SciTech Quiz Prelims Answers

Nischita KazaPrabhanjan Mannari

20 questions (+1/0) No negatives. Feel free to guess. We won’t

judge :P Starred(*) questions will be used to resolve

ties The quizmaster is GAWD

Season 1 episode 7 of Breaking Bad, which aired on March 9th, 2008:

In the episode, the protagonist Walter White informs Pinkman he discovered an alternative method to cooking methamphetamine that does not require pseudo-ephedrine as an ingredient, to which Pinkman exclaims, “Yeah Mr. White, ___________!”

How do we know this better? Though many erroneously add another word that this character is famous for.

Science

Moore

Mark O'Donnell, an American writer and humorist, published an article containing the following in the magazine Esquire in 1980.

In 1994, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) refined and popularized the idea.

Some of the main points of this idea are: Any body suspended in space will remain in space until made aware of

its situation. Then the regular laws of gravity take over. Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation

conforming to its perimeter . Certain bodies can pass through solid walls painted to resemble tunnel

entrances; others cannot. All principles of gravity are negated by fear . Everything falls faster than an anvil. Any vehicle on a path of travel is at a state of indeterminacy until an

object enters a location in the path of travel.

Cartoon physics or laws of cartoon physics

If you encountered the “fail whale” where would you be?

Twitter

These snaps are of a Newton PDA from the Simpsons episode “Lisa on Ice” that was aired in 1994. Which present

day technology can be said to have been predicted here?

Fermat’s last theorem

To be or not to be (and that's the question )

Share It

X is described as an Electro-Biomechanical-Neuro-Transmitting-Zero-Synapse-Repositioner

It is a device about the size of an average cigar tube that gives a bright flash which erases the memories of the past hours, days, weeks, months or years, depending on the chosen settings

It is one of the signature tools and considered standard issue employed by theY

X- Neuralyzer Y- Men In Black

Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle is a young adult novel written by Stratemeyer Syndicate writers using the pen name Victor Appleton.

While Tom Swift is working on his latest new invention, the electric rifle, he meets an African safari master whose stories of elephant hunting sends the group off to deepest, darkest Africa. Hunting for ivory is the least of their worries, as they find out some old friends are being held hostage by the fearsome tribes of the red pygmies.

Taser – Tom A Swift and his Electric Rifle

These are some tips released by X for the users of its product Y

DO’s• Explore the world around you• Take advantage of the Y voice commands• Ask for permission• Use a screen lock• Be an active and vocal member of the Y community

DONT’S• Y-out• Wear it and expect to be ignored• Be rude or creepy (aka a Y-hole).

X – Google Y - Glass

This is an XKCD comic depicting what ?

Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle

Google has a personal T-Rex dinosaur, called Stan, which lives in their California headquarters. The skeleton is original and is an asset of Google Inc. How do we know this better ?

Pic in the next slide

Google Chrome Offline Dinosaur

“X doesn't stand for anything. It is not an acronym. There is no meaning. X and the ying-yang logo were invented by Interbrand. We hired Interbrand to come up with the name and logo that we could use for our interoperability seal and marketing efforts. We needed something that was a little catchier than “_________ Direct Sequence".The only reason that you hear anything about “Y" is some of my colleagues in the group were afraid. They didn't understand branding or marketing. They could not imagine using the name without having some sort of literal explanation. So we compromised and agreed to include the tag line "The Standard for Y” along with the name. This was a mistake and only served to confuse people and dilute the brand.”Phil Belanger on what?

X- WiFi(is not short for Wireless Fidelity) Blank is IEEE 802.11b

X is a next-generation wearables research platform developed by researchers at the MIT Media Lab. The goal of the X project is the development and prototyping of new techniques of human-computer interaction for body-worn applications

X is a metal found in Middle-earth. It resembles silver but is stronger than steel, and much lighter in weight than either.

MIThril

Suggested causes of X include: Cavitation within the _____ -small cavities of

partial vacuum form in the synovial fluid and then rapidly collapse, producing a sharp sound.

Rapid stretching of ligaments Intra-articular (within-_____) adhesions being

broken

Cracking of joints

X is an Indian nuclear experimental physicist, though he is currently working on nanocrystalline magnetic materials and alloy systems. He is also interested in earths sciences like extinction boundaries and meteorites. He is a Hindi poet who holds Indian culture and heritage in high regard.

He is best known for two works that have changed the lives of a lot of young people in India.

Harish Chandra Verma

Here, PM is the _________ probability that something will go wrong. KM is ________ constant (equal to one) and FM is _______ factor. I, C, U and F are parameters on a scale of 1-10 describing the situation of interest.

This equation was an integral part of a recent sci-fi blockbuster. How do we know it better?

Murphy’s Law