Space Quiz Prelims

SPACE QUIZ

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Rules:0. No Googling. 1. Teams of 3 or Less.2. Quiz Master’s Decision is Final.

Quiz Masters:

Rohan, Saaransh and Siddharth

PRELIMS(written Round)

+1(no –ve marking)

Q1.An In-exhaustive list of what?

1.Mobile Camera2.Invisible Braces3.Scratch-resistant Lenses4.Memory Foam5.Ear Thermometer6.Shoe Insoles7.Adjustable Smoke Detector8.Cordless Tools9.Water Filters10. Solar Cells

Q2.This picture taken by ‘X’ is one of the most iconic and beautiful picture in the history of space exploration. Also what makes X and the picture unique is that , X is the only human dead or alive not present in the frame of this picture.

So who is X ?(image follows)

Q3.A common urban legend states that NASA spent a large amount of money to develop _____ , while the Soviets just used a simpler solution.The truth Is that Fisher ______ company made the product from private funding and sold it to NASA, as the earlier method used was posing danger to ‘instrument panel’.Here is how Fisher made the product: Pressurized the cartridge with nitrogen. The ink now had about 40 pound

per square inch of nitrogen shoving it down. The liquid was forced out, making it leak. Fisher had to stop the leakage. Instead of a regular liquid, Fisher developed a thixotropic liquid. When the liquid would be agitated it would flow freely. When it was left

in peace, it stayed in, even under pressure.The product saved astronauts from smeared recordkeeping and inadequate quality documentation. And even Russians started using it.So what is it?

Q4.NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered a world where two suns set over the horizon instead of one. The planet called Kepler 16-B is not thought to be habitable. It is a cold world with a gaseous surface and it circles a binary star system.

What fictional entity , does this discovery relate to?

Q5*.Selected by a committee chaired by Carl Sagan, where will you find all these things?1. Spoken greetings in 55 languages.2. Printed message from US president and UN Secretary General.3. Music selection from various artist such as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven,

Chuck Berry and many more.4. Pulsar map to Earth5. Diagram of hydrogen molecule6. Anatomic representation of a Man and Woman.7. The sounds of Earth.8. Images of physical and mathematical quantities, solar system, DNA etc.9. 116 images encoded in analogue form, some of them are: photo of

Jupiter, Arecibo observatory, human eating, drinking and other modes of consuming.

Q6.Which object’s cross-section has been shown in the following diagram?

Why is the following verse iconic?Tatha ca smaryate yojananam. sahasre dve dve sate dve ca yojane ekena nimishardhena kramaman.

Q7.

तथा च स्मर्यते र्योजनानां सहस्त्रं दे्व दे्व शते दे्व च र्योजने एकेन निनमिमषार्धे�न क्रममाण नमोऽस्तुते॥

Q8.Connect.

Sharda Prashad, 19. Ritika Singh, 29.Taranjeet Singh Bhatia, 29.

Q9.X was NASA’s Moon mission famous for being a "successful failure".

While the crew were unable to land on the Moon as planned due to a technical malfunction, they returned home safely. It was supposed to land in the Fra Mauro area. An explosion on board forced it to circle the moon without landing.

The mission’s launch date 11-04-1970 and 1:13 pm Houston time was also viewed by numerologist as unlucky.

Give X and Funda.

Q10.

Who is replying to whom? And also give the funda. (No part points so please be specific)

Q11.In fiction, engineering, and thought experiments, X is any fictional, extremely rare, costly, or impossible material, or (less commonly) device needed to fulfil a given design for a given application. The properties of any particular X depend on the intended use. For example, a pulley made of X might be massless and frictionless; however, if used in a nuclear rocket, X would be light, strong at high temperatures, and resistant to radiation damage. The concept of X is often applied flippantly or humorously. For instance, X is described as being stronger than helium, and lighter than air.X was the central subject of the very famous movie Y.

Id. X and Y

Q12.In general relativity, a ______ is a hypothetical region of space-time which cannot be entered from the outside, although matter and light can escape from it. The possibility of existence of ______ is put forward by I. Nokikov in 1964. They are predicted as part of a solution to Einstein’s field equations. They exist mathematically although it is impossible for them to exist in the real world as they violate the second law of thermodynamics. (Image follows)

Q13.Connect.(Non-Exhaustive)List of Events:

1. The crowning of King Tigrane of Armenia2. The birth of Jesus Christ (the star of Bethlehem is alleged to be X)3. The Norman conquest (1066 A.D)4. The Siege of Belgrade (by the Ottoman Turks)5. The 1222 expeditions of Genghis Khan

Q14.Identify the Body.

At roughly 8.5 light years from Earth, twice the mass of Sun and a visual apparent magnitude of -1.46, this astronomical body, the name of which roughly means “Scorcher”, has interestingly enough, come to be associated with an animal. Examples of this association can be found in literary and cinematic universes. Name this body and the animal.

Q15*.

The US Naval Observatory (1877) had just completed the construction of the largest of their refracting telescopes. The observatory’s astronomer, Asaph Hall, sought to learn whether Xs, fabled in song and story, actually existed. Being unsuccessful for the first two nights, he quit the quest. But his wife would have none of this. She urged him to leave home and return only when he had found the Xs. Inspired, Asaph Hall tried and was finally successful. What did he find?

Q16.

xkcd’s strip about what?Q17.

Give funda. 1. Oh Be A Fine Girl, Kiss me.2. Only Boys Accepting Feminism Get Kissed Meaningfully.3. Only Big Astronomical Federal Grants Keep Money.4. Oh Brother, Astronomers Frequently Give Killer Midterms.

Q18.

Q19.Guess the missing symbols.

Identify X.Doug Bower and Dave Chorley, known as "Doug and Dave” are famous for man-made hoaxes of X . In 1991, the duo came out and announced that they had made hundreds of X since 1978. To prove that they were responsible, they filmed themselves for the BBC making one with a rope-and-plank contraption in a Wiltshire field. Colin Andrews, cereologist and author of the book, Circular Evidence, admits that about 80 % of X are probably man-made, but says that the other 20 % are probably the work of some "higher force." They said that, they would enter into the fields during nights and make those X with the help of: 1. Ropes 2. Planks 3. Hats 4. Wires

Q20*.

___X___ didn't like his kids' school, so he decided to start his own. The inventor and entrepreneur said in an interview on Beijing Television.Some trivia about X are-X holds major stakes in SolarCity, largest distributor of solar panels. X regularly works 100-hours per week and commutes to the workplace via a private jet. His entirely self taught knowledge about rockets helped him start SpaceX.The school is called ___Y___ means "To the stars" - and is small and relatively secretive. It doesn't have its own website or a social media presence.

Give me X and Y.

Q21.

PRELIMSAnswers

Q1.An In-exhaustive list of what?

1.Mobile Camera2.Invisible Braces3.Scratch-resistant Lenses4.Memory Foam5.Ear Thermometer6.Shoe Insoles7.Adjustable Smoke Detector8.Cordless Tools9.Water Filters10. Solar Cells

ANSWER

Ans.Spin-off Technologies developed by NASANASA spin-off technologies are commercial products and services which have been developed with the help of NASA, through research and development contracts (such as SBIR or STTR awards), licensing of NASA patents, use of NASA facilities, technical assistance from NASA personnel, or data from NASA research

Q2.This picture taken by ‘X’ is one of the most iconic and beautiful picture in the history of space exploration. Also what makes X and the picture unique is that , X is the only human dead or alive not present in the frame of this picture.

So who is X ?(image follows)

ANSWER

Michael Collins(The forgotten astronaut)Michael Collins took this picture of the

Lunar Module, containing Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong with Earth in the background, during the Apollo 11 mission. This makes him the only person ever to have lived who was not inside the frame of the photo. Matter cannot be created or destroyed. That means that every human that lived up to the point of this photo being taken still exists, at least in some form, and every human that has been born since then was also is in this photo, at least in some form. So even if you were born after this picture was taken, the materials you’re made from are still on the frame of this picture.

Ans.

Q3.A common urban legend states that NASA spent a large amount of money to develop _____ , while the Soviets just used a simpler solution.The truth Is that Fisher ______ company made the product from private funding and sold it to NASA, as the earlier method used was posing danger to ‘instrument panel’.Here is how Fisher made the product: Pressurized the cartridge with nitrogen. The ink now had about 40 pound

per square inch of nitrogen shoving it down. The liquid was forced out, making it leak. Fisher had to stop the leakage. Instead of a regular liquid, Fisher developed a thixotropic liquid. When the liquid would be agitated it would flow freely. When it was left

in peace, it stayed in, even under pressure.The product saved astronauts from smeared recordkeeping and inadequate quality documentation. And even Russians started using it.So what is it?

ANSWER

SPACE PENAns.

Q4.NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered a world where two suns set over the horizon instead of one. The planet called Kepler 16-B is not thought to be habitable. It is a cold world with a gaseous surface and it circles a binary star system.

What fictional entity , does this discovery relate to?

ANSWER

TATOOINE(STAR WARS)Ans.

Q5*.Selected by a committee chaired by Carl Sagan, where will you find all these things?1. Spoken greetings in 55 languages.2. Printed message from US president and UN Secretary General.3. Music selection from various artist such as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven,

Chuck Berry and many more.4. Pulsar map to Earth5. Diagram of hydrogen molecule6. Anatomic representation of a Man and Woman.7. The sounds of Earth.8. Images of physical and mathematical quantities, solar system, DNA etc.9. 116 images encoded in analogue form, some of them are: photo of

Jupiter, Arecibo observatory, human eating, drinking and other modes of consuming.

ANSWER

CONTENTS OF THE GOLDEN RECORD (VOYAGER 1)

Ans.

Q6.Which object’s cross-section has been shown in the following diagram?

ANSWER

Ans.Darth Vader’s Mask

Why is the following verse iconic?Tatha ca smaryate yojananam. sahasre dve dve sate dve ca yojane ekena nimishardhena kramaman.

Q7.

तथा च स्मर्यते र्योजनानां सहस्त्रं दे्व दे्व शते दे्व च र्योजने एकेन निनमिमषार्धे�न क्रममाण नमोऽस्तुते॥

ANSWER

The speed of light is described in this verse from Rig Veda. It says that sun light travels 2,202 yojanas in the time span of a nimisharda (half a nimisha). The yojana is an ancient unit of length. Arthasastra defines it as being equal to 8,000 dhanus, which is equivalent to 9.09 miles. A nimisha is an ancient unit of time that is equal to 16/75 seconds. Thus 2,202 yojanas in half a nimisha is equal to 186,281.5 miles per second after conversion. The modern estimate of the speed of light is 186,281.7 miles per second.

(you may also remember it from HCV)

Ans.

Q8.Connect.

Sharda Prashad, 19. Ritika Singh, 29.Taranjeet Singh Bhatia, 29.

ANSWER

Ans.MARS OneThese three were the only Indians to be shortlisted among the top 100 contenders for the one-way journey to Mars.

Q9.X was NASA’s Moon mission famous for being a "successful failure".

While the crew were unable to land on the Moon as planned due to a technical malfunction, they returned home safely. It was supposed to land in the Fra Mauro area. An explosion on board forced it to circle the moon without landing.

The mission’s launch date 11-04-1970 and 1:13 pm Houston time was also viewed by numerologist as unlucky.

Give X and Funda.

ANSWER

Ans.Apollo 13Date : 11-04-70 add the digits to get 13.Time: 1:13 pm Houston time (or)13:13 on a 24-hour military clock

Q10.

Who is replying to whom? And also give the funda. (No part points so please be specific)

ANSWER

Ans.ISRO’s Mars Orbiter’s reply on Curiosity’s compliments on Mangalyaan’s Successful landing on Mars.

Q11.In fiction, engineering, and thought experiments, X is any fictional, extremely rare, costly, or impossible material, or (less commonly) device needed to fulfil a given design for a given application. The properties of any particular X depend on the intended use. For example, a pulley made of X might be massless and frictionless; however, if used in a nuclear rocket, X would be light, strong at high temperatures, and resistant to radiation damage. The concept of X is often applied flippantly or humorously. For instance, X is described as being stronger than helium, and lighter than air.X was the central subject of the very famous movie Y.

Id. X and Y

ANSWER

Ans.X=Unobtanium & Y=Avatar (James Cameroon’s)

Q12.In general relativity, a ______ is a hypothetical region of space-time which cannot be entered from the outside, although matter and light can escape from it. The possibility of existence of ______ is put forward by I. Nokikov in 1964. They are predicted as part of a solution to Einstein’s field equations. They exist mathematically although it is impossible for them to exist in the real world as they violate the second law of thermodynamics. (Image follows)

ANSWER

WHITE HOLESAns.

Q13.Connect.(Non-Exhaustive)List of Events:

1. The crowning of King Tigrane of Armenia2. The birth of Jesus Christ (the star of Bethlehem is alleged to be X)3. The Norman conquest (1066 A.D)4. The Siege of Belgrade (by the Ottoman Turks)5. The 1222 expeditions of Genghis Khan

ANSWER

Ans.List of Events Associated with The Halley’s Comet

Q14.Identify the Body.

ANSWER

Ans.Araybhatta SatelliteIndia’s first indigenously built Satellite named on the famous Astronomer Aryabhatta.

At roughly 8.5 light years from Earth, twice the mass of Sun and a visual apparent magnitude of -1.46, this astronomical body, the name of which roughly means “Scorcher”, has interestingly enough, come to be associated with an animal. Examples of this association can be found in literary and cinematic universes. Name this body and the animal.

Q15*.

ANSWER

Sirius, the “dog star”. Examples- Harry Potter universe. Sirius’ animagus is a dog.

Ans.

The US Naval Observatory (1877) had just completed the construction of the largest of their refracting telescopes. The observatory’s astronomer, Asaph Hall, sought to learn whether Xs, fabled in song and story, actually existed. Being unsuccessful for the first two nights, he quit the quest. But his wife would have none of this. She urged him to leave home and return only when he had found the Xs. Inspired, Asaph Hall tried and was finally successful. What did he find?

Q16.

ANSWER

Phobos and Deimos, the moons of MarsAns.

xkcd’s strip about what?Q17.

ANSWER

Spirit Rover’s lifetime extention.

NASA announced that Spirit will have to remain functional till the dust buildup on its solar panels forces its shutdown eventually.

Ans.

Give funda. 1. Oh Be A Fine Girl, Kiss me.2. Only Boys Accepting Feminism Get Kissed Meaningfully.3. Only Big Astronomical Federal Grants Keep Money.4. Oh Brother, Astronomers Frequently Give Killer Midterms.

Q18.

ANSWER

Spectral radiance chart mnemonic. (Classification of stars based on their temperature: Classes O, B, A, F, G, K, and M.

Ans.

Q19.Guess the missing symbols.

ANSWER

Ans.The Gender Symbols

Identify X.Doug Bower and Dave Chorley, known as "Doug and Dave” are famous for man-made hoaxes of X . In 1991, the duo came out and announced that they had made hundreds of X since 1978. To prove that they were responsible, they filmed themselves for the BBC making one with a rope-and-plank contraption in a Wiltshire field. Colin Andrews, cereologist and author of the book, Circular Evidence, admits that about 80 % of X are probably man-made, but says that the other 20 % are probably the work of some "higher force." They said that, they would enter into the fields during nights and make those X with the help of: 1. Ropes 2. Planks 3. Hats 4. Wires

Q20*.

ANSWER

Crop circlesAns.

___X___ didn't like his kids' school, so he decided to start his own. The inventor and entrepreneur said in an interview on Beijing Television.Some trivia about X are-X holds major stakes in SolarCity, largest distributor of solar panels. X regularly works 100-hours per week and commutes to the workplace via a private jet. His entirely self taught knowledge about rockets helped him start SpaceX.The school is called ___Y___ means "To the stars" - and is small and relatively secretive. It doesn't have its own website or a social media presence.

Give me X and Y.

Q21.

ANSWER

X-Elon Musk, Y- Ad AstraAns.