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SCI-TECH QUIZ

QUIZ MASTER : NIKHIL NAGRAJ

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Rules

This is a written quiz

There are 25 questions.

The starred questions shall act as tiebreakers.

Quizmaster is God!

By what name do some

scientists and students

celebrate every 23rd October

between 6:02 pm and 6:03 pm

?

Q.1

Ans: MOLE DAY

6.022 x 10^23

Q.2 ID X & Y.

The QR code was invented in Japan by the X subsidiary

Y in 1994 to track vehicles during the manufacturing

process & was originally designed to allow components

to be scanned at high speed.

It has since become one of the most popular types of

two dimensional barcodes.

Ans :X- Toyota

Y- Denso Wave

This is a mascot of _____?Q.3

Ans: LINUX

The first bionic man was

unveiled in the London’s

Science Museum. He had

synthetic blood which was

given by The Sheffield University.

This bionic man’s name was X.

Give me X.

*Q.4

Ans : REX

Kaspersky Lab, the Russian cyber security

firm revealed that India is one among

various nations which are hit by the cyber

spying which has been targeting

governmental, diplomatic and scientific

research organizations for around 5 years.

What is the name of this cyber spying

campaign?

Q.5

Ans : RED OCTOBER

The Mayan Doomsday predictions

about the world ending on 21

December 2012 had failed and

additionally NASA ruled out the

asteroid collision with Earth in 2040.

What is the name of this asteroid

which was feared to be collided?

Q.6

Ans: 2011 AG5

This is the headquarters of which

company?Q.7

Ans : QUORA

We all know that snakes do not

have legs. Or do they?

In one species of snakes the

vestiges of hind legs were first

discovered. This species is _____.

Q.8

Ans : PYTHON

Sodium Azide is a compound very

commonly used in our cars for a

safety mechanism X. It was after

much difficulty a compound

compatible enough was found.

What is X ?

*Q.9

Ans : AIRBAGS

The Japanese scientists from the

Saitama University in the first

week of February 2013 filmed

for the first time, the thoughts of

which animal while it was

tracking its prey?

Q.10

Ans: FISH

Where will you find the

words “AKTIBOLAC” and

“OSAKEYHITO” ?

Q.11

Ans : THE ORIGINAL

NOKIA LOGO

Iran on 28 January 2013 announced

that it had successfully sent into space

a primate. Which primate did it send

into space?

Q.12

Ans : MONKEY

“To create a new standard takes something

that is not just a little bit different. It takes

something that is really new and captures

people’s imaginations. Macintosh meets

that standard”. These words were said

by____.

Q.13

Ans: BILL GATES

What is going on here?Q.14

Ans: OLD SNAKEY. A

VERSION OF THE GAME

SNAKE WHICH CAN BE

PLAYED IN GMAIL

He was the founder and chairman of

“Internet User’s Society of India” which was

established in 1995. Though the world wide

web was introduced in 1990, he was online

way before that through a telecom service

connection established with the help of

Steve Jobs.

He even had his own website

www.junglee.org.in. He is?

*Q.15

Ans: SHAMMI KAPOOR

This widely criticized Microsoft

product had a codename

“Utopia”. Identify.

Q.16

Ans: MICROSOFT B.O.B

While examinations are going on in

India, copying and cheating is

discouraged. But this company

produced a motto “We encourage

copying”. Which company am I talking

about?

Q.17

Ans: XEROX

What is this pic showing?Q.18

Ans: BILL GATE’S SETUP FOR

ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE

There is one Indian in the

“Internet Hall of Fame”. His

name is Dr. Srinivasan

Ramani. What did he do to

get his place there?

Q.19

Ans : CREATED INDIA’S

ACADEMIC NETWORK, ERNET

What did this inspire Google to do?*Q.20

Ans: TO DO A

BARREL ROLL

Whose gravesite?

Q.21

Ans: ERWIN SCHRODINGER

Name this deviceQ.22

Ans: NEWTON’S CRADLE

It is believed that X and Y weren’t

given the Nobel Prize because of their

animosity to each other. There is

circumstantial evidence that each

sought to minimize other’s

achievements and the right to win the

award, that both refused to accept it if

the other got it first and both rejected

any prospect of sharing it. X and Y are?

Q.23

Ans: EDISON AND TESLA

What is this?Q.24

Ans: Ipod CLICK WHEEL

X & his son Y are said to be the first

to use Missile technology/Rockets

in War. There is painting of one of

Y’s battles at NASA’s Wallops Flight

Facility, in Maryland.

Identify X & Y.

Q.25

X – Hyder Ali Y- Tipu Sultan