Sci Tech Quiz

Rules

20 questions (+1/0) No negatives. Feel free to guess Starred(*) questions will be used to

resolve ties Quizmaster is GAWD

1. Science

1. Answer

2. FITB

2. Answer

3. What is the green blank?

3. Answer

Moore

4. Put Funda Mark O'Donnell, an American writer and humorist, published an

article containing the following in the magazine Esquire in 1980. In 1994, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

(IEEE) refined and popularized the idea. Some of the main points of this idea are:

Any body suspended in space will remain in space until made aware of its situation. Then the regular laws of gravity take over.

Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation conforming to its perimeter .

Certain bodies can pass through solid walls painted to resemble tunnel entrances; others cannot. All principles of gravity are negated by fear .

Everything falls faster than an anvil. Any vehicle on a path of travel is at a state of indeterminacy until

an object enters a location in the path of travel.

4. Answer

Cartoon physics or laws of cartoon physics

5.

If you encountered the “fail whale” where would you be?

5. Answer

Twitter

6.

6. Answer

7. Google doodle depicting what?

7. Answer

Fermat’s last theorem

8.

8. Answer

9. What popular phrase is depicted here ? (“this” is the question xP)

9. Answer

To be or not to be (and thats the question )

10. ID logo

10. Answer

Share It

11. X is described as an Electro-Biomechanical-

Neuro-Transmitting-Zero-Synapse-Repositioner

It is a device about the size of an average cigar tube that gives a bright flash which erases the memories of the past hours, days, weeks, months or years, depending on the chosen settings

It is one of the signature tools and considered standard issue employed by the Y

11. Answer

X- Neuralyzer Y- Men In Black

12. How do we better know this book ? Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle is a young

adult novel written by Stratemeyer Syndicate writers using the pen name Victor Appleton.

While Tom Swift is working on his latest new invention, the electric rifle, he meets an African safari master whose stories of elephant hunting sends the group off to deepest, darkest Africa. Hunting for ivory is the least of their worries, as they find out some old friends are being held hostage by the fearsome tribes of the red pygmies.

12.

12. Answer

Taser – Tom A Swift and his Electric Rifle

13. ID X and Y These are some tips released by X for the users

of its product Y DO’s• Explore the world around you• Take advantage of the Y voice commands• Ask for permission• Use a screen lock• Be an active and vocal member of the Y community

DONT’S• Y-out• Wear it and expect to be ignored• Be rude or creepy (aka a Y-hole).

13. Answer

X – Google Y - Glass

14.

Google  has a personal T-Rex dinosaur, called Stan, which lives in their   California headquarters. The skeleton is original and is an asset of  Google  Inc. How do we know this better ?

Pic in the next slide

14.

14. Answer

Google Chrome Offline Dinosaur

15.

This is an XCKD comic depicting what ?

15. Answer

Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle

16. “X doesn't stand for anything. It is not an acronym. There is

no meaning. X and the ying-yang logo were invented by Interbrand. We hired Interbrand to come up with the name and logo that we could use for our interoperability seal and marketing efforts. We needed something that was a little catchier than “_________ Direct Sequence".The only reason that you hear anything about “Y" is some of my colleagues in the group were afraid. They didn't understand branding or marketing. They could not imagine using the name without having some sort of literal explanation. So we compromised and agreed to include the tag line "The Standard for Y” along with the name. This was a mistake and only served to confuse people and dilute the brand.”Phil Belanger on what?

16. Answer

X- WiFi(is not short for Wireless Fidelity)

Blank is IEEE 802.11b

17. ID X

X is a next-generation wearables research platform developed by researchers at the MIT Media Lab. The goal of the X project is the development and prototyping of new techniques of human-computer interaction for body-worn applications

X is a metal found in Middle-earth. It resembles silver but is stronger than steel, and much lighter in weight than either. 

17. Answer

MIThril

18. ID X

Suggested causes of X include: Cavitation within the _____ -small

cavities of partial vacuum form in the synovial fluid and then rapidly collapse, producing a sharp sound.

Rapid stretching of ligaments Intra-articular (within-

_____) adhesions being broken

18. Answer

Cracking of joints