OMEGA - THE SCIENCE QUIZ

This quiz was conducted on 28th February 2021 on the occasion of National Science Day.

1. OMEGA THE SCIENCE QUIZ PRESENTED BY- FUTURISTIC MINDS

2. INTRODUCTION HELLO EVERYONE, FUTURISTIC MINDS BRINGS TO YOU THE FIRST SCIENCE QUIZ OF 2021 FROM OUR SIDE. FUTURISTIC MINDS IS BASICALLY A GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO ARE WORKING TOGETHER AIMING TO SPREAD AND SEEK KNOWLEDGE FROM EVERY PART OF THIS WORLD. WE SOUGHT TO DEVELOP THE FUTURE CITIZENS OF THE COMING WORLD AS WELL AS DEVELOP AS GOOD PERSONALITIES .

3. ABOUT NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY IS CELEBRATED ACROSS INDIA ON 28 TH FEBRUARY EACH YEAR TO MARK THE DISCOVERY OF RAMAN EFFECT BY INDIAN PHYSICIST SIR C.V.RAMAN ON 28 TH FEBRUARY IN 1928. SIR C V RAMAN WAS AWARDDED NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS FOR HIS DISCOVERY IN 1930.IN 1986,THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATION(NCSTC) ASKED THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO DESIGNATE FEBRUARY 28 AS NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY.HENCE ON THIS DAY NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY IS CELEBRATED ACROSS INDIA EVERY YEAR.

4. LET’S BEGIN

5. RULES THIS SET CONSISTS OF AROUND 10-12 QUESTIONS BASED ON SCIENCE. YOU NEED TO FILL UP THE FORM ATTATCHED IN ORDER TO ANSWER IT. NO ANSWERING WOULD BE ACCEPTED IF GIVEN IN THE CHAT BOX OR COMMENTS BOX. ANSWERS VIDEO WOULD BE OUT IN A COUPLE OF DAYS,TILL THEN PLEASE BE PATIENT. NO GOOGLING PLEASE AND IF ANYONE IS FOUND DOING SO,HIS/HER ANSWER WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED.

6. 1 ST QUESTION A CONTROVERSIAL MOVIE BASED ON THE LIFE OF A GREAT MATHEMATICAN AND COMPUTER SCIENTIST. THE MOVIE WAS BASED STARRED BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH AS THE LEAD. TALKING ABOUT THE DEATH OF THIS GREAT MATHEMATICAN, HE WAS FOUND DEAD BY HIS HOUSEKEEPER AND THE CAUSE WAS ESTABLISHED AS CYANIDE POISONING.SOME SPECULATIONS SAID THAT X, THIS MATHEMATICIAN WAS TRYING TO RE-ENACT A SCENE FROM WALT DISNEY FILM SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS. ANOTHER PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF X’S DEATH WAS DUE TO ACCIDENTAL INHALATION OF THE CYANIDE FUMES FROM AN APPARATUS USED TO ELECTROPLATE GOLD INTO SPOON WHERE POTTASSIUM CYANIDE WAS USED TO DISSOLVE GOLD. THE DEATH OF THIS FELLOW IS STILL A MYSTERY, A CONTROVERSY. WHO IS X AND WHAT IS THE MOVIE? (5+5)

7. 2 ND QUESTION IT WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED IN DECEMBER 1952 BY ALBERT GHIORSO IN THE FALLOUT FROM IVY MIKENUCLEAR TEST. IT IS CURRENTLY IN NEWS BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED A FEW WEEKS BACK. NOT MUCH EXPERIMENTS WAS PERFORMED ON IT BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY IN CREATING IT AND THE HIGH RADIOACTIVITY IT POSSESSES. ON WHOSE NAME IS THIS ELEMENT NAMED AFTER? WHAT IS ITS NAME? MORE OR LESS, BOTH ARE SAME.

8. 3 RD QUESTION THIS IS THE ORIGINAL BLUEPRINT OF WHICH FAMOUS WEBSITE?

9. 4 TH QUESTION DURING THE BRITISH RULE, EVEN SHIMLA WAS TOO WARM FOR SOME OFFICERS’ LIKING.THEY WOULD MOVE TO THE NEARBY HAMLET OF NARKANDA.SUCH WAS THE AFFECTION FOR THIS PLACE THAT THEY NAMED ONE OF THEIR SHIPS AFTER IT IN THE EARLY 1900s. THE SS NARKUNDA WAS ONE OF THE FASTER AND MORE COMFORTABLE SHIPS ON THE UK-AUSTRALIA RUN.IT USED TO TRAVEL FROM THE LONDON DOCKS TO SYDNEY IN SIX WEEKS, VIA MARSHEILLES, PORT SAID, ADEN, MUMBAI, COLOMBO,FERMANTLE,ADELAIDE AND MELBOURNE. IN 1921, THE SHIP HAD A PASSENGER ON ITS DECK WHOSE EXPERIENCE ON THE SHIP WOULD BE FRUITFUL A FEW YEARS LATER. WHO WAS THE PASSENGER? AND HOW EXACTLY DID THE EXPERIENCE HELP?

10. 5 TH QUESTION IN AN ACIDIC SOLUTION, THE "LAWSONE" MOLECULE CAN REACT VIA A PROCESS CALLED MICHAEL ADDITION WITH KERATIN TO CREATE A STAIN. LAWSONE NON-SPECIFICALLY TARGETS PRIMARY AMINO ACIDS, AND DISPLAYS PHOTOLUMINESCENCE WITH FORENSIC LIGHT SOURCES. WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR INSTANCE OF THE USE OF "LAWSONE" MOLECULE THAT ALL OF US HAVE SEEN? (PIC FOLLOWS)

11. 6 TH QUESTION GIVE THE VARIABLES ON Y-AXIS.PUT FUNDA.

12. 7 TH QUESTION SURYA V/S SURYA IS A 2015 INDIAN TELUGU LANGUAGE ROMANTIC COMEDY FILM STARRING NIKHIL SIDDHART AND TRIDHA CHAUDHARY IN LEAD ROLES. IN THIS MOVIE, THE MALE LEAD PLAYED BY NIKHIL SIDDHART SUFFERS FROM A HEREDITARY DISORDER CALLED PORPHYRIA. WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS DISORDER? WHAT BASICALLY HAPPENS TO PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM THIS DISEASE?

13. 8 TH QUESTION PAUL C. FISHER, A TECHNICAL PIONEER, SCIENTIST, AND PHILOSOPHER VOWED TO DEVELOP THE WORLD’S MOST MOST DEPENDABLE WRITING INSTRUMENTS.IN 1965, AFTER COUNTLESS EXPERIMENTS AND A PERSONAL INVESTMENT OF OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN RESEARCH, FISHER CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA. TO DEVELOP THIS PEN, FISHER PERFECTED A REFILL USING THIXOTROPIC INK, WHICH REMAINS SEMISOLID UNTIL THE SHEARING ACTION OF THE ROLLING BALL INSIDE LIQUIFIES IT.THE CARTRIDGE WAS PRESSURISED WITH NITROGEN SO THAT IT DOESN’T RELY ON GRAVITY TO MAKE IT WORK. WHAT IS THE SPECIALITY OF THIS PEN DEVELOPED BY FISHER? HOW DID THIS PEN CAME INTO NEWS QUITE A DECADE AGO BECAUSE OF BEING FEATURED SOMEWHERE?

14. 9 TH QUESTION ACCORDING TO GOOGLE CALCULATOR, "____" IS EQUAL TO 1.16699016 X 10-8 HERTZ. THE HERTZ IS A UNIT OF FREQUENCY (ONE PER SECOND), AND THUS IF THE MEAN LENGTH OF TIME BETWEEN _ __ (2.7145 YEARS ACCORDING TO GOOGLE) IS METRICATED AND CONVERTED TO A FREQUENCY (BY CALCULATING THE MULTIPLICATIVE INVERSE), IT CAN BE EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF HERTZ. EXPLANATION OF WHICH ENGLISH PHRASE?

15. 10 TH QUESTION WHO IS THIS PERSON BLANKED OUT IN THE IMAGE?