Scientia 13 semifinal

SCIENTIA ‘13 – ENCUESTA
SEMIFINAL ROUND
QM – OMKAR NAGESHKAR
PICT IET STUDENT CHAPTER

RULES
• There will be 30 questions in this round.
• Top 6 team from this round will qualify for the
Final Round.
ALL THE BEST!

QUESTION 1
• According to an estimate this mobile phone
feature results to a loss of about 20-25%
revenue of the telecom companies. In
Bangladesh this feature make up 70% of
cellular network traffic at any given time.
What am I talking about?

QUESTION 2
• Republic of China is a state in East Asia and the
first constitutional republic in Asia. What is the
capital of the Republic of China?

QUESTION 3
• This is a series of novels by Thomas Harris, of
which the first book was published in 1981. It
featured a certain character who was a
brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial
killer. The series was adapted into films and
also into a TV show fairly recently. Which
series am I talking about?

QUESTION 4
• What was the score-line in the finals of the
1936 Olympics played between the British
India Hockey Team and Germany where Dhyan
Chand scored a hat-trick?

QUESTION 5
• X and Y are actors who appeared in the movie
Z in 1991, which was a parody of a blockbuster
which starred Sylvester Stallone. 12 years later,
X and Y were reunited in an American sitcom
which was a broadcast on CBS. Identify X, Y
and Z.

QUESTION 6
• Who is the only tennis player to have won a
‘Calendar Slam’ twice, once in the amateur era
and once in the professional era?

QUESTION 7
Identify this famous
cathedral. In which
city is it located?

QUESTION 8
• Who were Dante’s guides in his journey from
Hell to Heaven through Purgatory in his epic
poem, The Divine Comedy?

QUESTION 9
• This organisation, after UN, is the largest
organisation in the world, having more than
205 member countries. It had its HQ at Vienna
in the 1930's which fell under Nazi control
during the Second World War and was moved
to Berlin. Which organization am I talking
about?

QUESTION 10
• It was first used in India on 1st July 1852. Its
shape was circular and it came in 3 colours
white, red and blue. The entire design is
enclosed in a circular belt, forming its border.
The circular belt contains an inscription, with
the belt buckle at the lower center showing
the holes for the buckle grip.

QUESTION 10 (CONTD.)
• Inside the circular border is a heart shape
divided into 3 segments, each segment
containing the letters E, I and C. Above the
heart is the number 4 which is aligned with
the central partition of the heart. What is
being described here?

QUESTION 11
• FIRE & ICE is the title of a 2012 exhibition by
the Smithsonian National Postal Museum that
brings together two marvels of rapid
transportation and communication around the
world.

• Each in its day promised the fastest possible
worldwide mail service. Each offered onboard
gentility and opulence. Each met a tragic end.
Identify a) Fire and b) Ice.

QUESTION 12
• With speeds of Mach 2.8 to 3.0, which is the
world's fastest cruise missile currently in
operation?

QUESTION 13
Identify the person
depicted on the
coin shown.

QUESTION 14
• In a star system, there is an orbital region that
is neither too hot nor too cold to allow liquid
surface water and thus the possibility of life.
What is such a region called popularly?

QUESTION 15
• Vincent van Gogh often visited the prostitutes
at a brothel on Rue du Bout d'Aeles as his
single emotional and sensuous point of
contact with other people. While there, he cut
off parts of his which ear after a confrontation
with Paul Gauguin?

QUESTION 16
• How many involuntary muscles are there in
the human body?

QUESTION 17
• Who is the only recipient of the highest civilian
awards of both India & Pakistan, the Bharat
Ratna & the Nishaan-e-Pakistan?

QUESTION 18
This a two
dimensional
representation of a
four dimensional
figure. Which
figure?

QUESTION 19
• In 1987, after turning 16, I began hacking
under the name "Mendax" (derived from a
phrase of Horace: "splendide mendax", or
"nobly untruthful").
• I joined two other hackers to form a group we
named the International Subversives.

• I wrote down the early rules of the subculture:
"Don't damage computer systems you break
into (including crashing them); don't change
the information in those systems (except for
altering logs to cover your tracks); and share
information."
• Who am I?

QUESTION 20
• A remarkable breakthrough in the field of
computer networks, this was developed at the
Paulo Alto Research Centre (PARC) by the
Xerox Corporation in 1976. What am I
describing?

QUESTION 21
This is a very
famous piece of
gum. What is its
claim to fame?

QUESTION 22
• What is the full form of PVR, one of the most
famous cinema chains in India?

QUESTION 23
• Which weather word comes from the
Caribbean god of evil, a deity in turn derived
from one of the Mayan creator gods whose
breath across the chaotic water had brought
forth dry land and later destroyed the men of
wood with a great storm and flood?

QUESTION 24
Identify the brand of
pens. This is special
edition with the
inscription of Gandhi’s
image. What is the
significance of the
numbers 4810 and
241?

QUESTION 25
• The oldest national anthem in the world
belongs to which country and what is it called?

QUESTION 26
• Who said this: “Investing in women is one of
the most powerful ways to fight poverty.”?

QUESTION 27
• The first major bombing of a civilian
population occurred in a Basque town in the
year 1937 during the Spanish Civil War when
Nazi bombers raided the town. Pablo Picasso
created a famous painting which highlighted
this destruction. What is the name of the
painting?

QUESTION 28
This is the official
mascot of
Monopoly. What is
his name?

QUESTION 29
• I am an American internet entrepreneur who
co-founded the social networking website
Facebook.
• I attended Harvard University as an economics
major for two years before I moved to Palo
Alto to work full-time on Facebook.

QUESTION 29
• I am the world’s youngest self-made
billionaire.
• Who am I?

QUESTION 30
MATCH THE FOLLOWING
TOURNAMENT
• FIFA WORLD CUP 2002
• FIFA WORLD CUP 2006
• UEFA EURO 2004
• UEFA EURO 2008
FOOTBALL
• ROTIERO
• EUROPASS
• FEVERNOVA
• TEAMGEIST

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