Sci-Tech

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Quizmaster:

Rishabh Sanghavi

Instructions
20 Questions 25 minutes
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answer. So, please dont copy.
No negative markings.
Answers are easier than they appear
Top 8 teams would qualify for the next round.
Last 5 questions are star-marked and
would be used to resolve tie-breakers.
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is in a good mood)
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The more you

stare at the
QUESTION,
the more the
ANSWER stares

Hey Ho, Lets Go!

- The Ramones

Q1
On 30th October 2013, Cecilia Abadie, a
resident of San Diego, California was pulled
over by a police officer and was given a ticket,
and was made to pay a hefty fine for doing
something while she was driving her car.
This was a first of its kind case. This
incident (her being fined) angered many
people in the Silicon Valley. A person named
Steve Mautone commented on a social
networking site How can technology
progress if our backwards, outdated laws
are holding it back, out of ignorance?"
Why was Cecilia Abadie fined?

Q2
Identify X from the following clues
X is a popular social networking site and
mobile app.
16th April is officially celebrated as X day in
various cities, all over the world.
The X day was coined by Nate-Bonilla
Warford, an optometrist from Florida on March
12, 2010. The idea came to him while he was
thinking about new ways to promote his
business.
Xs main competitor was a social networking
site called Gowalla which was acquired and
eventually shut down by Facebook.

Q3
The following image is the origin of a very
popular internet meme. Identify this
meme.

Q4
What everyday technology did Ben
Stumpe develop in 1973 at CERN as a
replacement for the various control knobs,
buttons and switches present in his
laboratory?

Q5
What word has been blanked out?

Q6
Of the many stories about prototypes,
this one is particularly interesting and
unique.
The very first prototype of this device was
a piece of wood, which rested on the
pocket of Jeff Hawkins, who would
occasionally take it out, pretending to take
notes. The sole purpose of this prototype
was to decide on the best form factor for
this new groundbreaking device.
Which device are we talking about?

Q7
The following image is the origin of a
popular games villain. Which famous
game character are we talking about?

Q8
What are we referring to by the following
(non-exhaustive) list
Amaro
Lo-Fi
Hefe
1977
Mayfair
Rise
Hudson
Valencia
Sierra
Willow
Kevin

Q-9
About which famous Internet personality
did Mayawati (then the CM of U.P.) say
He has gone mad. If there is no
room to treat him elsewhere, let him
come to Agra. We will find him some
space at the mental asylum here.

Q 10
In February 2014, Mt. Gox a currency
exchange based in Tokyo suspended
trading, closed its website and exchange
service and filed for bankruptcy because
hackers had hacked into Mt. Goxs servers
and caused lots of damage. After this
incident, the following Cyanide and
Happiness comic strip was released.
What word has been blanked out?

Q 11
Identify this technological device from its
schematic diagram.

Q 12
The person in this picture is Chris
Messina. While working at Google, he
invented something which became very
popular in the world of social networking.
What did he invent?

Q 13
On which famous scientists 155th birthday
did Google make this doodle on 22
February, 2012?

Q 14
On Xs 72nd birthday, a UPI photographer
Arthur Sasse was trying to persuade X to
smile for the camera, but having smiled
for photographers many times that day, X
did something different. This photograph
became one of the most popular
photographs of X, often used in
merchandise depicting him in a
lighthearted sense. X liked this photo and
requested UPI to give him nine copies for
personal use, one of which he signed for a
reporter. On June 19, 2009, the original
signed photograph was sold at an auction
for $74,324.

Q 15
A flask of poison, a radioactive source and X
are placed in a sealed box. If an internal
monitor detects radioactivity, the flask is
shattered, releasing the poison that kills the X.
There is a supposed 50% chance of this
happening. The Y implies that after a while, the
X is simultaneously dead and alive. Yet, when
one looks in the box, one sees the X either alive
or dead, not both alive and dead. This poses
the question of when exactly superposition
ends and reality collapses into one possibility or
the other.
Identify X.

*Q 16*
What are we referring to by the following
(non-exhaustive) list

Enriched Uranium or Plutonium

Alcohol
Drugs
Nazi paraphernalia
Bootleg recordings
Lottery tickets and other gambling items
Ivory products
Firearms, ammunitions, crossbows and knives
Virtual items from online games
Live Animals

*Q 17*
We are talking about two specific hardware
devices/products. Put funda and name
both of them.

Its a
SQUA
RE

NO, Its
a
TRIANG
LE

*Q 18*
What was invented by Steve Wilhite in
the year 1985 while he was working at
CompuServe?
The company wanted to show color
weather maps, but did not wanted to use
too much bandwidth for dial-up
connections.

*Q 19*
The person in this picture is Jonathan
Mak, a second year graphic design
student at Hong Kong University. In 2011,
he designed(manipulated) a logo. Within
hours, the logo went viral and became an
internet sensation. Newspapers in USA and
Germany contacted him and wanted to
buy the copyright to use his logo. He also
received numerous job offers. What
famous logo did he create?

*Q 20*
X is a well know architectural term and denotes a
circular opening in the centre of a dome or in a
wall. In Latin, X means eye. X was widely used in
the Byzantine architecture and was applied to
buildings in Syria in the 5 th, 6th and the 10th
centuries. One of the finest examples of the use of
X is in the dome of the Pantheon constructed by
the Romans. Examples of X in the Renaissance
architecture can be seen in the Florence Cathedral.
X is also the name of a company founded by
Palmer Luckey, a Y designer at the University Of
Southern California. Palmer Luckey earned the
reputation for having the largest personal
collection of Y in the world, and in 2009 he also
founded ModRetro Forums, a website for
discussing modifications of old hardware devices.
Kindly identify X.

Q1
On 30th October 2013, Cecilia Abadie, a
resident of San Diego, California was pulled
over by a police officer and was given a ticket,
and was made to pay a hefty fine for doing
something while she was driving her car.
This was a first of its kind case. This
incident (her being fined) angered many
people in the Silicon Valley. A person named
Steve Mautone commented on a social
networking site How can technology
progress if our backwards, outdated laws
are holding it back, out of ignorance?"
Why was Cecilia Abadie fined?

Q2
Identify X from the following clues
X is a popular social networking site and
mobile app.
16th April is officially celebrated as X day in
various cities, all over the world.
The X day was coined by Nate-Bonilla
Warford, an optometrist from Florida on March
12, 2010. The idea came to him while he was
thinking about new ways to promote his
business.
Xs main competitor was a social networking
site called Gowalla which was acquired and
eventually shut down by Facebook.

Q3
The following image is the origin of a very
popular internet meme. Identify this
meme.

Q4
What everyday technology did Ben
Stumpe develop in 1973 at CERN as a
replacement for the various control knobs,
buttons and switches present in his
laboratory?

Q5
What word has been blanked out?

Q6
Of the many stories about prototypes,
this one is particularly interesting and
unique.
The very first prototype of this device was
a piece of wood, which rested on the
pocket of Jeff Hawkins, who would
occasionally take it out, pretending to take
notes. The sole purpose of this prototype
was to decide on the best form factor for
this new groundbreaking device.
Which device are we talking about?

Q7
The following image is the origin of a
popular games villain . Which famous
game character are we talking about?

Q8
What are we referring to by the following
(non-exhaustive) list
Amaro
Lo-Fi
Hefe
1977
Mayfair
Rise
Hudson
Valencia
Sierra
Willow
Kevin

Q-9
About which famous Internet personality
did Mayawati (then the CM of U.P.) say
He has gone mad. If there is no
room to treat him elsewhere, let him
come to Agra. We will find him some
space at the mental asylum here.

Q 10
In February 2014, Mt. Gox a currency
exchange based in Tokyo suspended
trading, closed its website and exchange
service and filed for bankruptcy because
hackers had hacked into Mt. Goxs servers
and caused lots of damage. After this
incident, the following Cyanide and
Happiness comic strip was released.
What word has been blanked out?

Q 11
Identify this technological device from its
schematic diagram.

Q 12
The person in this picture is Chris
Messina. While working at Google, he
invented something which became very
popular in the world of social networking.
What did he invent?

Q 13
On which famous scientists 155th birthday
did Google make this doodle (22 February,
2012)?

Q 14
On Xs 72nd birthday, a UPI photographer
Arthur Sasse was trying to persuade X to
smile for the camera, but having smiled
for photographers many times that day, X
did something different. This photograph
became one of the most popular
photographs of X, often used in
merchandise depicting him in a
lighthearted sense. X liked this photo and
requested UPI to give him nine copies for
personal use, one of which he signed for a
reporter. On June 19, 2009, the original
signed photograph was sold at an auction
for $74,324.

Q 15
A flask of poison, a radioactive source and X
are placed in a sealed box. If an internal
monitor detects radioactivity, the flask is
shattered, releasing the poison that kills the X.
There is a supposed 50% chance of this
happening. The Y implies that after a while, the
X is simultaneously dead and alive. Yet, when
one looks in the box, one sees the X either alive
or dead, not both alive and dead. This poses
the question of when exactly superposition
ends and reality collapses into one possibility or
the other.
Identify X.

*Q 16*
What are we referring to by the following
(non-exhaustive) list

Enriched Uranium or Plutonium

Alcohol
Drugs
Nazi paraphernalia
Bootleg recordings
Lottery tickets and other gambling items
Ivory products
Firearms, ammunitions, crossbows and knives
Virtual items from online games
Live Animals

*Q 17*
We are talking about two specific hardware
devices/products. Put funda and name
both of them.

Its a
SQUA
RE

NO, Its
a
TRIANG
LE

*Q 18*
What was invented by Steve Wilhite in
the year 1985 while he was working at
CompuServe?
The company wanted to show color
weather maps, but did not wanted to use
too much bandwidth for dial-up
connections.

*Q 19*
The person in this picture is Jonathan
Mak, a second year graphic design
student at Hong Kong University. In 2011,
he designed/manipulated a logo. Within
hours, the logo went viral and became an
internet sensation. Newspapers in USA and
Germany contacted him and wanted to
buy the copyright to use his logo. He also
received numerous job offers. What
famous logo did he create?

*Q 20*
X is a well know architectural term and denotes a
circular opening in the centre of a dome or in a
wall. In Latin, X means eye. X was widely used in
the Byzantine architecture and was applied to
buildings in Syria in the 5 th, 6th and the 10th
centuries. One of the finest examples of the use of
X is in the dome of the Pantheon constructed by
the Romans. Examples of X in the Renaissance
architecture can be seen in the Florence Cathedral.
X is also the name of a company founded by
Palmer Luckey, a Y designer at the University Of
Southern California. Palmer Luckey earned the
reputation for having the largest personal
collection of Y in the world, and in 2009 he also
founded ModRetro Forums, a website for
discussing modifications of old hardware devices.
Kindly identify X.

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Q1
On 30th October 2013, Cecilia Abadie, a
resident of San Diego, California was pulled
over by a police officer and was given a ticket,
and was made to pay a hefty fine for doing
something while she was driving her car.
This was a first of its kind case. This
incident (her being fined) angered many
people in the Silicon Valley. A person named
Steve Mautone commented on a social
networking site How can technology
progress if our backwards, outdated laws
are holding it back, out of ignorance?"
Why was Cecilia Abadie fined?

Answer
She was wearing a Google Glass while
driving.

Q2
Identify X from the following clues
X is a popular social networking site and
mobile app.
16th April is officially celebrated as X day in
various cities, all over the world.
The X day was coined by Nate-Bonilla
Warford, an optometrist from Florida on March
12, 2010. The idea came to him while he was
thinking about new ways to promote his
business.
Xs main competitor was a social networking
site called Gowalla which was acquired and
eventually shut down by Facebook.

Answer
Foursquare

Q3
The following image is the origin of a very
popular internet meme. Identify this
meme.

Answer
Y U No?!

Q4
What everyday technology did Ben
Stumpe develop in 1973 at CERN as a
replacement for the various control knobs,
buttons and switches present in his
laboratory?

Answer
Touchscreen

Q5
What word has been blanked out in the
following image

Answer
Heisenberg

Q6
Of the many stories about prototypes,
this one is particularly interesting and
unique.
The very first prototype of this device was
a piece of wood, which rested on the
pocket of Jeff Hawkins, who would
occasionally take it out, pretending to take
notes. The sole purpose of this prototype
was to decide on the best form factor for
this new groundbreaking device.
Which device are we talking about?

Answer
Palm Pilot

Q7
The following image is the origin of a
popular games villain. Which famous
game character are we talking about?

Answer
Pigs from Angry Birds

Q8
What are we referring to by the following
(non-exhuastive) list
Amaro
Lo-Fi
Hefe
1977
Mayfair
Rise
Hudson
Valencia
Sierra
Willow
Kevin

Answer
Instagram filters

Q-9
About which famous Internet personality
did Mayawati (then the CM of U.P.) say
He has gone mad. If there is no
room to treat him elsewhere, let him
come to Agra. We will find him some
space at the mental asylum here.

Answer
Julian Assange

Q 10
In February 2014, Mt. Gox a currency
exchange based in Tokyo suspended
trading, closed its website and exchange
service and filed for bankruptcy because
hackers had hacked into Mt. Goxs servers
and caused lots of damage. After this
incident, the following Cyanide and
Happiness comic strip was released.
What word has been blanked out?

Answer
Bitcoin

Q 11
Identify this technological device from its
schematic diagram.

Answer
Lightsaber

Q 12
The person in this picture is Chris
Messina. While working at Google, he
invented something which became very
popular in the world of social networking.
What did he invent?

Answer
#Hashtag

Q 13
On which famous scientists 155th birthday
did Google make this doodle (22 February,
2012) ?

Answer
Heinrich Hertz

Q 14
On Xs 72nd birthday, a UPI photographer
Arthur Sasse was trying to persuade X to
smile for the camera, but having smiled
for photographers many times that day, X
did something different. This photograph
became one of the most popular
photographs of X, often used in
merchandise depicting him in a
lighthearted sense. X liked this photo and
requested UPI to give him nine copies for
personal use, one of which he signed for a
reporter. On June 19, 2009, the original
signed photograph was sold at an auction
for $74,324.

Answer
Albert Einstein sticking his tongue out

Q 15
A flask of poison, a radioactive source and X
are placed in a sealed box. If an internal
monitor detects radioactivity, the flask is
shattered, releasing the poison that kills the X.
There is a supposed 50% chance of this
happening. The Y implies that after a while, the
X is simultaneously dead and alive. Yet, when
one looks in the box, one sees the X either alive
or dead, not both alive and dead. This poses
the question of when exactly superposition
ends and reality collapses into one possibility or
the other.
Identify X.

Answer
Cat (This is the Schrodingers Cat
experiment)

*Q 16*
What are we referring to by the following
(non-exhaustive) list

Enriched Uranium or Plutonium

Alcohol
Drugs
Nazi paraphernalia
Bootleg recordings
Lottery tickets and other gambling items
Ivory products
Firearms, ammunitions, crossbows and knives
Virtual items from online games
Live Animals

Answer
List of items banned on eBay

*Q 17*
We are talking about two specific hardware
devices/products. Put funda and name
both of them.

Its a
SQUA
RE

NO, Its
a
TRIANG
LE

Answer
Square Card Reader and PayPal Here

*Q 18*
What was invented by Steve Wilhite in
the year 1985 while he was working at
CompuServe?
The company wanted to show color
weather maps, but did not wanted to use
too much bandwidth for dial-up
connections.

Answer
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)

*Q 19*
The person in this picture is Jonathan
Mak, a second year graphic design
student at Hong Kong University. In 2011,
he designed/manipulated a logo. Within
hours, the logo went viral and became an
internet sensation. Newspapers in USA and
Germany contacted him and wanted to
buy the copyright to use his logo. He also
received numerous job offers. What
famous logo did he create?

Answer
He designed the logo where Steve Jobs
silhouetted face replaced the bite in
Apples logo

*Q 20*
X is a well know architectural term and denotes a
circular opening in the centre of a dome or in a
wall. In Latin, X means eye. X was widely used in
the Byzantine architecture and was applied to
buildings in Syria in the 5 th, 6th and the 10th
centuries. One of the finest examples of the use of
X is in the dome of the Pantheon constructed by
the Romans. Examples of X in the Renaissance
architecture can be seen in the Florence Cathedral.
X is also the name of a company founded by
Palmer Luckey, a Y designer at the University Of
Southern California. Palmer Luckey earned the
reputation for having the largest personal
collection of Y in the world, and in 2009 he also
founded ModRetro Forums, a website for
discussing modifications of old hardware devices.
Kindly identify X.

Answer
Oculus VR (Recently acquired by Facebook)

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