A mind bobbling Science Quiz. Fire your neurons, crack the uncrackable. Champions Thy Shall Rise.

1. Inter Department Science Quiz
By And For Science Center Volunteers

2. Quiz Kerala
They are the ONLY representatives of International
Quizzing Association, London (IQA) in Kerala & they
organize the World Quizzing Championship every year
in Kerala representing IQA.
They are also the FIRST QUIZ SOCIETY IN INDIA
affiliated to Quiz Society of India (QSI).

3. Bounce and Pounce
System
Explained By
ARJUN R
SHANKAR
QUIZ KERALA

4. RULES
• This Quiz Comprises 4 rounds
• Will be based on Bounce and Pounce system.
• Detailed rules of each rounds would be explained
later
MARKING SCHEME
• Depends on each round

5. START YOUR ENGINE’S

6. Round 1

7. RULES
• This round consist of 6 Questions
• Will be based on Bounce and Pounce system
• Other teams can pounce on the question at the cost
of negative marks
• Direct Questions will not carry negative marks
• There will be no negative for passed questions
MARKING SCHEME
+10, -5 (For Pounce)

8. 1) Id this Stalwart in space exploration, often called as The
Usherer of Space Age

10. Robert H Goddard

11. 2) Which Famous Mathematicians 125th Birthday does this google doodle
commemorate?

13. Sreenivasa Ramanujan

14. 3)Unlike vertebrates, these do not have hemoglobin in their blood, but instead
use hemocyanin to carry oxygen. Because of the copper present in hemocyanin, their
blood is blue. Their blood contains amebocytes, which play a similar role to the white
blood cells of vertebrates in defending the organism against pathogens. ID this
Animal

16. Horseshoe Crabs

17. 4) I.D this famous scientist who has won a Nobel for
chemistry as well as for Peace.

19. LINUS PAULING

20. 6) Connect these

22. Natural Satellite
Natural Satellite
th Planet in the solar system
Saturn

23. Lets Know Where U Stand

24. Round 2

25. RULES
• This round consist of 6 Questions
• Will be based on Bounce and Pounce system
• Other teams can pounce on the question at the cost
of negative marks
• Direct Questions will not carry negative marks
• There will be no negative for passed questions
MARKING SCHEME
+15, -7 (For Pounce)

26. 1)Experts say that the following are the criteria for a land mass to be
classified as X.
• Elevation above the surrounding area
• Distinctive geology
• A well defined area
• A crust thicker than the regular ocean
According to these criteria a new landmass termed Zealandia, which neighbours
New Zealand and is mostly submerged in the ocean, might qualify to be the next X.
ID X

28. Continent

29. 2) Connect these

31. Astronomical Symbols for Solar System

32. 3) PM2.5 refers to particulate matter which has a diameter less than 2.5
micrometer.
Currently PM2.5 level in Delhi is 20 times higher than the accepted standards.
What am I reffering to?

34. PM2.5 pollution level in air quality index

35. 4)A first edition of this work became the most expensive print sold of
the revolutionary text as it went for 1million dollars
Written in latin and published in 1687, it laid out ground breaking
theories, and introduced a more rigorous mathematical method to
physical science.
ID This Seminal work.

37. Pricipia Mathematica

38. 5)X were found emanating from Crookes tubes,
experimental discharge tubes invented around 1875, by scientists
investigating the cathode rays, that is energetic electron beams, that
were first created in the tubes.
Many of the early Crookes tubes undoubtedly radiated X, because early
researchers noticed effects that were attributable to them.
Wilhelm ________ was the first to systematically study them, in 1895
ID X

40. X-Rays

41. 6)
• At the award Ceremonies on Dec 10th the winners receive
three things: a diploma, a medal and a document
confirming the prize amount
• Each Diploma is unique work of art, created by foremost
Swedish and Norwegian artist and calligraphers
• Medals are handmade with careful precision and in 18 carat
recycled gold
•ID This award

43. The Nobel Prize

44. Lets Know Where U Stand

45. Round 3

46. RULES
• This round consist of 6 Questions
• Will be based on Bounce and Pounce system
• Other teams can pounce on the question at the cost
of negative marks
• Direct Questions will not carry negative marks
• There will be no negative for passed questions
MARKING SCHEME
+20, -10 (For Pounce)

47. 1) The following image is that of the montreal biosphere. The Biosphere is a museum in
montreal dedicated to the environment. It is located at Parc Jean-Drapeau, on Saint
Helen's Island in the former pavilion of the United States for the 1967 World Fair, Expo
67. The building originally formed an enclosed structure of steel and acrylic cells, 76
metres (249 ft) in diameter and 62 metres (203 ft) high. The dome is a Class 1, Frequency
16 Icosahedron
ID the famous architect who designed this

50. Buckminster Fuller.
Buckminsterfullerene C60

51. 2) Connect and find the location
depicted below.

53. Napier Museum

54. 3) What does Torino scale (above) measure?

57. 4) Id this nobel prize winning physicist and what is he talking about

59. Richard P Feynman on Challenger Disaster

60. 5) X include three species of birds in the genera Pavo and Afropavo of
the Phasianidae family, the pheasants and their allies. There are two Asiatic
species: the blue or Indian X originally of India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan; and
the green X of Myanmar, Indo china, and Java; and one African species,
the Congo X, native only to the Congo Basin. Male X are known for their
piercing call and their extravagant plumage.
ID X

62. Peafowl or Peacock

63. 6) Id this effect that is named after the Austrian Physicist who first proposed it.

65. Doppler Effect

66. Lets Know Where U Stand

67. Round 4

68. RULES
• This round consist of 6 Questions
• Will be based on Bounce and Pounce system
• Other teams can pounce on the question at the cost
of negative marks
• Direct Questions will not carry negative marks
• There will be no negative for passed questions
MARKING SCHEME
+20, -20 (For Pounce)

69. 1)X on witnessing something, remarked later that it brought to mind words from the
Bhagavad Gita:“Now I become death, the destroyer of worlds.” Who is X and what did he
witness

72. 2) “3 Xs for Muster Mark!
Sure he has not got much of a bark
And sure any he has its all behind the mark.”
These are a few lines from finnegans wake by James Joyce Gellman(above) named
something he hypothesized as X........ What Is X?

74. Quark

75. 3)
• X is a Mechanically interlocked molecule composed of five interlocking macromolecules
that resembles the _____ rings.
• The molecule is linear pentacatenane or a [5]catenane. It was synthesized and named by
Franser Stoddart and co-workers in 1994.
• Give the inspiration for X name that was in news last year around august.

78. Olympiadane

79. 4) Connect them

81. Ailurophobic

82. 5) X is the scientific method of dating _____ rings (also called growth rings) to the exact
year they were formed in order to analyze atmospheric conditions during different periods
during different periods in history. X is useful for determining the timing of events and
of events and rates of change in the environment (most prominently climate) and also in
climate) and also in works of art and architecture, such as old panel paintings on wood,
paintings on wood, buildings, etc. It is also used in radiocarbon dating to calibrate
dating to calibrate radiocarbon ages
ID X

84. Dendrochronology

85. 6) ID the Scientist whose Gravestone this is

88. Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann

89. Champions Thy Shall Rise

90. Thank You All