UTPT 2011 Sci-Tech Quiz Prelims

8/7/2019 UTPT 2011 Sci-Tech Quiz Prelims

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Prelims


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T eams of three or two. No lonewolves allowed please.

Fill in appropriate details. PHONENUMBER without fail.

30 Questions. No negative. So, feelfree to take as random a guess asyou want to.

Top 8 make it through to the finals. Part points offered at QMs

discretion.


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Identify the extraordinary machine.

Speed 1T

era HertzMemory 1 Zetta Byte.

Employs Zigbee protocol for datatransfer to help people in examinations.


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A nd the answer is..


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T he World Stupidity A wards is an awardceremony that recognizes achievement in

ignorance and stupidity during the pastyear. T he WS A was founded in 2003 byfilmmaker A lbert Nerenberg.

In 2007, who won the award in theStupidest Statement of the Yearcategory?


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V ideo.


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Salvador Dali

Inspired by the Bikini

A toll bombings.


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Identify the blank.

Helium Sun Selenium Moon Uranium Uranus Cerium Ceres

? Earth


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T ellurium.


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Enzymes called alliinases break downamino acid sulphoxides and generatesulphenic acids. A specific sulfenic acid,1-propenesulfenic acid is formed and israpidly rearranged by a second enzyme,called the LFS, giving syn-propanethial-S-

oxide, a volatile gas known as LF. T he LFgas diffuses through the air and activatessensory neurons, creating a stingingsensation.


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Why you cry when you cut an onion


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In the 1980s, most of Square. Cos gameswere not popular, and the company was

heading toward bankruptcy.In 1987,Square designer Hironobu

Sakaguchi headed the development of agame to prevent the company's financialruin.What name did Sakaguchi give thegame, because he was planning to retireafter the project?


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Final Fantasy


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Isaac Newton


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T he typeface was designed by HowardBud Kettler in 1955. T he design of theoriginal typeface was commissioned in

the 1950s by IBM for use in typewriters.When asked about how the name waschosen. Kettler said, T he font was nearlyreleased with the name Messenger.A fter giving it some thought, A letter canbe just an ordinary messenger, or it canbe the ______, which radiates dignity,prestige, and stability.


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THIS IS THE ANSWER!


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Evangelical Christians in Brazil haveapparently banned the use of thistechnology after claiming the technology isthe mark of Satan-worshippers. A ccordingto the founder of the church, Paz do SenhorA mado (Peace of the beloved Lord), the

symbol resembles a trident, which is used totorture souls that go to hell. A pparently, allusers of that vile technology are actuallyworshipers of Satan.


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USB T rident symbol.


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T he M-61 is a Finnish gasmask manufactured during the 1960s . I twas the standard issue gas mask forthe Finnish Defense Forces, but wasreplaced by the updated M-95 in the1990s. I t is a side loading mask (meaningthe filter attaches to the side) I t uses 60millimeter threads, but adapters areavailable to convert it to 40 millimeterthreads. Who manufactured the mask?


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Nokia


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What are these standards collectivelycalled?

GSM , originally from Europe. IS-95 aka cdmaOne, commonly referred as

simply CDM A in the US. PDC , used exclusively in Japan iDEN , proprietary network usedby Nextel in the United States and Telus

Mobility in Canada IS-136 aka D- A MPS


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2G Second Generation


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Procedures performed in a controlledenvironment like a Petri dish and not on aliving organism are given a name whichis derived from the Latin words meaning within the gl ass . What is the name of such procedures?


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In V itro (as in In V itro Fertilisation)


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Complete the following list.

Eduardo Saverin Chris Hughes Dustin Moskovitz and _________


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Mark Zuckerberg.


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A rticles in Wikipedia.


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What common nickname is given to thefollowing uprisings? (Dont forget, this isa Sci- T ech Quiz!)

T he 20102011 T unisian Revolution, orJasmine Revolution.

20092010 Iranian election protests, or

Green Revolution. 2009 civil unrest in Moldova, or Grape

Revolution.


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T witter Revolution.


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Indian Institute of Science


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T his symbol used for denoting aparticular quantity, stands for the Germanword, Intensitt meaning Intensity. I tis an obsolete term as the quantity inquestion is no longer defined as intensity.However we still use the same symbol in

everyday use.

What is the symbol and quantity in

question?


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T he letter I used for denoting Current.


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T his word was coined in the aftermath of a particular event in 2006. In January2007, the A merican Dialect Society chosethe word as its 2006 Word of the Year,defining it as to demote or devaluesomeone or something.

What is the word / What is the event?


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Pluto-ed after Pluto was demoted to adwarf planet.


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T hey take their name from the Greek forproper, unalterable, unbreakable, oruntamed. T hey are thought to have been

first recognized and mined in India, wheresignificant alluvial deposits of the stonecould be found many centuries ago alongthe rivers Penner, Krishna and Godavari.

T hey have been known in India for at least3,000 years but most likely 6,000 years.


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A girls best friend.


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What did she helpfound in 1952, thefoundation stone forwhich was laid byJawaharlal Nehru?


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A dyar Cancer Institute.


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Who is depicted on this banknote?


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A sclepius.


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Notch filtering, an audio filtrationtechnique, has been proposed to reducethe hazardous effects of this recently

popular device. T he device producesnotes at a frequency of approximately235 Hz and its first partial at 465 Hz. Later,the publication of adaptive filters by

universities and organisations was foundto increase overall performance.

What is the device in question?


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HINT :


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V uvuzela, used in the F IFA WC 2010. A lsoemployed for a while in You T ube.


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We often use the CC and BCC featuresin e-mails in order to send to multiplerecipients.

Expand CC and BCC.

T he expansion is actually derived froman older technology.


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Carbon Copy.

Blind Carbon Copy.


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In the United States, the sentence,Please Excuse My Dear A unt Sally iscommon.

In Danina McKellars books, thesentence proposed is :

Pandas Eat: Mustard on Dumplings,and A pples with Spice.

What are we talking about?


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BODM A S Rule.

PEDM A S Parentheses, Exponent,Division, Multiplication, A ddition,Subtraction.


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Morse Code.


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T he seven companies shown in theprevious slide, formed a particularalliance in 1999.

In 2002, they changed the name of thealliance to how we know it now. Manyother companies have since joined thealliance.

What is the most famous trademark thatis held by this alliance?


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Wi-Fi alliance which has the trademarkfor Wi-Fi.


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Shown in the next slide is a poem, byPaul Board. I t is a humourous reference toWilliam Blakes T he T yger.

Identify the subject of the poem.


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Who'd have thought your _____ ___ Could have produced such toxic tricksOr provide the building blocksFor a plastic world (and cure the pox)?

A esthetic, perfect aromaticSubstitutes produce chromaticDyes that brighten every day.T hank you Mr. Faraday.

Clothe our backs and cure our illsBlow or dull our brains with pillsIronic that your homologuesPollute our land and stock our smogs


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Benzene.


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Douglas Englebert, along with theassistance of his colleague Bill Englishinvented this device. T hey named the

device after the fact that it had a cordattached to the rear part of the devicesuggesting a tail. Engelbert neverreceived any royalties for coining theterm, as his patent ran out before itbecame widely used in personalcomputers.


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Computer Mouse


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Space Hawk, was a video game releasedby Mattel. T he player's space suit in thegame is equipped with a hyperspacefunction, that will randomly relocate theplayer to another section of space. Due toa bug, the player would repeatedly go to

hyperspace. What did the gamedevelopers add to the game to explainthe random entries into hyperspace?


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T hey added the concept of Black Holes.


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Michael Boris Green is a British physicist andone of the pioneers of string theory. He hasbeen awarded the Dirac and Maxwell Medalsof the Institute of Physics, UK, the Dirac Medalof the International Centre for T heoreticalPhysics ( T rieste) and the Dannie HeinemannPrize for Mathematical Physics of the A mericanPhysical Society. A rguably, he will be known tothe layman as the person who succeeded_____.

Fill in the blanks.


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Succeeded Stephen Hawking as theLucasian Professor of Mathematics atCambridge.


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HAND IN YOUR ANSWER SHEETS!


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Finalists will be announced shortly.Check the hospitality desk in an hour.

Finals will start at 4.30 p.m. at MB A A uditorium.

Interested people are welcome to watchthe finals.

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UTPT 2011 Sci-Tech Quiz Prelims