The GK Club held its annual Quiz Quest 2015 finals. Six pairs of finalists represented their schools. The quiz consisted of 5 rounds with different point values and rules for each round. Sample questions tested knowledge of history, science, pop culture and current events. At the end of the intense quiz, a winner was decided.
14. Question 2
Celebrated annually on October 23 from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m, this
day is celebrated in many schools to instill an interest in chemistry.
What day is celebrated on this day?
16. Question 3
X is a research and development project being developed by Google
with the mission of providing Internet access to rural and remote
areas.
ID X.
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19. Question 4
The red bar, which lies closest to the mast, symbolizes the places as
it is today. The green and blue symbolize the possible stages in
future. Explain.
21. Question 5
The concept of X was first introduced by Danish chemist Søren Peder
Lauritz Sørensen at the Carlsberg Laboratory in 1909 and revised to the
modern X in 1924 to accommodate definitions and measurements in
terms of electrochemical cells. The exact meaning of X is disputed. It is
suggested that Sørensen used the letters "p" and "q" (commonly paired
letters in mathematics) simply to label the test solution (p) and the
reference solution (q). This is something we all have used in our
chemistry practicals. What is X?
24. Audience Question
She was the first Indian to win the British Championship title in 2003
in the under 19 category and was also the youngest Indian women's
national champion. She is also the first beneficiary of Mittal
Champions Trust. She currently ranks 21 in the sport. Moreover, she
is an alumni of this school.
Identify her as well as the sport.
29. Answer
Steve Wozniak was extremely good at tetris. He
topped the ranks so many times that he was
banned from playing it. Wozniak reversed his
name and played again. He topped the charts
again as shown in the picture.
30. Question 2
The following are the main components of X.
• Plasticizers to yield non-brittle films.
• Dyes and pigments.
• Opalescent pigments for a glittery look.
• Adhesive polymers.
• Thickening agents to maintain the sparkling particles.
• Ultraviolet stabilizers to resist color changes.
ID X
33. Answer
The Facebook notification icon changes based on
the location you are in. Facebook wants to show
that it is a global service in a very symbolic way.
34. Question 4
Sound technicians spent the early part of the year trying to find the
right sounds. Some, such as animal sounds like tigers' and walruses',
were bought. Human voices were also used. Fran Walsh contributed
to the Nazgûl scream and David Farmer the Warg howls. Other
sounds were unexpected: The Fell Beast's screech is taken from that
of a donkey, and the mûmakil's bellow comes from the beginning and
end of a lion's roar. In addition, ADR was used for most of the
dialogue. The technicians worked with New Zealand locals to get
many of the sounds. They re-recorded sounds in abandoned tunnels
for an echo-like effect in the Moria sequence.
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35. Question 4
20,000 New Zealand cricket fans provided the sound of the Uruk-hai
army, with Jackson acting as conductor during the innings break of a
one day International cricket match between England and New
Zealand at Westpac Stadium. They spent time recording sounds in a
graveyard at night, and also had construction workers drop stone
blocks for the sounds of boulders firing and landing. Mixing took
place between August and November at "The Film Mix", before
Jackson commissioned the building of a new studio in 2003. What
am I talking about?
37. Question 5
In 2010, NASA revealed a temperature map of Mimas, using images
obtained by Cassini. The warmest regions, which are along one edge
of Mimas, create a shape similar to a video game character. Which
character?
39. Audience Question
The law is presently named after Dutch astronomer X. It was first
accurately described by the scientist Ibn Sahl at Baghdad court, when
in 984 he used the law to derive lens shapes that focus light with no
geometric aberrations in the manuscript “On Burning Mirrors and
Lenses”. Which law?
43. Question 1
These are a modern version of the apparatus used for a historic
experiment in 1654 performed by Otto von Guericke. It was used
to demonstrate the power of atmospheric pressure.
Which logo was inspired by this Experiment?
46. Answer
Selfie
First Picture - The first selfie to be taken
Second picture - The first documented use of the
word selfie to describe a picture.
47. Question 3
X is a biographical film based on the life of renowned scientist. It has
been produced by the independent Indian production house Camphor
Cinema. The cast consists of Indian and British film, stage and screen
personalities. It marks the film debut of Abhinay Vaddi, as the main
protagonist. The first two schedules were shot in India while the
third was done in England, where they took the permission of
Cambridge University to shoot. Id X.
51. Question 5
The project was expected to be completed in 2015 at an estimated
cost of 1,500 crores, has been cleared by the Ministry of
Environment (India) for construction in the Bodi West Hills Reserved
Forest in the Theni district of Tamil Nadu. When completed, it will
house the world's most massive magnet, four times larger than the
12,500-tonne magnet in the Compact Muon Solenoid detector at
CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.
Name it.
53. Audience Question
The position is one of the toughest ones in gymnastics. It is popularly
known by two terms. One is from christian iconography (8 lettered),
the other shares its name with a Prussian and German military
decoration. Name either.
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79. Question 1
X is a method of measuring a civilization's level of technological
advancement, based on the amount of energy a civilization is able to
utilize. The scale has three designated categories called Type I, II, and
III. A Type I civilization uses all available resources impinging on its
home planet, Type II harnesses all the energy of its star, and Type III
of its galaxy. The scale is only hypothetical, but it puts energy
consumption in a cosmic perspective. Identify X.
81. Question 2
A German physician, a pioneer in linking symptoms to microscopic
brain changes, describes the haunting case of Auguste D., a patient
who had profound memory loss, unfounded suspicions about her
family, and other worsening psychological changes. In her brain at
autopsy, he saw dramatic shrinkage and abnormal deposits in and
around nerve cells. What is the significance of this finding?
86. Answer 4
Forty-three quintillion, two hundred fifty-two
quadrillion, three trillion, two hundred seventy-
four billion, four hundred eighty-nine million,
eight hundred fifty-six thousand.
The number of possible permutations in the
Rubik’s Cube.
87. Question 5
In mathematics, this theorem states that if equilateral triangles are
constructed on the sides of any triangle, either all outward, or all
inward, the centres of those equilateral triangles themselves form an
equilateral triangle.
What theorem am I talking about?
Clue in next slide.
94. Question 1
Its IUPAC name is 2-Oxo-L-threo-hexono-1,4-lactone-2,3-
enediol. It is also known as ascorbic acid. In 1747 James Lind, a
British Royal Navy found a unique way of preventing a disease if
this was taken. What are we referring to?
96. Question 2
X is a joke language with four instructions:
● H: Print "hello, world"
● Q: Print the program's source code
● 9: Print the lyrics to "99 Bottles of Beer"
● +: Increment the accumulator
Identify X.
