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Fresher’s
Sci-Tech Quiz
PRELIMS - ANSWERS
Zahlen is the German word for numbers. This is the
explanation for what queer notation in the world of science
and maths?
And the answer is ….
 This is the reason why integers are represented
by the letter Z.
Connect
• Colonial Period
• French Revolution
• Victorian England
• Imperial China
• Third Crusade
• Renaissance
And the answer is ….
 Assasin’s Creed
Which company made a parody of Alphabet's web address by
buying the domain name abc.wtf and redirecting it to one of
their websites?
And the answer is ….
 Microsoft - bing
X is a genus of rhizostome jellyfish with only one known species, X
rieki, found off the central eastern coast of Australia.
The specific epithet refers to Denis Riek, who photographed a
specimen in northern New South Wales, leading to the discovery.
The genus name, X, has two cultural references: firstly, as a
colloquialism meaning "fooled you!" , as the small size means the
species was probably mistaken as a juvenile of other species, such
as the similar Catostylus mosaicus; the term X is also given to a
seven-string harp, and the straight radial canals of this new species
are reminiscent of such strings
And the answer is ….
IITK Fresher’s Sci -Tech prelims
5
And the answer is ….
IITK Fresher’s Sci -Tech prelims
With which tech company would you associate the musical
notes D flat, D flat, G flat, D flat, A flat ?
And the answer is ….
Intel Jingle
•The company was founded by Nick Woodman in 2002.
•Woodman started the company following a 2002 surf trip to Australia
in which he was hoping to capture quality action photos of his surfing,
but could not because amateur photographers could not get close
enough, or obtain quality equipment at reasonable prices.
• His desire for a camera system that could capture the professional
angles inspired its name.
And the answer is ….
 GoPro
 There are many elements named after countries, but
only one country named after an element.
 Which Country?
And the answer is ….
Argentina
 Flipkart started off in a flat whose number was 610, in a
housing society in Bangalore. What did they do to
immortalize that number?
And the answer is ….
The BIG BILLION DAY
6 September 2014
 Who owns the domain name 466453.com?
And the answer is ….
google.com
Graph depicting what? 11
And the answer is ….
 Approximation of digits of pi.
 Representation of what?
And the answer is ….
IITK Fresher’s Sci -Tech prelims
Who assessing whom?
 Knowledge of Literature – nil.
 Knowledge of Philosophy – nil.
 Knowledge of Astronomy – nil.
 Knowledge of Politics – Feeble.
 Knowledge of Botany – Variable. Well up in belladonna, opium and poisons
generally. Knows nothing of practical gardening.
 Knowledge of Geology – Practical, but limited.
 Knowledge of Chemistry – Profound.
 Knowledge of Anatomy – Accurate, but unsystematic.
 Knowledge of Sensational Literature – Immense. He appears to know every
detail of every horror perpetrated in the century.
 Plays the violin well.
 Is an expert singlestick player, boxer and swordsman.
 Has a good practical knowledge of British law.
13
And the answer is ….
 Dr. Watson’s assessment of Sherlock Holmes
 Explain the reason for such a convoluted trajectory.
 Two word answer should suffice.
 Video next slide.
IITK Fresher’s Sci -Tech prelims
And the answer is ….
 Slingshot Effect or Gravitational assist.
 Researchers from the University of California at Davis
have recently concluded on a fact which researchers
going as far back as Charles Darwin have offered a
number of theories, some of them being protection from
predators etc.
 They concluded that something evolved in such a
characteristic way, so that they keep themselves free
from suffering the bites of house flies, which can carry
fatal diseases because house flies were averse to a
certain surface. What?
And the answer is ….
 Zebra’s black and white stripes.
 It is claimed to be the “World’s Straightest object”
 It is housed beneath the fifth longest building in the world
 What is being talked about?
And the answer is ….
 Stanford
Linear
Accelerator
Centre (SLAC).
 Large number of Burmese Pythons have been set loose in the Florida
Everglades, where they have reproduced extensively and are now
an invasive species
 To tackle this problem, researchers have begun to telemeter some
of them, which in turn lead them to others, which are then captured
and euthanized.
 The telemetered snakes are informally (and aptly) called “____
snakes”
 FITB
And the answer is ….
 Judas Snakes.
 "Last, but not least, there are the X awards. These come with little
cash, but much cachet, and reward those research projects that
'first make people laugh, and then make them think‘ – Nature
 "It's like the weirdest f-ing thing that you'll ever go to... it's a collection
of, like, actual Nobel Prize winners giving away prizes to real
scientists for doing f'd-up things... it's awesome."— Amanda Palmer
18*
And the answer is ….
 IgNobel Prize.
•Hejny, an audio engineer from Nashville, Tenn., was inspired to create
the wax four years ago when he was at a concert in Texas and saw a
musician he was working with, constantly have to do something.
•Out of sympathy, he wanted to walk on stage and hold something in
place so the drummer could focus on the music. This led to him creating
Nerd Wax.
•What does nerd wax do?
And the answer is ….
 It helps to hold the spectacles in place.
 Edison’s first patented invention was never used for the purpose for
which it was made.
 The people who were supposed to use it were unimpressed and
more importantly they thought it would reduce the time taken for
performing a particular activity and this would reduce the time they
had to convince people.
 What invention greatly used in the modern day?
 Image next slide.
And the answer is ….

And the answer is ….
 Electronic Voting Machine.

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IITK Fresher’s Sci -Tech prelims

  • 2. Zahlen is the German word for numbers. This is the explanation for what queer notation in the world of science and maths?
  • 3. And the answer is ….
  • 4.  This is the reason why integers are represented by the letter Z.
  • 5. Connect • Colonial Period • French Revolution • Victorian England • Imperial China • Third Crusade • Renaissance
  • 6. And the answer is ….
  • 8. Which company made a parody of Alphabet's web address by buying the domain name abc.wtf and redirecting it to one of their websites?
  • 9. And the answer is ….
  • 11. X is a genus of rhizostome jellyfish with only one known species, X rieki, found off the central eastern coast of Australia. The specific epithet refers to Denis Riek, who photographed a specimen in northern New South Wales, leading to the discovery. The genus name, X, has two cultural references: firstly, as a colloquialism meaning "fooled you!" , as the small size means the species was probably mistaken as a juvenile of other species, such as the similar Catostylus mosaicus; the term X is also given to a seven-string harp, and the straight radial canals of this new species are reminiscent of such strings
  • 12. And the answer is ….
  • 14. 5
  • 15. And the answer is ….
  • 17. With which tech company would you associate the musical notes D flat, D flat, G flat, D flat, A flat ?
  • 18. And the answer is ….
  • 20. •The company was founded by Nick Woodman in 2002. •Woodman started the company following a 2002 surf trip to Australia in which he was hoping to capture quality action photos of his surfing, but could not because amateur photographers could not get close enough, or obtain quality equipment at reasonable prices. • His desire for a camera system that could capture the professional angles inspired its name.
  • 21. And the answer is ….
  • 23.  There are many elements named after countries, but only one country named after an element.  Which Country?
  • 24. And the answer is ….
  • 26.  Flipkart started off in a flat whose number was 610, in a housing society in Bangalore. What did they do to immortalize that number?
  • 27. And the answer is ….
  • 28. The BIG BILLION DAY 6 September 2014
  • 29.  Who owns the domain name 466453.com?
  • 30. And the answer is ….
  • 33. And the answer is ….
  • 34.  Approximation of digits of pi.
  • 36. And the answer is ….
  • 38. Who assessing whom?  Knowledge of Literature – nil.  Knowledge of Philosophy – nil.  Knowledge of Astronomy – nil.  Knowledge of Politics – Feeble.  Knowledge of Botany – Variable. Well up in belladonna, opium and poisons generally. Knows nothing of practical gardening.  Knowledge of Geology – Practical, but limited.  Knowledge of Chemistry – Profound.  Knowledge of Anatomy – Accurate, but unsystematic.  Knowledge of Sensational Literature – Immense. He appears to know every detail of every horror perpetrated in the century.  Plays the violin well.  Is an expert singlestick player, boxer and swordsman.  Has a good practical knowledge of British law. 13
  • 39. And the answer is ….
  • 40.  Dr. Watson’s assessment of Sherlock Holmes
  • 41.  Explain the reason for such a convoluted trajectory.  Two word answer should suffice.  Video next slide.
  • 43. And the answer is ….
  • 44.  Slingshot Effect or Gravitational assist.
  • 45.  Researchers from the University of California at Davis have recently concluded on a fact which researchers going as far back as Charles Darwin have offered a number of theories, some of them being protection from predators etc.  They concluded that something evolved in such a characteristic way, so that they keep themselves free from suffering the bites of house flies, which can carry fatal diseases because house flies were averse to a certain surface. What?
  • 46. And the answer is ….
  • 47.  Zebra’s black and white stripes.
  • 48.  It is claimed to be the “World’s Straightest object”  It is housed beneath the fifth longest building in the world  What is being talked about?
  • 49. And the answer is ….
  • 51.  Large number of Burmese Pythons have been set loose in the Florida Everglades, where they have reproduced extensively and are now an invasive species  To tackle this problem, researchers have begun to telemeter some of them, which in turn lead them to others, which are then captured and euthanized.  The telemetered snakes are informally (and aptly) called “____ snakes”  FITB
  • 52. And the answer is ….
  • 54.  "Last, but not least, there are the X awards. These come with little cash, but much cachet, and reward those research projects that 'first make people laugh, and then make them think‘ – Nature  "It's like the weirdest f-ing thing that you'll ever go to... it's a collection of, like, actual Nobel Prize winners giving away prizes to real scientists for doing f'd-up things... it's awesome."— Amanda Palmer 18*
  • 55. And the answer is ….
  • 57. •Hejny, an audio engineer from Nashville, Tenn., was inspired to create the wax four years ago when he was at a concert in Texas and saw a musician he was working with, constantly have to do something. •Out of sympathy, he wanted to walk on stage and hold something in place so the drummer could focus on the music. This led to him creating Nerd Wax. •What does nerd wax do?
  • 58. And the answer is ….
  • 59.  It helps to hold the spectacles in place.
  • 60.  Edison’s first patented invention was never used for the purpose for which it was made.  The people who were supposed to use it were unimpressed and more importantly they thought it would reduce the time taken for performing a particular activity and this would reduce the time they had to convince people.  What invention greatly used in the modern day?  Image next slide.
  • 61. And the answer is ….
  • 62.
  • 63. And the answer is ….