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VECTOR 2016QUIZ FINALS
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RULESInfinite Pounce: +20/-10
+10 flat scoring on direct and passes
A team which has pounced can not answer on
a pass or direct, even if their answer on
pounce is incorrect.
Most important rule on next slide -
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Q1.
In mathematics, it is a matrix with one row or one column.
In biology, it is an organism, typically a biting insect or tick, that
transmits a disease or parasite from one animal or plant to another.
It is also a well known term in high school physics.
In many programming languages, it denotes a one dimensional array.
In aeronautics, it is the course or compass direction of an airplane.
In Physics, it is described as the direction and magnitude with which
an object is in motion.
What is being talked about?
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Vector
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Q2.
In which slot is the car parked?
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Q3.
This Indian-Canadian mathematician won the Fields medal in 2014. He was born in Hamilton and holds professorships at IIT Bombay and Tata Institute of fundamental research. He also learnt the Tabla from Dr. Zakir Hussain. Which very famous Indian?
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Manjul Bhargava
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Q4.
Explain what the function Ta of a number X does.
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Taxi Cab Function
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Q5.
The puzzle, known as Number Place in the US, was first published in New York in the late 1970s by the puzzle publisher Dell in its magazine Math Problems and Logic Puzzles. It became immensely popular in the UK in 2005, stimulating international interest. Which Japanese puzzle am I talking about?
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Sudoku
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Q6.
What is called Solidus if written diagonally or Vinculum if written horizontal?
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The line between the denominator and the
numerator
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AUDIENCE QUESTION
22 December, 2016
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Q7.
“The Man Who Knew Infinity” is a book/movie based on who’s life?
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Ramanujan
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Q8.
A ______is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, though not necessarily, circular) to a point called the apex or vertex. It also serves as the medium of delivery of one of our favourite desserts Identify.
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Cone
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Q9.
The subject was studied by sea captains for navigation, cartographers, engineers etc. Originally developed for solving problems pertaining to triangles, the first recorded history of this subject is in 140 BC by greek mathematician Hipparchus. Which subject?
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Trigonometry
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Q10.
It has long been disputed over who should take the credit of the invention of this device – Isaac Newton or Gottfried Leibniz. It is said that Newton had invented it but kept it to himself for his personal research until Leibniz came made it tried to patent it although there is no real proof to his story. Which branch of mathematics, frequently used in other fields, am I talking about?
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Calculus
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Q11.
In a chess tournament 120 players were participating. To determine the winner, what is the minimum number of knockout matches should be played?
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119
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Q12.
If prime numbers that differ by 2 are called Twin Primes, then what are the prime numbers that differ by 4 called?
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Cousin primes
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X:Y
AUDIENCE QUESTION
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Q13.
The first X was held in Romania in 1959. Since then it has been held every year except in 1980. Because of this eastern origin, the X were first hosted only in eastern European countries, and gradually spread to other nations. It consists of six problems. Each problem is worth seven points, so the maximum total score is 42 points. No calculators are allowed. It is held over two consecutive days; each day the contestants have four-and-a-half hours to solve three problems. Identify X, who shares it name with something that a lot of us attempt every year.
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International Mathematics Olympiad
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Q14.
Who is famous for having developed a method of checking primes from 1 to 100 through a ‘sieve’?
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Eratosthenes
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Q15.
Which famous theorem states that in a right angled triangle, The sum of squares of the base and height will be equal to the square of the hypotenuse?
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Pythagoras Theorem
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Q16.
Which famous mathematician is famous for having given a theorem which states that the there cannot exist a set of three numbers such that xa +ya = za where a is a natural number greater than 2?
Note that when a=2, then the theorem becomes Pythagoras theorem.
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Fermat
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Q17.
Identify this gentleman who plays an influential role in the lives of school children.
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R.D. Sharma
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Q18.
She was an Indian writer and mental calculator, popularly known as the "human computer". A child prodigy, her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records. She died in 2013 in Bengaluru, India. Identify this legend.
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Shakuntala Devi
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Identify the famous formula
AUDIENCE QUESTION
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Q19.
Identify this famous mathematician, extremely famous in the field of Geometry.
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Euler
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Q20.
The X system is a system which uses one or more numbers, or Xs, to uniquely determine the position of a point. It was developed by Rene Descartes. Identify.
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Coordinate System
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Q21.
Radhanath Sikdar was a famous Indian mathematician who did something pertaining to the geography of a certain region around India. He was an expert at trigonometry. What did he measure?
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Height of Mt. Everest
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Q22.
Which sub unit of mathematics borrows it’s name from Arabic for ‘ Reunion of broken parts?
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Algebra
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Q23.
The CAPTCHA test in the computing field can be attributed to which famous mathematician/ computer pioneer?
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Alan Turing
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Q24.
The X problem were named so by Paul Erdős as they led to the marriage of his close friends George Szekeres and Esther Klein. The problem consists of the following statement:
Theorem: any set of five points in the plane in general position has a subset of four points that form the vertices of a convex quadrilateral.
X also shares its name with a bollywood movie starring Saif Ali Khan and Ileanea D’Cruz.
ID X
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Happy Ending Problem :)
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6 questions open to all teams on stage.
Teams will wager 10, 20 or 30 points before
seeing the question.
± the points wagered for a correct / incorrect
answer.
RULES / THE GAME CHANGER
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1This puzzle was invented by the French mathematician Édouard Lucas in 1883. There is a story about an Indian temple in Kashi Vishwanath which contains a large room with three time-worn posts in it surrounded by 64 golden disks. Brahmin priests, acting out the command of an ancient prophecy, have been moving these disks, in accordance with the immutable rules of the Brahma, since that time. The modern variant of the game is named after a town in Vietnam. What?
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Tower of Hanoi Problem
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2
The name of which concept in Mathematics comes from the Latin word
meaning meaning “I meet together, I agree”?
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Congruence
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3
The ancient Indian poet Pingala is knownfor developing a unique system for defining the metre of his poetry. His system was similar to the Morse Code and involved classifying long and short words. His work went on to become a major influence to the modern world of computing. How do we better know Pingala’s work?
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01100010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001
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4
The Principia Mathematica(abbreviated PM) is a three-volume work on the
foundations of mathematics, written by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell. It was an attempt to describe a set of axioms and inference rules in symbolic logic from which all mathematical truths could in principle be proven. Famously, several hundred pages of the PM have been used to prove the validity of which mathematical truth?
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1 + 1 = 2
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5
The consistent saddle shape of X is mathematically known as a hyperbolic paraboloid.
The designers used supercomputers to ensure that the X’s aerodynamics and sturdiness during transport and packaging. What am I talking about?
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6
2004: 5
2005: 1
2008: 3
2009: 2
2011: 2020
2014: 0.5
2016: 1
Connect these numbers.
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Chetan Bhagat
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