Jeopardy - Sci Tech Quiz

The Science and Technology Quiz

Connect 1 - Facebook

Photo of Khalid Saeed and Hosni Mobarak. The facebook page ‘We are all Khalid Saeed’ is said to be responsible for Egyptian Revolution of 2011.

The name of the dog in the movie Golmaal3 is ‘Facebook’

Eduardo Saverin

One of the co-founders of Facebook and one of the central characters in the movie ‘The Social Network’

One of the co-founders of facebook was Shawn Parker, who is popularly known as the founder of Napster, a music sharing service whose logo is shown here.

Connect 2 – Alfred Nobel

The gun shown here is ‘Bofors’.

Alfred Nobel was the most famous owner of the BoforsCompany.

Wile E. Coyote from ‘Road Runner’ frequently uses Dynamite which was invented by Alfred Nobel

There is no Nobel Prize in Mathematics because Alfred Nobel’s wife ran off with a mathematician.

The famous ‘Abel prize’ is known as the Mathematician’s Nobel

(Though some people claim the Fields Medal to be the same)

Flag of Sweden (Alfred Nobel was born in Sweden)

Connect 3 – Adobe

Adobe ColdFusion1. Common Cold 2. World’s first fusion reactor - ITER

Adobe Director

Adobe Fireworks

Adobe Dreamweaver

Sample

Name the processbeing depicted inthis picture.

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Breaking the ice

• 6 answers all connected

• 2 points for each correct answer

• 250 seconds for writing down your answer once the clues are revealed

• I will collect the answer sheet once the buzzer rings

• A is a mineral found in Earth's continental crust and it's crystals are widely used to keep time in wall clocks.

• B is the chemical name of the compound commonly found in nature as sand or as "A".

• C is a term that refers to southern part of the Bay Area (in US) and is so named because of a large number of innovators who developed technologies based on chips made out of one of the chemical constituents of B.

• D is a Fortune 500 company based in C and the largest maker of security products for computers.

• E is the flagship product of D and one the widely used software products in the world. Almost each one of us downloads E from the Internet to keep our computers safe :)

• F is a mass mailing computer virus. One of the versions of F is attached to an document and is triggered when the document is opened. It deletes hard drive data and once complete, beeps three times and then shows a message box with the text: "Hint: Get E not McAfee 4.02".

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Solution

• A = Quartz

• B = Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)

• C = Silicon Valley

• D = Symantec Corp.

• E = Norton (Antivirus)

• F = Melissa Virus

Rules• The quiz consists of three levels :

– Easy: +5 / 40 seconds for direct answer, +2 / 15 seconds for pass

– Medium: +10 / 40 seconds for direct answer, +5 / 15 seconds for pass

– Hard: +20 / 60 seconds for direct answer, +10 / 20 seconds for pass

• Timer will start after the question has been read by the quizmaster

• Choose your topic wisely. A question will seem easy only if you know that topic.

• -20 for shouting out an answer or speaking out of turn

• The first answer spoken by any team-member will be accepted as final

• The direction of quiz will reverse at half time

Points

Tie Breaker

EASY5 POINTS

COMPUTER ELECTRONICS ETYMOLOGY MEDICINE

MATHEMATICS CHEMISTRY PHYSICS INTERNET

GEOLOGY INVENTORS ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGYCOMPANIES

EVERYDAY SCIENCE FACEBOOK LOGOS APPLE

COMPUTER GAMES MIXED BAG 1 MIXED BAG 2 MIXED BAG 3

EASY

MEDIUM10 POINTS






MEDIUM

HARD20 POINTS






HARD

Geology – 5 points

Considered a Wonder of the NaturalWorld, X is a steep-sided canyon carved bythe Colorado River in the United States inthe state of Arizona and is the one of themost visited natural attractions in theUnited States. What is X?

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Geology – 10 points

Name the highly viscous layer presentbetween the Earth’s crust and the outercore. It constitutes about 84% of theEarth’s volume and is predominantly solid.

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Geology – 20 points______ is a spring characterized by intermittentdischarge of water ejected turbulently andaccompanied by steam. The word comes from thename of an erupting spring at Haukadalur, Iceland;that name, in turn, comes from an Icelandic verb thatmeans "to gush". Almost half of these springs are inthe Yellowstone National Park.

It is caused when surface water works its way downto certain depths where it contacts hot rocks and theresultant boiling of the pressurized water results inthis phenomenon.

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Everyday science – 5 pointsWhat is being described here?

When X is consumed, it enters the bloodstream and causes thepituitary gland in the brain to block the creation of vasopressin.Without this chemical, the kidneys send water directly to thebladder instead of reabsorbing it into the body. This is whyfrequent trips to the bathroom are required afterconsuming X.

The morning after, the body sends a desperate message toreplenish its water supply. The body's organs try to make up fortheir own water loss by stealing water from the brain, causingthe brain to decrease in size and pull on the membranes thatconnect the brain to the skull, resulting in pain.

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Everyday science – 10 points

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Inside the onion cells there are some chemicalcompounds which contain the element X.

When you cut an onion, the cells break and thosecompounds suffer a chemical reaction and they aretransformed into a volatile gas known as onionlachrymatory factory (LF). The LF gas diffusesthrough the air and eventually reaches the eyecreating a stinging sensation and causing the tearglands to produce tears.

What is X?

Everyday science – 20 points

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In this picture, you seegas escaping when youdip a tablet of Eno inwater.

What is this effectknown as?

Physics – 5 points__________ is an electric charge builtup on persons or objects throughfriction. It is most familiar as anoccasional annoyance in seasons of lowhumidity, but can be destructive andharmful in some situations.It is generated by rubbing twononmagnetic objects together. Thefriction between the two objectsgenerates attraction because thesubstance with an excess of electronstransfers them to the positively-charged substance. Usually, substancesthat don't conduct current electricity(insulators) are good at holding acharge. These substances may includerubber, plastic, glass or pitch. FITB

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Physics – 10 pointsIn physics, _______ is a hypotheticaltopological feature that wouldfundamentally be a shortcut through spacetime. The theory of general relativitypredicts that if traversable ______ exist,they could allow time travel. Also known asEinstein Rosen bridges, how do we knowthese features in common knowledge?

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Physics – 20 pointsWhen viewed from"Viewpoint A", theobject appears to be infront of the bluesquare. When theviewpoint is changedto "Viewpoint B", theobject appears to havemoved in front of thered square. What isthis phenomenoncalled?

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Chemistry – 5 points

The genesis of chemistry can be traced tocertain practices known as ________, whichhad been practiced for several millennia invarious parts of the world. ______ is anancient tradition, the primary objective ofwhich was the creation of the mythical"philosopher's stone," which was said to becapable of turning base metals into gold, andalso act as an elixir of life that would conferyouth and immortality upon its user. FITB

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What process can be defined as thechemical conversion of sugars into alcoholmostly brought about by microorganismsunder anaerobic conditions?

This process is employed in the leaveningof bread, and for preservation techniquesto create lactic acid in sour foods such asdry sausages, yogurt, or vinegar for use inpickling foods.

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In chemistry, _____ is a basic, ionic salt which issometimes used to describe a base that dissolves inwater. This term is derived from two Arabic wordsmeaning “the calcined ashes” referring to theoriginal source of these substances – a water extractof burned plant ashes called Potash.

Most basic salts are _____ salts, of which commonexample are caustic soda, caustic potash, andlimewater.

Fill in the blanks

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Etymology – 5 points

The taxon _____ was formally named in1842 by Sir Richard Owen, who used it torefer to the “sub-order of Saurian reptiles”.

The term is derived from two Greek wordsδεινός (meaning “terrible”) and σαῦρος(meaning “lizard”).

What term are we referring to?

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Originally called "D", but with the connotationof a near-failing mark on a report card thelanguage was renamed Oak by creator JamesGosling, from the tree that stood outside hiswindow. The development team, however, hadto look for a substitute name as there wasalready another product called Oak. X wasselected from a list of suggestions, primarilybecause it is a popular slang term forcoffee, especially that grown in X. What is X?

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X is a chemical element whose name is derived froma Latin word meaning Y.

Y is a class of chemical compounds used in thepurification of drinking water in industries.

What are X and Y?

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Medicine – 5 points• The medical terms related to the ______ often

start in hepato or hepatic from the Greek wordfor this organ.

• These words also serve as the root of one of themost dangerous but common diseases to affecthumans that is caused by acute inflammation ofthis organ.

• This organ has a wide range of functions,including detoxification, protein synthesis, andproduction of biochemicals necessary fordigestion.

What organ are we talking about?

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Medicine – 10 points

The laryngealprominence (shownhere) is a feature of thehuman neck. This lumpis formed by the angleof the thyroid cartilagesurrounding the voicebox. How do wecommonly known thisfeature of the humanbody?

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Medicine – 20 points

• X refers to recording of the brain’s spontaneouselectrical activity by measuring the voltagefluctuations resulting from ionic current flowswithin the neurons of the brain.

• It’s primary application is to detect abnormalitiescaused by epileptic activities but can also be usedto diagnose coma and brain death.

• It is the first-line method for the diagnosis of braintumors, stroke and other focal brain disorders.

Name the technique X? (I want the specific medical term)

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Inventors – 5 points

He was a French chemist and microbiologistborn in Dole. He is remembered for hisremarkable breakthroughs in the causes andpreventions of diseases. He created the firstvaccine for rabies and anthrax. Hisexperiments supported the germ theory ofdisease. He was best known to the generalpublic for inventing a method to stop milk andwine from causing sickness. Who is he?

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Inventors – 10 points• He came to be widely respected as one of the

greatest electrical engineers, primarily because ofhis 1894 demonstration of wirelesscommunication through radio.

• His patents and theoretical work formed the basisof modern alternating current (AC) electric powersystems, including the polyphase system ofelectrical distribution and the AC motor.

• The SI unit measuring magnetic flux density B, wasnamed in his honour.

• The device shown in the picture used to producehigh voltage, high frequency AC was named afterhim.

Who is this great inventor who was regarded as amad scientist in his later life because of his eccentricpersonality?

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Inventors – 20 points• Regarded as the ‘father of modern chemistry’, he

founded and termed two of the basic elements Xand Y of human life, helped construct the metricsystem and put together the first extensive list ofelements.

• He discovered that Henry Cavendish’s“inflammable air” which he termed X combinedwith Y to produce dew.

Who is this great French scientist?

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Engineering – 5 points

X is a way of representing 3D objects ontoa planar surface without the aid ofmathematical calculations, used intechnical drawing.

X literally means - forecast of a futuresituation based on the study of presentones.

What is X?

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A ______ is a machine tool which rotatesthe workpiece on its axis to performvarious operations such as cutting,sanding, knurling, drilling, ordeformation with tools that are appliedto the workpiece to create an objectwhich has symmetry about an axis ofrotation.

Fill in the blanks.

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A system of linear inequalities definesa polytope as a feasible region. The__________ begins at a starting vertexand moves along the edges of thepolytope until it reaches the vertex ofthe optimum solution.

___________ is one of the popularways to solve a problem which can berepresented in matrix form as

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Electronics – 5 points

This three prongeddevice is also thename of a radioreceiver incolloquial IndianEnglish.

Name this device

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When the device X is switched on,electrons are able to recombine withelectron holes within the device,releasing energy in the form of ______.This effect is called electroluminescenceand the wavelength is determined by theenergy gap of the semiconductor.

What is X?

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The _______ effect is the creation of voltage in amaterial, upon its exposure to light. In most _______applications, the radiation is sunlight and for thisreason, the devices are known as solar cells.

It was first observed by Alexandre-Edmond Becquerelin 1839.

Fill in the blanks.

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Computer – 5 points

X is a pointing device featuring a tactilesensor, a specialized surface that cantranslate the motion and position of auser’s fingers to a relative position on thescreen.

What is X? (You use X almost daily)

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Computer - 10 points

This picture shows a computer terminal which could be receiving replies from either Jane or a computer system. Joe has to guess which of the two is sending the replies.

This picture represents one of the most famous tests in AI. Name the test.

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Computer – 20 points

X is a type of memory organization used to store aspatially separated array of binary digits. X isgenerally used to store raster images and is typicallyused by graphical user interfaces in their built-ingraphic subsystems. Many file formats use the Xmemory organization but are not known as Xbecause use compressed formats internally. What isX?

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Telecom - 5 points

• Still preferred by many physicians world over as the primary communication device, this simple personal telecommunication device for short messages filled the role of cellular phones until their adoption in 1990s. Today it mainly supports the ‘critical messaging’ markets.

• The first and simplest form of this device were the beepers, because they made a beeping device.

• One of the characters of 30 Rock is a salesman for this device.

What device?

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Telecom - 10 points

A ______ system is a system of two connected devices that communicate with each other. They are employed in many communication networks, either to allow for communication between the two connected parties or to provide a "reverse path" for the monitoring and remote adjustment of equipment in the field. The term ______ is also used in India to refer to a two-unit condominium.

Fill in the blanks.

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Telecom – 20 points

The word ________ is an Anglicized version ofa Scandinavian word and its logo is a mergingof three letters in the Runic alphabet. Thistechnology uses Frequency Hopped SpreadSpectrum modulation and is a standard wire-replacement communications protocol.

What are we talking about?

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Mathematics - 5 points

This well known expression also represents a propertyof the sides of one of the most widely used polygons.

What name is given to this expression?

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Mathematics - 10 points

The human cochlea (inner ear) has parts that resonateat different frequencies. When sound waves touchthese parts, particular parts start resonating, nervereceptors pick up the signal and send it to the brain.This is how the ears break down sounds into differentfrequencies by mechanical means.

Name the method using which mathematiciansrepresent this transformation of portion of soundsinto frequencies.

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Mathematics – 20 points

X was a French philosopher, dubbed as the“Father of Modern Philosophy” is perhaps bestknown for his statement “I think, therefore Iam”.

His influence in Mathematics is equallyapparent – his invention of Y, a 2D system thatallows geometric shapes to be described asalgebraic equations.Who is X? (If you can decipher what is Y, X shouldn’t take long)

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Internet - 5 points

US Patent 6,285,999 assigned to Stanford University is for a link analysis algorithm named after its inventor. It assigns a numerical weighting to each element of a hyperlinked set of documents, such as those on the Internet with the purpose of “measuring” its relative importance within the set.

The numerical weight that it assigns to any given element E is referred to as the _______ of E.

Fill in the blanks which is the name of this algorithm.

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Internet - 10 points

Following is an excerpt from Dan Brown’s novel, Angels and Demons:

"I have people here at the lab very adept at extracting user information from the Web."Langdon was skeptical. "Sounds like your lab knows a lot about the Web.""We should," the man fired back. "We invented it.“

Which famous lab being talked about here, invented the World Wide Web?

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Internet – 20 points•The first documented use of this phenomenon was on September 18,1982 by Scott Fahlman of Carnegie Mellon University. He said "It has beenfascinating to watch this phenomenon grow from a little message I tossedoff in ten minutes to something that has spread all around the world.“

•However, the National Telegraph Review and Operators Guide in April1857 serves as a precedent by using the number 73 in Morse Code torepresent other versions.

•One of the versions is also supposedly contained in a 1862 transcript ofan Abraham Lincoln speech.

•An August 2004 issue of the Risks digest pointed out – ‘It's hard to knowin advance what character-strings will be parsed into what kind ofunintended image.’

•Some of the variations are Japanese style, Korean Style, Ideographic Styleand 2channel style

What is being talked about here?

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Technology Companies – 5 points

Which communications company famouslywon $1.53 billion from Microsoft asdamages in a patent infringement caseinvolving technologies related to MP3 andMPEG encoding and compressiontechniques?

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This American aerospace,defense, security and advancedtechnology company withworldwide interests wasfounded by a merger in 1995. Itis one of the world’s largestdefense contractors and most ofits revenue comes from militarysales.

It led the team that developedthe F-22 raptor.

Which company?

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This global giant has an approximate revenue of$18.4 billion. It became the ‘largest home appliancemaker in the world’ after a famous acquisition of acommercial laundry device manufacturer in 2006. It’sproduct line includes clothes washers, dryers,refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, air conditioners,microwave ovens amongst other things.

What is the name of this company which alsofamously developed an ice cream for NASA whichdoes not melt at room temperature?

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Apple – 5 points

X is a media player computer programused for playing, downloading andorganizing digital music and video files ondesktop computers. It can also managecontents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch andiPad.

What is X?

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Apple – 10 pointsWhich extensible proprietary multimedia frameworkdeveloped by Apple Inc. is capable of handling variousformats of digital video, picture, sound, panoramicimages, and interactivity?

Integrated with Mac OS X, it was once an optionalcomponent during installation of earlier versions ofMac OS. It is a downloadable software for MSWindows, either as a standalone application orbundled with iTunes or optionally with Safari.

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Apple – 20 points

_____________ is an Americantelevision commercial whichintroduced the AppleMacintosh PC for the first time.It used the unnamed heroine torepresent the coming of theMacintosh as a means of savinghumanity from "Big Brother".The commercial has wonmultiple awards over the courseof time. Fill in the blanks.

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Facebook – 5 points

This freemium multiplayer Social networkgame created by Zynga allows gamers toplay as gangsters building their own gangs.The players fight other players online andcomplete tasks to gain rewards andstrength in the game. Which multi-million-user base game are we talking about?

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The movie "Social Network" portrays thefounding of Facebook and a lawsuit betweenMark Zuckerberg vs. the ______ brothers andDivya Narendra, a Harvard student of Indianorigin. They sued Zuckerberg claiming that hestole their idea of “HarvardConnection” tocreate Facebook.

Fill in the blanks.

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Those of you who have used Facebook in your schooldays might know that prior to a major homepageredesign in 2007, Facebook's front page used tofeature a man's face partly obscured behind a cloud ofbinary code. Dubbed the “Facebook guy,” it was notknown who the mystery man was until DavidKirkpatrick revealed this info in his book The FacebookEffect. Who is the guy? (Those of you who watch a lotof movies will be able to recognize this guy.)

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Logos – 5 points

Identify this logo

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Logos – 10 points

Identify this logo

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Logos – 20 points

Shown above are two pictures. The first picture shows acosmetic built by company A while the second is the logo ofcompany B which was a radio manufacturing plant. A and Bmerged to form one of the biggest companies on the planettoday. What is the name of this technology major?

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Computer Games - 5 points

This puzzle video game developed by Rovio wasinspired primarily by a sketch of stylized winglessbirds. It was first released for Apple iOS in December2009. Since that time, over 12 million copies of thegame have been purchased over the App Store whichhas resulted in the company releasing versions forother OSs.

Name this famous gaming sensation.

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Computer Games - 10 points

Known as Gryzor in Europe and Australia, this run andgun action game developed by Konami features twocontrollable armed military commandos named Bill"Mad Dog" Rizer and Lance "Scorpion" Bean who aresent on a mission to neutralize a terrorist group calledthe Red Falcon Organization.

Name this famous video game which almost each oneof you has played at some point of time.

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Computer Games – 20 pointsThe name of this immensely famous productcomes from a Japanese onomatopoeia used fornoisy eating.

Upon its release, the product and subsequently,______ derivatives became a social phenomenonthat sold a bevy of merchandise and also inspired,among other things, an animated television seriesand a top-ten hit single.

What product are we talking about?

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Mixed Bag 1 - 5 points

X is a type of sound made by a telephone toindicate an incoming call consisting of severalmusical notes at a time. The first X usedsequenced recording methods such as MIDI.Early mobile devices did not feature X as theywere able to play a series of musical notes, butonly one at a time.

What is X?

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Mixed Bag 1 - 10 pointsName the device X whose working is explained

below.

X features two freely rotating rollers located 90degrees apart. One roller detects the forward-backward motion while the other senses left-right motion. Each roller is on the same shaft asan encoder wheel with slotted edges. The slotsinterrupt infrared light beams to generateelectrical pulses that represent the directionand speed of movement of X by the user.

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Mixed Bag 1 – 20 pointsThis picture shows a system thatallows a driver to set the speed ofan automobile and this systemtakes over the throttle of theautomobile to maintain that setspeed. In steady trafficconditions, it improves drivercomfort, however, it is ineffectivein congested traffic conditions.

What is this system known as?

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X was discovered as a result of the famousRutherford experiment performed by HansGeiger and Ernest Marsden. They found outthat almost all of the mass of an atom islocated in the X.

X is also used to refer to the central and mostimportant part of an object, movement, orgrouped, forming the basis for its activity andgrowth. What is X?

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X is the shorthand name for a category ofHigh definition television video modehaving a horizontal resolution of 1080pixels and a progressive scan. It is thepreferred broadcast format in the UnitedStates and is slowly being adopted inIndia. What is X?

Mixed Bag 2 – 20 points

A Roshal Archive is a proprietary archive file formatthat supports data compression, error recovery, andfile spanning. The current version (v3.0) of thisproprietary algorithm is owned by Russian engineerAlexander L. Roshal. The algorithm is based onLempel Ziv (LZSS) and Prediction by Partial Matching(PPM) techniques. Roshal Archives can be createdonly with the commercial software X and third partyprograms are only allowed to read these archives.What is X?

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In British slang, it is known as 'a hole inthe wall'. Also known as Cashpoint, thisdevice is a computerised tele-communications device that provides theclients of a financial institution withaccess to financial transactions in a publicspace without the need for a bank teller.

How do we popularly know this device?

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How do we popularly know "Jerry andDavid's Guide to the World Wide Web"?

Mixed Bag 3 – 20 points

These large and diverse group of simple, typicallyautotrophic organisms, range from unicellular tomulticellular forms. They are photosynthetic likeplants, and their tissues are not organized into themany distinct organs found in land plants. The largestand most complex marine forms are calledseaweeds. Prominently found in water bodies, theycan sometimes be found in unusual environmentslike on snow and ice.

What is this class of organisms known as?

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Tie Breaker 1 (20 points)

At lunchtime on the 8th of February 1953,two young men rushed into a pub inCambridge and told anyone who wouldlisten that they had discovered 'the secretof life'. These men were Francis Crick andJames Watson. What was the ‘secret oflife’, these men were referring to?

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Though it is most abundant metallicelement in the Earth’s Crust, thiselement, which is rare in its free formonce prompted Napoleon to give abanquet where the most honored guestswere given utensils made of this element.

Which element are we talking about?

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These creatures comprise 20% of allmammal species (about 1100 species).Most are insectivores, and most of theremainder feed on fruits. Their order isChiroptera, which is Greek for , “Handwing”.

Identify these creatures.

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__________ is a writing instrument withan internal ink reservoir and a sphere for apoint. The internal chamber is filled with aviscous ink that is dispensed at its tipduring use by the rolling action of a smallsphere.

Fill in the blanks

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When early astronomers discovered it in 1600’s, andwhen Donati Creti painted it shortly afterward in theVatican’s picture gallery, there was not much toexplain – it was just a curious blemish. Butastronomers eventually got a better look, and the last80 years have produced a succession of theories.Among them in rough historical order, have beenthese: The Lava Flow theory, The New Moon theory,The Egg theory, and the Column-of-gas theory.

What am I talking about?

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