Horizons (Finals) - Astronomy Quiz - IIITDMJ2018

Quiz Masters:
Arnav Deep
Aditya Baurai
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FINALS
"Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and
beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he
lives."
— Socrates, Philosopher

Rules:
➔ 6 Questions
➔ Pounce is open for all
➔ One direct for each team
➔ +20/-10 on the pounce
➔ +10 on direct, +5 on pass
➔ QM is God

1. The Sylacauga meteorite fell on Earth on
November 30, 1954. The meteorite is also named
Hodges meteorite after Ann Elizabeth Fowler
Hodges, an ordinary citizen, who, on the same day
when the meteor struck, was written into history
because of an incident. This incident is known to be
the first ever recorded of its kind. The incident
badly bruised Ann Elizabeth.
What incident is being talked about?

Answer:
Ann Elizabeth was hit by this meteorite.
The first documented extraterrestrial object to
have injured a human being.

2. _____ ____ _____ _________ 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.

Answer:
James Webb Space Telescope

3. Actor Ryan Gosling and director Damien
Chazelle teamed up after La La Land to deliver
another epic. The movie released on 11 October,
2018, is about one of the most famous man on the
planet (and also on the nearest celestial body). This
movie is based on the life of that man around the
time of the event.
ID the man being talked about. Also, the movie is so
aptly titled what? Both answers on pounce.

Answer:
Neil Armstrong. First Man.

4. The X is a privately funded fully reusable launch
vehicle and spacecraft system in development by
SpaceX. This super heavy-lift launch vehicle, if
successful, will be used for colonization and space-
tourism (lunar mission), carrying a payload of
100,000 kg. This launch vehicle got attention due to
its name.
ID X

Answer:
Big Falcon Rocket (BFR)

5. X holds the record for the only person to cross
the Atlantic in a hot-air balloon. X was knighted by
the Queen in 1999 and also awarded by the UN. X
has over 400 companies under their companies
name. This company is more than an airline. X wrote
their autobiography and titled it as a pun on his
company.
ID this business magnate X.

6. Following is an exhaustive list of something in
order:
58.64, -243.02, 1, 1.03, 0.41, 0.43, -0.72, 0.67
What is it that we are talking about?

Answer:
Rotation period of all the planets w.r.t. Earth.

Rules:
➔ 5 Questions
➔ 40 seconds
➔ +10 on correct
➔ No negatives
➔ QM is God

Horizons (Finals) - Astronomy Quiz - IIITDMJ2018

1. This is a gem by Philip Plait. Here he is concerned
about people equating things to religions.
Obviously the character in the comic (image on next
slide) is mad after someone tells him Jesus is better
instead of the central character who is capable of
time travel. You have to say it is quite a godly talent
of always landing into same place.
Who?

2. Connect this list which is in order of what is
being talked about here:
Ermis, Aphrodite, Gaia, Ares, Dias, Kronos,
Ouranos, Poseidon

Answer:
Planets named after Greek Gods

3. 'The Dynamics of an Asteroid' is a fictional book written by X.
His arch nemesis Y remarked, "Is he not the celebrated author of
The Dynamics of an Asteroid, a book which ascends to such
rarefied heights of pure mathematics that it is said that there was
no man in the scientific press capable of criticizing it?"
This book is said to be inspired by Carl Friedrich Gauss' ground-
breaking treatise on the dynamics of an asteroid used, till date,
for orbit calculation. Another inspiration is Simon Newcomb who
had published a series of books analysing motions of planets in
the solar system. The notoriously spiteful Professor Newcomb
could have been the inspiration for X.
ID X.

Answer:
Professor James Moriarty

4. 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’.

5. What did SpaceX tweet about?

6. Connect the following to one person
The Simpsons, The Big Bang Theory, Alien Planet,
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Star Trek: The
Next Generation, Futurama, The Fairly OddParents

Rules:
➔ 1 Question, 5 Connect
➔ Pounce to answer
➔ No direct
➔ Scores are written on each slide
➔ You can guess once on each slide
➔ QM is God

From the next slide, there are some statements.
Find what they are explanations of.

+80/-50
Parallax, a pseudonym, first observed this and
wrote a book about it. He came up with this idea by
observing his friend drive away in a boat, on a
straight lake, as far as they could.

+60/-30
The Sun moves closer and farther from the earth
creating seasons.

+40/-20
The boundary is covered with a wall of ice all
around and no one can get out of it.

+20/-10
Tide shifts are connected to (or caused because of)
a magnet at the center of the Earth.

+10
The Sun spins around the Earth.

Rules:
➔ 4 Questions
➔ Pounce to answer
➔ No direct
➔ Scoring scheme: (70-N*10)
➔ No negatives
➔ QM is God

1. X is the name of a notorious cult from San Diego,
California who believed in the existence of UFOs
and after life. In 1997, all the members of X
participated in one of the darkest events of
astronomical and modern space history. All 39
members of the cult committed suicide so that
aliens could take them through a portal to proper
afterlife.
Name the cult X that was so obsessed with this
portal.

2. One of the only mission to this destination, X is a
probe launched in August 2018. This NASA probe is
designed to go through harsh conditions and
achieve the closest approach to its target, i.e., 9.86
solar radii. X holds the record for being the closest
man-made object near Y, its destination.
ID X and Y.

Answer:
X - Parker Solar Probe
Y - Sun

3. What according to Flat-Earthers keeps humans
and water on earth from falling off the edge?
Out of the many theories, this one can be valid for
every scenario, but totally not practical. This is an
effect that is named after a classic game with similar
structure to its levels.
Give the name of the “effect”.

4. Apparently even superheroes need astronomers'
help. X is a quite famous science communicator and
astrophysicist. He appears in a recent DC Comics
issue to help Y, a legendary superhero find his long
lost home planet.
ID X & Y.

Answer:
X - Neil deGrasse Tyson
Y - Superman

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