Scibiztech prelims

Few rules…• Written prelims of 24 questions to select the top 8 teams,

so write these down on your sheet. Answering them out loud helps everyone but you

• In the interest of quizzing, please switch off all google-capable devices.

• The quizmaster’s decisions shall be taken as final, for he is the one true Lord inside this room.e.g for where this applies:Q: “Arey how is this a science/business/technology question yaar?”A:”It is as God wills it.”

and a tiny request:

Teams who’s missed the top spot, please stay back and enjoy the quiz. Teams on-stage may need your support and some questions on-stage may come your way

1.

• Certain collective words for ferrets are fesynesfesnyngfeamyng

the above are ghost words formed due to the successive misspelling of what word?

2.

• The owner of Bouche à Oreille, in the small French town of Bourges, Veronique Jacquet, is tickled, but also a bit nervous. Her regulars are local workers, and she doesn’t want them to get pushed out by the sudden influx of would-be tastemakers. “I’m starting to get snowed under,” she told The Local. “We don’t have a big area and we only have four hands.”

This sudden leap in popularity is due to whose misprint?

3. Which investor is this?

4.

5.

• If William Salice’s creation is banned in Venezuela due to an obesity-reduction law last year, why is it banned in the United States?

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• The Chemistry IgNobel Prize for 2011 went to Makoto Imai, Naoki Urushihata, et al, for determining the ideal density of airborne ______ to awaken sleeping people in case of a fire or other emergency, and for applying this knowledge to invent the ______ alarm. What popular condiment did they use as an alarm?

7.

• What is the name given to a defensive business strategy used to stave off a hostile takeover, in which a company that is threatened with a hostile takeover "turns the tables" by attempting to acquire its would-be buyer?

8. Which state’s ceremonial coin?

9. FITB

10.

11: FITB with a word associated with 8-balls and a large number of complaints about something breaking after an upgrade.

• If this gets its original name as “the Slashdot effect” from Slashdot.org, and Fark.com and the Drudge Report have lent the names “Farked” and “Drudged” respectively, what would you receive from reddit?

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13: ID Blanks. Which other celebrity recently took a much-needed vacation referred to, here?

14. Question from my medico dad.• Medical professionals generally exercise caution when

prescribing multiple antidepressants to ensure that the patient will be safe.

• However, psychiatrists often recommend a combined dosage of Remeron (Mirtazapine) and Effexor (Venlafaxine), popularized by Californian celebrity psychiatrist Steven Stahl.

• Because of it’s unique property of combination for a rapid boost in serotonin levels(happiness), the mixture is given the nickname “California XY”What is XY, which finds its relevance usually on the other end of the country?

15:

• What precautionary items are the makers of Mr Robot promoting, a precaution Mr Zuckerberg was noted to be implementing for his personal use from his Instagram post celebrating 500 million acive users?

16: This man is not an employee of the Scottish traffic police force, but instead he (after donning a fluorescent vest) is using which common household item to combat

speeding in his village, and how?

17:• Ben Wilson of Simon Frasier

University in British Columbia, Canada, set up tanks in the lab and recorded between 6-75 pulses issued from salmon, which his team has termed “Fast Repetitive Ticks”. It is believed that these pulses perform a social function and help the fish engage in communication.

How do the fish send out these ticks?

18:

• Markings on the abdominal section gives the five-lettered species name to this spider of genus Pachygnatha.

What is the name?

19:• Given that Apple Stores in this

nation already (and understandably) sell iPhone-compatible radiation detectors, which company released the Pantone 5 107SH will make headlines in the global press for one reason and one reason only, that it has a built-in radiation detector and is the first one to have so? So central a feature that there’s a dedicated button that opens the detector app on the phone.

20:• This sporting company’s logo is

inspired by The Great Wave off Kagawa, shown here to the right.It’s subsidiary, targeted to young women, is a modification to the original logo, to resemble something that is hypothesized to be derived from the seed of the silphium plant.

Identify both.

21: The processing plant of which product/which company is responsible for this peculiarity in honey collected in a small town called Ribeauville, France?

22: Identify this insect, whose name derives from two animals of the aviary kind. (a.mp4)

23: Which company’s promotion for its project of constructing a life-sized LEGO batmobile along with

students from Detroit’s Cody Rouge community?

• Vavvalmanidhan.mp4

24:

• Given that this Shoojit Sarcar short is part of an initiative by Mirinda, put appropriate hashtag.

Answers

1.

• Certain collective words for ferrets are fesynesfesnyngfeamyng

the above are ghost words formed due to the successive misspelling of what word?

• Business!

2.

• The owner of Bouche à Oreille, in the small French town of Bourges, Veronique Jacquet, is tickled, but also a bit nervous. Her regulars are local workers, and she doesn’t want them to get pushed out by the sudden influx of would-be tastemakers. “I’m starting to get snowed under,” she told The Local. “We don’t have a big area and we only have four hands.”

This sudden leap in popularity is due to whose misprint?

• They were accidentally awarded the Michelin Star.

3. Which investor is this?

• Ashton Kutcher.

4.

• Louvre, Mona Lisa

5.

• If William Salice’s creation is banned in Venezuela due to an obesity-reduction law last year, why is it banned in the United States?

• Kinder Joy eggs.

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• The Chemistry IgNobel Prize for 2011 went to Makoto Imai, Naoki Urushihata, et al, for determining the ideal density of airborne ______ to awaken sleeping people in case of a fire or other emergency, and for applying this knowledge to invent the ______ alarm. What popular condiment did they use as an alarm?

• Wasabi

7.

• What is the name given to a defensive business strategy used to stave off a hostile takeover, in which a company that is threatened with a hostile takeover "turns the tables" by attempting to acquire its would-be buyer?

• Pac-man strategy.

8. Which state’s ceremonial coin?

Ohio.

9. FITB

• Litmus Text

10.

Victoria’s Secret agent.

11: FITB with a word associated with 8-balls and a large number of complaints about something breaking after an upgrade.

• Outlook

• If this gets its original name as “the Slashdot effect” from Slashdot.org, and Fark.com and the Drudge Report have lent the names “Farked” and “Drudged” respectively, what did you receive from reddit?

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13: ID Blanks. Which other celebrity recently took a much-needed vacation referred to, here?

• Dan Bilzerian, Richard Branson, Barack Obama.

14. Question from my medico dad.• Medical professionals generally exercise caution when

prescribing multiple antidepressants to ensure that the patient will be safe.

• However, psychiatrists often recommend a combined dosage of Remeron (Mirtazapine) and Effexor (Venlafaxine), popularized by Californian celebrity psychiatrist Steven Stahl.

• Because of it’s unique property of combination for a rapid boost in serotonin levels(happiness), the mixture is given the nickname “California XY”What is XY, which finds its relevance usually on the other end of the country?

• California Rocket Fuel.

15:

• What precautionary items are the makers of Mr Robot promoting, a precaution Mr Zuckerberg was noted to be implementing for his personal use from his Instagram post?

• Webcam covers.

16: This man is not an employee of the Scottish traffic police force, but instead he (after donning a fluorescent vest) is using which common household item to combat

speeding in his village, and how?

17:• Ben Wilson of Simon Frasier

University in British Columbia, Canada, set up tanks in the lab and recorded between 6-75 pulses issued from salmon, which his team has termed “Fast Repetitive Ticks”. It is believed that these pulses perform a social function and help the fish engage in communication.

How do the fish send out these ticks?

• Farting.

18:

• Markings on the abdominal section gives the five-lettered species name to this spider of genus Pachygnatha.

What is the name?

19:• Given that Apple Stores in this

nation already (and understandably) sell iPhone-compatible radiation detectors, which company released the Pantone 5 107SH will make headlines in the global press for one reason and one reason only, that it has a built-in radiation detector and is the first one to have so? So central a feature that there’s a dedicated button that opens the detector app on the phone.

Softbank, from Japan.

20:• This sporting company’s logo is

inspired by The Great Wave off Kagawa, shown here to the right.It’s subsidiary, targeted to young women, is a modification to the original logo, to resemble something that is hypothesized to be derived from the seed of the silphium plant.

Identify both.

21: The processing plant of which product/which company is responsible for this peculiarity in honey collected in a small town called Ribeauville, France?

• M&M’s

22: Identify this insect, whose name derives from two animals of the aviary kind. (a.mp4)

• The Hummingbird Hawkmoth.

23: Which company’s promotion for it’s project to make a life-sized LEGO batmobile along with students from

Detroit’s Cody Rouge community?

• Vavvalmanidhan.mp4

• Chevrolet.

24:

• Given that this Shoojit Sarcar short is part of an initiative by Mirinda, put appropriate hashtag.

• #Releasethepressure

Stay for a (hopefully) enjoyable finals, results shall be announced shortly.