OPEN DAY 2023 - Science Quiz

OPEN DAY 2023 - Science Quiz

A general Science quiz held for all high school, college and open quizzers as a part of St. Joseph's University's Open Day 2023.

Conducted on September 30th, 2023.

Set by Dr. Arul Mani and current Office Bearer Pranava

1. OPEN DAY SCIENCE QUIZ

2. 1) Two key forces act on a ________ _____: gravity, which pulls it down, and lift, the reactive force of the water, which pushes it up each time it hits the surface. If the lift force is greater than the force of gravity then it bounces up; otherwise it sinks. Description of what common pastime? FITB

3. Skipping stone

4. 2) This word was coined by Charles Hinton in his book titled A New Era of Thought in 1888. Where he imagined how shapes would change based on what dimension they existed on. But we are probably familiar with this term thanks to a 2012 film, which features an object bearing this name. What word?

5. Tesseract

6. 3) Jonas Salk first tested this on himself and his family in 1953, by the following year, 1.6 million doses were administered to children from USA, Canada and Finland. In five years, the annual cases dropped more than ten fold from 58,000 to 5,600. What did Salk invent?

7. Polio Vaccine

8. 4) A _______ ____ is the explanation behind why a lightning strike doesn’t electrocute those inside a car, say. If the first blank is the name of a famous 19th century scientist, fill in both blanks.

9. Faraday Cage

10. 5) It was apparently created when X decided to place a slightly larger glass lid on top of the observation plate. Before this, they used a bell Jar to cover the observation plate and therefore would have to expose the contents to contaminants while studying them. Which highly successful design still widely in use today? OR name X?

11. Petri Dish; Richard Petri

12. 6) On Oct 3, 2022, The American Chemical Society, recognised this 130 year old company for “Significant contributions to Chemistry and Science, and the lives of its consumers”. Before this company’s invention, it was a complicated chemical process involving a light-sensitive plate, glass and other ingredients. Which company?

13. Kodak

14. 7) On August 5th, 1905, the first electric street-light of Asia was put up. Identify the Bangalore neighbourhood where it still stands today.

15. City Market; K R Market

16. 8) Her contributions are often unrecognised when speaking about this invention. But she was the backbone to her brothers’ experiments, handling communications and taking notes during their test operations. She was also the representative of their company, and worked to obtain funding and promote sales. Who?

17. Katherine Wright

18. 9) This company’s most famous model is named after a type of rapidly rotating Neutron star, which can spin as fast as 700 times per second. This model is also sold under the name of “Rouser” in South American markets. What am I talking about?

19. Bajaj Pulsar

20. 10) Although a French citizen, this physicist and chemist, always held a strong sense of her native identity, so much so that the first element she discovered was named Polonium, after her native country. Who?

21. Marie Curie; Poland

22. 11) Before he became world-famous, he spent two years trying to apply for a teaching post in Switzerland, on not getting accepted in any school, he went on to work as a patent examiner. His most well-known theory could have come from working here, because of hours spent looking at the clock in boredom. Who?

23. Albert Einstein

24. 12) The very end of our spine called the tailbone is also known as the coccyx on account of its resemblance to a song-bird’s beak. Which bird lends its name thus?

25. Cuckoo

26. 13) A pioneer in computer technology, she not only wrote one of the earliest computer programs but was also the first to envision it as a device capable of more than just calculating numbers. Who is this? A contemporary of Charles Babbage.

27. Ada Lovelace

28. 14) This word is now used to describe the moment when someone has arrived at an answer or solution. It originates from an incident in Syracuse in ancient times. Which 6-letter word?

29. Eureka!

30. 15) The title of this James Bond film is not accurate because these things will eventually degrade, although, over billions of years, to graphite. What am I talking about? Give me the Bond film for bonus.

31. Diamonds; Diamonds are forever

32. 16) Nobody knows why it had such tiny arms, but scientists have since discovered that it wasn’t entirely useless as previously assumed, as these tiny arms had enough strength to lift around 300 kgs. Whose arms?

33. The T-Rex

34. 17. The Latin word for footprint survives in two scientific terms: one literally meaning to trace by following footprints is a 11-letter verb associated with research;the other is a 9-letter adjective describing structures from whose presence we can trace a function. Name either word.

35. Investigate Vestigial

36. 18. Crocodiles and alligators are reported to regularly eat something because it gives them greater hydrostatic control, prevents rolling or turning turtle during swift underwater movement, and allows them to raise their heads with less effort in the water through a seesaw effect. What specific dietary item are we talking about?

37. Eating pebbles/stones

38. 19. This extinct species has a name meaning ‘big tooth’--entirely appropriate when you consider that these fossil remains in this form were easily found by several civilisations. The Italian biologist Colonna correctly identified these fossils as teeth after comparing them to those of a living shark in 1616. Give us a 9-letter name.

39. Megalodon

40. 20. The elements Cerium and Palladium have something in common with regard to their naming. What?

41. Named after asteroids Ceres and Pallas

42. 21. The name melanoleuca is given to a fungus well-known for its concentric black and white rings. Which animal species also has this long Latin name?

43. The Giant Panda

44. 22. 12% of the total volume of a substance indicated in causing climate change comes from the practice of waterlogging in paddy fields. What substance is this?

45. Methane

46. 23. In 1881, Louis Pasteur proposed at the 7th International Congress of Medicine that the term X (11 letters) should be retained for all anticipatory measures as a tribute to a pioneer Y. Give either X or Y.

47. Vaccination or Edward Jenner

48. 24. Nobody quite agrees on why this part of the human body originated, but most seem certain that the Neanderthals didn’t have it. One theory is that it was created by bone thickening to support the stress of chewing. There is also the belief that it promoted speech and socialisation. What part, usually 0.7 cm to 1.1 cm in area?

49. The chin

50. 25. Which phylum bears a name meaning ‘little rings’ in Latin?

51. Annelida

52. 26 Name this commonly occurring mineral form (6) It is a chemical compound commonly referred to by another 6-letter name. What name? A purple variety takes its name from the fact that it was believed to reduce the effects of alcohol. (8 letters) The Greek word for ice is often used to describe deposits taking this shape. (7) A red or spotted variety is often considered a precious stone, this form is also a common first name in English-speaking countries. (6)

53. Quartz Silica Amethyst Crystal Jasper

54. 27. Ignore No. 4 which is not always found. Name 1-6. .

55. Pectoral Pelvic Dorsal Adipose–not needed Anal Caudal

56. 28. Start with an 8-iletter word meaning all beasts..That should give you a genus. The most well-known, emblematic member, comes in variations known as Asiatic, Barbary and Cape. What is this? The other well-known member has an extinct variation known as the Caspian. Name this member. Another member of the genus comes in Javan, Sri Lankan, Arabian and Indian variations. Name this member. The visual s a mask by an indigenous community representing the only member found in their continent. Name member or continent.

57. Panthera Lion Tiger Leopard J aguar /South America

58. 29 . Identify this reproductive, seed-bearing organ, usually female. Which other fruit takes its name from a physical resemblance to this body? An entire group of plants bear a 7-letter name on account of this shape. What shape? Because these are exposed, and not protected, they have a 10-letter name as well. What is that name? What F-word are you supposed to think of in this connection? .

59. Pine-cone Pineapple Conifer Gymnosperm Arranged in Fibonacci sequence

60. 30) In the episode titled “The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace”, Homer discovers this photograph in a museum. Look at the picture, and tell me which two inventors are being compared?

61. Thomas A Edison; Leonardo Da Vinci

62. 31. Logo of which European organisation?

63. CERN

64. 32) Chart tracking what?

65. Decline of polar i ce cover

66. 33) William Blake’s painting of whom?

67. Isaac Newton

68. 34) In typical Simpsons fashion, Homer writes an equation that effectively predicted the presence of X in 1998, 14 years before science actually proved it existed. “If you work it out, you get the mass of X, only a bit larger.” What did Homer predict?

69. Higgs-Boson particle God Particle