SciTech - Online Screening Stage

Starts - 4:00 PM, 5th January, Saturday
Ends - 4.00 PM, 6th January, Sunday

To download the pdf of the quiz click here

Instructions:

1. To submit your answers, all you have to do is make a file STxxxx.txt (xxxx being your team Reg. No).

2. Mail it to scitech@techfest.org, with the subject 'SciTech - Team STxxxx' where xxxx is your team Reg. No. In case you have forgot your team Reg. No, then please specify full names of your team members in the mail.

3. The teams must submit their mail on or before 03:59 pm IST, 6th January 2008. Teams have ONLY ONE chance to submit, so use it wisely.

4. In case of tie, preference will be given on first come first served basis. Hence, try to mail your answers as early as possible.

5. Techfest will not be responsible for any email bounces. On successful receipt of your mail, an acknowledgement mail will be sent back to the participant.

6. Please direct all queries on the forum for a quick response. Teams found discussing problems in any forums will be disqualified instantaneously.

7. Top 15 teams will be selected for the Second Stage at Techfest 2008. Accommodation will be provided to these teams at IIT Bombay during Techfest 2008.

1. Connect:

   
   
   
   
   

2. Identify her and what was her contribution to the world of Chemistry?

   
   
   
   
   

3. While working for Kodak Research Laboratories to develop an optically clear plastic for gun-sights in 1942 he discovered something, whose acronym "CA" is quite commonly used for industrial grades. It was rejected due to its inherent property, which was little in excess of what was required, but adopted soon for another use. How do we better know it?

   
   
   
   
   

4. The Power Macintosh 7100 had a particular internal code name and was an in-joke being that the mid-range PowerMac 7100 would make Apple "billions and billions" (of dollars). Though the project name was strictly internal and never used in public marketing, when the person learned of this internal usage, he sued Apple Computer to force the use of a different project name. Though he lost the suit, Apple engineers complied with his demands anyway, renaming the project "BHA" (for Butt-Head Astronomer). After which person was the nickname given?

   
   

5. Ad for which company?

   
   
   
   
   

6. A bunch of students from the University of Washington recently discovered that the transmitter in a particular device was giving off radio frequencies. Using radio-frequency identification, they could be read upto 60 feet away and the students used this to build a $250 surveillence device and integrated it with Google Maps. Which device?

   
   

7. Connect: [Hint: Think science and business]

   
   
   
   
   

8. Ad for which company and who is the brand ambassador seen here?

   
   
   
   
   

9. This camera has been branded as 'Worthless at a funeral'. Why?

   
   
   
   
   

10. The SG and X-Plorer series of a particular company inspired something in 2005 and 2007. Which company made the SG and X-Plorer series and what was inspired by these two?

    
    
    
    
    

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14. Identify him.

    
    

    
    
    
    

15. Fill in the blank:

    
    
    
    
    

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17. Dated 16th August, 1898, what is the patent design for and awarded to which inventor?

    
    
    
    
    

18. Connect these cities:

    
    
    
    
    

19. Windows 3.x versions have it Black.
    Xbox has it Green.
    Vista (and some versions of 98) have it Red.
    NT, 2000, XP, 9x have it Blue.
    What?

    
    

20. Which two terms in Mathematics have been derived from his name?

    
    

For further queries contact:

Aditya Dubey

Manager, Ozone

Techfest 2008

+91 98198 43864

aditya[at]techfest[dot]org