Quiz at St. Stephens
The quiz at St. Stephen's National Science Fest was good. About 30 teams were in the prelims and six made it to the final. The standings were:
1. Kunal and Arpit. (DCE)
2. Abhinav and Saikat. (St.Stephens)
3. Justin and Arka. (St.Stephens)
4. Abhimanyu and Ankit. (NSIT)
The prelim questions:
(1)"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door
Where impossible things may happen
That the world has never seen before
In _________________________________.
(2) Four papers published in 'Annalen der Physik' in 1905:
I. Photoelectric Effect
II. Brownian Motion
III. Special Relativity
IV. ?
(3) Lennart Carleson is the 2006 winner of the Abel prize. His work on sound waves (...) suggested that any sound can be reproduced using a series of tuning forks. The significance was realised much later and found place in a popular late 90s technology. Developers of a particular product recently acknowledged his contribution. What product?
(5) First of its kind was patented in 1892 by Jesse W Reno and was made of grooved wooden slats and rubber cleats. Two years later, Harrods in London installed one with a valet ready to serve passengers who felt faint with its usage with brandy. It hit public imagination when it was famously exhibited at the 1900 Paris Exposition, where it was given its current name. What?
(6) One _________ is the distance to an object that shows a parallax of one second of an arc.
(7) "Nature and nature's laws lay hid by night
God said Let _______ be! And all was light"
(8) Founded in 1957 by Joseph Rotbalt and Bertrand Russell, this organisation attempts to bring together scholars to seek solutions of global security threats etc. Named after the venue of the first conference, after offers from Nehru to hold it in India and Aristotle Onassis to hold it in Monaco fell thru, it won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995. Has M S Swaminathan as its current Secretary-General. Name the organisation.
(9*) Pic. Commemoration of X in dining hall of Cauis College, Cambridge. Who is X? (*one of the most brilliant questions I've ever seen*)
(10) Founded by Madhava Sangamagrama, this school of math and astronomy flourished between the 14th and 16th centuries and includes among its members the likes of Parameswara, Nilakantha and Sankara Varman. Texts on advanced calculus, methods to estimate the positions of planets, a largely accurate heliocentric model of the solar system etc. are examples of their achievements. Name the school.
(11) British patent no. 7777
(13) Neil Pappworth of Sema wished Richard Jarvis of Vodafone a “Merry Christmas” on Dec 3, 1992 in Newbury, England. What was so special about this greeting?
(14*) Inscription on a cenotaph:
“NOT TO PERPETUATE A NAME,
WHICH MUST ENDURE WHILE THE PEACEFUL ARTS FLOURISH,
BUT TO SHOW
THAT MANKIND HAVE LEARNED TO HONOUR THOSE
WHO BEST DESERVE THEIR GRATITUDE,
THE KING,
HIS MINISTERS, AND MANY OF THE NOBLES
AND COMMONERS OF THE REALM
RAISED THIS MONUMENT TO
___________________________________
WHO DIRECTING THE FORCE OF AN ORIGINAL GENIUS
EARLY EXERCISED IN PHILOSOPHIC RESEARCH
TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF
THE ___________________
ENLARGED THE RESOURCES OF HIS COUNTRY
INCREASED THE POWER OF MAN
AND ROSE TO AN EMINENT PLACE
AMONG THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS FOLLOWERS OF SCIENCE
AND THE REAL BENEFACTORS OF THE WORLD
BORN AT GREENOCK MDCCXXXVI
DIED AT HEATHFIELD IN STAFFORDSHIRE MDCCCXIX”
Fill in the first blank.
(16) Established in 1942, it is one of the largest publicly funded R & D facilities in the world. It was the first institution to use DNA fingerprinting in India and was responsible for the design of the SARAS. It is also the top US patent holder. Name the organisation.
(17) Atomic number 84. In 1898, it became the first element to be discovered by means of its radioactivity. Discs of this element famously feature in Forsyth’s Fourth Protocol. With a half-life of 138 days, which is the only naturally occurring isotope of this element?
(18) Largest of its kind is operated by Mt. Graham International Observatory, Arizona. The European Southern Observatory earlier this year came out with a proposal to top it with Project OWL. However, they realized that OWL might not be practical, and have now settled for ELT. Expand ELT.
1. Kunal and Arpit. (DCE)
2. Abhinav and Saikat. (St.Stephens)
3. Justin and Arka. (St.Stephens)
4. Abhimanyu and Ankit. (NSIT)
The prelim questions:
(1)"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door
Where impossible things may happen
That the world has never seen before
In _________________________________.
(2) Four papers published in 'Annalen der Physik' in 1905:
I. Photoelectric Effect
II. Brownian Motion
III. Special Relativity
IV. ?
(3) Lennart Carleson is the 2006 winner of the Abel prize. His work on sound waves (...) suggested that any sound can be reproduced using a series of tuning forks. The significance was realised much later and found place in a popular late 90s technology. Developers of a particular product recently acknowledged his contribution. What product?
(5) First of its kind was patented in 1892 by Jesse W Reno and was made of grooved wooden slats and rubber cleats. Two years later, Harrods in London installed one with a valet ready to serve passengers who felt faint with its usage with brandy. It hit public imagination when it was famously exhibited at the 1900 Paris Exposition, where it was given its current name. What?
(6) One _________ is the distance to an object that shows a parallax of one second of an arc.
(7) "Nature and nature's laws lay hid by night
God said Let _______ be! And all was light"
(8) Founded in 1957 by Joseph Rotbalt and Bertrand Russell, this organisation attempts to bring together scholars to seek solutions of global security threats etc. Named after the venue of the first conference, after offers from Nehru to hold it in India and Aristotle Onassis to hold it in Monaco fell thru, it won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995. Has M S Swaminathan as its current Secretary-General. Name the organisation.
(9*) Pic. Commemoration of X in dining hall of Cauis College, Cambridge. Who is X? (*one of the most brilliant questions I've ever seen*)
(10) Founded by Madhava Sangamagrama, this school of math and astronomy flourished between the 14th and 16th centuries and includes among its members the likes of Parameswara, Nilakantha and Sankara Varman. Texts on advanced calculus, methods to estimate the positions of planets, a largely accurate heliocentric model of the solar system etc. are examples of their achievements. Name the school.
(11) British patent no. 7777
(13) Neil Pappworth of Sema wished Richard Jarvis of Vodafone a “Merry Christmas” on Dec 3, 1992 in Newbury, England. What was so special about this greeting?
(14*) Inscription on a cenotaph:
“NOT TO PERPETUATE A NAME,
WHICH MUST ENDURE WHILE THE PEACEFUL ARTS FLOURISH,
BUT TO SHOW
THAT MANKIND HAVE LEARNED TO HONOUR THOSE
WHO BEST DESERVE THEIR GRATITUDE,
THE KING,
HIS MINISTERS, AND MANY OF THE NOBLES
AND COMMONERS OF THE REALM
RAISED THIS MONUMENT TO
___________________________________
WHO DIRECTING THE FORCE OF AN ORIGINAL GENIUS
EARLY EXERCISED IN PHILOSOPHIC RESEARCH
TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF
THE ___________________
ENLARGED THE RESOURCES OF HIS COUNTRY
INCREASED THE POWER OF MAN
AND ROSE TO AN EMINENT PLACE
AMONG THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS FOLLOWERS OF SCIENCE
AND THE REAL BENEFACTORS OF THE WORLD
BORN AT GREENOCK MDCCXXXVI
DIED AT HEATHFIELD IN STAFFORDSHIRE MDCCCXIX”
Fill in the first blank.
(16) Established in 1942, it is one of the largest publicly funded R & D facilities in the world. It was the first institution to use DNA fingerprinting in India and was responsible for the design of the SARAS. It is also the top US patent holder. Name the organisation.
(17) Atomic number 84. In 1898, it became the first element to be discovered by means of its radioactivity. Discs of this element famously feature in Forsyth’s Fourth Protocol. With a half-life of 138 days, which is the only naturally occurring isotope of this element?
(18) Largest of its kind is operated by Mt. Graham International Observatory, Arizona. The European Southern Observatory earlier this year came out with a proposal to top it with Project OWL. However, they realized that OWL might not be practical, and have now settled for ELT. Expand ELT.
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