SPECTRUM 2015

QUIZ FINALS
SHELDON KNOWS
Rules
All questions have infinite pounce and
bounce.
Pounce is open for 10 seconds.
The first team to raise their hands will be
awarded +20 for correct response and -10 for
incorrect response.
The following teams who raise their hands for
pouncing will be awarded +10 or -5
accordingly.
Teams which go for bounce will get +5 for
correct response. No negative marking.
ROUND 1
1.
In 1985, Dr _________ managed
to attract enough investors to
set up an entire corporation,
International Genetic
Technologies, Inc. (InGen).Its
mission was to be the world's
premier researcher of leading-
edge genetic and biological
science and technology.
InGen's headquarters was
located in Palo Alto, CA where
the initial research also took
place here.
What is InGens most famous
creation ?
ANSWER
Jurassic Park
2.
X possesses aneidetic memoryand an IQ of 187,although
he claims his IQ cannot be accurately measured by normal
tests.He originally claimed to have a master's degree and
twodoctoral degrees, but this list has increased.
X has an extensive general knowledge in many subjects
including physics, chemistry, biology,
astronomy,cosmology, algebra, calculus,differential
equations,vector calculus, computers, electronics,
engineering, history, geography, linguistics, football and
various languages likeFinnish, Spanish, French,Mandarin
Chinese,Persian,Arabic, andKlingon.
He also shows great talent in music, knowing how to play
the piano, recorderandthereminand havingperfect pitch.
In his career X was visiting professor at theUniversity of
Heidelbergin Germany, and was the youngest person at the
time to receive the Stevenson Award
ANSWER
Sheldon Cooper
3.
After Dr.John S. Pembertoninventionin 1886, the ____ was
kept a close secret, only shared with a small group and not
written down. In 1919,Ernest Woodruffand a group of
investors purchased the Company . To finance the purchase
Woodruff arranged a loan and as collateral he provided
documentation of ____ by committing it to paper. This was
placed in a vault in the Guaranty Bank in New York until the
loan was repaid in 1925. At that point, Woodruff reclaimed the
______ and returned it to Atlanta and placed it in the Trust
Company Bank, now SunTrust Bank, where it remained
through 2011.
On December 8, 2011, the ______ was moved to a purpose
built vault in a permanent interactive exhibit inAtlanta.
What is the _______.
ANSWER
Formula for Coca- Cola
4.
The ______ would dwarf all of its
predecessors (see Lord of the
rings). It would collide protons at
energies around 100 TeV,
compared with the planned 14
TeV of the LHC at CERN. And it
would require a tunnel 80
100kilometres around,
compared with the LHCs 27-km
circumference. For the past
decade or so, there has been
little research money available
worldwide to develop the
concept. But at the Snowmass
meeting in Minneapolis,
Minnesota hundreds of particle
physicists assembled to dream
up machines for their fields
ANSWER
THE VERY LARGE HADRON
COLLIDER(VLHC)
5.
The betwas described by X as an "insurance policy" of sorts:
This was a form of insurance policy for me. I have done a lot of work on
_____ _____, and it would all be wasted if it turned out that _____ _____ do
not exist. But in that case, I would have the consolation of winning my
bet, which would win me four years of the magazinePrivate Eye. If black
holes do exist, Y will get one year ofPenthouse. When we made the bet
in 1975, we were 80% certain that________was a _____ _____. By now, I
would say that we are about 95% certain, but the bet has yet to be
settled.
In the updated and expanded edition of__ ______ ______ __ _____, X
states that "Although the situation with _____ has not changed much
since we made the bet in 1975, there is now so much other
observational evidence in favor of ______ ____ that I have conceded the
bet. I paid the specified penalty, which was a one year subscription to
Penthouse, to the outrage of Y's liberated wife
Ys career took another turn with his significant contribution to a major
2014 work Z.
Identify X,Y,Z (No part points .)
ANSWER
X Stephen Hawking
Y Kip Thorne
Z- Interstellar
6.
X was a Danishmathematician, founding the field
ofalmost periodic functions having worked with the
mathematician G. H. Hardy at Cambridge. X also was a
visiting scholar at the Institute of Advanced Studies,
Princeton in 1948.
X was also an excellent football player. He had a long
playing career withAkademisk Boldklub, making his debut
as a 16 year old in 1903.During the 1905 season he
played alongside his more famous brotherY (who happens
to be an eminent physicist ), who was a goalkeeper.
X was a member of theDanish national football teamfor
the1908 Summer Olympics, where he won a silver medal.
Id X and Y (no part points )
ANSWER
X - Harald Bohr
Y- Neils Bohr
7.
What is this a proof
of ?
ANSWER
Bertrand Russells proof from
mathematical logic that 1 + 1 = 2
8. Identify X.
X co-authored two scientific research papers:MgI Emission in
the Night-Sky Spectrum(1972)andAn Investigation of the
Motion ofzodiacal dustParticles (Part I)(1973),which were
based on his observations at theTeide ObservatoryinTenerife.
Xs PhD at Imperial College after a viva voce, the revised thesis
(entitledA Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust
Cloud) was approved in September 2007, some 37 years after it
had been commenced. He was able to submit his thesis only
because of the minimal amount of research on the topic during
the intervening years and has described the subject as one that
became "trendy" again in the 2000s. He graduated at the
awards ceremony of Imperial College held in theRoyal Albert
Hallon 14 May 2008.
X is also a musician, singer and songwriter who achieved
international fame as the lead guitarist of the rock bandQueen.
ANSWER
BRIAN HAROLD MAY
9.
______________________ is a model inparticle
physicsin which at high energy, the
threegauge interactionsof theStandard
Modelwhich define
theelectromagnetic,weak,
andstronginteractionsor forces, are
merged into one single force. This unified
interaction is characterized by one
largergauge symmetryand thus several
force carriers, but one unifiedcoupling
constant.
ANSWER
GRAND UNIFIED THEORY (GUT)
10.
In 1926 Einstein and Hungarian physicist Lo Szilrd
designed an appliance that required only ammonia,
butane and water, plus a heat source for the pump.
Patented in 1930, their device relied on the principle
that liquids boil at lower temperatures when exposed
to lower atmospheric pressures. As pressure in the
pipe above the butane reservoir dropped, the butane
would boil off, drawing in heat from its surroundings
and lowering temperatures in the system. Because it
had no moving parts, the appliance would last as long
as its casing.
Name the appliance made by the above two physicists.
ANSWER
REFRIGERATOR
11.
NASAscientist Ted Wydeven of the Ames Research
Centre while working on a water purification system for
spacecraft, coated a filter with a thin, plastic film, using
an electric discharge of an organic vapour. The resulting
coating was surprisingly tough, and NASA used the
concept to develop an abrasion-resistant coating
forspace helmetvisors and aerospace equipment. In
1983, Foster-Grant, the sunglasses manufacturer,
commercialized this coating, and today, the majority of
eyeglasses sold in the world are outfitted with plastic
lenses that last 10 times as long as the old ones.
Name this NASA technology used in our everyday life.
ANSWER
SCRATCH RESISTANT LENSES
12.
An experiment was carried out at SLACsLinac Coherent
Light Source (LCLS), where rapid-fire laser pulses were a
billion times brighter than those of any known source
before it. This would take scientists a significant step
forward in understanding the most extreme matter found
in the hearts of stars and giant planets, and could help
experiments aimed at recreating the nuclear fusion
process that powers the sun. The LCLS is the first that
can penetrate a dense solid and create a uniform patch
of plasma in this case a cube one-thousandth of a
centimetre on a side and probe it at the same time.
What is so special that the SLAC scientists created?
ANSWER
THE MOST POWERFUL X-RAYS IN THE
WORLD
13.
The music video X by Y_, on YouTube, is
the first video on the channel to be watched
more than two billion times. The number of
views was so great that the YouTube views
counter crashed since it exceeded the
maximum value for 32-bit signed binary
integer (called int32).
Identify X and Y.
ANSWER
 X = GANGNAM STYLE
Y = PSY
14.
At the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm, X
received his/her award from King Gustav VI
Adolf. However X brought only one of his/her
three children to the Nobel Prize ceremony. King
Gustav chided X because of this, and X assured
the King that the next time he/she would bring
all the children to the ceremony. Later, X did
bring all his/her children to the Nobel Prize
ceremony in 1972 for the second time!!
Identify X.
ANSWER
John Bardeen
15.
Once listed in the Guinness Book of World
Records as the person with the longest entry
in Who's Who in America, he was also the
Chairman of the United States Atomic
Energy Commission from 1961 to 1971.
However, he is well-known for the synthesis,
discovery and investigation of ten trans-
uranium elements which earned him the
1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Name this
American scientist.
ANSWER
GLENN T. SEABORG
16.
Eristalis gatesi and Eristalis alleni are
flower flies found only in Costa Rican high
montane cloud forests. According to Chris
Thompson, the describer of these species,
both names were in "recognition of great
contributions to the science of Dipterology".
What is so special about the names of these
insects?
ANSWER
THEY ARE NAMED AFTER PAUL ALLEN
AND BILL GATES.
17.
dB is a logarithmic unit used to express the
ratio between two values of a physical
quantity, often intensity. The decibel is also
used to express the absolute level of the
physical quantity, as in the case of sound
pressure. This unit is named in honor of a
Scottish-born scientist and inventor.
Recollect the name of the scientist.
ANSWER
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
18.
The purpose of this prize is to recognize
outstanding Indian work in science and
technology. It is the most coveted award in
multidisciplinary science in India. The award
is named after the founder Director of the
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research.
Name this award.
ANSWER
SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR AWARD
19.
ANSWER
20.
This is an obvious
reference to ?
ANSWER
FERMATS LAST THEOREM
21. Whose coat of arms?
ANSWER
ISSAC NEWTON
22.
ANSWER
COMPUTER VIRUS
23.
ANSWER
24.
Google gives tribute to a famous
physicist on his birthday. Who?
ANSWER
NIELS BOHR
25.
ANSWER
26.
The X Prizes are a parody of the Nobel Prizes
and are given each year in early October for
ten unusual or trivial achievements in
scientific research. The aim of the prizes is
to "honor achievements that first make
people laugh, and then make them think."
Can you name the Prize? Hint: The name is
a play on the words characterized by
baseness, lowness, or meanness!!
ANSWER
THE IG NOBEL PRIZES
27.
Who were awarded the Bhatnagar
prize for Physics in 2014 and for
which achievement?
ANSWER
Dr. Pratap Raychauduri (TIFR) for
trying to understand the mystery
mechanisms underlying
superconductivity and Dr. Sadiq
Rangwala(RRI) for his study of the
behaviour of atoms at ultracold
temperatures.
28.
Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell and
W.E. Moerner were awarded
the Nobel Prize in 2014 for
which discipline and for what
discovery?
ANSWER
Nobel Prize for chemistry. For
developing super resolution
microscopy
29.
On November 12,2014, a three legged
robotic probe (commissioned by the
European Space Agency) landed on a
comet, creating history. What was the
name of the probe and what was the
name of the comet.
ANSWER
 Probe: Philae
Comet: 67P/Churyumov-
Gerasimenko
30. Fill in the blank
The_______began as a CERN project named
ENQUIRE, initiated byTim Berners-Leeduring
1989 and Robert Cailliau during 1990. Berners-
Lee and Cailliau were jointly honoured by
theAssociation for Computing Machinery during
1995 for their contributions to the development
of the _______.
ANSWER
THE WORLD WIDE WEB
 ROUND 2

CONNECT
1. Name the famous Physicist?
ANSWER
GEORGE GAMOW
2. Which theory in physics is
depicted by these pictures?
ANSWER
COSMIC INFLATION THEORY
3. What do these pictures represent?
ANSWER
STRING THEORY
4. Name the Spacecraft?
ANSWER
 PLANCK, successor of the
WMAP
5. Which modern electronic device
is being depicted?
ANSWER
TABLET
6.
ANSWER
 TIE BREAKER
According to the Hindu Mythology, the asura
Rahu drank some amrit during the Samundra
Manthan and was ratted out to Vishnu by the
sun and the moon. Vishnu in the form of Mohini,
promptly cut off his head before the amrit could
reach his body. The vengeful Rahu seeking his
betrayers is supposed to cause what
astronomical events?
ANSWER
 THE SOLAR AND LUNAR
ECLIPSES
Arthur Eddington travelled to the island Principe
near Africa to watch the solar eclipse of 28 May
1919. During the eclipse he took pictures of the
stars in the region around the sun.

What was he trying to observe?

To test Albert Einstein's prediction of the
bending of light around the Sun from his
general theory of relativity.
What was the only scene redone for the re-release of
the film TITANIC in 2012 ?
Please dont answer about the centenary of RMS
Titanic embarking on her maiden voyage :)
To provide an accurate view of the Milky Way and replace Rose's
view of the moonless night sky at sea, as in this photo from
Paranal Observatory. The view was adjusted to match the North
Atlantic at 4:20 am on April 15, 1912.
Identify X, Y, Z.

X Y
1916, 1931, 1934, 1940, 1941,
Physics
1942
1916, 1917, 1919, 1924, 1933,
Chemistry
1940, 1941, 1942

1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1921,

Z 1925, 1940, 1941, 1942

1914, 1918, 1935, 1940, 1941,

Literature
1942, 1943

1914, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1923,

1924, 1928, 1932, 1939, 1940,
Peace
1941, 1942, 1943, 1948, 1955,
1956, 1966, 1967, 1972

Economic Sciences -
X : Nobel Prize.
Y : Years without the Prize.
Z : Medicine.