Space and Mythology Quiz for IGNUS'20 annual cultural fest of IIT-Jodhpur.

1. Space &
Myth Quiz
PRELIMS
QM : Sabyasachi, Anmol, Rajat

2. INSTRUCTIONS
● There are 21 Questions
● 4 Questions namely (5, 10, 15 ,20) are star marked
(will be used as tie breakers)
● Let the rules be minimalist but punishments
swallow in the black hole

3. Questions

4. Put funda
This is Dennis Tito
1*

5. Pontius Pilate was a Roman Prefect, governor of the
Province of Judea. He served under the ruler of Emperor
Tiberius, the second of Roman Emperors. He ruled for
approximately 10 years, from 26 CE to 36 CE, and is
historically considered a mediocre or unremarkable at
best.
Which famous event during his Prefectship give him global
fame, or infamy, as it would be?
2

6. ● USA : Astronaut
● Russia : Cosmonaut
● India : X
3

7. This is canadian astronaut Chris Hatfield, whose video went viral
after he played and recorded this song while he was on ISS.
Identify the artist
and the song?
(0.5+0.5)
4

8. Like Achilles of Greek Myths and Siegfried of German
Folklore, Duryodhan is described in Mahabharat to have
possessed the Blessing of Invulnerability, given by his
mother Queen Gandhari.
And just as the other heroes had a fatal weak spot in their
invulnerability, so too Duryodhan had his weak spot, which
was utilized by Bheem during Mahabharat War to kill him.
What was Duryodhan's weak spot?
5*

9. Shah Rukh Khan is currently shooting for a biopic
titled Salute. This biopic is about a former Indian
Air Force pilot, the only Indian citizen in history to
achieve a feat in 1984, by travelling somewhere.
The person talked about here is also a hero for
another nation. ID the person whose biopic is
titled ‘Salute’.
6

10. In 1994, a blackout in L.A., caused by an earthquake
showed the residents ‘something sinister’ in the sky. It
was the first time that the residents saw anything like
this and light pollution came to be known after this
incident. They were so terrified by seeing a ‘large
silvery cloud’ like thing in the night sky, that they
started calling 911, thinking it was something
extraterrestrial. What was visible in the sky that night?
7

11. Identify8

12. To test which theory were the following tests proposed in 1916
1. the perihelion precession of Mercury's orbit
2. the deflection of light by the Sun
3. the gravitational redshift of light.
9

13. Where can you observe these
two moons Secunda and
Masser?
10*

14. One of the significant event of 2006 was the
modification of the name to include the number
134340.
What are we talking about?
11

15. Who’s footprint and Who is the photographer?
(0.5+0.5)
12

16. The tale of the cowherd and the weaver girl is a love story between Zhinü
(織女; the weaver girl, symbolizing the star Vega) and Niulang (牛郎; the
cowherd, symbolizing the star Altair) Their love was not allowed, thus they
were separated by a river (symbolizing X). Identify X.
13

17. Izanagi was the Creator God of Japan. After the death of his wife
Izanami, he tried to rescue her from Yomi, the underworld, but failed
and had to escape
Returning from Yomi, he went on to clean himself from the filth of the
underworld. When he washed his left eye, X, the goddess of Sun was
born. Y, the god of Moon was born from his ringht eye, and finally,
Susanoo, the god of Seas and Storms was born when he cleaned his
nose.
Identify X and Y. (0.5 + 0.5)
14

18. First color photo of Earth from moon known
as X. (Be Specific) [clue in the next slide]
15*

19. Taken by astronaut William Anders in 1968 during the Apollo 8
mission.
Transcript of the audio recording of the event – excerpt:
Borman: Oh my God! Look at that picture over there! Here's the
Earth coming up. Wow, is that pretty.
Anders: Hey, don't take that, it's not scheduled.
Borman: (laughing) You got a color film, Jim?
Anders: Hand me that roll of color quick, will you...
Lovell: Oh man, that's great!
15

20. A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars
orbiting around their common center of mass.
Kepler-16b is a Saturn-mass planet consisting of half
gas and half rock and ice, and it orbits a binary star,
Kepler-16, with a period of 229 days.
What was kepler-16 nicknamed, in reference to a
fictional planet orbiting two suns, which resulted in one
of the most iconic sunset scenes in the film industry?
16

21. c = 1.4 * ((1.989±0.004) x 10^30) kg.
In the above equation ‘c’ is more
commonly known as?
17

22. X is made by NASA to replace its popular predecessor,
Hubble, in space in the year 2021. With this instrument,
NASA aims to capture details of formation of stars and
planets and direct imaging of exoplanets and novas. ID
this marvelous instrument, still in the making.
18

23. According to one interpretation of the event, King Subala of the
Gandhar Kingdom, was imprisoned along with his sons by his own
son-in-law. He died in prison along with his sons, all but one. He
instructed him (the surviving son) to cause the downfall of the
entire clan of his son-in-law by creating something from his thighs.
Who was the surviving/conniving son and what did he create from
his father’s thigh bones?
19

24. In Norse mythology, _______ is a burning rainbow
bridge between Midgard and Asgard.According to
Prose Edda, the bridge ends atHiminbjörg. Some
scholars believe that the bridge may have originally
represented the Milky Way.
20*

25. Documentary about which incident? (Be Specific)21

26. Answers

27. Put funda
This is Dennis Tito
1*

28. Answer
Dennis Anthony Tito (born August 8, 1940) is an American engineer
and entrepreneur, most widely known as the first space tourist to fund
his own trip into space. In mid-2001, he spent nearly eight days in orbit
as a crew member of ISS EP-1, a visiting mission to the International
Space Station.

29. Pontius Pilate was a Roman Prefect, governor of the
Province of Judea. He served under the ruler of Emperor
Tiberius, the second of Roman Emperors. He ruled for
approximately 10 years, from 26 CE to 36 CE, and is
historically considered a mediocre or unremarkable at
best.
Which famous event during his Prefectship give him global
fame, or infamy, as it would be?
2

30. Answer
The official who presided over the trial of Jesus and ordered his crucifixion.

31. ● USA : Astronaut
● Russia : Cosmonaut
● India : X
3

32. Answer
Vyomanaut

33. This is canadian astronaut Chris Hatfield, whose video went viral
after he played and recorded this song while he was on ISS.
Identify the artist
and the song?
(0.5+0.5)
4

34. Answer
Space Oddity

35. Like Achilles of Greek Myths and Siegfried of German
Folklore, Duryodhan is described in Mahabharat to have
possessed the Blessing of Invulnerability, given by his
mother Queen Gandhari.
And just as the other heroes had a fatal weak spot in their
invulnerability, so too Duryodhan had his weak spot, which
was utilized by Bheem during Mahabharat War to kill him.
What was Duryodhan's weak spot?
5*

36. Answer
Thighs

37. Shah Rukh Khan is currently shooting for a biopic
titled Salute. This biopic is about a former Indian
Air Force pilot, the only Indian citizen in history to
achieve a feat in 1984, by travelling somewhere.
The person talked about here is also a hero for
another nation. ID the person whose biopic is
titled ‘Salute’.
6

38. Answer
Rakesh Sharma

39. In 1994, a blackout in L.A., caused by an earthquake
showed the residents ‘something sinister’ in the sky. It
was the first time that the residents saw anything like
this and light pollution came to be known after this
incident. They were so terrified by seeing a ‘large
silvery cloud’ like thing in the night sky, that they
started calling 911, thinking it was something
extraterrestrial. What was visible in the sky that night?
7

40. Answer
The Milky Way

41. Identify8

42. Answer
SETI

43. To test which theory were the following tests proposed in 1916
1. the perihelion precession of Mercury's orbit
2. the deflection of light by the Sun
3. the gravitational redshift of light.
9

44. Answer
Theory of general relativity

45. Where can you observe these
two moons Secunda and
Masser?
10*

46. Answer
SKYRIM

47. One of the significant event of 2006 was the
modification of the name to include the number
134340.
What are we talking about?
11

48. Answer

49. Who’s footprint and Who is the photographer?
(0.5+0.5)
12

50. Answer
Buzz Aldrin took this photo of his own
footprint

51. The tale of the cowherd and the weaver girl is a love story between Zhinü
(織女; the weaver girl, symbolizing the star Vega) and Niulang (牛郎; the
cowherd, symbolizing the star Altair) Their love was not allowed, thus they
were separated by a river (symbolizing X). Identify X.
13

52. Answer
MILKY WAY

53. Izanagi was the Creator God of Japan. After the death of his wife
Izanami, he tried to rescue her from Yomi, the underworld, but failed
and had to escape
Returning from Yomi, he went on to clean himself from the filth of the
underworld. When he washed his left eye, X, the goddess of Sun was
born. Y, the god of Moon was born from his ringht eye, and finally,
Susanoo, the god of Seas and Storms was born when he cleaned his
nose.
Identify X and Y. (0.5 + 0.5)
14

54. Answer
X: Amaterasu
Y: Tsuki-yomi

55. First color photo of Earth from moon known
as X. (Be Specific) [clue in the next slide]
15*

56. Taken by astronaut William Anders in 1968 during the Apollo 8
mission.
Transcript of the audio recording of the event – excerpt:
Borman: Oh my God! Look at that picture over there! Here's the
Earth coming up. Wow, is that pretty.
Anders: Hey, don't take that, it's not scheduled.
Borman: (laughing) You got a color film, Jim?
Anders: Hand me that roll of color quick, will you...
Lovell: Oh man, that's great!
15

57. Answer
Earthrise

58. A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars
orbiting around their common center of mass.
Kepler-16b is a Saturn-mass planet consisting of half
gas and half rock and ice, and it orbits a binary star,
Kepler-16, with a period of 229 days.
What was kepler-16 nicknamed, in reference to a
fictional planet orbiting two suns, which resulted in one
of the most iconic sunset scenes in the film industry?
16

59. Answer
Tatooine
Star Wars

60. c = 1.4 * ((1.989±0.004) x 10^30) kg.
In the above equation ‘c’ is more
commonly known as?
17

61. Answer
Chandrashekar Limit

62. X is made by NASA to replace its popular predecessor,
Hubble, in space in the year 2021. With this instrument,
NASA aims to capture details of formation of stars and
planets and direct imaging of exoplanets and novas. ID
this marvelous instrument, still in the making.
18

63. Answer
James Webb Telescope

64. According to one interpretation of the event, King Subala of the
Gandhar Kingdom, was imprisoned along with his sons by his own
son-in-law. He died in prison along with his sons, all but one. He
instructed him (the surviving son) to cause the downfall of the
entire clan of his son-in-law by creating something from his thighs.
Who was the surviving/conniving son and what did he create from
his father’s thigh bones?
19

65. Answer
Shakuni and a pair of dice

66. In Norse mythology, _______ is a burning rainbow
bridge between Midgard and Asgard.According to
Prose Edda, the bridge ends atHiminbjörg. Some
scholars believe that the bridge may have originally
represented the Milky Way.
20*

67. Answer
Bifrost

68. Documentary about which incident? (Be Specific)21

69. Answer
Challenger Disaster

70. See you in finals
Thank you