X is Evernote, an app for note taking, organizing and archiving notes, screenshots, and web pages. Pepsin is the enzyme that was discovered by Theodor Schwann in 1836 to mean "digestion" in Greek, and is responsible for cleaving peptide bonds between hydrophobic amino acids. VLC media player originated as an academic project in 1996 to stream videos across a campus network, and was later released as open-source software in 2001 under the GNU GPL license.

1. (The) #T3 Quiz
The Torquest Teaser
by Vrushabh Gudade
On Science & Technology
10/1/2017

2. WRITTEN ROUND

3. Q1
Stephen Pachikov in 2008 founded X Corporation but X
seems to be their only product. X’s tagline is – Capture
what’s on your mind.
(X) - Designed for note taking, organizing and archiving,
other tools include Scannable (used for scanning
purpose), Skitch (for screenshot editing and sharing) &
Web Clipper (saving web pages).
What is X?

4. Q2
This enzyme was discovered by Theodor Schwann in
1836, meaning the Greek word for “digestion”.
It is responsible for the cleaving of peptide bonds
between hydrophobic and preferably aromatic amino
acids such as phenylalanine, tryptophan and tyrosine.
Which enzyme?

5. Q3
This software originated as a academic project in 1996
intended to consist of a client and server to stream
videos from satellite dishes across the campus network
of Ecole Centrale Paris.
One of the biggest open-source softwares later released
in 2001 under GNU General Public License with
authorosization from the above institute.

6. Q4
In Latin it translates to “I shall please” , it’s a situation
where a person is given such an ineffectual treatment
that will actually have a perceived or actual
improvement in their condition.
What do we popularly call this effect as?

7. Q5
Shown here is the logo of an American
start-up company HQed in California
founded 3 years ago. The company is
named after an English scientist and is
behind the development of intelligent
electric cars.
Id the company.

8. Q6
Identify this India born British
Nobel laureate who discovered
that the cause of malaria is
mosquitoes.

10. Answers
1. Evernote
2. Pepsin
3. (VLC) VideoLAN Client media player
4. Placebo effect
5. Faraday Future
6. Ronald Ross

11. IR
+10/-10
CLOCKWISE

12. Q1
1. Hey @ZomatoIN YOUR CUTE
2. @AllIndiaBakchod is very Hillary
3. Hey @Flipkart – lets put one for the road!
4. Bro @onlybabaseghal, aaja meri gaadi mein baet ja,
and then let’s go to the Gym!
These are few of the tweets from the handle of X on the
Christmas of 2016. Many thought their account has been
hacked but it was for a particular reason.
Who is this and give the reason.

14. Ola
for Drinking and driving..

15. Q2
Jatropha Curcas is a species of flowering plant in the spurge
family of Euphorbiaceae - a poisonous, semi-evergreen small
tree.Its seeds can be processed to make a very useful product.
What product?

17. Biodiesel
the seeds contain abundant of oil to make
fuel.

18. Q3
Shown here is the poster of an
Oscar winning animated short film.
It was produced by Pixar and
directed by John Lasseter in 1986.
What was the name of this film?

20. Luxo Jr.

21. Q4
One hypothesis states that tornadic watersprouts are responsible for this
phenomenon but there have been no witnesses of the same. The first scientist
to seriously attempt to figure out the cause of this was Andre Marie Ampere
(completely unrelated to the field he is known for).
The locals in Yoro, Honduras call it Lluvia de Peces and claim that this happens
there every summer. Happened on the Mumbai-Pune expressway on 12th July
2016.
This is seen in Fargo S1E6 “Buridan’s Ass” and mentioned in Hitchhiker’s Guide
To The Galaxy.
What are we talking about?

23. Animal Rain

24. Q5
Name this phenomenon
caused due to the
disturbance of tiny organisms
in water bodies.
The term collectively the
production and emission of
light by a living organism.

26. Bioluminescence.

27. Q6
An Indian chemist who has worked in the fields of solid-state
and structural chemistry.
An alumni of Mysore Univ, Banaras Hindu Univ and Prude Univ,
has authored 1500 research papers and 45 scientific books.
A recipient of many honors and awards in the country and
abroad. He currently serves as the Head of the Scientific
Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India.

29. C.N.R. Rao

30. Q7
What do the newest elements have in common to their
names ?
Nohonium (113)
Moscovium (115) and
Tennessine (117)
Connect and explain. No parts.

32. All are named after the places they were discovered.
Nohonium- ‘Nihon’ a Japanese word for the country of
Japan.
Moscovium – after Moscow
Tennessine – after Tennessine.
Along with these Oganesson (118) was inducted into the
periodic table named after Yuri Oganessian.

33. Q8
In July 2015 NASA confirmed the discovery of Kepler-
452b identified by the Kepler space telescope. The
planet is about 1400 light years from Earth in the
constellation of Cygnus. It has 5 times the mass and 2
times the surface gravity to that of Earth.
Why is the discovery of Kepler-452b significant?

35. Considered as Earth’s cousin or Earth 2.0

36. Q9
This physical phenomenon
happens when a liquid comes
extremely close to a surface that
is much hotter than its boiling
point.
Named after a 18th century
German doctor.

38. Lindenfrost effect named after Johann
Gottlab Lindenfrost

39. Q10
In this photo is Mr. X Segale, an American
businessman and real estate developer. Nintendo
was using his warehouse for operations in its early
days. The developers immortalized Seagle by
renaming the star of Donkey Kong, previously known
as ‘Jumpman’ to ‘X’. Apart from this, the main
character in one of their games is X which is aslo
indeed named after Mr. Seagle.

41. Mario

42. Q11
This term means - data saved and temporarily stored in
one’s device memory (in webpage terms).
This helps when the next time when one wants to see
the page, the web browser just accesses it from the
memory so the page loads quickly.
What term?

44. Cache.

45. Q12
John Barger coined the term in 1997 while Peter
Merholz broke it into two parts.
Evan Williams founded a website of the same.
What word?
Brownie points for the original term coined by Barger..

47. Blog
Merholz broke Weblog into the phrase we
blog in his blog Peterme.com

48. Q13
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss – these are the names of
two twins who were Harvard alumni and American
international level rowers (secured 6th position at Beijing
Olympics.
In 2004 these brothers sued Mark Zuckerberg for $65
million.
How?

50. The twins along with Divya Narendra founded
ConnectU & claimed that Zuck stole their idea
to create Facebook.

51. Q14
Kavin Bharti is the founder of this popular Indian
startup launched in 2012.
It’s a joint venture between Bharti enterprises and
Softbank.
Which service?

53. Hike

54. Q15
Balaji Vishwanathan came to limelight when he
surpassed Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia founder) in
something.
He is the author of From Trysrt to Tendulkar: The History
of Independent India and currently the VP of products at
Invento tech.
What is something?

56. Currently the most followed person on Quora.

57. Q16
In 1827, English pharmacist John Walker was stirring a pot of
chemicals that included antimony sulphide and potassium
chlorate and the dry lump obtained was something unique in
today’s everyday usage. He didn’t patent his invention and was
recognized only after his death.
The modern form of this was created by Swedish chemist
Gustaf Erik Pasch.
What everyday household item is this?

59. The safety matchstick.

60. Q17
In Greek mythology the daughter of
the Aethiopian king Cepheus and his
wife Cassiopeia lends her name to a
galaxy and a constellation.
This galaxy is 2.5 million light-years
from Earth and lies in the
constellation of X.

62. Andromeda

63. Q18
He is best known in the field of
astronomy and for his contribution to the
research of extraterrestrial life. He also is
behind the popular television series
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. His book The
Dragons of Eden, which won him a
Pulitzer Prize in 1977.

65. Carl Sagan

66. Q19
This software is a cloud data protection and
information management provider. Founded by
Jaspreet Singh and Milind Borate currently HQed
in Sunnywale, CA but started in Pune in 2008. It is
a successful startup which generated a Series-E
funding worth $51mn in Sept 2016.

69. Thankyou