Sc ent prelims answers

ScEnt Prelims
Roshan Jaisimha Dattatri

1 Simple question: Identify the Ferengi
In the video, you will see a Ferengi (the biggest capitalists in our quadrant of the
galaxy) lecturing the Klingon High Council about finances, mergers, economics, etc.

2 What miraculous effect does this berry have?
In the 1970s, the an attempt was made to commercialise the Miracle Berry
(Synsepalum dulcificum) in the USA, due to the miraculous effects without any
caloric penalty of the active glycoprotein with trailing carbohydrate chains called
miraculin. However, the FDA classified miraculin as a food additive.
There were controversies during this verdict with accusations against the
confectionary industry of sabotage and theft of research files, but the FDA denied
receiving any pressure from that industry.

It makes sour food taste sweet

3 Who was the man being accused of JFK’s
assassination?
•One of the eye witnesses, Dallas resident Marie Ellen Dodge said that she was
photographing the strange squinty man staring at something behind the president
at the Book Depository. “The focus in his eyes, you could feel it,” Dodge recalls.
“He wasn’t angry, but he was glaring. Intent.”
•“He had his hands raised. I heard the second shot, and then I saw the bullet. I
saw the actual bullet. It just kind of hung in there in mid-air for a second, and then
zipped away. Toward the limousine.
•This and the trajectory of the bullet (shown in the next slide) acted as
circumstantial evidence in this man’s trial for murder of JFK.

4 What is this list about, and what is X?
1. Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings
2. Azgoths of Kria
3. X

Worst poetry in the universe; Vogons

5 What is the popular name of this gene?
Lin28 is a gene present in most mammals, and is active during embryonal and
early foetal development. Researchers however, were able to reactivate this gene
in mice after their birth. Mice with this gene activated exhibited precocious
puberty, gigantism and excessive body hair.
A scientist in charge of this experiment clipped the toes of mice in which this gene
was activated so that he could identify them the next day before retiring for the
night . In the morning, he found that the toes had regenerated. In fact, these mice
could regenerate limbs and their tail too.

Why The Rock’s jump is impossible

8 What is X?
In 1955, John Todd and Kenneth Dewhurst published a paper detailing the so-
called "X syndrome." This Shakespearean moniker referred to "a dangerous form
of psychosis … [whose] central theme consists in a delusional belief in infidelity of
the spouse." If you’ve read the story, you’d know that X murders his wife because
he irrationally believed she’d had an affair. Some studies suggest this affliction is
most common among older men with a neurological disorder, rather than a
psychiatric one. It can lead people to kill their partners or, at the very least, subject
them to lie detector tests.

9 ID both actresses
These two actresses have a lot of similarities in their appearance and are both
well-known, starring in a number of high profile roles with several awards. One of
them in fact has won all 5 possible major awards for Best Actress for a certain
role. She came into prominence as a child actor at the age of 12 playing the lead
role as a young girl in a critically acclaimed crime thriller. At the age of 18, she
was cast as a certain queen in a highly successful franchise spanning over four
decades now.
Incidentally, the other actress, 4 years younger, played the body double of the
queen in the movie. While in costume, apparently their own mothers weren't able
to differentiate between them; such was their likeness. She is renown for her role
as the daughter of a Governor of England in a movie franchise spanning nearly
one and a half decades.

Natalie Portman and Keira Knightley

10.ID the work that inspired X,Y and Z. Also ID its
creator
X - Anagram of the SI unit of current.
Y - A portmanteau referring to a physical attribute due to its body hair and a type
of chemical cell.
Z - A portmanteau of the short form for the SI unit of current and the greek word
for lighthouse, given it resembles one (tall with a beacon on top)
X, Y, and Z are related to each other.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
By Philip K Dick

11 What did he get banned? How did he get it banned?
In 1997, Nathan Zohner, a 14-year-old student at Eagle Rock Junior High School
in Idaho Falls, Idaho, gathered 43 votes to ban a chemical, out of 50 ninth-graders
surveyed. Zohner received the first prize at Greater Idaho Falls Science Fair for
analysis of the results of his survey. In recognition of his experiment, journalist
James K. Glassman coined the term "Zohnerism" to refer to "the use of a true fact
to lead a scientifically and mathematically ignorant public to a false conclusion".

12 Which series of novels is this?
The author, well known for his works on Christian apologetics and fiction with
Christian themes, wrote this series of novels as a fictional parallel universe but
unwittingly incorporated Christian theologies in it. The whole series can be worked
out as an allegory of the Bible.
It opens with the Creation and how evil entered this realm. It is followed by the
Crucifixion and Resurrection and then then restoration of true religion after
corruption. The calling and conversion of a heathen follows and then the spiritual
life and the continuing war with the powers of darkness are detailed. The series
ends with the coming of the Antichrist (allegory), the end of the world and the Last
Judgement.

13 ID this word from its Urban Dictionary definitions
1. Getting crazy horny at parties or clubs, usually while extremely high. Typically
involves taking off your pants and panties.
2. (Verb) The ultimate abandonment of inhibition while having a good time. It is
akin to getting “crunk””, “raging”, or “going H.A.A.M”.
3. Taking off your pants and panties and shitting on the floor.

14 Identify her
This person is highly respected in the field of mycology, both as a scientist and as
an illustrator of the fungi. However, she is better known in another field. Here are
some of her illustrations.

15 ID X
For a few months, following the release of Rocky IV, a joke was making rounds in
Hollywood. Since Rocky Balboa had run out of earthly opponents, he would have
to fight an alien if a fifth installment of his boxing series were to be made.
Screenwriters Jim and John Thomas took the joke seriously and wrote a
screenplay based on the joke. The Thomas script for X was originally titled Hunter.
It was picked up by 20th Century Fox in 1985, and turned over to producer Joel
Silver who, based on his experience with Commando, seemed the right choice to
turn the science fiction pulp storyline into a big-budget film. Silver enlisted his
former boss Lawrence Gordon as co-producer and John McTiernan was hired as
director for his first studio film.

16. Identify the student and the work
American essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “If the stars should
appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and
preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God!”
While discussing this quotation with a certain graduate student in chemistry at
Columbia University, John W. Campbell told him to use it as a prompt for a short
story for the September 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. The student
came up with a 13000 word story in 23 days, and received $166 (at an astounding
rate of 1.25 cents per word).

17 Identify this physicist
Born in Amritsar, he was brought up in an environment replete with Urdu literature,
poetry, and Ghazals. Having read, and imbibed, dozens of classics emanating
from stalwarts like Mir, Ghalib, Zauq, Momin, Hali, Dagh and Iqbal, down to
modernists like AsGhar, Fani, Hasrat, Jigar, Firaq and Faiz, He finally turned to
writing Urdu poetry himself – but only around the year 1993, when he was close to
retirement from professorship at the University of Waterloo (yes, a Punjabi in
Kaneda), drawing a close to his illustrious career in theoretical physics.

18 ID this language
It is the language of education and learning among nobility, and is hardly used for
everyday communication.
This ancient language recognises four genders, ie Lunar Class, Solar Class,
Terrestrial Class, and Aquatic Class.
It boasts of two grammatical numbers apart from singular and plural, ie paucal and
collective.
Like other ancient languages such as Sanskrit, Greek (to an extent) and Tamil,
word order is flexible.

19
We know what the Wright brothers did, we’re not sure what Musk will do, but what
did Zephram Cochrane do on the 5th of April 2063, which is something we would
associate with Miguel Alcubierre today?

Invented warp drive on Earth and flew the first warp ship, meeting Vulcans

20. ID X and Y
Contact Lost, composed by Deep Purple was dedicated to honour the loss of X
and the brave souls on it. Y, who was lost on X was a big fan of Deep Purple and
often traded mails with them.

X - Columbia Space Shuttle
Y - Kalpana Chawla

7 What is this route’s claim to fame?
Bus 10A plies between Srinagar and Majestic via City Market. Other stops on the
route are Ganesh Bhavan, North Road and Sajjanrao Circle. Right now, the
frequency this route is limited, and has been replaced by Bangalore’s Big10 route
system. But this particular route still has a hallowed place in pop culture.

Rajnikanth’s bus route
Ain’t no quiz without thalaiva!

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