Online Quiz Series

Quiz 3 has been released. To view, click here.
Quiz 2 Results have been released. To view the results, click here.

Techfest 2009 is proud to announce the Online Quiz Series. It will consist of 5 online quizzes covering different aspects from the world of science and technology.

Important Dates

QUIZ	Release	Deadline	Results
1	15th September 2008	30th September 2008	4th October 2008
2	15th October 2008	30th October 2008	4th November 2008
3	15th November 2008	30th November 2008	4th December 2008
4	15th December 2008	30th December 2008	4th January 2009
5	5th January 2009	20th January 2009	24th January 2008

Information

An entry can have only one member.
In case of tie, preference will be given to the entry which has been submitted earlier.
Grand prize to be given to the cumulative winner of the series.
Also cool prizes will be given to the winner of individual quizzes.
Send all your answers to onlinequizseries@techfest.org having the subject 'Quiz<number> Answers'.

View the Quiz 3»

Quiz 2 Results have been released. View the Results »

For further queries contact:

Edul M Patel

Manager, Online Events
Techfest 2009
+91 99672 15225
edulpatel[at]techfest[dot]org

Sample Quiz

1. Which famous law is being depicted in this mathematical formula?

2. The burkha was all over the gadget blog recently. Why? (The color could be a help)

3. Identify this equipment.

4. Connect (The sequence is important).

5. Identify the tile and give the explanation.

6. Identify the planet system.

7. Identify this equipment.

8. Connect

9. What is this sign?

10. Perhaps the greatest scientist in classical antiquity, he produced the first known summation of an infinite series with a method that is still used in the area of calculus today. Made advances in number theory and algebra, but his greatest contributions were in geometry. His methods anticipated both the integral and differential calculus. Proved that the volume of a sphere is two-thirds the volume of a circumscribing cylinder. He requested that a representation of such a sphere and cylinder be inscribed on his tomb. Who?

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Quiz 2 - Solutions

Winners

Achal Shah
Karthik Venkat
Deepak Srivastava

Answers and Explanation

Named 'The Gadget'- The first atom bomb prototype
A standard James Bond briefcase
The light saber
Connect: Iron man
The first picture is of all the characters of Marvel Comics
The second is The album cover of Iron Man ... an album by Black Sabbath
Connect: Ipod
Ipod was first used as an 'internet kiosk'
It was inspired by the pod given in the picture from the movie '2001: A Space Oddessy'
Ludvico technique (remember clockwork orange!!!)
Picture 1: Ludvig Van Beethovan
Picture 2: Welcome to the jungle by GnR video has references to the technique
WiFi
The logo is of a company named 'Interbrand Corporation' who came up with the name WiFi
The logo is modelled on the Yin Yang
Add released by Play satation
Look at the crown, the four symbols - cross, rectangle, circle, triangle appear on the remotes of Play Station
Desktop Mouse
The picture is of the mouse patent and its inventor Dr. Douglas C Engelbart
The Enigma Machine

Quiz 3

1. Four teens in New York went on a crime spree inspired by X . The three teens beat and robbed a man outside of a North Hyde Park supermarket. They then went to a train station, encountering other teens they knew from their high school and recruiting them. The mob, now numbering six, armed themselves with baseball bat, a broomstick and a crowbar. They stopped a woman driving a black BMW; stole her cigarettes then her car. They then smashed a van with the baseball bat they carried. Both the driver of the BMW as well as the van called the police, and the teens were arrested shortly after .
What is X?

2. Connect(the sequence is important)