Scitech Quiz at SASTRA University for NSAP'15 - Round 2

• The joke goes that Ikea assembles everything quite easily. This is Ikea’s way of assembling what?

1.

The Large Hadron Collider

IDENTIFY THE SUBSTANCE.

• This star in the Alpha Centauri star system is of prime importance to human beings because of the presence of substance X, which is valued at $20 million a kilo, the cost escalating to $3 billion when one takes into account the effort required in transporting it to earth. X is a valuable room-temperature-superconductor and the largest reserves are found beneath a structure approximately 460 metres tall.

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UNOBTAINIUM. (AVATAR)

3. Rheumatoid arthitis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that results in a chronic ,systemic inflammatorydisorder that may affect many issues and organs , but principally affects flexible joints.It can be a disabling and painful condition, which can lead to a substantial loss of functioning and mobility if not adequately treated.

Billy Bowden.

4.These are boabab trees mainly foundinMadagascar, which are considered to bethousands of the oldest flowering plants.

These trees are different from other trees in a strutural aspect. What?

They don’t grow annual rings with which the ages of trees are determined.

(1)(2)

(3)(4)(5)(6)This is the equation of what ?

5.

The batman curve

Six types or flavors of what:

1. Up2. Down3. Top4. Bottom5. Strange6. Charm

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X was born in White Plains, New York to Karen, a psychiatrist, and Edward, a dentist. A few years ago, he took an online test and realized that he was red-green color-blind. This is widely stated as the reason behind the color of his most famous creation- blue. He said, “blue is the richest color for me—I can see all of blue.” Id X.

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Facebook

What was the most famous discovery of the Geiger–Marsden experiment performed by Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden in 1909 under the guidance of X ?

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Gold foil experiment or the Rutherford experiment