Eureka! Prelims Answers - National Science Day Quiz

Arunabh Konwar | Ashif Kamal Ahmed
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The Annual Intra-Institution National
Science Day Quiz Competition.

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• Format:
• Written
• A-Z
• Each Question carries 10 marks and part
points are applicable wherever possible.
• ##, ##, ##, ##, ##, ## & ## are starred
questions and will be considered in
case of a tie.
• In case of further tie, count-back
method will be implemented.
• Top 8 teams will qualify for the on-stage
finals.
• In case of a tie in the finals, prelims
scores will be considered.
• Regarding the Quiz-Master’s decisions
during the quiz, the effect of
Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
on macroscopic materials is
negligible.
26 Questions
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May the F=ma be with you!

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In his book "Right Brain Education in Infancy”, Dr.
Makoto Shichida says that the right brain is active
during gestation period of pregnancy. Furthermore, the
imaging right brain is the centre for extra sensory
perception. He further adds cells are sensitive and can
transmit subtle energy patterns to the brain, a child has
extra sensory perception in the womb. The unborn baby
uses the cells of his developing body to gain information
from the world around him, which is transmitted to his right
brain hemisphere center for extra sensory perception, or
ESP
Question: Which incident from Mahabharata can be
explained using the above theory?
A

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Abhimanyu and
the Chakravyu

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“……….nalbirinar paah/
brahmaputrat halise jalise/
Bogakoi bogoli nil akakhot urise /
aahise bohagi tair makor ghoroloi _________ hoi….”
According to the folklore, _________ comes to Assam like a
young , married woman that would hurriedly, fly back
to her mother destructing literally anything that
comes in her way.
Question: Fill in the Blanks.
B

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Bordoisila

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Question: Identify the product from the TVC clip.
C

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Clash of
Clans

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Question: Who appears as a cameo in this shot in Home
Alone: Lost in New York?
D

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Donald Trump

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Marshall Bruce Mathers III is an American citizen who
released his 8th studio album named The Marshall Mathers
LP 2 in 2013. A well known song from this album has
entered the Guinness Book of World records for
containing MOST WORDS (1,560 words) and in that
particular song, he speaks 97 WORDS PER SECOND but
later replaced by another song in 2017.
Question: Identify this famous American citizen.
E

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Eminem

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ACCORDING TO THE BEE ANCESTRY CODE
If an egg is laid by an unmated female , it hatches into a
male or a drone bee
If, however an egg was fertilized by a male, it hatches
into a female
Thus, a male bee always has one parent (one female) and
a female bee has two parents (one male and one female).
If one traces the pedigree of any male bee (1 bee), he
has 1 parent (1 bee), 2 grandparents, 3-great grand
parents, 5 great-great-grandparents and so on..
Question: In terms of Mathematics, what am I talking
about?
F

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Fibonacci
Sequence

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X is a word that referred to a place of assembly where skill-
based contests were held . The Governor's Cup is played
in a X in Jorhat . This cup is related to a game Y . The Y
course is listed in the World Heritage List as the oldest
course in Asia and the third oldest in the world .
Question: Identify X and Y.
G

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Gymkhana
Golf

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Question: Who is the scientist being referred to here?
H

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Heisenber
g

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______ ______ has narrated, “I have spent a lot of time in X.
What I love about X is its rich mix of culture, heritage and
tradition.” Adding that X is very spiritual and forward-
thinking and that he liked this combination, he said that he
had decided to name his daughter as X as a tribute.
Question: What is X?
I

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India

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Question: Name the director of the following film.
J

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Jahnu
Barua

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This is a well known game played all around the globe. In
this game, for each round, two players are needed and
the item needed to play the game is considered as a
symbol of rebirth. In western cultures, this game is
played during the Easter as the early Christian people
believed it as a symbol of resurrection of Jesus.
Question: What is the common name of this game in
Assam?
Hint: Each one of has played or at least have enjoyed this
game as an Assamese.
K

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Koni-Juj

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Question: The following is the exhaustive list of what?
Antimony
Copper
Gold
Iron
Lead
Mercury
Potassium
Silver
Sodium
Tin
Tungsten
L

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Latin
Symbols

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On July 2, 1881 American president James A. Garfield was
shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in
Washington. However, he died 11 weeks after the incident
from infection as the doctors failed to locate the bullets
inside his body and take them out. As X-RAYS were yet to
be discovered, _____ ________ was used to locate the bullets
which was in turn, developed by Alexander Graham Bell in
the early 1881. Unfortunately, the device failed to work as
the President was lying on a bed of metal.
Question: What is the device?
M

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Metal
Detectors

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In 1866, in Vevey, Henri ______ developed milk-based baby
food and soon began marketing it along with the production of
milk chocolate and thereby, starting the company Société
Farine Lactée Henri ______, which later merged with its rival,
the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company, founded by
Charles and George Page, to focus on producing Swiss
Chocolates and went on to produce dairy products for the
military during both the wars. After huge profits in WWII, the
merged company acquired Alimentana SA which produced
under the brand name Maggi, therefore, the company changed
its name to ______ Alimentana SA and in 1977, seeking global
recognition and venturing to market outside Europe, the
company shortened its name to ______ which is its present
name.
Simple Question: What is this sweet name?
N

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NESTLE

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Dr Otto Gunther Octavius is a brilliant and respected
nuclear physicist, atomic research consultant, inventor, and
lecturer. One of his notable inventions is designing a set of
highly advanced mechanical arms controlled via a
brain-computer interface to assist him with his research
in atomic physics. Later, he had claimed that the invention
was inspired by the Vitruvian Man of Leonardo da Vinci,
however, his use of this set of arms has given him a
different and more popular nickname.
Question: How do we better know Dr Otto Gunther
Octavius?
O

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Doctor
Octopus

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It's a fact:
A ratio immutable
Of circle round and width
Produces geometry's deepest conundrum.
For as the numerals stay random
No repeat lets out its presence.
Yet it forever stretches forth.
Nothing to eternity.
The above piem used in the children’s book 'Somewhen' as a riddle by
David Saul and Danielle Mathieson is a very smart piece of literature as
it not only describes a certain entity but also helps in
memorising it.
Question: What does the above piem describe or help in memorising?
P

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Pi

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Founded by Pranay Chulet and Jiby Thomas in 2008, _____
is an Indian advertising platform headquartered at
Bangalore. Initially launched as Kijiji India in November
2005, it was owned by Kijiji International, an eBay Inc
subsidiary which is interesting because the company in
itself is a direct competitor of eBay. It was rebranded as
_____ in 2008 and is now one of the leading classifieds
advertising platforms in India.
Question: Name the company.
Q

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Quikr

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____ ___ _____ is an American adult animated science-fiction
sitcom created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon for
Cartoon Network's late-night programming block Adult
Swim. The series follows the misadventures of cynical mad
scientist ____ _______ and his fretful, easily influenced
grandson _____ _____, who split their time between domestic
life and inter-dimensional adventures.
The series has been described as "a never-ending fart joke
wrapped around a studied look into nihilism” and the series
addresses the insignificance of human existence as
compared to the size of the universe, with no recognizable
divine presence, as described by Lovecraft's philosophy of
cosmicism.
Question: Name the adult animated sci-fi sitcom.
R

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Rick and Morty

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Question: What are the blanked out words?
S

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Syria &
Sridevi

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_______ is a division of Titan Company promoted by the
Tata Group in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu Industrial
Development Corporation (TIDCO) and deals in jewellery in
India. The name was formed by combining the first two
letters from Tata and the Sanskrit word meaning gold
coin or necklace. Apart from dealing in jewellery, they also
spread awareness to the public about alleged impurity in
Gold and have introduced innovations like Karatmeter, the
only non-destructive means to check the purity of gold and
machine made jewellery.
Question: Name the company.
T

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Tanishq

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The name ____ is a word German in its roots and means
“above”. However, the word also refers to the meaning
"topmost" or “super”. Operating in 633 cities, it has been
a pioneer in the sharing economy, so much so that the
changes in industries as a result of it have been referred to
as ____-ination. Headquartered in San Francisco,
California, the peer-to-peer ridesharing, food delivery,
and transportation network company can be accessed
via its websites and mobile apps.
Question: What am I talking about?
U

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Uber

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Question: Complete the list.
V
Time Period Stakeholders Fees
2008-2012 Delhi Land & Finance ₹40 crore
2012-2015 PepsiCo ₹79.2 crore
2016-2017
???
₹100 crore
2018-2022 ₹439.8 crore

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Vivo

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Although referred to as “the Others” in the wildly popular
high fantasy novels, these humanoid creatures which are
“tall ... and gaunt and hard as old bones, with flesh
pale as milk" with eyes "deeper and bluer than any
human eyes, a blue that burned like ice”, which are
described as "the most visually iconic creatures on
the show” by the Verge, are known by some other name
in the TV adaptation and the subsequent pop culture craze
that the show has inspired.
Question: How do we better know them?
W

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White Walkers

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The abbreviation of the name of this holiday as “____”
is the source of major disagreement and debate. While it is
often said that the word ____ stems from a secular attempt
to remove the religious tradition, but its use dates back to
the 16th century. It is, therefore, believed that as the
spelling of the holiday in Greek is Χριστός, the ____ is
based on the use of the Greek letter Chi(Χ) in the place of
the longer English spelling while abbreviating.
Question: Which festival is being talked about here?
X

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X-mas

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The name of this legendary character warranting
instant recognition in pop culture circles is claimed to
be derived from either one of the two following archaic
languages:
1. From the Sanskrit word योध (yodha) which means
“fighter, warrior, soldier”
2. From the Hebrew word ‫יודע‬ (Yode'a) which means “one
who knows”
Question: Identify this character.
Y

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Yoda

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Diego de la Vega, the eighteen-year-old scion of a local
landowner, returns from studying in Spain and discovers that his
homeland has fallen under the dictatorship of Captain Raymond
and Lieutenant Gabriel. Outraged by the oppression, Diego
decides to fight the tyrants. Disguised as _____, a masked
swordsman, he helps the weak, riding away on his
horse, Viento.
In his day-to-day life, Diego portrays himself as a clumsy,
cowardly boy who flees when faced with dangerous situations
only to appear moments later as _____. As the local hero, he
is known to punish his enemies by cutting a "Z"
shaped mark into them with the tip of his blade. Diego
is accompanied by Bernard, his sidekick who wears a similar
costume and has the nickname "Little _____”
Question: Who is the masked hero being talked about?
Z

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Zorro

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