quantum 14 challenger round
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Quantum Quiz 2014 Challenger Round Organized by Q-BITTRANSCRIPT
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Pick Your Pill
• Science• Tech• Entertainment• India• Business
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SCIENCE
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Science - #1
• This titanium-rich mineral with the chemical formula (Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O5 was first found at Tranquility Base on the Moon in 1969, and named Armalcolite.
• Give funda.
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Armstrong-Aldrin-Collins(Discoverers)
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Science - #2
• 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 the other’s achievements and right to win the award, that both refused to ever accept the award if the other received it first, and that both rejected any possibility of sharing it.
• The world now popularly views Y as a inventive genius ahead of his time and X as a money-making schemer.
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Edison and Tesla
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Science - #3
• In 1938, a gentleman named Roy Plunkett was attempting to make a new CFC refrigerant. He observed that the tetrafluoroethylene gas in the bottle stopped flowing before the bottle’s weight had dropped to the point signaling ‘empty’. He finally resorted to cut the bottle apart and found a waxy white material which was oddly slippery.
• What was thus accidentally discovered?
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Teflon
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Science - #4• This spectacular phenomenon occurs
when charged particles originating from the magnetosphere and solar wind are directed by the earth's magnetic field into the atmosphere, leading to a brilliant display at the Earth's extremeties.
• Name the phenomenon.
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Aurora (Australis and Borealis)
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BACK
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TECH
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Tech - #1
• A version of this software was released on October 10, 2010. This departure from the usual release at the end of October was a playful reference to the all-important 42 (101010 in binary).
• Various versions are named as an adjective followed by an animal.
• The software deals with managing computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs.
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Ubuntu
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Tech - #2
• This company was originally spun off from Acer in 2001. Its first mobile phone was the M775C, following which it has manufactured a variety of phone styles ranging from bar and clamshell phones to Windows smartphones. The slogan of the company is “bringing enjoyment and quality to life.”
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BenQ – “Bringing Enjoyment and Quality to Life”
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Tech - #3
• X is a company found in 1937 by Edwin Land operating in the field of consumer electronics and eyewear, started in order to commercialize the invention made by Mr. Land. The name of the invention (and the company) became so popular that X became a generic name for any such product.
• In 2011, X launched an instant mobile printer, designed by its creative director Lady Gaga, which allows people to directly print from mobile phone or digital camera.
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Polaroid
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Tech - #4• A bachelor in Computer Science
from MIT, Steve Jobs was impressed by his prowess when he reverse-engineered Apple’s file system so that his startup’s logo appeared elegantly tucked inside.
• The company founded by this personality arose from an idea which came when he forgot his flash drive on a bus.
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Dropbox
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BACK
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ENTERTAINMENT
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Entertainment - #1
• In the world of entertainment, how do we better know the movie moguls Jack, Harry, Albert and Sam?
• Hint: (They’re related)
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Warner Bros.
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Entertainment - #2
• There is a school for ‘Gifted Youngsters’ at 1407 Graymalkin Lane in Salem Center, a city in Westchester County, New York, although every human can see it as the Westchester chapter of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
• What is the school dedicated to?
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X-Men
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Entertainment - #3
• In 2013, they were ranked 5th, 4th, 3rd and 2nd respectively (clockwise from top left) on a particular list. Who was number one?
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Scrooge McDuck(Forbes List of Richest Fictional Characters 2013)
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Entertainment - #4
• These are the only 2 Pokemon games that do not have Nintendo as their publishers.
• Who published these games?
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PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals)
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BACK
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INDIA
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India - #1
• The XY is the senior-most ‘Y’ regiment of the Indian Army, and 8th in the order of precedence of all infantry regiments.
• X is derived from a Sanskrit word which was the old name of Rajasthan, literally meaning ‘son of a king’.
• Y is designed to be used from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves cut into the barrel walls.
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Rajputana Rifles
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India - #2
• This book is divided into 5 parts:– Mitra-bheda– Mitra-labha or Mitra-samprapti– Kakolukiyam– Labdhapranasam– Apariksitakarakam
• Name the book.
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Panchatantra
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India - #3
• Some of the famous books written by which recently deceased Indian author?
• Delhi: A Novel, 1990• The Company of Women, 1999• Truth, Love and a Little Malice (autobiography), 2002• The Illustrated History of the _______, 2006 (Giveaway
hint blanked out)• Why I Supported the Emergency: Essays and Profiles, 2009• The Good, the Bad and the Ridiculous, 2013 (Co-authored
with Humra Qureshi)
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Khushwant Singh
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India - #4
• In the mid-19th century, most of the cotton for British textile mills came from North America. India produced a large quantity of raw cotton.
• The failure of the American cotton crop in 1846 followed by the Civil War from 1861 to 1865 created a urgent need for an alternative supply. In India lay the answer.
• Which famous organization resulted thereof?
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Indian Railways
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BACK
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BUSINESS
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Business - #1
• A research analyst at Morgan Stanley coined a term to identify these five nations as economies that have become too dependent on foreign investment to finance their growth ambitions.
• The term has caught on to a large extent because it highlights the strains that occur when countries place too much emphasis on external investments.
• What two-word term?
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Fragile Five
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Business - #2
• It refers to people who have been laid off from a multinational because their job has been outsourced to India - a business practice designed to save money that is arousing passions in some countries, especially Britain and the United States.
• Which term?
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“Bangalored”
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Business - #3• Back in the 1990s, this organization started an
integrated campaign to underline its efforts to trademark its own name.
• The campaign became famous through the line:"You cannot ____________ a _____________ on a _____________.
• Identify the organization/term.
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Xerox Corporation
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Business - #4
• Part of a series of ads in a campaign for which product?
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Levi’s Low-Rise Jeans
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