Open Science Quiz Prelims
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The document announces a quiz being held by the IISER Mohali Quiz Club on National Science Day 2012. Teams of two will participate in a fair quiz with 30 questions and internal tie-breakers. The quiz will test participants' knowledge on the significance of National Science Day as well as topics relating to science such as ISRO launches and scientists like VS Ramachandran.
Open Science Quiz Prelims
- 1. IISER Mohali Quiz Club presents National Science Day 2012
- 2. Teams of two Fair quizzing rules. 30 questions Internal tie-breakers
- 3. What is the significance of the day i.e. Why do we say 28th Feb as National Science Day ?
- 5. Launch log of ASLV and SlV
- 6. Give me the source.
- 7. ISRO Bhuwan
- 8. Andrew _____, the son of a farmer, was born in around 1770 and moved from his native Mevagissey in Cornwall to London in about 1787 to train as a barber. He completed his apprenticeship in 1789 and established a barber's shop in Gerrard Street in Soho and began to produce cosmetic products. At that time Soho was a wealthy residential area, and ______ clientele included many wealthy socialites who took great pride in their appearance. The fashion amongst the wealthy of the period was for pristine white complexions; tanned faces were associated with those who laboured out of doors. _____ found that his powders and creams were frequently being used to cover up damage caused by the harshness of the soaps and other beauty products (many of which contained arsenic or lead) that were in general use at the time. ____ began to experiment with soap purification and eventually managed to produce a gentle soap based on _______ and other natural products. The clarity of the soap gave it a novel transparent appearance which provided a marketing advantage. To add to the appeal, ________ gave the soap an aroma reminiscent of an English garden.
- 9. PEARS
- 10. A ___________ (sometimes spelled _____), also known as a shock cord, is an elastic cord composed of one or more elastic strands forming a core, usually covered in a woven cotton or polypropylene sheath. The sheath does not materially extend elastically, but it is braided with its strands spiraling around the core so that a longitudinal pull causes it to squeeze the core, transmitting the core's elastic compression to the longitudinal extension of the sheath and cord.
- 11. Bungee
- 13. V S Ramachandran
- 14. To ensure that trade in wild plants and animals is not a threat to the conservation of nature. Vision : Of a world in which trade in wild animals and plants will be managed at sustainable levels without damaging the integrity of ecological systems and in such a manner that it makes a significant contribution to human needs, supports local and national economies and helps to motivate commitments to the conservation of wild species and their habitats.
- 16. In biology,________ is the extracellular part of animal tissue whose main purpose is to provide structural support to the cells. Earlier, in medical terms, _____ is the organ of a female mammal in which the young are developed prior to birth. In mathematics, where it is mostly used,_______ is a rectangular array of numbers. ________ is also a 1999 science fiction-action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski.
- 17. Matrix
- 18. A__________ consists of a collection device and a "straw" attached to a cylinder. The cylinder contains two vials, which contain a solution of sulfuric acid, potassium dichromate, silver nitrate and water. The individual being tested blows into the straw for approximately two to four seconds. The object is to test the air from deep in the lungs, which will produce the most accurate reading in the form of a change in colour of the solution. The observed degree of colour change is based on the amount of evaporated ______ expelled in the breath. What test is being talked about ?
- 19. Breath Analyzer
- 21. Scoville heat units
- 23. DeFibrilator
- 25. Pythagoras
- 26. ______________ is celebrated on October 23rd. It officially starts at 6:02 A.M. and ends at 6:02 P.M on that day.
- 27. Mole day 6.02 * 10 ^23
- 28. George de Menstral while on a hunting trip with his dog in the Alps found that seeds of the above plants stuck to his legs and that of his dog as well.(Bigger picture next slide). He examined them under a microscope, and noted hundreds of "hooks" that caught on anything with a loop, such as clothing, animal fur, or hair. This was the inspiration behind X. Give me X.
- 30. Velcro
- 31. It was the unique dense golden hairs on the fly‘s abdomen that led me to name this fly in honor of X as well as giving me the chance to demonstrate the fun side of taxonomy — the naming of species” . Just give X.
- 32. Beyonce Knowles
- 33. The realistic proposal of this goes back to Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. His most famous work, (The Exploration of Cosmic Space by Means of Reaction Devices), was published in 1903, but this theoretical work was not widely influential outside of Russia. Then it became an engineering possibility with the work of Robert H. Goddard's publication in 1919 of his paper 'A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes‘.
- 34. Space Light
- 35. Robert Recorde was a physician. He entered the University of Oxford in about 1525, and was elected a fellow of All Souls College in 1531. Having adopted medicine as a profession, he went to the University of Cambridge to take the degree of M.D. in 1545. Thus it was obvious that this guy would have great future in medical world and that he did have, after all he did go to London, and acted as physician to King Edward VI and to Queen Mary. But the single greatest thing that Robert Recorde left behind was indeed great and definitely not very much linked to the field of medicine .Rather he changed mathematical notation forever. He invented something which he called ”Gemowe lines” .
- 37. Identify him and his claim to fame.
- 38. Creator of JAVA James Gosling
- 39. • Inventive. Innovative. Artistic. Imaginative. Thought provoking. Futuristic. Inspired. All words used to describe Homaro Cantu’s moto, an internationally recognized leader in the world of _____________. Chef and inventor, Cantu challenges culinary convention and diners, stretching the boundaries of the former and taking the latter on a post-modern, interactive and fantastical gastronomical ride. • What is the ingredient they use in almost 95% of their dishes ?
- 41. .“By shortening the labors, the invention of __________ doubled the life of the astronomer.” – Pierre Simon Laplace.
- 42. Logarithm
- 43. X, born on 10 March 1957, in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala is an Indian theoretical physicist. He is currently Distinguished Professor at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, (IUCAA) at Pune, India. His principal fields of research are Cosmology and the interface between Gravity and Quantum theory. X has received several national and international awards including the Birla Science Prize (1991), the Millennium Medal, Al-Khwarizmi International Award, Sackler Distinguished Astronomer, Miegunah Fellowship Award and the G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research. His work has won awards from the Gravity Research Foundation, USA five times, in 1984, 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2008. He is an elected Fellow of the three National Academies of Science in India. Some of his research papers have been rated as the ‘most influential paper of the year’. He has also been awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in the year 2007. ID X.
- 44. T. Padmanabhan
- 45. Id the blank in the comic strip.
- 47. One of very few substances of which the liquid phase is denser than its solid phase, which element was considered to be the last naturally occurring stable, non-radioactive element on the periodic table until scientists discovered in 2003 it’s half-life is actually 1.9*1019 years? The element with the atomic number 83 is heavy and brittle, used in cosmetics, medicines, and in medical procedures.
- 48. Bismuth
- 49. Which bird is known for making the longest annual migration, about 70,000 kilometres a year? It breeds in the southerly reaches of the Arctic and winters in Antarctic regions. The bird performs almost all of its tasks in the air landing only once every one to three years.
- 50. Arctic Tern
- 51. Give funda.
- 52. Apple does not support FLASH.
- 53. Id this mythical creature which gave Kekule the inspiration for the structure of Benzene.
- 55. ______________ is an oral based neuroaminidase inhibitor, which serves as an effective anti-viral by chemically cutting ties with the host cell. It was first developed by Gilead Sciences of USA and is marketed in Japan by Chugai Pharmaceuticals. Name it.
- 56. Oseltamivir. Trade name Tamiflu
- 57. This happens to be the only illustration in which famous book?
- 58. On the origin of species Charles Darwin
- 59. What is called a solidus if written as a diagonal line or a viniculum if written as a horizontal line?
- 60. The line between the numerator and the denominator in a fraction.
- 61. XYZ (Name has three parts) is an Indian nuclear experimental physicist, though he is presently working on nanocrystalline magnetic materials and alloy systems. He is also, however, interested in Earth Sciences like extinction boundaries and meteorites. XYZ sometimes talks about India's cultural values and ancient heritage . He is an avid Hindi poet. But most of all, he is best known for two of his works that has changed the lives of a lot of young people in India. ID XYZ.
- 62. Harish Chandra Verma
- 64. A Glorious Dawn We Are All Connected Our Place in the Cosmos The Unbroken Thread The Poetry of Reality (An Anthem for Science) The Case for Mars A Wave of Reason ______________ The Big Beginning Ode to the Brain Children of Africa (The Story of Us) The Quantum World Onward to the Edge The Greatest Show on Earth