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Kinema
The Science and Tech quiz
Quizmaster:
Pratyush Pran Sarma
Rules and Regulations
Written. Lonewolf.
+10 for correct answers.
+20 if you star – mark your answers and they are
correct. -20 if they are wrong.
1. There are three kinds of ‘X’. Electron – ‘X’, Tau – ‘X’ and Mu – ‘X’.
Recent experiments have proved that ‘X’s do oscillate and
therefore, Tau – ‘X’ can change into Mu – ‘X’ and vice versa. The
observations were made by two research groups, one at the Super-
Kamiokande detector in Japan and the other at Sudbury X
Observatory in Canada. These observations and experiments led to
a certain discovery, which, will change the way we look at the
universe.
Which discovery ?? Specialty of the discovery ??
Kinema, The Science and Tech Quiz - Pragyanam 2015
Neutrinos have mass.
2015 Nobel Prize for Physics.
2. The nerves that start from our brain spread across all your body.
These nerves or wires end in the fingertips of your hand and feet.
While doing ‘X’, a circuit is immediately formed and the energies
of two bodies are connected. We become the ‘receptor’ of
energy and the other person become the ‘giver’ of energy.
Explanation of why we should do ‘X’. ‘X’ ??
Kinema, The Science and Tech Quiz - Pragyanam 2015
Saransparsh
3. Krishna Raja Sagara, also popularly known as KRS, is the name of
both a lake and the dam that creates it. It is located close to the
settlement of Krishnarajasagara. The dam is across Kaveri River,
in Mysore in Karnataka state, India. There is an ornamental garden
attached to the dam, called Brindavan Gardens.
Who designed it ??
Kinema, The Science and Tech Quiz - Pragyanam 2015
M. Visvesvaraya
4. He is known in Japan by its original name Mighty Atom and is a
Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka from 1952 to 1968.
The story follows the adventures of an android named ‘X’ and a selection of other
characters.
Osamu Tezuka created Atom to be, in the words of Frederik L. Schodt (creator of
the English-language version of the ’X’ manga), a "21st-century reverse-Pinocchio,
a nearly perfect robot who strove to become more human and emotive and to
serve as an interface between man and machine."
‘X’ ??
Kinema, The Science and Tech Quiz - Pragyanam 2015
Astro Boy
5. He is Lujendra Ojha, of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in
Atlanta
"We found the hydrated salts only when the seasonal features were widest, which
suggests that either the dark streaks themselves or a process that forms them is the
source of the hydration. In either case, the detection of hydrated salts on these
slopes means that water plays a vital role in the formation of these streaks," he
said.
^that led him to which conclusion ??
Kinema, The Science and Tech Quiz - Pragyanam 2015
Kinema, The Science and Tech Quiz - Pragyanam 2015
That Mars have water!
6. In the Assassin`s Creed universe,
‘X’ was an American inventor, scientist, and businessman and was a covert
member of the Templar Order, and used his influence to discredit ‘Y’, who
had invented the alternating current of electricity, which was more
efficient than ‘X’'s direct current.
In addition, ‘Y’ was in possession of an Apple of Eden, which had granted
him the efficient solution of alternating current electricity. ‘Y’ also planned
to set up a worldwide electrical grid with free power for all, based on his
discoveries from the Apple.
"Rot in hell, ‘X’."― ‘Y’ on ‘X’, before firing his particle beam weapon.
"I've already begun slandering ‘Y’ in the press. Just reallocate his funding,
and I'll take care of PE4 myself."― ‘X’ in a letter to John Pierpont Morgan.
Id ‘X’ and ‘Y’ !!
Kinema, The Science and Tech Quiz - Pragyanam 2015
X – Thomas Alva Edison
Y – Nikola Tesla
This is a video showing that in the movie, Willy Wonka and the
Chocolate Factory, when Charlie and Grandpa Joe sip a bit of
Wonka's "fizzy lifting drink" on the sly, they are immediately lifted off
their feet and into the air, floating among the bubbles. This,
presumably, is the result of all that carbonation inside their stomachs,
increasing Grandpa and Charlie's buoyancy to the point where it
can overcome the force of their own weight, lifting them into the air.
But thanks to a certain principle, the entire theory of them floating is
wrong. Which famous principle gives you their weight ??
Kinema, The Science and Tech Quiz - Pragyanam 2015
Archimedes principle
Thanks to good old Archimedes's principle, we can calculate the amount of
air that would need to be displaced to perform the lifting, and thus the
necessary increase in volume due to the drink's carbonation of the bodies of
Charlie and Grandpa Joe. As you can see, to counteract the force of his
mass (here we estimate his mass to be 70 kilograms), Grandpa would have to
swell up to a massive 54 cubic meters-if he was a sphere, he would be five
meters across (that's over 15 feet)
8. “The Private Eye, from Reflection Technology” has promised this
technology for decades but it has yet to find its place among the
mainstream array of personal electronic accessories. Numerous
attempts have been made. Forgettable ones include the virtual
reality mask worn by Pierce Brosnan’s character in the 1992 motion
picture “The Lawnmower Man” and Nintendo’s ill-fated “Virtual
Boy” gaming console in 1995. Back then, many users complained
that it made them nauseous and it wasn’t worth the expense.
Though more recently, it has been re – introduced and it has been
quite a hit.
What am I talking about ??
Kinema, The Science and Tech Quiz - Pragyanam 2015
Head-mounted Glasses/Google Glasses
9. Copper is a vital metal very useful to the human body. ________
_____ __ ___ _____ was one way our fore-fathers ensured we intake
sufficient copper as part of the water as rivers were the only
source of drinking water. Making it a custom ensured that all of us
follow the practice.
Which practice ??
Kinema, The Science and Tech Quiz - Pragyanam 2015
Throwing Coins Into A River
Thematic Link
1. In India, electromagnetic spectrum, being a scarce resource for wireless
communication, is auctioned by the Government of India to telecom companies for
use. As an example of its value, in 2010, 20 MHz of 3G spectrum
was auctioned for ₹67700 crore (US$10 billion). However, in January 2005, Antrix
Corporation (commercial arm of ____) signed a secret agreement with Devas
Multimedia (a private company formed by former ____ employees) for lease of _
band transponders (amounting to 70 MHz of spectrum) on two ____ satellites (GSAT 6
and GSAT 6A) for a price of ₹1400 crore (US$210 million), to be paid over a period of 12
years. If this 70 MHz of spectrum was sold at the 2010 auction price of the 3G spectrum,
its value would be over ₹200000 crore (US$30 billion). Thus, the Comptroller and Auditor
General of India considered the difference between the prices as a loss to the Indian
Government.
This initiated a long turn of events and led to which scam ??
Kinema, The Science and Tech Quiz - Pragyanam 2015
S – Band Spectrum Scam
2. Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean-Baptiste Le Gentil de la Galaisière or
Guilaume Le Gentil was a French astronomer. He was part of the international
collaborative project organized by Mikhail Lomonosov to measure the distance
to the Sun, by observing the transit of Venus at different points on the earth.
One of his interesting findings was that the duration of the lunar eclipse of 30
August 1765 was predicted by a Tamil astronomer, based on the computation
of the size and extent of the earth-shadow, and was found short by 41 seconds,
whereas the charts of Tobias Mayer were long by 68 seconds.
Question is, who is this Tamil astronomer ??
Kinema, The Science and Tech Quiz - Pragyanam 2015
Aryabhatta
3. On 56th indepence day, August 15 2003, India’s Prime Minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee announced.
“Our country is now ready to fly high in the field of science. I am
pleased to announce that India will send her own spacecraft to the
____ by 2008. It is being named ‘X’”.
‘X’ ??
Kinema, The Science and Tech Quiz - Pragyanam 2015
Chandrayaan – 1
4. ‘X’ was a graduate of the University of the Punjab in Lahore, British
India (now Pakistan), where he completed a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics
and Bachelor of Science in physics, followed by a Master of Arts in mathematics
from the same institution. In 1943, he moved to the United States to further his
education. He attended the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis and completed
a Bachelor of Engineering in mechanical engineering. In 1947, he completed
a Master of Science in aerospace engineering and Aeronautical Engineer’s
Degree from the California Institute of Technology followed by a double PhD. in
mathematics and aerospace engineering under the supervision of his advisor
Dr. Hans W. Liepmann in 1951.
Most of his contributions are written in the book “Boundary Layer Theory” by
Hermann Schlichting. He set up the country's first supersonic wind tunnel at IISc.
He also pioneered research on relaminarization of separated boundary layer
flows, three-dimensional boundary layers and trisonic flows.
‘X’ ??
Kinema, The Science and Tech Quiz - Pragyanam 2015
Satish Dhawan
5. ‘X’ crater is a small, circular, bowl-shaped crater on the Mare
Serenitatis, in the northeast quadrant of the Moon. The formation is
relatively isolated, being located to the northeast of the
crater Bessel. It lies along a wrinkle ridge designated the Dorsum
Azara.
This crater was previously identified as Bessel A before being
renamed by the IAU in 1973.
‘X’ ??
Kinema, The Science and Tech Quiz - Pragyanam 2015
Vikram
Sarabhai
The Link is
ISRO
Kinema, The Science and Tech Quiz - Pragyanam 2015

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Kinema, The Science and Tech Quiz - Pragyanam 2015

  • 3. Rules and Regulations Written. Lonewolf. +10 for correct answers. +20 if you star – mark your answers and they are correct. -20 if they are wrong.
  • 4. 1. There are three kinds of ‘X’. Electron – ‘X’, Tau – ‘X’ and Mu – ‘X’. Recent experiments have proved that ‘X’s do oscillate and therefore, Tau – ‘X’ can change into Mu – ‘X’ and vice versa. The observations were made by two research groups, one at the Super- Kamiokande detector in Japan and the other at Sudbury X Observatory in Canada. These observations and experiments led to a certain discovery, which, will change the way we look at the universe. Which discovery ?? Specialty of the discovery ??
  • 6. Neutrinos have mass. 2015 Nobel Prize for Physics.
  • 7. 2. The nerves that start from our brain spread across all your body. These nerves or wires end in the fingertips of your hand and feet. While doing ‘X’, a circuit is immediately formed and the energies of two bodies are connected. We become the ‘receptor’ of energy and the other person become the ‘giver’ of energy. Explanation of why we should do ‘X’. ‘X’ ??
  • 10. 3. Krishna Raja Sagara, also popularly known as KRS, is the name of both a lake and the dam that creates it. It is located close to the settlement of Krishnarajasagara. The dam is across Kaveri River, in Mysore in Karnataka state, India. There is an ornamental garden attached to the dam, called Brindavan Gardens. Who designed it ??
  • 13. 4. He is known in Japan by its original name Mighty Atom and is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka from 1952 to 1968. The story follows the adventures of an android named ‘X’ and a selection of other characters. Osamu Tezuka created Atom to be, in the words of Frederik L. Schodt (creator of the English-language version of the ’X’ manga), a "21st-century reverse-Pinocchio, a nearly perfect robot who strove to become more human and emotive and to serve as an interface between man and machine." ‘X’ ??
  • 16. 5. He is Lujendra Ojha, of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta "We found the hydrated salts only when the seasonal features were widest, which suggests that either the dark streaks themselves or a process that forms them is the source of the hydration. In either case, the detection of hydrated salts on these slopes means that water plays a vital role in the formation of these streaks," he said. ^that led him to which conclusion ??
  • 19. That Mars have water!
  • 20. 6. In the Assassin`s Creed universe, ‘X’ was an American inventor, scientist, and businessman and was a covert member of the Templar Order, and used his influence to discredit ‘Y’, who had invented the alternating current of electricity, which was more efficient than ‘X’'s direct current. In addition, ‘Y’ was in possession of an Apple of Eden, which had granted him the efficient solution of alternating current electricity. ‘Y’ also planned to set up a worldwide electrical grid with free power for all, based on his discoveries from the Apple. "Rot in hell, ‘X’."― ‘Y’ on ‘X’, before firing his particle beam weapon. "I've already begun slandering ‘Y’ in the press. Just reallocate his funding, and I'll take care of PE4 myself."― ‘X’ in a letter to John Pierpont Morgan. Id ‘X’ and ‘Y’ !!
  • 22. X – Thomas Alva Edison Y – Nikola Tesla
  • 23. This is a video showing that in the movie, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, when Charlie and Grandpa Joe sip a bit of Wonka's "fizzy lifting drink" on the sly, they are immediately lifted off their feet and into the air, floating among the bubbles. This, presumably, is the result of all that carbonation inside their stomachs, increasing Grandpa and Charlie's buoyancy to the point where it can overcome the force of their own weight, lifting them into the air. But thanks to a certain principle, the entire theory of them floating is wrong. Which famous principle gives you their weight ??
  • 25. Archimedes principle Thanks to good old Archimedes's principle, we can calculate the amount of air that would need to be displaced to perform the lifting, and thus the necessary increase in volume due to the drink's carbonation of the bodies of Charlie and Grandpa Joe. As you can see, to counteract the force of his mass (here we estimate his mass to be 70 kilograms), Grandpa would have to swell up to a massive 54 cubic meters-if he was a sphere, he would be five meters across (that's over 15 feet)
  • 26. 8. “The Private Eye, from Reflection Technology” has promised this technology for decades but it has yet to find its place among the mainstream array of personal electronic accessories. Numerous attempts have been made. Forgettable ones include the virtual reality mask worn by Pierce Brosnan’s character in the 1992 motion picture “The Lawnmower Man” and Nintendo’s ill-fated “Virtual Boy” gaming console in 1995. Back then, many users complained that it made them nauseous and it wasn’t worth the expense. Though more recently, it has been re – introduced and it has been quite a hit. What am I talking about ??
  • 29. 9. Copper is a vital metal very useful to the human body. ________ _____ __ ___ _____ was one way our fore-fathers ensured we intake sufficient copper as part of the water as rivers were the only source of drinking water. Making it a custom ensured that all of us follow the practice. Which practice ??
  • 33. 1. In India, electromagnetic spectrum, being a scarce resource for wireless communication, is auctioned by the Government of India to telecom companies for use. As an example of its value, in 2010, 20 MHz of 3G spectrum was auctioned for ₹67700 crore (US$10 billion). However, in January 2005, Antrix Corporation (commercial arm of ____) signed a secret agreement with Devas Multimedia (a private company formed by former ____ employees) for lease of _ band transponders (amounting to 70 MHz of spectrum) on two ____ satellites (GSAT 6 and GSAT 6A) for a price of ₹1400 crore (US$210 million), to be paid over a period of 12 years. If this 70 MHz of spectrum was sold at the 2010 auction price of the 3G spectrum, its value would be over ₹200000 crore (US$30 billion). Thus, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India considered the difference between the prices as a loss to the Indian Government. This initiated a long turn of events and led to which scam ??
  • 35. S – Band Spectrum Scam
  • 36. 2. Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean-Baptiste Le Gentil de la Galaisière or Guilaume Le Gentil was a French astronomer. He was part of the international collaborative project organized by Mikhail Lomonosov to measure the distance to the Sun, by observing the transit of Venus at different points on the earth. One of his interesting findings was that the duration of the lunar eclipse of 30 August 1765 was predicted by a Tamil astronomer, based on the computation of the size and extent of the earth-shadow, and was found short by 41 seconds, whereas the charts of Tobias Mayer were long by 68 seconds. Question is, who is this Tamil astronomer ??
  • 39. 3. On 56th indepence day, August 15 2003, India’s Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee announced. “Our country is now ready to fly high in the field of science. I am pleased to announce that India will send her own spacecraft to the ____ by 2008. It is being named ‘X’”. ‘X’ ??
  • 42. 4. ‘X’ was a graduate of the University of the Punjab in Lahore, British India (now Pakistan), where he completed a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics and Bachelor of Science in physics, followed by a Master of Arts in mathematics from the same institution. In 1943, he moved to the United States to further his education. He attended the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis and completed a Bachelor of Engineering in mechanical engineering. In 1947, he completed a Master of Science in aerospace engineering and Aeronautical Engineer’s Degree from the California Institute of Technology followed by a double PhD. in mathematics and aerospace engineering under the supervision of his advisor Dr. Hans W. Liepmann in 1951. Most of his contributions are written in the book “Boundary Layer Theory” by Hermann Schlichting. He set up the country's first supersonic wind tunnel at IISc. He also pioneered research on relaminarization of separated boundary layer flows, three-dimensional boundary layers and trisonic flows. ‘X’ ??
  • 45. 5. ‘X’ crater is a small, circular, bowl-shaped crater on the Mare Serenitatis, in the northeast quadrant of the Moon. The formation is relatively isolated, being located to the northeast of the crater Bessel. It lies along a wrinkle ridge designated the Dorsum Azara. This crater was previously identified as Bessel A before being renamed by the IAU in 1973. ‘X’ ??