Organised as part of NSSC-2017 at IIT-Kgp

1. “Space Quiz”
NSSC-2017

2. Rules
* 25 questions.
* Marks :-- i) Question no.s 1 – 20 : 1 pointers
ii) Question no.s 21 – 25 : 2 pointers
* Half Points, as specified, will be available.
* Star-marked questions (1, 5, 10, 15, 20 & 25) will be counted to
break the ties. If needed, Countback Method will be considered.
* Every decision of the QM is final.

4. Q. 01 - 20
NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

5. 1
NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda
What was established on 15th August 1969 with the
motto - Space technology in the Service of
Humankind?

6. 2
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This artwork by Stefan Knapp
can be found at the entrance
of the University in the
European city of Torun, a part
of which has been designated
as the UNESCO World
Heritage Site.
The university is named after
which famous son of Torun?

7. 3
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Including more than fourteen thousand asteroids,
more than one hundred comets, and a number of
solar-orbiting spacecraft and meteoroids, any small
celestial body whose orbit brings it into proximity
with Earth, is called what?
(Give me either the acronym which will surely remind you about a
very popular character from a movie-franchise or the expanded form)

8. 4
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Was it trickery or the
knowledge of Solar Eclipse….
Whose head landed on the lap
of his father, sage
Vridhakshatra?

9. 5
NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda
After the most recent modification was made on May
12, 1992, where can you permanently find these set of
stars and constellations?

10. 6
NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda
This is the lego miniature
model of a teacher whose
surname probably comes from
the fact that most planets of the
solar system rotate anti-
clockwise.
Who is she?

11. 7
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Complete the equation :--
* Earth - Tellurium
* Sun - Helium
* Moon - ???????

12. 8
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John Philip Sousa, famous American composer and
conductor of the late Romantic era, scored a musical
piece for military brass band to celebrate a
remarkable event in 1882. Erroneously thought to be
lost for over 100 years, the work was accidently found
by a Library of Congress employee in 2003.
The event in question happened last in 2012 and the
next one is likely to take place in 2117.
Either identify the event or the musical score.

13. 9
NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda
What connects the official flags of the US state of
Alaska, Indian Home Rule movement and Irish
Citizen Army and the logo of the Iridium
Communications Inc.?

14. 10
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As a humorous tribute to X and his association
(albeit wrongly) with the catchphrase ‘billions and
billions’, a X has been defined as a unit of
measurement equivalent to a very large number of
any entity.
Who or what is X?

15. 11
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The element edited out from the Bayeux Tapestry was
depicted as a dire omen to King Harold prior to the
invasion by the Normans in 1066.
What was that?
?

16. 11
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?

17. 12
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Harry Lange, recruited by NASA as a head of its
‘future projects’ section to design the spaceships and
his colleague Frederick Ordway got associated with
an ambitious but non-NASA project since the end-
1965. Their highly accurate work was greatly
appreciated and contributed a lot to that project’s
success.
Which project was that?

18. 12
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19. 12
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20. 13
NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda
Boney’s Law of Spatial Time-Space Co-ordinates is
apparently a ‘highly convoluted subject’. To get a grasp
on it, students always look for Prof. Sinha’s lectures.
Where have you come across this heady stuff?

21. 14
NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda
It all started with Nancy Lieder, a Wisconsin woman
who claims that as a kid she was contacted by gray
extraterrestrials called Zetas, who also implanted a
communication-device in her brain. In 1995, she
founded the website Zeta Talk to disseminate her ideas.
Which recent ‘phenomena’ that owe it’s origin with
Ms. Lieder, is being talked about?

22. 15
NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda
As per the claims made by the Flat Earth Society, a
pseudoscientific organisation, these three noted
Americans were the brains behind which
‘pathbreaking project’?

23. 16
NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda
Vertical landing of spaceships was the predominant
mode of rocket landing envisioned in the pre-
spaceflight era. Many depictions in popular culture
(like in Buck Rodgers’ comics) showed rockets
landing vertically, typically resting after landing on
the space vehicle’s fins.
In a ‘Quest to Create a Buck Rogers’ Reusable
Rocket’, which company has turned this into reality
during the 2010s?

24. 16
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25. 17
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A popular subject in art-world since
classical times, this lady is
responsible for the ‘princess and
dragon’ motif. This motif is a
generic premise common to many
legends, fairy tales and chivalric
romances and can also be seen in
filmy parlance as the ‘Damsel in
distress’.
What is she doing in today’s quiz?

26. 18
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ISRO has, so far, successfully launched 9 Student-
Satellites. The first one, ANUSAT was launched
with much fanfare on 20th April 2009.
Which institution was behind that project?

27. 19
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Coached New Albany to undefeated 1913-14 season
into state finals… beat up on better opponents from
Indiana and Kentucky to the tune of 100-5, 40-3, 38-8
and 50-12 … was a noted athlete himself, including a
member of the 1908 University of Chicago National
Championship team…. Inducted into the Indiana
Basketball Hall of Fame in early 2017….who?

28. 19
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29. 20
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Wadi Rum, also known as The Valley of the Moon, is
a valley in southern Jordan. Known for it’s rugged
landscape, the 278-square-mile protected area has
played itself in David Lean’s 1962 masterpiece
Lawrence of Arabia which literally kickstarted the
Jordan tourism industry.
Which 2015-venture extensively featured this landscape?

30. Q. 21 - 25
NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

31. 21
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The private tutor of the brothers - Cosimo, Francesco,
Carlo, and Lorenzo made his discovery public in
‘Starry Messenger’, published in March 1610. As an
act of flattery, he named the entities after these
brothers and as a reward, was appointed the chief
mathematician of the royal court.
The names that eventually prevailed were suggested
by Simon Marius who named the entities after the lovers
of Zeus.
a) Who was that ‘Private Tutor’?
b) What were being talked about?

32. 22
NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda
Timothy Peake, a keen athlete since his school days,
took part in an annual event for the first time in 1999.
He repeated his feat in 2016 in a completely different
environment.
a) What did Peake do on 24 April, 2016?
b) Who was the first one to attempt something similar
in 2007?

33. 23
NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda
On 1st Oct, 2014, an
unusual, bright flash of
light was observed in a
patch of sky called the
CDF-S XT1.
a) What artefact
recorded this observation?
b) Apart from this one,
what other celestial
parameter has been named
after him?

34. 24
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a) What is the significance of these two brothers,
edited out from this family-tree, in today’s quiz?
b) Name them.

35. 25
NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda
It traces its origin to ‘The Buzz’ credited to Cab
Calloway during the 1930s. In the later years, several
performers like Judy Garland, Bill Bailey and Marcel
Marceau created their own versions. But it caught the
public imagination after being shown in the tv-special
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, telecasted on
May 16, 1983.
a) What is being talked about?
b) How is the answer connected to the IIT-Kgp?

38. Q. 01 - 20
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39. 1
NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda
What was established on 15th August 1969 with the
motto - Space technology in the Service of
Humankind?

40. ISRO
1
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41. 2
NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda
This artwork by Stefan Knapp
can be found at the entrance
of the University in the
European city of Torun, a part
of which has been designated
as the UNESCO World
Heritage Site.
The university is named after
which famous son of Torun?

42. Nicolas Copernicus
2
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43. 3
NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda
Including more than fourteen thousand asteroids,
more than one hundred comets, and a number of
solar-orbiting spacecraft and meteoroids, any small
celestial body whose orbit brings it into proximity
with Earth, is called what?
(Give me either the acronym which will surely remind you about a
very popular character from a movie-franchise or the expanded form)

44. Near Earth Object (NEO)
3
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45. 4
NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda
Was it trickery or the
knowledge of Solar Eclipse….
Whose head landed on the lap
of his father, sage
Vridhakshatra?

46. Jayadratha
4
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47. 5
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After the most recent modification was made on May
12, 1992, where can you permanently find these set of
stars and constellations?

48. On the Brazilian Flag
5
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49. 5
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50. 6
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This is the lego miniature
model of a teacher whose
surname probably comes from
the fact that most planets of the
solar system rotate anti-
clockwise.
Who is she?

51. Prof. Aurora Sinistra
6
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52. 7
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Complete the equation :--
* Earth - Tellurium
* Sun - Helium
* Moon - ???????

53. Selenium
7
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54. 8
NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda
John Philip Sousa, famous American composer and
conductor of the late Romantic era, scored a musical
piece for military brass band to celebrate a
remarkable event in 1882. Erroneously thought to be
lost for over 100 years, the work was accidently found
by a Library of Congress employee in 2003.
The event in question happened last in 2012 and the
next one is likely to take place in 2117.
Either identify the event or the musical score.

55. Transit of Venus
8
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56. 9
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What connects the official flags of the US state of
Alaska, Indian Home Rule movement and Irish
Citizen Army and the logo of the Iridium
Communications Inc.?

57. Saptarshi Mandal / Big Dipper
9
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58. 10
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As a humorous tribute to X and his association
(albeit wrongly) with the catchphrase ‘billions and
billions’, a X has been defined as a unit of
measurement equivalent to a very large number of
any entity.
Who or what is X?

59. Sagan
10
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1 Sagan has been defined as a unit of measurement equivalent to a
very large number — technically at least four billion (two billion plus
two billion) — of anything

60. 11
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The element edited out from the Bayeux Tapestry was
depicted as a dire omen to King Harold prior to the
invasion by the Normans in 1066.
What was that?
?

61. 11
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?

62. Halley’s Comet
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63. 12
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Harry Lange, recruited by NASA as a head of its
‘future projects’ section to design the spaceships and
his colleague Frederick Ordway got associated with
an ambitious but non-NASA project since the end-
1965. Their highly accurate work was greatly
appreciated and contributed a lot to that project’s
success.
Which project was that?

64. 12
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65. 12
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66. 2001 : A Space Odyssey
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67. 13
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Boney’s Law of Spatial Time-Space Co-ordinates is
apparently a ‘highly convoluted subject’. To get a grasp
on it, students always look for Prof. Sinha’s lectures.
Where have you come across this heady stuff?

68. Mr. India
13
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69. 14
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It all started with Nancy Lieder, a Wisconsin woman
who claims that as a kid she was contacted by gray
extraterrestrials called Zetas, who also implanted a
communication-device in her brain. In 1995, she
founded the website Zeta Talk to disseminate her ideas.
Which recent ‘phenomena’ that owe it’s origin with
Ms. Lieder, is being talked about?

70. Nibiru / Planet X
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71. 15
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As per the claims made by the Flat Earth Society, a
pseudoscientific organisation, these three noted
Americans were the brains behind which
‘pathbreaking project’?

72. 1969 Moon Landing
15
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73. 16
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Vertical landing of spaceships was the predominant
mode of rocket landing envisioned in the pre-
spaceflight era. Many depictions in popular culture
(like in Buck Rodgers’ comics) showed rockets
landing vertically, typically resting after landing on
the space vehicle’s fins.
In a ‘Quest to Create a Buck Rogers’ Reusable
Rocket’, which company has turned this into reality
during the 2010s?

74. 16
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75. SpaceX
16
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76. 17
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A popular subject in art-world since
classical times, this lady is
responsible for the ‘princess and
dragon’ motif. This motif is a
generic premise common to many
legends, fairy tales and chivalric
romances and can also be seen in
filmy parlance as the ‘Damsel in
distress’.
What is she doing in today’s quiz?

77. Andromeda – the galaxy has
been named after this Greek mythological
lady
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78. 18
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ISRO has, so far, successfully launched 9 Student-
Satellites. The first one, ANUSAT was launched
with much fanfare on 20th April 2009.
Which institution was behind that project?

79. Anna University
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80. 19
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Coached New Albany to undefeated 1913-14 season
into state finals… beat up on better opponents from
Indiana and Kentucky to the tune of 100-5, 40-3, 38-8
and 50-12 … was a noted athlete himself, including a
member of the 1908 University of Chicago National
Championship team…. Inducted into the Indiana
Basketball Hall of Fame in early 2017….who?

81. 19
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82. Edwin Hubble
19
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83. 20
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Wadi Rum, also known as The Valley of the Moon, is
a valley in southern Jordan. Known for it’s rugged
landscape, the 278-square-mile protected area has
played itself in David Lean’s 1962 masterpiece
Lawrence of Arabia which literally kickstarted the
Jordan tourism industry.
Which 2015-venture extensively featured this landscape?

84. Setting of the planet Mars in
The Martian (2015)
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85. Q. 21 - 25
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86. 21
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The private tutor of the brothers - Cosimo, Francesco,
Carlo, and Lorenzo made his discovery public in
‘Starry Messenger’, published in March 1610. As an
act of flattery, he named the entities after these
brothers and as a reward, was appointed the chief
mathematician of the royal court.
The names that eventually prevailed were suggested
by Simon Marius who named the entities after the lovers
of Zeus.
a) Who was that ‘Private Tutor’?
b) What were being talked about?

87. A : Galileo Galilei
21
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88. B : Galilean Moons of Jupiter
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89. 22
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Timothy Peake, a keen athlete since his school days,
took part in an annual event for the first time in 1999.
He repeated his feat in 2016 in a completely different
environment.
a) What did Peake do on 24 April, 2016?
b) Who was the first one to attempt something similar
in 2007?

90. A : Running London Marathon
on a treadmill in ISS
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91. B : Sunita Williams
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92. 23
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On 1st Oct, 2014, an
unusual, bright flash of
light was observed in a
patch of sky called the
CDF-S XT1.
a) What artefact
recorded this observation?
b) Apart from this one,
what other celestial
parameter has been named
after him?

93. A : Chandra Observatory
23
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94. B : Chandrasekhar Limit
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95. 24
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a) What is the significance of these two brothers,
edited out from this family-tree, in today’s quiz?
b) Name them.

96. A : Two Satellites of Mars
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97. B : Phobos & Deimos
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98. 25
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It traces its origin to ‘The Buzz’ credited to Cab
Calloway during the 1930s. In the later years, several
performers like Judy Garland, Bill Bailey and Marcel
Marceau created their own versions. But it caught the
public imagination after being shown in the tv-special
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, telecasted on
May 16, 1983.
a) What is being talked about?
b) How is the answer connected to the IIT-Kgp?

99. A : Moonwalk
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100. B : Space Technology Students'
Society Newsletter
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