K! SCITECH QUIZ

K! SCITECH QUIZPrelims

STATUATORY RULES30 Questions. No negative. So, feel free to take as random a guess as you want to. Part points offered at QMs discretion.

1. Identify the extraordinary machine.

Speed 1 Tera HertzMemory 1 Zetta Byte.Employs Zigbee protocol for data transfer to help people in examinations.

And the answer is..

2. The World Stupidity Awards is an award ceremony that recognizes achievement in ignorance and stupidity during the past year. The WSA was founded in 2003 by filmmaker Albert Nerenberg.

In 2007, who won the award in the Stupidest Statement of the Year category?

And the answer is..

Video.

3. Id the painter and the inspiration.

And the answer is..

Salvador Dali

Inspired by the Bikini Atoll bombings.

4. Identify the blank.

Helium Sun Selenium Moon Uranium Uranus Cerium Ceres

? Earth

And the answer is..

Tellurium.

5. What is being described here?Enzymes called alliinases break down amino acid sulphoxides and generate sulphenic acids. A specific sulfenic acid, 1-propenesulfenic acid is formed and is rapidly rearranged by a second enzyme, called the LFS, giving syn-propanethial-S-oxide, a volatile gas known as LF. The LF gas diffuses through the air and activates sensory neurons, creating a stinging sensation.

And the answer is..

Why you cry when you cut an onion

6. Identify the game.In the 1980s, most of Square. Cos games were not popular, and the company was heading toward bankruptcy. In 1987, Square designerHironobu Sakaguchiheaded the development of a game to prevent the company's financial ruin.What name did Sakaguchi give the game, because he was planning to retire after the project?

And the answer is..

Final Fantasy

7. Tribute to whom?

And the answer is..

Isaac Newton

8. Name of the font, please. The typeface was designed by Howard Bud Kettler in 1955.The design of the original typefacewas commissioned in the 1950s byIBMfor use intypewriters. When asked about how the name was chosen. Kettler said, The font was nearly released with the name Messenger. After giving it some thought, A letter can be just an ordinary messenger, or it can be the ______, which radiates dignity, prestige, and stability.

And the answer is..

THIS IS THE ANSWER!

9. Which technology?Evangelical Christians in Brazil have apparentlybanned the use of this technology after claiming the technology is the mark of Satan-worshippers. According to the founder of the church, Paz do Senhor Amado(Peace of the beloved Lord), the symbol resembles a trident, which is used to torture souls that go to hell. Apparently, all users of that vile technology are actually worshipers of Satan.

And the answer is..

USB Trident symbol.

10. Identify the company.The M-61 is aFinnishgas maskmanufacturedduring the 1960s. It was the standard issue gas mask for theFinnish Defense Forces, but was replaced by the updated M-95 in the 1990s. It is a side loading mask (meaning the filter attaches to the side) It uses 60 millimeter threads, but adapters are available to convert it to 40 millimeter threads. Who manufactured the mask?

And the answer is..

Nokia

11. What are these standards collectively called?

GSM, originally from Europe. IS-95 aka cdmaOne, commonly referred as simplyCDMAin the US. PDC, used exclusively in Japan iDEN, proprietary network used byNextelin theUnited StatesandTelus MobilityinCanadaIS-136akaD-AMPS

And the answer is..

2G Second Generation

12.Procedures performed in a controlled environment like a Petri dish and not on a living organism are given a name which is derived from the Latin words meaning within the glass. What is the name of such procedures?

And the answer is..

In Vitro (as in In Vitro Fertilisation)

13.Complete the following list.

Eduardo Saverin Chris Hughes Dustin Moskovitz and _________

And the answer is..

Mark Zuckerberg.

14. What does this pie chart depict?

And the answer is..

Articles in Wikipedia.

15.What common nickname is given to the following uprisings? (Dont forget, this is a Sci-Tech Quiz!) The 20102011 Tunisian Revolution, or Jasmine Revolution. 20092010 Iranian election protests, or Green Revolution. 2009 civil unrest in Moldova, or Grape Revolution.

And the answer is..

Twitter Revolution.

16. Identify the logo.

And the answer is..

Indian Institute of Science

17. This symbol used for denoting a particular quantity, stands for the German word, Intensitt meaning Intensity. It is an obsolete term as the quantity in question is no longer defined as intensity. However we still use the same symbol in everyday use.

What is the symbol and quantity in question?

And the answer is..

The letter I used for denoting Current.

18.This word was coined in the aftermath of a particular event in 2006. In January 2007, the American Dialect Society chose the word as its 2006 Word of the Year, defining it as to demote or devalue someone or something.

What is the word / What is the event?

And the answer is..

Pluto-ed after Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet.

19. What are we talking about?They take their name from the Greek for proper, unalterable, unbreakable, or untamed. They are thought to have been first recognized and mined in India, where significantalluvial depositsof the stone could be found many centuries ago along the riversPenner,KrishnaandGodavari. They have been known in India for at least 3,000 years but most likely 6,000 years.

And the answer is..

A girls best friend.

20.What did she help found in 1952, the foundation stone forwhich was laid by Jawaharlal Nehru?

And the answer is..

Adyar Cancer Institute.

21.Who is depicted on this banknote?

And the answer is..

Asclepius.

22. Notch filtering, an audio filtration technique, has been proposed to reduce the hazardous effects of this recently popular device. The device produces notes at a frequency of approximately 235Hz and its first partial at 465Hz. Later, the publication of adaptive filters by universities and organisations was found to increase overall performance.

What is the device in question?

HINT :

And the answer is..

Vuvuzela, used in the FIFA WC 2010. Also employed for a while in YouTube.

23. We often use the CC and BCC features in e-mails in order to send to multiple recipients.

Expand CC and BCC.

The expansion is actually derived from an older technology.

And the answer is..

Carbon Copy.

Blind Carbon Copy.

24. In the United States, thesentence, Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally is common.

In Danina McKellars books, the sentence proposed is : PandasEat:Mustard onDumplings, andApples withSpice.

What are we talking about?

And the answer is..

BODMAS Rule.

PEDMAS Parentheses, Exponent, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction.

25. For what purpose would one use this device?

And the answer is..

Morse Code.

26.

The seven companies shown in the previous slide, formed a particular alliance in 1999.

In 2002, they changed the name of the alliance to how we know it now. Many other companies have since joined the alliance.

What is the most famous trademark that is held by this alliance?

And the answer is..

Wi-Fi alliance which has the trademark for Wi-Fi.

27. Shown in the next slide is a poem, by Paul Board. It is a humourous reference to William Blakes The Tyger.

Identify the subject of the poem.

Who'd have thought your _____ ___Could have produced such toxic tricksOr provide the building blocksFor a plastic world (and cure the pox)?Aesthetic, perfect aromaticSubstitutes produce chromaticDyes that brighten every day. Thank you Mr. Faraday. Clothe our backs and cure our illsBlow or dull our brains with pills Ironic that your homologuesPollute our land and stock our smogs

And the answer is..

Benzene.

28.Douglas Englebert, along with the assistance of his colleagueBill English invented this device. They named the device after the fact that it had a cord attached to the rear part of the device suggesting a tail. Engelbert never received any royalties for coining the term, as his patent ran out before it became widely used in personal computers.

And the answer is..

Computer Mouse

29. Space Hawk, was a video game released by Mattel. The player's space suit in the game is equipped with a hyperspace function, that will randomly relocate the player to another section of space. Due to a bug, the player would repeatedly go to hyperspace. What did the game developers add to the game to explain the random entries into hyperspace?

And the answer is..

They added the concept of Black Holes.

30. Michael Boris Green is a British physicist and one of the pioneers of string theory. He has been awarded the Dirac and Maxwell Medals of the Institute of Physics, UK, the Dirac Medal of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Trieste) and the Dannie Heinemann Prize for Mathematical Physics of the American Physical Society. Arguably, he will be known to the layman as the person who succeeded _____.

Fill in the blanks.

And the answer is..

Succeeded Stephen Hawking as the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge.

HAND IN YOUR ANSWER SHEETS!