1. INQUIZITIVE 2K14SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYQUIZ

2. RULES OF THE GAME Prelims consists of 20 questions. 5 starred questions to resolve ties. In case of tie in starred questionssudden death will be used. Top 6 teams make it to the finals And no questions answer is 42 Any team found using gadgets will bedisqualified! QM is God. 3. PRELIMS 4. 1. The process given below is commonly known as theX-process but has significant contribution from Y toothus resulting in the X-Y process. Y created a worldfamous chemical company. ID his company. 5. 2. X was instituted by Marc Abrahams, editorand co-founder of the Annals of improbableresearch.Originally the X was given at a ceremony in alecture hall at MIT but now in Sanders Theatreat Harvard University.It contains a number of running jokes, includingMiss Sweetie Poo, a little girl who repeatedlycries out, "Please stop: I'm bored," in a high-pitchedvoice if speakers go on too long.The awards ceremony is traditionally closedwith the words: "If you didn't win a prize and especially if you did better luck nextyear!ID X 6. 3.What is being blanked outhere? 7. 4.CONNECT 8. 5*. What is special about thismailing address of Mr. Seaborg?Mr. Glenn T. SeaborgLawrence Berkeley LaboratoryBerkeleyCaliforniaAmerica 9. 6. The X medal called the gold medal till2000 is the premier award of the RoyalSociety of New Zealand and has beenawarded annually since 1991 in recognition ofpeople who have made outstandingcontributions to New Zealand society andculture in science, technology, mathematicsand social science. X is a Nobel Laureate andis famous for his orbital theory of the atom. 10. 7. ID THIS LATEST OFFERINGFROM APPLE 11. 8.What is the common name of thiscompound, which due to its ban in theUSA has been the primary reason forthe comeback of the Bald Eagle and thePeregrine Falcon from near extinction. 12. 9.Give funda 13. 10*. This company was founded byTravis Kalanick and Garret Camp in2009 and has funding from JeffBezos and Google. Recently theyoffered their service for theLandmark Quiz 2014. Thiscompany offers the services of atransportation network company.Name the company. 14. 11. X containswater 80%butane gas 17%surfactant 3%X was first officially used in 2011 Copa America.ID X 15. 12. During World War I, Aeroplanes wereused as fighter and bomber aircraft byboth sides. Air Force pilots in World War Iunfortunately had to face a veryunpleasant side effect caused by inhalingfumes from the lubricant commonly usedfor the newly developed internalcombustion rotary engines that poweredthe aircraft. What was the lubricant usedfor these engines. 16. 13. What are these? DVORAK COLEMAK MALTRON JCUKEN AZERTY 17. 14. What is being describedhere?Eugene Polley worked for ZenithElectronics for years where he gainedpatents for several inventions. Bestknown among these was called the"Flash-Matic", a revolutionary newproduct that eventually became an(now almost) indispensable householdproduct. "Flash" because it focusedvisible light (from a device like aflashlight) to a set of photo- cells. 18. 15*. How do we better know thisvery loud female? 19. 16. These are the components ofwhat?1. Texas instruments OMAP 4330processor2. SanDisk 16GB flash memory3. Elpida 1GB DDR2 RAM4. Himax FSC LCOS display5. Cambridge Silicon radio-GPS6. Synaptics Capacitive touchscreen7. Titanium Alloy Frame8. 5 MP Camera , 720p recording 20. 17. ID X X developed the ammonia-soda process forthe manufacturing of soda ash from brineand limestone. The process was animprovement over the earlier Leblancprocess. X founded the company X&Co andestablished his first factory at Couillet in 1863and further perfected the process until 1872,when he patented it. Soon, X process plantswere established in the United Kingdom, theUnited States, Germany and Austria. Today,about 70 X process plants are still operationalworldwide. 21. 18. ID THIS VOICE 22. 19*. NAME BOTH COMPANIES 23. 20. SITTER. ID THE GAME 24. ANSWERS 25. 1. The process given below is commonly known as theX-process but has significant contribution from Y toothus resulting in the X-Y process. Y created a worldfamous chemical company. ID his company. 26. THE ANSWER IS 27. 2. X was instituted by Marc Abrahams, editorand co-founder of the Annals of improbableresearch.Originally the X was given at a ceremony in alecture hall at MIT but now in Sanders Theatreat Harvard University.It contains a number of running jokes, includingMiss Sweetie Poo, a little girl who repeatedlycries out, "Please stop: I'm bored," in a high-pitchedvoice if speakers go on too long.The awards ceremony is traditionally closedwith the words: "If you didn't win a prize and especially if you did better luck nextyear!ID X 28. THE ANSWER IS.. 29. 3.What is being blanked outhere? 30. THE ANSWER IS 31. 4.CONNECT 32. THE ANSWER IS .. 33. 5*. What is special about thismailing address of Mr. Seaborg?Mr. Glenn T. SeaborgLawrence Berkeley LaboratoryBerkeleyCaliforniaAmerica 34. The only mailing address in the world tohave Periodic elements in it! 35. 6. The X medal called the gold medal till2000 is the premier award of the RoyalSociety of New Zealand and has beenawarded annually since 1991 in recognition ofpeople who have made outstandingcontributions to New Zealand society andculture in science, technology, mathematicsand social science. X is a Nobel Laureate andis famous for his orbital theory of the atom. 36. THE ANSWER IS . 37. 7. ID THIS LATEST OFFERINGFROM APPLE 38. THE ANSWER IS . 39. 8.What is the common name of thiscompound, which due to its ban in theUSA has been the primary reason forthe comeback of the Bald Eagle and thePeregrine Falcon from near extinction. 40. THE ANSWER IS . 41. 9.Give funda 42. THE ANSWER IS .ANDROID LAWN 43. 10*. This company was founded byTravis Kalanick and Garret Camp in2009 and has funding from JeffBezos and Google. Recently theyoffered their service for theLandmark Quiz 2014. Thiscompany offers the services of atransportation network company.Name the company. 44. THE ANSWER IS . 45. 11. X containswater 80%butane gas 17%surfactant 3%X was first officially used in 2011 Copa America.ID X 46. THE ANSWER IS . 47. 12. During World War I, Aeroplanes wereused as fighter and bomber aircraft byboth sides. Air Force pilots in World War Iunfortunately had to face a veryunpleasant side effect caused by inhalingfumes from the lubricant commonly usedfor the newly developed internalcombustion rotary engines that poweredthe aircraft. What was the lubricant usedfor these engines. 48. THE ANSWER IS .CASTOR OIL 49. 13. What are these? DVORAK COLEMAK MALTRON JCUKEN AZERTY 50. THE ANSWER IS .KEYBOARD LAYOUTS 51. 14. What is being describedhere?Eugene Polley worked for ZenithElectronics for years where he gainedpatents for several inventions. Bestknown among these was called the"Flash-Matic", a revolutionary newproduct that eventually became an(now almost) indispensable householdproduct. "Flash" because it focusedvisible light (from a device like aflashlight) to a set of photo- cells. 52. THE ANSWER IS . 53. 15*. How do we better know thisvery loud female? 54. THE ANSWER IS .. 55. 16. These are the components ofwhat?1. Texas instruments OMAP 4330processor2. SanDisk 16GB flash memory3. Elpida 1GB DDR2 RAM4. Himax FSC LCOS display5. Cambridge Silicon radio-GPS6. Synaptics Capacitive touchscreen7. Titanium Alloy Frame8. 5 MP Camera , 720p recording 56. THE ANSWER IS .. 57. 17. ID X X developed the ammonia-soda process forthe manufacturing of soda ash from brineand limestone. The process was animprovement over the earlier Leblancprocess. X founded the company X&Co andestablished his first factory at Couillet in 1863and further perfected the process until 1872,when he patented it. Soon, X process plantswere established in the United Kingdom, theUnited States, Germany and Austria. Today,about 70 X process plants are still operationalworldwide. 58. THE ANSWER IS ..ERNST SOLVAY 59. 18. ID THIS VOICE 60. THE ANSWER IS . 61. 19*. NAME BOTH COMPANIES 62. THE ANSWER IS .CORNINGASAHI GLASSCOMPANY 63. 20. SITTER. ID THE GAME 64. THE ANSWER IS .