Gonit Sora Anniversary Quiz

Questions contributed by:Salik Miskat Borborasalik2008@gmail.com

Excessive lobbying by the person on the left and tireless efforts of a noted writer/poet of Hindi verses helped the establishment of X which has been the backbone of various discoveries and

innovations in the country- a recent one being an aerial vehicle shown in picture. The audio clip contains the university song of a central university of the country which was penned down by

the poet in question. Identify X

• Arcot Ramaswamy Mudaliar (in picture) as a member of the Viceroys executive council influenced the creation of CSIR. The university song of BHU was written by S.S Bhatnagar, the first director of CSIR and SARAS (in picture) is the latest passenger aircraft manufactured by NAL- A CSIR laboratory.

So the answer is CSIR(Council of Industrial and Scientific Research)

Take a cue from the two pictures (A) and (B) and give me the name of the band (C) in the pictures below. The important thing to remember is, I am looking for the name of the band (C).

A B C

• Logo of H2G2 (the online encyclopedia project titled hitchhikers guide to the galaxy)

• Eoin Colfer (writer of the Artemis Fowl series) penned down the sixth book in the HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy series.

42 is the Ultimate Answer to the Universe as depicted in H2G2

The band name is Level 42

This trademarked term (X) was inspired from the name of the company whose erstwhile logo is shown in A. Often encountered in places shown in B, the company who holds the trademark (X) aims to customize the pace and style of X to maintain

higher levels of productivity throughout the work day. What is X

A

B

• Muzak (the musical tunes playing in the background in elevators and malls.)

• Muzak is a portmanteau of the words music and Kodak

The British national in the picture was extensively involved in the construction of something indicated by the red line (arrow pointing on the line) in the Northern part of erstwhile India. The

construction project and the efforts of the British gentleman led to the establishment of an institute of national importance in the India. Which institute am I referring to?

• IIT Roorkee• IIT R was initially established as

Thomason College of Enginnering at the efforts of Sir James Thomason in order to train engineers working on the Ganges canal indicated by the red line in the map.

These are learning aids used by teachers to teach elementary mathematics to students in the early 1950’s. It was shown that showed in the early fifties that students who had been taught traditionally, and were rated ‘weak’, took huge strides when they shifted

to using such learning material. What are these colourful rods known as?

• Cuisenaire rods

The generic terms for the dish (A) and the bowl containing (B) have been often used as symbols of identity for an organization that is arguably the “big daddy” in its field. Initially, using A as its symbol, the

organization switched to using B because of the latter’s simplicity. However, off late the use of A has come to fore. What does A and B allude to or give me the organization referred to here!

• NASA logo.The round logo is often referred to as Meatball while the logo on the right was known as Worm. Now the round logo is more commonly used.

The protagonist of the book (series) by a noted physicist is often introduced with a

certain prefix before his name. This is done by the author as an attempt to unify

the three universal constants from the world of physics. Identify the protagonist

or the prefix in question here.

• Mr Tompkins or cGh Tompkins series by George Gamow

• cGh denotes the relativity, gravitaional and Plancks constant

A holder of more than two patents for his inventions, this is the drawing of a particular invention that aimed to introduce a certain set of straps to replace the suspenders used in clothing. The inventor was also a prominent literary figure and in one of his creations he leads little children to resort to superstition while attempting to get rid of a certain skin disease. One of the measures he suggested included:

Once inflicted, the diseased must visit a cemetery after someone "wicked" has been buried and when the devil comes to get them; one is supposed to heave a dead cat at them and chant some mumbo jumbo.

Give me the inventor who is also a literary genius

• Mark Twain aka Samuel Clemens• Cure for warts in The Adventures of

Tom Sawyer

Think about the term used in the world of mathematics to denote the encircled point (indicated by arrows) in a function and give me the name of a popular platform for science communication.

(And yes, you are allowed to take the person from the world of Bollywood as a clue to arrive at the answer!)

• Turning Point (In doordarshan) always featured Prof. Yash Pal

What are these?

• Rorschach test cards

This British scientist (in picture) specialising in renewable energy was made a Dame as part of the Queens birthday celebrations. A scientist of repute, she is broadly known for advocating ways to improve the use of energy in buildings. Identify her more famous husband whose political career was marred by scandals and imprisonment.

• Jeffrey Archer

This sculpture in the picture beside, was unveiled in Switzerland to commemorate something on similar lines to that of what we know about CharMinar in Hyderabad (CharMinar constructed to commemorate the eradication of plague).

What does this statue commemorate?

• Commemorating the end of small pox.

• Statue outside WHO HQ at Geneva

A news published in the reputed journal “Nature” debated the presence of statistical imprints of X in three of Y’s famous paintings. X, from the world of fluid dynamics is characterized by irregularity, diffusivity, rotationality and diffusivity. Give me X and for a bonus point give me the name of the

painter Y (one of Y’s painting has been given alongside)

• Turbulence or Turbulent flow• Vincent Van Gogh is the painter

A recent research published in a peer reviewed journal depicted the marked increase in family history referrals (seeking the help of genetics to test for the genetic pre disposition of a disease) for a particular ailment in United Kingdom in 2013 compared to the number of referrals in 2012 (Data from a few hospitals shown alongside). This increase has been attributed to a particular

reason. What is the reason?

• The Angelina Jolie effect.• Angelina Jolie’s declaration that she

has undergone Risk Reducing Mastectomy to prevent cancer due to the presence of BRCA 1 gene led many people to undergo tests for the prevalence of the gene.

This work of art is believed to be the only mural painted by acclaimed artist X in England while he paid a visit to his scientist friend Y. t most a doodle painted on the wall, the work of art

gathered a lot of attention as it symbolized the meeting of great scientific and artistic minds. Known as YX, after the scientist Y and the artist X; the piece of art was acquired by an

organization from Y’s house for a whooping amount. Y, in his own part was a distinguished figure in the world of crystallography and doctoral advisors to two scientists who went on to

win the Nobel in Chemistry. Give me X (artist) and Y (Scientist)

• X= Picasso• Y= John Desmond Bernal• The mural known as Bernal’s

Picasso

It won’t be wrong for someone to comment that the two gentlemen below were awarded the Nobel for their efforts to find the noble! Who are they?

William Ramsay and Lord Rayleigh (Noble gases)

The picture beside denotes a scale based on colour to distinguish different varieties of a particular product. What does the scale measure? The logo (A) of a company

which was one of the first to use this scale has been given alongside!

A

Beer classification. • Lovibund company

The following picture is a diagrammatic representation of a device whose use has been made mandatory by a particular state government in India. The state which comprises of the erstwhile kingdom of Kalinga has made a significant progress in the conservation of a vulnerable species of

the family Cheloniidae by making the mandatory use of the device by a particular trading community. Identify the device or write how it is important in the conservation of a certain

species

• Odisha government directed the fishing community to use Turtle Excluder Device to protect Olive Ridley Turtles from being caught in the fish nets.

A celebrated French anatomist, X (shown in picture) is known for his studies on the frontal lobe of

the human brain and ascertaining the region in the

brain responsible for speech. He went on to suggest that

damage/ defects in the very region could lead to progressive

loss of speech or inability to speak comprehensibly! Which

character from the world of fantasy novels seems to have a

defect in the similar region rendering him unable to speak

anything other than a few gibberish word(s).

• Paul Broca identified the Broca’s area.The answer from the world of

fantasy is Hodor (Game of Thrones)

The following denotes a popular mathematical game/ puzzle that has been often used in psychological tests for problem solving skills. There has been various legends associated with the

puzzle. One story speaks about such a set of puzzle being present in an ancient Indian temple that is set to determine the end of the world indicating that the world shall come to an end once

the last move of the puzzle is completed. Name the puzzle/ game popular in the world of mathematics!

• Tower of Hanoi puzzle