
What has been blanked out?

Q11
Various kinds of X include neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, and monocytes, and their
average count is often an indicator of diseases, with the normal count being 4 x 109 to 11 x
109 per litre.When it falls below the desired number, it weakens the immune system and
the condition is termed as leukopenia.What is X?

Q12
When gamma radiation hits DNA, it breaks the molecule's double-stranded, ladder-like
helix, a process known as chromothripsis.Your body can repair a few breaks without
significant loss of function.
If many breaks occur – say, if you were caught in a giant gamma explosion – the repairs
can become sloppy, and new instructions can be keyed into the genetic code. Stanford
biologistAlvarado suggested that it's possible that when X's DNA reassembled after the
initial blast, it now included a handful of epigenetic switches. Instead of the switches being
activated by light, however, the hormones produced when X is ‘a certain mood’, might flip
the genetic switches to reconfigure his DNA to transform him into a superhero.
Which superhero are we discussing the science behind?

Q13
The metal X is also known asY. X comes from Swedish, where it literally means ‘heavy
stone’. It is known as ‘Y’ in Swedish, since ‘X’ is the name of it’s ore scheelite in Swedish.
X is the only metal from the third transition series that is known to occur in biomolecules,
where it is used in a few species of bacteria and archaea. It is the heaviest element known
to be essential to any living organism.X interferes
with molybdenum and copper metabolism and is somewhat toxic to animal life.
Give me X (the more common name)

Q14
X is a planet orbiting a G-type Main-Sequence star, lying in the habitable zone of the star.
X was formed around 4.54 billion years ago, and rotates about its axis 366.26 times in one
orbit around the star, the densest planet in the planet system of the star.
X is?

Q15
S was originally developed as a closed-source OS for PDAs in 1998. S was a descendant
of Psion's EPOC, and runs exclusively on ARM processors, although an unreleased x86 port
existed. Symbian was used by many major mobile phone brands,
like Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson.As a pioneer that established the smartphone
industry, it was the most popular smartphoneOS on a worldwide average until the end of
2010.
S = ?

Rules
■ Standard pounce and bounce, 24 questions
■ +20/-10 on pounce, +10/0 on bounce

Q1
Engineers at Roke Manor Research Limited, a Siemens subsidiary in Romsey, England,
developed the system in 2001. Paul Hawkins and David Sherry submitted a patent for the
United Kingdom but withdrew their request. All of the technology and intellectual property
was spun off into a separated company.
On 14 June 2006, a group of investors led by the Wisden Group bought the company, who
included Mark Getty, a member of the wealthy USA family and business dynasty.The
acquisition was intended to strengthenWisden's presence in cricket, and allow it to enter
tennis and other international sports.
WhichTechnology?

Q2
British entrepreneur KevinAshton coined the term in 1999 while working at Auto-ID Labs
(originally calledAuto-ID centers, referring to a global network of objects connected
to radio-frequency identification, or RFID).Typically, It is expected to offer advanced
connectivity of devices, systems, and services that goes beyond machine-to-
machine (M2M) communications and covers a variety of protocols, domains, and
applications.The interconnection of these embedded devices (including smart objects), is
expected to usher in automation in nearly all fields.
What am I talking about?

Q3
X is a hacker who "violates computer security for little reason beyond maliciousness or for
personal gain“.The term was coined by Richard Stallman, to contrast the maliciousness of
a criminal hacker versus the spirit of playfulness and exploration of hacker culture.The
name originates inWestern films, where heroic and antagonistic cowboys might
traditionally wear different colours of a certain apparel.Give me X.

Q4
Swiss engineer George de Mestral was out for a hunting trip with his pooch, and noticed
the annoying tendency of burrs to stick to its fur (and his socks). Later, looking under a
microscope, Mestral observed the tiny "hooks" that stuck burrs to fabrics and furs. What
invention did this lead to?

Q5
“Surely you're Joking Mr __________:Adventures of a Curious Character”, written by
Richard Feynman, the book describes the experimental & mischievous nature right of a
particular scientist (name blanked out) from his childhood.The book shows the contrast
between the stereotypical image of a scientist that we have in our mind and how they
actually can be.
FITB

Q6
The gravitational force of a nearby space vehicle, though minuscule, is able to alter the
trajectory of a much larger asteroid if the vehicle spends enough time close to it; all that is
required is that the vehicle thrust in a consistent direction relative to the asteroid's
trajectory, and that neither the vehicle nor its expelled reaction mass come in direct
contact with the asteroid.The spacecraft could either hover near the object being
deflected, or orbit it, directing its exhaust perpendicular to the plane of the orbit.What is
this spacecraft called?

Q7
Who?
1. IEEE named him one of the fathers of radio science
2. Considered the father of Bengali science fiction.
3. Invented the crescograph (device for measuring growth in plants).
4. A crater on the moon has been named in his honour.

Q8
An electrical engineer and sound engineer, he was a professor at the Massachusetts
Institute ofTechnology (MIT) for over 45 years. He was also the founder and chairman
of X. In 2011, he donated a majority of the company to MIT in the form of non-voting
shares to sustain and advance MIT’s education and research mission. He passed away on
July 12, 2013 at the age of 83 inWayland, Massachusetts
Whom am I talking about (full name only)?

Q9
A gnomon may be a long thin rod, or other object with a sharp tip or a straight edge. The
gnomon may be fixed or moved according to the season. It may be oriented vertically,
horizontally, aligned with the Earth's axis, or oriented in an altogether different direction
determined by mathematics. A line of light may be formed by allowing the sun's rays
through a thin slit or focusing them through a cylindrical lens.A spot of light may be
formed by allowing the sun's rays to pass through a small hole or by reflecting them from
a small circular mirror.
This is the construction of what?

Q10
Types of what?
1. Pancreas's failure to produce enough insulin, leading to low catabolism of blood sugar
(Mellitus)
2. Nephron dysfunction caused by an insensitivity of the kidneys or nephrons to
ADH(Anti-Diuretic Hormone). (Insipidus)

Q11
Codenamed ‘Coruscant’ by NASA and Kepler Object of Interest Designation KOI-7016.01,
X is an exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star in the constellationCygnus, 1400 light years away
from the Solar System It is the first potentially rocky super-Earthplanet discovered
orbiting within the habitable zone of a star very similar to the Sun.
It has a probable mass five times that of Earth, and its surface gravity is twice Earth's,
though calculations of mass for exoplanets are only rough estimates.
Gimme X.

Q12
Sir Andre KonstantinGeim, was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly
with Konstantin Novoselov for his work on graphene. In addition to the 2010 Nobel Prize,
he received an X in 2000 for using the magnetic properties of water scaling to levitate a
small frog with magnets.This makes him the first, and thus far only, person to receive
both the Nobel and X.
What is X?

Rules
■ Write down the name of inventors
■ 7 inventions, +10/0
■ +10 bonus for all correct

List of inventions:
1. Stethoscope
2. Fountain Pen
3. AK-47
4. Soda water
5. Dynamite
6. LogTables
7. Blue Jeans

Answers
1. Stethoscope – Rene Laennac
2. Fountain Pen – LewisWaterman
3. AK-47 – Mikhail Kalashnikov
4. Soda water – Joseph Priestley
5. Dynamite – Alfred Nobel
6. LogTables – John Napier
7. Blue Jeans – Levi Strauss

Q13
X proposed a Kickstarter campaign in 2012 to fund theY's development, after being
founded as an independent company two months prior.The project proved successful,
raising US$ 2.5 million from the campaign for the development of the product. In March
2014, Facebook purchased X for $2 billion.
Y has gone through various pre-production models since the Kickstarter campaign,
around five of which were demonstrated to the public.Two of these models were shipped
to backers, labelled as 'development kits'; the DK1 in mid 2013 and DK2 in mid 2014, to
give developers a chance to develop content on time for theY's release. However, both
were also purchased by a large number of enthusiasts who wished to get an early preview
of the technology
Y = ?

Q14
Types of what?
1. 101
2. Zero
3. Due
4. Yun
5. Leonardo
6. Uno

Q15
___________ is a dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury, published in 1953. It is regarded as one
of his best works. The novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed
and "firemen" burn any that are found.The title refers to the temperature that Bradbury
asserted to be the autoignition temperature of paper.
FITB.

Q16
In cosmology, X refers to the phase in which charged electrons and protons first
became bound to form electrically neutral hydrogen atoms. X occurred about 378,000
years after the Big Bang (at a redshift of z = 1100).
Once X had occurred, however, the mean free path of photons greatly increased due to
the lower number of free electrons. Shortly after X, the photon mean free path became
larger than the Hubble length, and photons travelled freely without interacting with
matter.
X = ?

Q17
The creator of this keyboard claims that this keyboard is an ergonomic alternative to the
layout commonly found on typewriters and computers known as “Qwerty”. By contrast,
this keyboard was designed with emphasis on typist comfort, high productivity and ease
of learning— it’s much easier to learn!The keyboard is named after it’s creator.

Q18
____________ is a website that provides collaborative modification of its content and structure
directly from the web browser. In a typical _________, text is written using a simplified markup
language, and often edited with the help of a rich-text editor.
The key features of ______ are :
■ _______ invites all users—not just experts—to edit any page or to create new pages within
theWeb site, using only a standard "plain-vanilla"Web browser without any extra add-ons.
■ ______ promotes meaningful topic associations between different pages by making page
link creation intuitively easy and showing whether an intended target page exists or not.
■ ________ is not a carefully crafted site created by experts and professional writers, and
designed for casual visitors. Instead, it seeks to involve the typical visitor/user in an ongoing
process of creation and collaboration that constantly changes the website landscape

Q19
The quadrant and cross are associated with earth and land.The colors red, green, blue,
white and amber strengthened the emblem’s association with earth, through fire, water,
flora and fauna.
This describes the emblem of which company?

Q20
This metal was first deposited on Earth by a meteorite 10,000 years ago.The first
documented discovery of this metal was during a human expedition to Antarctica.This
particular isotope of the metal was dubbed "Anti-Metal" due to its property of dissolving
other metals.
The more common variety possesses the ability to absorb all vibrations in the vicinity as
well as kinetic energy directed at it.The energy absorbed is stored within the bonds
between the molecules that make up the substance
Which metal?

Q21
Memorial dedicated to whom?
Image on the next slide

Q22
In mathematics, M is a prime number that is one less than a power of two.That is, it is a
prime number that can be written in the form Mn = 2n − 1 for some integer n.
GIMPS is a project in which one can donate one’s computer in the search of the largest M.
M is ?

Q23
What is the common name for lateral epicondilytis,
shown in the figure?

Q24
The voice for Samantha was provided by Susan Bennett in July 2005,the same person that
voicedTillie the All-TimeTeller.
The voice for Daniel, was voiced by Jon Briggs, a former technology journalist.The voice
was recorded for Scansoft, which had merged with Nuance Communications in October
2005.
The voice for Karen, was voiced by Karen Jacobsen, an Australian-born and NewYork-
based entertainer, singer, voiceover artist, and songwriter.
Who/what are Samantha, Daniel and Karen?

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