“THE TURING TEST”PRELIMS

SCI-TECH QUIZ CONDUCTED BY TEAM : ‘SARSON DA SWAG’

-ANUGRAH AGNIHOTRI , SIDDHARTH MITTRA , SHUBHAM JAIN

GNOSIS QUIZ LEAGUE , NIT ALLAHABAD

RULES• TEAMS OF MAX 3 .

• WRITE DOWN YOUR TEAM NAME,MEMBER NAMES AND CONTACT DETAILS

• 20 QUESTIONS

• STARRED QUESTIONS TO BE USED AS TIE BREAKERS

• ASK FOR HINTS IF REQUIRED

• ONLY CRYPTIC HINTS SHALL BE GIVEN :P

1) ID this ‘criminal’ from his mug-shot.

• Botulinum toxin is a neurotoxic protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum and related species.• Botulinum is the most acutely lethal toxin known, injecting just 40

nanograms of the toxin is lethal in 50% of the primate population in which it was tested.• However it is commonly referred by a different name today. What?

2)

3) ID the product created by Elon Musk, which interests Modi.

• Swami Vivekananda, late in the year l895 wrote in a letter to an English friend, "Mr. X thinks he can demonstrate mathematically that force and matter are reducible to potential energy. I am to go and see him next week to get this new mathematical demonstration. In that case the Vedantic cosmology will be placed on the surest of foundations."

• ID X. ( Picture of the meet on the next Slide)

4)

5) What does this map represent ?

6 ) What is this paradoxical structure, as shown in the Nolan movie Inception, known as ?

7) ID the guy in the middle .

• Founded in Montreal, Canada, DataWind is a developer of wireless, web-access products and services.• Winner of the Shiksha Ratna Award by Digital Learning State

Education Summit 2013 .• Winner of the Indo-Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Technology

Achievement Award.

For which product did it receive wide spread acclaim?

8)

• I swear by Apollo, and Aesculapius, likewise Hygeia and Panacea, and call all the gods and goddesses to witness, that I will observe and keep this underwritten oath, to the utmost of my power and judgment.• With regard to healing the sick, I will devise and order for them the best diet,

according to my judgment and means; and I will take care that they suffer no hurt or damage.• Nor shall any man's entreaty prevail upon me to administer poison to anyone; neither

will I counsel any man to do so.• Whatever, in the course of my practice, I may see or, whatever I may happen to obtain

knowledge of, if it be not proper to repeat it, I will keep sacred and secret within my own breast.• If I faithfully observe this oath, may I thrive and prosper in my fortune and profession,

and live in the estimation of posterity; or on breach thereof, may the reverse be my fate!

How is the text above known as ?

9)

• Currently, X has many applications, ranging from bicycle tires to bullet proof vests, because of its high tensile strength-to-weight ratio; by this measure it is 5 times stronger than steel.• X is synthesized in solution from the monomers 1,4-phenylene-

diamine (para-phenylenediamine) and terephthaloyl chloride in acondensation reaction yielding hydrochloric acid as a byproduct.

ID X.

10)

11) The 404 page not found of which popular internet website?

12) Which dubious award did these discoveries/inventions earn?

• for showing that cows that have names give more milk than cows that are nameless. • An alarm clock on wheels runs away onto the floor-and hides, forcing

you to get out of bed.• for using magnets to overcome gravity and suspend a frog in midair.• explained the mathematics behind the rate at which beer froth

dissipates.

• 2013 – Twitter announced it was changing to a two-tiered service. The free version “Twttr” would not support vowels and only allow tweets with consonants, while “Twitter” would become a $5 per month service that supports any letters your heart desires. “Because our users come first, we believe that it should always be free to everyone–today and forever,” its statement read. “We’re doing this because we believe that by eliminating vowels, we’ll encourage a more efficient and ‘dense’ form of communication. We also see an opportunity to diversify our revenue stream.”

• Why didn’t Twttr take off as expected ?

13 ) *

• ID the guy encircled in red.• (The ‘force’ is always with him ! )

• Which event of 1927 does this picture commemorate?

Part points for the two questions.(Picture on the next Slide)

14) *

15 ) Logo of which product ?

• He is the Morningstar Visiting professor at MIT .• His main area of work is String Theory.• He was among the first recipients of the Fundamental Physics Prize .• In 1998 he won the fellowship of the Royal Society on being nominated

by the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.

Who is he ?

(Pic on the next Slide)

16 ) *

• In the IPO filing for Google in 2004, rather than a typical round-number amount of money, the company announced its intention to raise $2,718,281,828.• Why this seemingly random value?

17)

18 ) * ID this recipient of India’s highest gallantry award, the Ashoka Chakra .

• X is the trademark for a type of machine-readable optical labelfirst designed for the automotive industry in Japan.X became popular outside the automotive industry due to its fast readability (quick response) and greater storage capacity compared to standard barcodes. Applications include product tracking, item identification, time tracking, document management, and general marketing.

19 )

• Shivkar Bāpuji Talpade (1864-1916) was an Indian scholar .• Talpade lived in Bombay and was a scholar of Sanskrit literature and

the Vedas.• Inspired by the Vedas, he created his product - Marutsakhā.• What first in the field of technology is he credited to have done?(Although the claim is disputed by many.)

20 ) *

PRELIMS OVER . Hand over your sheets

TIME FOR THE ANSWERS !!

1) ID this ‘criminal’ from his mugshot.

ANSWER• Bill Gates ! (who else)

• 2)• Botulinum toxin is a neurotoxic protein produced by

the bacterium Clostridium botulinum and related species.• Botulinum is the most acutely lethal toxin known, injecting just 40

nanograms of the toxin is lethal in 50% of the primate population in which it was tested.• However it is known for a very different reason today. Why?

ANSWER• BOTOX injections for anti-aging (suppresses wrinkles !)

3)ID the product created by Elon Musk, which interests Modi.

Answer • POWERWALL - Powerwall is a home battery that charges using

electricity generated from solar panels, or when utility rates are low, and powers your home in the evening.

• 4)• Swami Vivekananda, late in the year l895 wrote in a letter to an

English friend, "Mr. X thinks he can demonstrate mathematically that force and matter are reducible to potential energy. I am to go and see him next week to get this new mathematical demonstration. In that case the Vedantic cosmology will be placed on the surest of foundations."

• ID X. ( Picture of the meet on the next Slide)

ANSWER• Nikola Tesla - The great Serbian

5) What does this map represent ?

ANSWER• most-Googled-for object in each country, using the autocomplete

formula of "How much does * cost in [x country]."

6) What is this paradoxical structure, as shown in the Nolan movie Inception, known as ?

ANSWER• The Penrose stairs or Penrose steps, also dubbed the impossible

staircase, is an impossible object created by Lionel Penrose and his son Roger Penrose.

7) ID the guy in the middle .

ANSWER• Shiv Nadar founder of HCL

• 8 ) • Founded in Montreal, Canada, DataWind is a developer of wireless,

web-access products and services.• Winner of the Shiksha Ratna Award by Digital Learning State

Education Summit 2013 .• Winner of the Indo-Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Technology

Achievement Award.

For which product did it receive wide spread acclaim?

ANSWER• Aakash Tablets

• 9 )• I swear by Apollo, and Aesculapius, likewise Hygeia and Panacea, and call all the gods

and goddesses to witness, that I will observe and keep this underwritten oath, to the utmost of my power and judgment.

• With regard to healing the sick, I will devise and order for them the best diet, according to my judgment and means; and I will take care that they suffer no hurt or damage.

• Nor shall any man's entreaty prevail upon me to administer poison to anyone; neither will I counsel any man to do so. Moreover, I will give no sort of medicine to any pregnant woman, with a view to destroy the child.

• Whatever, in the course of my practice, I may see or hear (even when not invited), whatever I may happen to obtain knowledge of, if it be not proper to repeat it, I will keep sacred and secret within my own breast.

• If I faithfully observe this oath, may I thrive and prosper in my fortune and profession, and live in the estimation of posterity; or on breach thereof, may the reverse be my fate!

How is the text above known as ?

ANSWER : Hippocratic Oath

• 10 )• Currently, X has many applications, ranging from bicycle tires to bullet

proof vests, because of its high tensile strength-to-weight ratio; by this measure it is 5 times stronger than steel.• X is synthesized in solution from the monomers 1,4-phenylene-

diamine (para-phenylenediamine) and terephthaloyl chloride in acondensation reaction yielding hydrochloric acid as a byproduct.

ID X.

ANSWER• Kevlar

11) The 404 page not found of which popular internet website?

ANSWER• IMDB

12) Which dubious award did these discoveries/inventions earn?

• for showing that cows that have names give more milk than cows that are nameless. • An alarm clock on wheels runs away onto the floor-and hides, forcing

you to get out of bed.• for using magnets to overcome gravity and suspend a frog in midair.• He explained the mathematics behind the rate at which beer froth

dissipates.

ANSWER• Ig Nobel Awards

• 13) *• 2013 – I’d Like To Buy A Vowel (Twitter): Twitter announced it was

changing to a two-tiered service. The free version “Twttr” would not support vowels and only allow tweets with consonants, while “Twitter” would become a $5 per month service that supports any letters your heart desires. “Because our users come first, we believe that ‘Y’ should always be free to everyone–today and forever,” its statement read. “We’re doing this because we believe that by eliminating vowels, we’ll encourage a more efficient and ‘dense’ form of communication. We also see an opportunity to diversify our revenue stream.”

• Why didn’t Twttr take off as expected ??

ANSWER• It was an April Fool’s Prank !

• 14) *• ID the guy encircled in red.

• Which event of 1927 does this picture commemorate?

(Picture on the next Slide)

ANSWER• Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (18 July 1853 – 4 February 1928) was a

Dutch physicist who WON the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics .

15) Logo of which product ?

ANSWER• Raspberry Pi

• 16) *• He is the Morningstar Visiting professor at MIT .• His main area of work is String Theory.• He was among the first recipients of the Fundamental Physics Prize .• In 1998 he won the fellowship of the Royal Society on being nominated by the

theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.• He has a very special connection with this city.

Who is he ?

(Pic on the next Slide)

ANSWER• Ashoke Sen – distinguished professor at the Harish-Chandra Research

Institute, Allahabad.

• He is one of signatories among 108 scientists and mathematicians who issued a public statement against raising intolerance in India in 2015.

• 17 )• In the IPO filing for Google in 2004, rather than a typical round-

number amount of money, the company announced its intention to raise $2,718,281,828.• Why this seemingly random value?

Answer • Euler constant ‘e’ = 2.718…..

18 ) * ID this recipient of India’s highest gallantry award, the Ashoka Chakra.

ANSWER • Rakesh Sharma, is a former Indian Air Force pilot who flew aboard

Soyuz T-11, launched April 3, 1984, as part of the Intercosmos programme.

• 19 )• X is the trademark for a type of machine-readable optical labelfirst designed for the automotive industry in Japan.X became popular outside the automotive industry due to its fast readability (quick response) and greater storage capacity compared to standard barcodes. Applications include product tracking, item identification, time tracking, document management, and general marketing.

ANSWER• QR CODES

• 20 ) *• Shivkar Bāpuji Talpade (1864-1916) was an Indian scholar .• Talpade lived in Bombay and was a scholar of Sanskrit literature and

the Vedas.• Inspired by the Vedas, he created his product - Marutsakhā.• What first in the field of technology is he credited to have done?(Although the claim is disputed by many.)

ANSWER• First airplane