-By-Tarun RuchandaniPrashanth Kanduri

Rules

•30 Questions.•We aren't spelling nazi or memory nazi. If you've got the keywords we're looking form you will be awarded the points.•11-20 are star marked questions which will be used as tie breakers.

•Top 8 teams make it to finals.•Most questions are workoutable. So look for the hints in the questions and try answering most of them.

•Googlers shall be disqualified.

•Quizmasters is God.

Qn.01

The name of this show is a play on the term for the rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral. The show features a fictitious combination of a Fairchild C-82 transport and a Grumman HU-16 amphibian aircrafts.

Name the show.

Ans.01

Qn.02

Connect the following exhaustive list:

•Hammer

•US flag

•Eugene Shoemaker's ashes

•Feather

Ans.02

Things left behind on moon

Qn.03

Power lifters often smell _______ just before they lift due to its pungency and harshness, which apparently clears their heads and gets their adrenaline going.

They are sold as _______ caps. 

FITB

Ans.03

Ammonia

Qn.04

The Greek word for ‘pain’ and the Latin word for ‘cold’, although very similar sounding, are not the roots to this word.

Instead, its roots actually stem from al-Khwarizmi, the name of the ninth-century Arab scholar whose book al-jabr wa’l muqabalah devolved into today’s high school algebra textbooks. He stressed the importance of methodical procedures for solving problems.

What frequently used word in science are we talking about?

Ans.04

Algorithm

Qn.05

.crx is an extension of what kind of file?

Ans.05

Chrome Extension files

Qn.06

What does the following picture depict?(bigger picture on following slide)

Qn.06

Ans.06

Patent wars

Qn.07

Which famous product was announced by the company’s CEO a couple of months ago with the following lines:

 It is a tool to ______ your passion;To __________ your ideas;To _________ your creativity;And to ______ your enjoyment.

Ans.07

Qn.08

Time Dilation, Length Contraction and Principle of Simultaneity are postulates of which famous theory?

Ans.08

Special theory of relativity

Qn.09

What are the following pictures taken using?

Continued..

Qn.09

Ans.09

Google’s Project Glass

Qn.10

India holds 50.5% share stake in this company and Russia holds the other 49.5%. The name of the company as well as it's flagship product is named after two rivers, one of them being the Russian river Moskva.

Which company are we talking about?

Ans.10

BrahMos

Qn.11*

A certain discovery is addressed in media as _____ ______ .

The following quote is a response by a famous scientist:

“I find it embarrassing because, though I'm not a believer myself, I think it is the kind of misuse of terminology which I think might offend some people.”

Who about what? 

Ans.11*

Peter Higgs about the God Particle

Qn.12*

X was a Russian chemist best known for a rule elucidating important fundamental chemical reactions, especially with hydrocarbon like compounds. An alternative explanation to the same quotes the King James Bible as a metaphor to X’s rule: “Unto everyone that hath shall be given”. In simpler language, the rich get richer.

Who is X?

Ans.12*

Vladimir Markovnokiv

Qn.13*

When a patient anticipates a pill’s possible side effects, he can suffer them even if the pill is fake.

What do we call this effect?

Ans.13*

Nacebo Effect

Qn.14*

Wardenclyffe Tower (1901–1917) also known as the Tesla Tower, was an early wireless transmission tower designed by Nikola Tesla intended for his experiments with wireless communications and transmission. It was never fully operational, and the tower was demolished in 1917.

This site situated in Shorham, Long Island is currently owned by Afga Corporation which values it at USD 1.6 million. The Long Island science organization has long sought to transform the property into a Tesla museum, while other interested buyers plan to raze the structures and redevelop it. Who is the principal fundraiser for this initiative?

Ans.14*

Matthew Inman aka The Oatmeal

Qn.15*

What are these proficiency levels of?

White belt:•Customize the display density •Organize with labels.

Green belt:•Highlight using filters and colored label•Send from your phone

Black belt:•Use without internet connection•Use keyboard shortcuts

Master:•Search superstars by name.•Emphasizing important words

Ans.15*

Qn.16*

The design of which software product is inspired by signs commonly found at public transport systems of King County transit system in Seattle as shown below.

Ans.16*

Qn.17*

BackRub was a precursor of X, and was a reference to the underlying algorithm which counts backlinks as affirmative votes, the same approach that was then turned into its current form.

What is X?

Ans.17*

Qn.18*

What is this a teaser to:"It's one small fling for a bird, one quantum leap for birdkind."

Ans.18*

Qn.19*

Sir Andre Konstantin Geim is a Russian-born British-Dutch physicist who is known for groundbreaking experiments on the two-dimensional material graphene. His work has a very peculiar and unique achievement in the world of science. What unique achievement?

Ans.19*

Won Nobel Prize as well Ig Nobel Prize for the same work

Qn.20*

• Classic Musty• Scent of Sensibility• Crunchy Bacon • Eau you have Cats

All of the above are among 20,000 varieties released by a company to accompany a tech product.

What’s the funda?

Qn.20*

Fragrances for E Book readers

Qn.21

X release an enzyme known as Lachrymatory-factor synthase into the air when they are opened.

The enzyme converts the sulfoxides (amino acids) in the X into the unstable compound sulfenic acid which rearranges itself into something called syn-ropanethial-S-oxide. Syn-ropanethial-S-oxide is a chemical irritant which activates the lachrymal glands.

What is X?

Ans.21

Onions

Qn.22

Who about what?

“Make a small cross of two light strips of cedar, the arms so long as to reach to the four corners of a large thin silk handkerchief when extended; tie the corners of the handkerchief to the extremities of the cross, so you have the body of a _____; which being properly accommodated with a tail, loop, and string, will rise in the air; but this being of silk is fitter to bear the wet and wind of a thunder gust without tearing. To the top of the upright stick of the cross is to be fixed a very sharp pointed wire, rising a foot or more above the wood. To the end of the twine, next the key may be fastened.”

Qn.22

Benjamin Franklin about the kite experiment

Qn.23

When the astronomical tables of Uranus were first published based on the physics of planetary motion by the French astronomer Alexis Bouvard, substantial deviations from these tables were observed in reality.

He hypothesized that an unknown body was perturbing the orbit through gravitational interaction.

What was this unknown body later discovered to be?

Ans.23

Neptune

Qn.24

Among one of the first products of this multinational engineering and electronics company were a simple magneto armature and casing, which is also reflected in their logo.

Which company are we talking about?

Qn.24

Bosch

Qn.25

On 1st July, 2010, the government of Finland enacted a new law, the first one of its kind in the world which had the potential to make every developing country denizen extremely jealous. In an apparent effort to ape Finland, the UK government announced a similar law but has stopped short of enshrining this as a right in law.

What law are we talking about?

Ans.25

Fundamental right to broadband connection

Qn.26

What does the following picture depict?

Qn.26

Android fragmentation

Qn.27

Which famous experiment is being referred to?

Ans.27

Rutherford scattering experiment

Qn.28

The following is a clip from a particular level in the game Mass Effect. Which famous mathematical puzzle has inspired the design of this particular level?

Qn.28

Tower of Hanoi

Qn.29

What first did the following song achieve in the field of science and technology recently ?

Ans.29

For the first time in history, a recorded song has been beamed back to Earth from another planet

Qn.30Tribute question

Which effect in the following video did Tiger Woods forget to consider? This effect is named after the scientist who mathematically explained this first.

Qn.30

Coriolis Effect

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