Space Quiz Prelims

1. “Space Quiz” NSSC-2017

2. Rules * 25 questions. * Marks :-- i) Question no.s 1 – 20 : 1 pointers ii) Question no.s 21 – 25 : 2 pointers * Half Points, as specified, will be available. * Star-marked questions (1, 5, 10, 15, 20 & 25) will be counted to break the ties. If needed, Countback Method will be considered. * Every decision of the QM is final.

4. Q. 01 - 20 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

5. 1 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda What was established on 15th August 1969 with the motto - Space technology in the Service of Humankind?

6. 2 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda This artwork by Stefan Knapp can be found at the entrance of the University in the European city of Torun, a part of which has been designated as the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is named after which famous son of Torun?

7. 3 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda Including more than fourteen thousand asteroids, more than one hundred comets, and a number of solar-orbiting spacecraft and meteoroids, any small celestial body whose orbit brings it into proximity with Earth, is called what? (Give me either the acronym which will surely remind you about a very popular character from a movie-franchise or the expanded form)

8. 4 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda Was it trickery or the knowledge of Solar Eclipse…. Whose head landed on the lap of his father, sage Vridhakshatra?

9. 5 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda After the most recent modification was made on May 12, 1992, where can you permanently find these set of stars and constellations?

10. 6 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda This is the lego miniature model of a teacher whose surname probably comes from the fact that most planets of the solar system rotate anti- clockwise. Who is she?

11. 7 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda Complete the equation :-- * Earth - Tellurium * Sun - Helium * Moon - ???????

12. 8 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda John Philip Sousa, famous American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era, scored a musical piece for military brass band to celebrate a remarkable event in 1882. Erroneously thought to be lost for over 100 years, the work was accidently found by a Library of Congress employee in 2003. The event in question happened last in 2012 and the next one is likely to take place in 2117. Either identify the event or the musical score.

13. 9 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda What connects the official flags of the US state of Alaska, Indian Home Rule movement and Irish Citizen Army and the logo of the Iridium Communications Inc.?

14. 10 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda As a humorous tribute to X and his association (albeit wrongly) with the catchphrase ‘billions and billions’, a X has been defined as a unit of measurement equivalent to a very large number of any entity. Who or what is X?

15. 11 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda The element edited out from the Bayeux Tapestry was depicted as a dire omen to King Harold prior to the invasion by the Normans in 1066. What was that? ?

16. 11 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda ?

17. 12 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda Harry Lange, recruited by NASA as a head of its ‘future projects’ section to design the spaceships and his colleague Frederick Ordway got associated with an ambitious but non-NASA project since the end- 1965. Their highly accurate work was greatly appreciated and contributed a lot to that project’s success. Which project was that?

18. 12 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

20. 13 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda Boney’s Law of Spatial Time-Space Co-ordinates is apparently a ‘highly convoluted subject’. To get a grasp on it, students always look for Prof. Sinha’s lectures. Where have you come across this heady stuff?

21. 14 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda It all started with Nancy Lieder, a Wisconsin woman who claims that as a kid she was contacted by gray extraterrestrials called Zetas, who also implanted a communication-device in her brain. In 1995, she founded the website Zeta Talk to disseminate her ideas. Which recent ‘phenomena’ that owe it’s origin with Ms. Lieder, is being talked about?

22. 15 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda As per the claims made by the Flat Earth Society, a pseudoscientific organisation, these three noted Americans were the brains behind which ‘pathbreaking project’?

23. 16 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda Vertical landing of spaceships was the predominant mode of rocket landing envisioned in the pre- spaceflight era. Many depictions in popular culture (like in Buck Rodgers’ comics) showed rockets landing vertically, typically resting after landing on the space vehicle’s fins. In a ‘Quest to Create a Buck Rogers’ Reusable Rocket’, which company has turned this into reality during the 2010s?

25. 17 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda A popular subject in art-world since classical times, this lady is responsible for the ‘princess and dragon’ motif. This motif is a generic premise common to many legends, fairy tales and chivalric romances and can also be seen in filmy parlance as the ‘Damsel in distress’. What is she doing in today’s quiz?

26. 18 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda ISRO has, so far, successfully launched 9 Student- Satellites. The first one, ANUSAT was launched with much fanfare on 20th April 2009. Which institution was behind that project?

27. 19 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda Coached New Albany to undefeated 1913-14 season into state finals… beat up on better opponents from Indiana and Kentucky to the tune of 100-5, 40-3, 38-8 and 50-12 … was a noted athlete himself, including a member of the 1908 University of Chicago National Championship team…. Inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in early 2017….who?

29. 20 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda Wadi Rum, also known as The Valley of the Moon, is a valley in southern Jordan. Known for it’s rugged landscape, the 278-square-mile protected area has played itself in David Lean’s 1962 masterpiece Lawrence of Arabia which literally kickstarted the Jordan tourism industry. Which 2015-venture extensively featured this landscape?

31. 21 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda The private tutor of the brothers - Cosimo, Francesco, Carlo, and Lorenzo made his discovery public in ‘Starry Messenger’, published in March 1610. As an act of flattery, he named the entities after these brothers and as a reward, was appointed the chief mathematician of the royal court. The names that eventually prevailed were suggested by Simon Marius who named the entities after the lovers of Zeus. a) Who was that ‘Private Tutor’? b) What were being talked about?

32. 22 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda Timothy Peake, a keen athlete since his school days, took part in an annual event for the first time in 1999. He repeated his feat in 2016 in a completely different environment. a) What did Peake do on 24 April, 2016? b) Who was the first one to attempt something similar in 2007?

33. 23 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda On 1st Oct, 2014, an unusual, bright flash of light was observed in a patch of sky called the CDF-S XT1. a) What artefact recorded this observation? b) Apart from this one, what other celestial parameter has been named after him?

34. 24 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda a) What is the significance of these two brothers, edited out from this family-tree, in today’s quiz? b) Name them.

35. 25 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda It traces its origin to ‘The Buzz’ credited to Cab Calloway during the 1930s. In the later years, several performers like Judy Garland, Bill Bailey and Marcel Marceau created their own versions. But it caught the public imagination after being shown in the tv-special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, telecasted on May 16, 1983. a) What is being talked about? b) How is the answer connected to the IIT-Kgp?

39. 1 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda What was established on 15th August 1969 with the motto - Space technology in the Service of Humankind?

40. ISRO 1 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

41. 2 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda This artwork by Stefan Knapp can be found at the entrance of the University in the European city of Torun, a part of which has been designated as the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is named after which famous son of Torun?

42. Nicolas Copernicus 2 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

43. 3 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda Including more than fourteen thousand asteroids, more than one hundred comets, and a number of solar-orbiting spacecraft and meteoroids, any small celestial body whose orbit brings it into proximity with Earth, is called what? (Give me either the acronym which will surely remind you about a very popular character from a movie-franchise or the expanded form)

44. Near Earth Object (NEO) 3 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

45. 4 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda Was it trickery or the knowledge of Solar Eclipse…. Whose head landed on the lap of his father, sage Vridhakshatra?

46. Jayadratha 4 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

47. 5 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda After the most recent modification was made on May 12, 1992, where can you permanently find these set of stars and constellations?

48. On the Brazilian Flag 5 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

50. 6 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda This is the lego miniature model of a teacher whose surname probably comes from the fact that most planets of the solar system rotate anti- clockwise. Who is she?

51. Prof. Aurora Sinistra 6 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

52. 7 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda Complete the equation :-- * Earth - Tellurium * Sun - Helium * Moon - ???????

53. Selenium 7 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

54. 8 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda John Philip Sousa, famous American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era, scored a musical piece for military brass band to celebrate a remarkable event in 1882. Erroneously thought to be lost for over 100 years, the work was accidently found by a Library of Congress employee in 2003. The event in question happened last in 2012 and the next one is likely to take place in 2117. Either identify the event or the musical score.

55. Transit of Venus 8 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

56. 9 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda What connects the official flags of the US state of Alaska, Indian Home Rule movement and Irish Citizen Army and the logo of the Iridium Communications Inc.?

57. Saptarshi Mandal / Big Dipper 9 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

58. 10 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda As a humorous tribute to X and his association (albeit wrongly) with the catchphrase ‘billions and billions’, a X has been defined as a unit of measurement equivalent to a very large number of any entity. Who or what is X?

59. Sagan 10 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda 1 Sagan has been defined as a unit of measurement equivalent to a very large number — technically at least four billion (two billion plus two billion) — of anything

60. 11 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda The element edited out from the Bayeux Tapestry was depicted as a dire omen to King Harold prior to the invasion by the Normans in 1066. What was that? ?

61. 11 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda ?

62. Halley’s Comet 11 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

63. 12 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda Harry Lange, recruited by NASA as a head of its ‘future projects’ section to design the spaceships and his colleague Frederick Ordway got associated with an ambitious but non-NASA project since the end- 1965. Their highly accurate work was greatly appreciated and contributed a lot to that project’s success. Which project was that?

66. 2001 : A Space Odyssey 12 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

67. 13 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda Boney’s Law of Spatial Time-Space Co-ordinates is apparently a ‘highly convoluted subject’. To get a grasp on it, students always look for Prof. Sinha’s lectures. Where have you come across this heady stuff?

68. Mr. India 13 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

69. 14 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda It all started with Nancy Lieder, a Wisconsin woman who claims that as a kid she was contacted by gray extraterrestrials called Zetas, who also implanted a communication-device in her brain. In 1995, she founded the website Zeta Talk to disseminate her ideas. Which recent ‘phenomena’ that owe it’s origin with Ms. Lieder, is being talked about?

70. Nibiru / Planet X 14 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

71. 15 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda As per the claims made by the Flat Earth Society, a pseudoscientific organisation, these three noted Americans were the brains behind which ‘pathbreaking project’?

72. 1969 Moon Landing 15 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

73. 16 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda Vertical landing of spaceships was the predominant mode of rocket landing envisioned in the pre- spaceflight era. Many depictions in popular culture (like in Buck Rodgers’ comics) showed rockets landing vertically, typically resting after landing on the space vehicle’s fins. In a ‘Quest to Create a Buck Rogers’ Reusable Rocket’, which company has turned this into reality during the 2010s?

75. SpaceX 16 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

76. 17 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda A popular subject in art-world since classical times, this lady is responsible for the ‘princess and dragon’ motif. This motif is a generic premise common to many legends, fairy tales and chivalric romances and can also be seen in filmy parlance as the ‘Damsel in distress’. What is she doing in today’s quiz?

77. Andromeda – the galaxy has been named after this Greek mythological lady 17 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

78. 18 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda ISRO has, so far, successfully launched 9 Student- Satellites. The first one, ANUSAT was launched with much fanfare on 20th April 2009. Which institution was behind that project?

79. Anna University 18 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

80. 19 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda Coached New Albany to undefeated 1913-14 season into state finals… beat up on better opponents from Indiana and Kentucky to the tune of 100-5, 40-3, 38-8 and 50-12 … was a noted athlete himself, including a member of the 1908 University of Chicago National Championship team…. Inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in early 2017….who?

82. Edwin Hubble 19 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

83. 20 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda Wadi Rum, also known as The Valley of the Moon, is a valley in southern Jordan. Known for it’s rugged landscape, the 278-square-mile protected area has played itself in David Lean’s 1962 masterpiece Lawrence of Arabia which literally kickstarted the Jordan tourism industry. Which 2015-venture extensively featured this landscape?

84. Setting of the planet Mars in The Martian (2015) 20 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

86. 21 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda The private tutor of the brothers - Cosimo, Francesco, Carlo, and Lorenzo made his discovery public in ‘Starry Messenger’, published in March 1610. As an act of flattery, he named the entities after these brothers and as a reward, was appointed the chief mathematician of the royal court. The names that eventually prevailed were suggested by Simon Marius who named the entities after the lovers of Zeus. a) Who was that ‘Private Tutor’? b) What were being talked about?

87. A : Galileo Galilei 21 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

88. B : Galilean Moons of Jupiter 21 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

89. 22 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda Timothy Peake, a keen athlete since his school days, took part in an annual event for the first time in 1999. He repeated his feat in 2016 in a completely different environment. a) What did Peake do on 24 April, 2016? b) Who was the first one to attempt something similar in 2007?

90. A : Running London Marathon on a treadmill in ISS 22 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

91. B : Sunita Williams 22 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

92. 23 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda On 1st Oct, 2014, an unusual, bright flash of light was observed in a patch of sky called the CDF-S XT1. a) What artefact recorded this observation? b) Apart from this one, what other celestial parameter has been named after him?

93. A : Chandra Observatory 23 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

94. B : Chandrasekhar Limit 23 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

95. 24 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda a) What is the significance of these two brothers, edited out from this family-tree, in today’s quiz? b) Name them.

96. A : Two Satellites of Mars 24 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

97. B : Phobos & Deimos 24 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

98. 25 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda It traces its origin to ‘The Buzz’ credited to Cab Calloway during the 1930s. In the later years, several performers like Judy Garland, Bill Bailey and Marcel Marceau created their own versions. But it caught the public imagination after being shown in the tv-special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, telecasted on May 16, 1983. a) What is being talked about? b) How is the answer connected to the IIT-Kgp?

99. A : Moonwalk 25 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

100. B : Space Technology Students' Society Newsletter 25 NSSC – 2017 (Prelims) IIT-Kharagpur Quiz by Somnath Chanda

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