FINALS

Rules
There shall be 42 questions in total,
divided into four rounds including a written
second round in between.
Rules of each round will be explained
beforehand by the QMs.
First round will a regular quiz session round
consisting of 10 questions in total with
+15/-10 on pounce, +10/0 on bounce.
Good luck
ROUND 1
 1.
When Google launched its IPO, the
filing was done to raise
$2,718,281,828. Not $2.5 billion and
not $3 billion, but the particular
figure mentioned.

As is always the case with Google,

they had an unconventional reason
tinged with some humor for this.
What was the reason?
 This is the value of natural log i.e.
e
 2.
Tata wrote to X "I trust, you
remember me as a fellow- traveller
on your voyage from Japan to
Chicago. I very much recall at this
moment your views on the growth of
the ascetic spirit in India... I recall
these ideas in connection with my
scheme of Y, of which you have
doubtless heard or read.
Give me X and Y.
 X : Swami Vivekananda
Y : IISc Bangalore
 3.

Connect!

Pavo cristatus
Panthera Tigris
Magnifera Indica
Nelumbo nucifera
 Indias national symbols National
bird, national animal, national fruit
and national flower
 4.
In medicine, it is known as Synchronous
Diaphragmatic Flutter (SDF) or Singultus,
from the Latin singult, the act of
catching ones breath while sobbing. It is
caused due to abrupt rush of air into the
lungs causing the vocal chords to close.

How do we know this term in common

knowledge?
 Hiccup or Hiccough
 5.
X was an administrator of theFerme Gnraleand
a powerful member of a number of
otheraristocraticcouncils. All of these political and
economic activities enabled him to fund his
scientific research. At the height of theFrench
Revolution, he was accused by Jean-Paul Maratof
selling adulterated tobacco and of other crimes,
and was eventually guillotineda year after Marat's
death.Benjamin Franklinwas familiar with X, as
they were both members of the "Benjamin Franklin
inquiries" intoMesmerandanimal magnetism.
Who is X?
 Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier
 ROUND 2
Coming up is a written round spanning
from questions 11-16.
Given will be citations from the Nobel
Prizes that have been won in the past, two
each from the fields of Physics, Chemistry
and Medicine (sorry Maths. ;_;)
You need to write the corresponding
scientist(s)s name(s) respectively.
Part points will be given according to QMs
discretion.
 11. "in recognition of the
extraordinary services he has
rendered by his discovery of
spontaneous radioactivity

12. "for their contributions

concerning the determination of base
sequences in nucleic acids

13. "for his discovery of the citric

acid cycle"
 14. "in recognition of the services he
rendered to the advancement of
Physics by his discovery of energy
quanta

15. "for his investigations into the

disintegration of the elements, and
the chemistry of radioactive
substances"

16. "for his discoveries of

mechanisms for autophagy"
 Antoine Henri Becquerel
Walter GilbertandFrederick
Sanger
Hans Adolf Krebs
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck
Ernest Rutherford
Yoshinori Ohsumi
 ROUND 3
On the basis of the points earned in the last two rounds,
teams get to choose the topic of their preference to have
questions asked about.
Topics:-
Physics
Chemistry
Biology
Mathematics
Technology
Psychology
Each topic contains 3 questions.
+10/0 for the direct team.
+5/-5 for rest of the teams on pounce.
Physics
 17.
What is term used to define the area
between the bands of a secondary
rainbow, named after the person who
first described it in 200 AD?
( Bonus +5 for naming the optical
effect behind this phenomenon)
 Alexanders dark band
Both bows in a secondary rainbow
exist due to an optical effect called
the angle of minimum deviation. The
refractive index of water prevents
light from being deviated at smaller
angles.
18.

The origin of the ___ can be traced to the

international group of researchers called the
Chicago Atomic Scientists who had participated
in the Manhattan Project.

After the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and

Nagasaki, they started to publish a
mimeographed newsletter and then a bulletin.

Since its inception, the ____has been depicted on

every cover of the Bulletin of the Atomic
Scientists. What?
A. The Doomsday Clock
Chemistry
 20.
The concept of X was first introduced
byDanishchemistSren Peder
Lauritz Srensenat theCarlsberg
Laboratoryin 1909and revised to
the modern X in 1924 to
accommodate definitions and
measurements in terms of
electrochemical cells. What is X?
 The pH scale
 21.
Bicycle Day(19th of April) does not, as one might
expect, celebrate the ubiquitous two-wheeled mode of
transport, beloved of city- and country- dwellers alike the
world over. Rather, it celebrates a historical trip involving
a certain Swiss chemist X and a bicycle, that occurred on
19th April, 1943.
X was working in Sandoz labs, trying to develop a
compound to prevent the death of women in childbirth.
The compound, later sold as "Delysid" by Sandoz, was
one of many synthetic molecules created in the
chemists quest to prevent post-partum haemorrhaging.
ID X, and explain what happened on Bicycle Day.
 Answer THE FIRST ACID TRIP
On April 19, 1943, Hofmann performed a self-experiment to determine the
true effects of LSD, intentionally ingesting 0.25 milligrams (250
micrograms) of the substance.
He asked his laboratory assistant to escort him home and they made the
journey on a bicycle. On the way, Hofmann's condition rapidly deteriorated
as he struggled with feelings of anxiety, alternating in his beliefs that the
next-door neighbor was a malevolent witch, that he was going insane, and
that the LSD had poisoned him. When the house doctor arrived, however,
he could detect no physical abnormalities.
Hofmann was reassured, and soon his terror began to give way to a sense
of good fortune and enjoyment, as he later wrote...
"... Little by little I could begin to enjoy the unprecedented colors and plays of
shapes that persisted behind my closed eyes. Kaleidoscopic, fantastic images
surged in on me, alternating, variegated, opening and then closing themselves
in circles and spirals, exploding in colored fountains, rearranging and
hybridizing themselves in constant flux ..."
The events of the first LSD trip, now known as Bicycle Day, after the
bicycle ride home, proved to Hofmann that he had indeed made a
significant discovery: apsychoactivesubstance with extraordinary potency,
capable of causing significant shifts of consciousness in incredibly low
Biology
 23.
Perhaps the finest nature writer of the
Twentieth Century, her sensational book
Silent Spring (1962) warned of the
dangers to all natural systems from the
misuse of chemical pesticides such as
DDT, and questioned the scope and
direction of modern science, initiated
the contemporary environmental
movement.
Identify her.
 Rachel Carson
24.

Benjamin Franklin once wrote an essay to the Royal

Society of Brussels named "____ proudly" . The essay
was never submitted but sent as a letter to Richard
Price, a renowned Welsh philosopher.

The essay argues about launching independent

studies about___ . it calls for a detailed research
about the effects of various food items on it and
reminds the need for a new drug to improve it .

Franklin also sent a copy of this letter to Joseph

Priestly who was then researching on gases. What
was this essay about ?

A. Fart Proudly.
 25.
The life cycle of X starts with contaminated
sheep droppings being eaten by snails. The
eggs of X hatch inside the snail and chemically
alter its slime, marking it as a tasty target for
predatory ants to swarm over and eat. Once
inside the body of the ant, the ant is seized with
an irresistible yearning to climb, she crawls up a
blade of grass and is eaten by a sheep, inside
which the now mature X is released.

Identify X.
 Lancet Liver Fluke
Mathematics
 26.
FITB
 Pi
If pi were 3 the circular shape of O
would be a hexagon.
 27.
Given are excerpts from Michio Kakus Hyperspace :
The problem that riveted Xs interest was the impending collapse of yet
another bastion of authority, Y.
After the Bible, Ys book Z was probably the most influential book of all time.
Thousands of the finest cathedrals in Europe were erected according to its
principles.
Over the centuries, it became something of a religion; anyone who proposed
higher dimensions was relegated to the ranks of heretics.
To X, Ys [theory] was particularly sterile when compared with the diversity of
the world. Nowhere in the natural world do we see the flat, idealized, geometric
figures of Y.
The theory of higher dimensions was introduced when X gave his celebrated
lecture in Germany.
His essay On the Hypotheses Which Lie at the Foundation of ________, toppled
the pillars of classical Greek ________.
Give X, Y and Z for full points.
 Answer
X Riemann
Y Euclid
Z - Elements
Technology
 29.

When Microsoft changed to 64 bit version,

millions of lines of code had to be transported.
One program ran into trouble. The 64- bit version
of X had a pretty nasty bug where ____ would
pass through like a ghost.
They developers tried to debug, but the code
was written by an outside vendor and was
absolutely uncommented. So it was decided that
X be dropped.
Give me X.
Pinball
 30.

This Chinese multinational computer technology

corporation develops desktops and notebook PCs
and is the largest seller of PCs in China.
It is also the fourth largest vendor of personal
computers in the world.
Incorporated as Legend in Hong Kong in 1998, a
part of this former name is still part of the new
name of the company.

Name this technology giant

 Lenovo
 31.
In the Star Trek fictional universe, the fictional
computer OS known as Library Computer
Access/Retrieval System (LCARS) is often seen
used on a device known as Personal Access
Display Device. This device served as the
inspiration of the name for a modern
technology marvel more so because of their
similar appearances.

Name this modern gadget every one of you

would love to own.
 iPad
Psychology
 32.
From an article titled The Vexing Legacy of X
The legendary Stanford psychologist helped hundreds of gifted
children and showed America its okay to be smart.
X was gathering evidence to squelch the popular stereotype of
brainy, bookish children as frail oddballs He wanted to show
that most smart kids were robust and well adjusted.
He identified a core group of 643 children with IQs 135 or higher.
These were enrolled in his study, The Genetic Study of Genius.
Y was considered for enrolment in the study, but failed to make
the cut, scoring 125. Later in life Y would often joke about how he
could not qualify for the study but could still win a Nobel Prize in
physics. Y is known for his work with transistors, and had a crucial
role in making Silicon Valley the hotbed of electronics innovation.
ID X and Y.
 Answer
X Lewis Terman
Y William Shockley
 33. Connect.
(List of what?)
Idiot (0-25)
Imbecile (26-50)
Moron (51-70)

Hint Dr. Henry H. Goddard.

Answer
Medical categories of people with severe
intellectual disabilities.
In the early 1900s, Dr Henry Goddard created a
classification system for intellectual disability
based on the concept of mental age and IQ. The
term idiot referred to people with an IQ below
25, imbecile referred to IQ 26-50, and moron
was IQ 51-70. This classification initially gained
adoption amongst psychologists, although it is
now considered derogatory.
 34.
After graduation, X spent time in Europe and had the opportunity to meet Y
in Vienna.
In an autobiographical piece, X relays the story of the meeting, explaining
that he told Y of a boy he met on the train. The boy appeared afraid of dirt,
even when his mother tried to reassure him. X speculated that the boy had
obtained this phobia from his mother, who seemed to be highly
domineering.
Y responded to Xs story by saying, And was the little boy you?
X experienced Y's attempt to reduce this small bit of observed interaction
to some unconscious episode from his own remote childhood as dismissive
of his current motivations, intentions, and experience.

It served as a reminder thatpsychoanalysistends to dig too deeply into

both the past and the unconscious, overlooking in the process the reputedly
more important conscious and immediate aspects of experience, and would
play an important role for X to develop his own theory.
ID X and Y.
 Answer
X Gordon Allport
Y Sigmund Freud
 ROUND 4
This is the final, connect based
round, consisting of four short
connects and one long connect
question at the end.
For 35-38, QMs will be telling you
what they need on the pounce.
Questions 39-44 would consist of the
long connect question.
35.

Connect
 All of them have attempted to
arrange elements in a periodic form.
Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier
Dmitri Mendeleev
John Newland
Dobereiner
 36.

Connect
 CERN (European Center for Nuclear
Research)

The first photo is that of the member

states of CERN.
The second one is its logo.
The third is that of, Fabiola Gianotti
the current director-general of CERN
37.

Connect.
 The Manhattan Project.
It was the project which developed the atomic
bomb during the Second World War.

The people are associated with the Project.

Leslie Groves
Enrico Fermi
Robert J. Oppenheimer

The last is the shoulder patch which was adopted

by the people who worked on it.
 38.
Connect using funda.
 First picture is of James Chadwick.
Second one is Ernest Rutherford.
Third one is J.J. Thomson.
Chadwick was the discoverer of
neutron who was a student of
Rutherford who discovered proton,
who in turn was a student of
Thomson who discovered the
electron.
 THC
(The Hard Connect)

6 QUESTIONS

INDIVIDUAL POINTS FOR EACH QUESTION

ONLY ON POUNCE
+10/-10 PER QUESTION ON POUNCE
ANSWERS FOR INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS
FOLLOW THE SLIDES

POINTS FOR THE CONNECT SHOWN ON EACH

SLIDE

THINK PLACES,THINK SCIENCE

39.
+60/-25

The following is the basic plot of an

installment of a famous video game
franchise by ubisoft :
Altar has traveled to X from the Holy
Land in order to kill the last remnants of
the Templars. Here he reunites with Maria
and they travel together to learn more
about the "Apple of Eden".
Give me Y(the franchise) as well as X. X
goes into the connect.
 ANSWER
X : Cyprus
Y: Assassins Creed
40.
+50/-20

GLONASS is what Russia uses , and

COMPASS is used by China.
What is being described?
Who uses Galileo?
 ANSWER
The Global Positioning systems used
by countries. (IRNSS=India,
GPS=USA)
Europian Union (EU) uses Galileo
41.
+40/-15
From the late 19th century x was a major
fruit growing area. Pears and apricots
were grown but the specialty was a
French plum that could be dried into
prunes. One could say that X was the
Prune Capital of the world.
In the 1890's the British field marshal,
Lord Kitchener, visited this and dubbed it
'The Valley of Heart's Delight'. However, a
new fruit has made it famous now. Give
me X or how do we know it today? The
 ANSWER
Silicon Valley in California
42.
+30/-10
The government of X launched an
initiative to prevent english words from
seeping into common vernacular. This
resulted in some hilarious alternatives
and bans. For example, while the whole
world calls it an e-mail, government here
forces the citizens to call it courriel. Just
like this many words such as blogs,
podcasting and cloud computing were
replaced. The latest is a popular
character Y to be replaced by 'mot-diese'.
 ANSWER
Y = Hashtag #
X= France
43.
+20/-5

Harald "Bltand" Gormsson was a king

who united norway and denmark as a
part of X. The nordic runes for his initials
gave us something important, ubiquitious
nowadays. What is his contribution to the
world of technology? X goes into the
connect.
 ANSWER
X= Scandinavia
H = He had a rotten,blue tooth hence
giving rise to the name Bluetooth.
44.
+10/-0
History bears witness that people from
X are known to wreak havoc with gases.
The only difference between past and
present is that what was Zyklon- B is now
NOX, much less grievous.
Which firm recently continued this ill-
famed tradition using software
manipulation. Give me the firm.
X goes into the connect.
 ANSWER
X = Germany
Firm - Volkswagen
THC answer follows :
 Places after which Elements have
been named.
Cyprus Copper
Europe Europium
California Californium
France Francium/Gallium
Scandinavia Scandinavium
Germany - Germanium
Thx <3