conglomeratesci tech quiz finals

X was the first of the second hundred of a

certain group. Due to the fact that its discovery came during the Cold War Y, its discoverer had to request

permission of the government of the United

States to propose that it be named for a Russian, but it was granted. The name "X“

was finally adopted in 1955. Id X

Seaborg naming the

101st element as

Mendelevium

This genetic disorder is due to a malfunction of a gene named X (named after a popular video game character) and its corresponding protein and it is mostly found in animals. Although cases of humans have also been reported. The name X is one of the weirdest names in biology as it has no connection to the disorder it causes. Y cats are the most famously found examples of this disorder and they are named suitably after a mythological character.X and Y ?

X – Sonic Hedgehog

Y- Janus Cats

On June 3, 2014, NASA released the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field image(pictured). What was

special about it ?

On June 3, 2014, NASA released the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field image composed of, for the first

time, the full range of ultraviolet to near-infrared light. Hubble Ultra-Deep Field

(HUDF) image with about 10000 galaxies in it HUDF is the biggest picture ever.

The colour of Dr. Manhattan in "Watchmen", the

radioactive green(actually blue) glow of the nuclear

power plant in "The Simpsons", blue glow of Godzilla before

the "fire breath" etc. are because of X radiation. It was discovered by a Nobel prize

winning Russian scientist after whom it is named. It is

described as the radiation emitted when a charged

particle enters a dielectric medium at a velocity larger

than the phase velocity of light in that medium. X?

Cherenkov Effect

Most people would say that X do it to save energy, which would be right.

But it turns out that they are actually pulling of a feat that’s more

complicated and more impressive than anyone had imagined. Here is

the standard explanation for it

As it flaps , a rotating vortex of air rolls off each of its _______. These

vortices mean that the air immediately behind X gets constantly pushed downwards (downwash), and the air behind it and off to the sides gets pushed upwards (upwash). If another X goes in either of these

upwash zones, it gets free lift. It can save energy by mooching off the air

flow created by its companion

Flight of a flock birds in a ‘V’

Round 2

Kuru is an incurable degenerative neurological disorder endemic to

tribal regions of Papua New Guinea. It is a type of

transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, caused by a

prion found in X. The term "kuru" derives from the Fore word "kuria/guria" ("to shake"), a

reference to the body tremors that are a classic symptom of the

disease; it is also known among the Fore as the "laughing

sickness" due to the pathologic bursts of laughter people would display when afflicted with the

disease. Id X

Humans

What we normally see are strings of random

characters falling from top to bottom of the screen. This effect is associated with a famous franchise,

that has inspired a lot things in popular culture, screensavers for instance.

Name the ‘effect’

Matrix Digital Rain

The book shown, dating back to the fag end of 19th century, are considered too dangerous to handle, so much so that they’re stored in rather safe manners. Studies claim that this will have to be so atleast until around 3511 AD. Put Funda

These books were Marie Curie’s,

considered to be radioactive even to this

day and atleast until 3511, forcing them to be stored in Lead lined

boxes. Their examination requires special undertakings

and permissions

This is Mohammed Quereshi, a Canadian chemist, tqking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to a

whole new level, by using Liquid Nitrogen instead of Ice Water. He survives quite easily due to X effect, which occurs when a liquid in near contact with the mass hotter than the liquid’s

boiling point produces an insulating vapour layer, which keeps the liquid from boiling

rapidly.

Name the X effect.

Da Vinci thought of it. So did Descartes. Adolf

Fick made the first successful model. The first popular ones were made of PMMA. What are we talking about?

Leidenfrost

Effect

William Moulton Marston, was an American psychologist and

inventor, who created Wonder Woman. Marston,

however has a claim to fame in science, as being

the creator of a device that mimics an equipment

possessed by Wonder Woman, or at least aims to do so. What was this

invention ?

Polygraph Test, an intended replica of Wonder

Woman’s Lasso of

Truth

Final Showd

own

There is a story about an Indian temple in Kashi Vishwanath which contains a large room with three time worn posts

surrounded by 64 golden disks. Brahmin priests, acting out an ancient prophecy, have been

moving them as per the immutable rules of Brahma, since that time. According to

legend, when the last move of the enigma will be complted,

the world will end.How’d a computer techy better

know such a problem ?

Tower of

Hanoi

Put Funda

IKEA’s way of making the Large Hadron Collider

Project Loon, an R&D project by Google, aims at providing

internet access to rural and remote areas. Which, rather

unlikely country, happened to be the first to get full LTE coverage

as a result of the project ?

Vatican City

Russia uses GLONASS, China uses COMPASS, if so who uses Galileo and

what are we talking about ?

These are Global positioning

systems used by nations – IRNSS by India, GPS by USA

The EU uses Galileo