this is the PRESENTATION for spectrum 2026

WELCOME TO
A QUIZ EVENT
~COMMON SENSE IS NOT SO COMMON~

“OTHER EVENTS ARE
BETTER THAN
SPECTRUM”
IN YOUR DREAMS, YES

INTRODUCTION OF
TEAM
I N T R O D U C T I O N O F
T E A M
• TEAM NOLAN
• TEAM RAY
• TEAM TARANTINO
• TEAM FINCHER
• TEAM KUBRICK
• TEAM VANGA

INTRODUCTION OF
CORE TEAM
I N T R O D U C T I O N O F
CO R E T E A M

INTRODUCING
QUIZMASTERS
*Quizmasters
*Participants

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
• Time will be strictly monitored for all the rounds
• The pointing system will be explained before the
commencement of each round.
• No second guesses will be entertained
• The Quizmaster’s decision will be final and binding.

ROUNDS:
1
GENER
AL
ROUND
2
POUNCE
&
BOUNCE
3
BUZZER
ROUND
4
CHOOSE
YOUR TOPIC
5
CONNECT
THE DOTS

GENERAL
ROUND
ROUND
GENERAL
BEGINS
BEGINS

INSTRUCTIONS :
• Time allotted for each question: 30 seconds
POINT SYSTEM :
• For correct answer : +20 marks
• No negative marking

This famous thought experiment imagines a cat inside a sealed
box that is simultaneously alive and dead until observed,
illustrating one of the strangest ideas in quantum mechanics.
Name the thought experiment
QUESTION - 1

Schrödinger's Cat Experiment
ANSWER :

The Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, is
conferred by the President of India for distinguished
contributions in fields such as art, literature, education, sports,
medicine, public affairs, science, and social work. Earlier this
year, an Indian cricketer was among the recipients of this
prestigious honour. Name the cricketer.
QUESTION - 2

This fictional metal is nearly indestructible and forms Captain
America's shield. It is one of the rarest substances in the Marvel
Universe and is mined almost exclusively in the African nation of
Wakanda. Identify the metal
QUESTION - 3

Which private company developed the first privately built
orbital rocket Vikram 1 ?
QUESTION - 4

Often referred to as the Hardy-Ramanujan number or
the taxicab number, What is the number? (it is the
smallest number that can be expressed as the sum of
two positive cubes in two different ways)
QUESTION - 5

It has no strings, no hammers, and no reeds. Yet nearly
every modern song you hear is likely to contain it in some
form. Identify the instrument.
QUESTION - 6

Which law states that galaxies move away faster the
farther they are from us?
AUDIENCE
QUESTION

Write out the moves for
which white wins with a
checkmate in 2 moves
QUESTION - 7

White : Queen to F6 (Qxf6)
Black : Pawn to F6 (gxf6)
White : Bishop to H6 (Bxh6#)
AND WHITE WINS !!!
ANSWER :

Which of the statement is incorrect:
1. Oxford University was already teaching students
before the Aztec Empire existed.
2. Christopher Columbus was one year younger
than Leonardo Da Vinci.
3. Abraham Lincoln was 12 years old when
Napoleon died.
QUESTION - 8

2. Leonardo Da Vinci was one year
younger than Christopher Columbus
ANSWER :

Move a matchstick in the
numbers to make the
equation correct
QUESTION - 9

Write out the moves for
which white wins with a
checkmate in 2 moves
QUESTION - 10

White : Queen to F6 (Qf6)
Black : Rook to G7 (Rg6)
White : Rook to H1 (Rh1#)
AND WHITE WINS !!!
ANSWER :

Move a matchstick in the
numbers to make the
equation correct
QUESTION - 11

Which of the statement is incorrect:
1. Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of
Argentina.
2. Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin
look-alike contest—and didn't win.
3. Harvard University is older than calculus.
QUESTION - 12

1. Albert Einstein was offered the
presidency of Israel
ANSWER :

Predict the
next best
move for
WHITE
AUDIENCE
QUESTION

POUNCE
& BOUNCE
& BOUNCE
POUNCE
BEGINS
BEGINS

INSTRUCTIONS :
• Total number of questions: 6 (1 for each team )
• Time allotted per question: 40 seconds
• Pounce window opens after 25 seconds where the
question is made open for all the other teams for
pouncing for 15 seconds. If left unanswered, the
question is bounced until it gets back to the team
initially asked
• 3rd
eye say is final in time disputes

POINT SYSTEM:
• +25 for answering direct question correctly
• -5 for incorrectly answering a direct question
• For answering pounced questions correctly : +20
• -10 if pounced question answered wrong
• Points allotted for bounced question+10
• No negative marking for bounced questions

When Barack Obama released his 2019 Favourite Music list,
global fans were shocked to spot a single, unexpected
Hindi/English song. This song marked the first and only time a
track by an independent Indian singer-songwriter made the
former US President's annual playlist. Identify this artist
QUESTION - 1

In 2022, a legacy World Cup star went viral after mid-tournament
tension leaked. A legendary quote surfaced from an internal
squad blowout: "We cannot win the World Cup, we are too old.
"This sparked a generational team collapse and an early group-
stage exit. Which nation's golden generation fumbled the vibes
after this quote?
QUESTION - 2

In Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Microsoft
Copilot belong to the same broad category of AI systems. These
systems are trained on enormous datasets and can generate
human-like text, code, and images. What is the common technical
term used for this category of AI?
QUESTION - 3

Large Language
Models (LLMs)
ANSWER :

This aging king of Britain decides to divide his kingdom among his
three daughters based on how passionately each declares her love
for him. Misled by flattery and rejecting the only daughter who truly
loves him, he loses both his power and his sanity, leading to one of
Shakespeare's greatest tragedies. Name this tragic king.
QUESTION - 4

He was originally named Octavian and was the adopted son of
Julius Caesar. After a bloody civil war, he consolidated power to
end the Roman Republic and officially became the very first
Emperor of the Roman Empire. Name him.
QUESTION - 5

Augustus
(Augustus Caesar)
ANSWER :

This room has no fixed location inside Hogwarts. It appears only
when someone truly needs it and transforms into exactly what
that person requires, from a secret meeting place to a hidden
storage room. Name the room
QUESTION - 6

The Room of
Requirement
ANSWER :

Which Roman emperor wrote the personal philosophical
work known as Meditations while on military campaigns
and was the last of the "Good Emperors" of Rome,
ruling from 161 to 180 AD. He also was a devout follower
of and writer on Stoic philosophy?
AUDIENCE
QUESTION

A prison has 100 lockers, all initially closed. One hundred
people walk past them. The first opens every locker, the
second toggles every second locker, the third toggles every
third locker, and so on until the hundredth person toggles
only the 100th locker. At the end, only lockers numbered with
a special type of integer remain open. Which integers are
they?
AUDIENCE
QUESTION

BUZZER
ROUND
ROUND
BUZZER
BEGINS
BEGINS

INSTRUCTIONS :
• TOTAL 8 QUESTIONS
• Buzzers are open as soon as I start reading the question (Obviously if you know
the answer)
• While questions are being read, buzzers will be recorded and that can be used in
case of dispute
• If the question has been read and no one buzzes, we wait for 10 seconds then the
answer will be revealed
• There is only one buzz for each question
• Team which presses the buzzer has to answer immediately.
• No second guesses!
• Caution: Take risk carefully

POINT SYSTEM :
• Correct answer: +30
• Incorrect answer:-15

Ramanujan Convergent Series : It refers to the remarkable, highly
efficient formulas for __ and techniques for assigning finite values
to divergent infinite series created by the brilliant Indian
mathematician Srinivasa Ramanuja
find x:
QUESTION - 1

In the 1990s, organizations like the
Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan
(MKSS) in Rajasthan led campaigns
demanding transparency in local
development expenditures and
minimum wage payments. This
movement highlighted some things at
grassroot level which pushed the need
for X. What is X?
QUESTION - 2

Enactment of RTI ( RIGHT TO
INFORMATION)
ANSWER :

Identify this satellite named after
the 7th century mathematician,
who was the first to write numbers
in Hindu decimal system.
QUESTION - 3

In S16E3 of SIMPSONS, Homer is
seen teaching Lisa how to draw a
‘Simpsons’ . He ends with saying
that the hair and ears are formed
by ‘M’ and ‘G’. What is this a
reference to?(Not a prediction)
QUESTION - 4

Matt Groening
(Creator of Simpsons)
ANSWER :

In 2011-12, The Royal Society of Chemistry website published
a series of articles with such titles as "Poisoning... With
Phosphine Gas", "Acid Bath Disposal of Bodies", "Can a Little
Crystal Blow Up a Room?" and "Thermite Break-in“. What
were these articles trying to investigate?
QUESTION - 5

These articles were trying to investigate the
realistic chemistry behind the popular TV
show Breaking Bad
ANSWER :
YOU’RE GODDAMN RIGHT

This is part of
whose patent
application
QUESTION - 6

Alexander Graham Bell’s patent
application for Telephone
ANSWER :

“I've always liked penguins, and when I was in Canberra a few
years ago I went to the local zoo. There they had a ferocious
penguin that bit me and infected me with a little known
disease called Penguinitis. Penguinitis makes you stay awake
at nights just thinking about penguins and feeling great love
towards them."
What thus resulted in the world of TECH.
QUESTION - 7

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