PresentsAstroquiz

1. Four rounds in total.2. Teams of 2.3. Scoring pattern is specified before each round.4. Specific rules will be made on the fly.5. QM’s decision is final in case of disputes.

General Guidelines for the Quiz:

Welcome to Astroquiz at Technex’17.

Round 1

Infinite pounce and No bounce (clockwise)

1. 8 Questions2. You can pounce and write your answer for +15/-53. Each question is directed to a specific team.4. On your turn, you receive +15/0

Question 1• Guess the Galaxy ?

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Answer

Sombrero Galaxy

Question 2• X was a mission launched by NASA. It was the third intended

manned mission to land on the Moon and was launched on April 11, 1970. But the Lunar Landing was aborted after an Oxygen Tank explosion, two days after the launch. Despite great hardship, the flight passed the far side of moon and returned to earth safely. What is the name of this mission?

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Answer • APOLLO 13 MISSION

Question 3• ISRO launched the Mars

orbiter Mission (MOM) on 5 Nov, 2013 and has been in Mars’ orbit since Sept 24, 2014. It has sent several images since. What is the significance of this image?

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Answer • It was the first image of Mars captured by Mars Orbiter on

September 24, 2014.

Question 4 • X was a Dutch astronomer of the 20th century who overturned the

idea that our sun is at the center of the Milky Way galaxy and correctly estimate the distance between Earth and the Galactic Center (30,000 ly). He used Radio astronomy to predict the structure and evolution of our galaxy, and also discovered the place of origin of most comets.

• Who is X?

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Answer • Jan Oort

Question 5• W was a son of Tros, first king of Troy. He tended sheep there on the

slopes of Mount Ida. One day Y caught a glimpse of the young boy and was overwhelmed with a desire to bring W to Olympus to serve as the cup bearer of the gods. Y thereby changed his shape to a bird, swooped down and carried the boy off to the home of the gods.Now it so happens that this position was already filled by Hebe,the daughter of Y and his wife Juno. Once W arrived at the royal court a competition began between Hebe and W for the honor of serving the gods. Eventually W won the post, and stayed on also as the favored companion to Y..To honor the events surrounding the elevation of W to "cup bearer and servant of the gods," Y placed the shape he assumed when abducting W to Olympus, into the heavens as the constellation X. and immortalized W as the constellation Z. One of Y's moons is also named after W.

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Answers• W - Ganymede• X - Aquila• Y – Zeus (Jupiter)• Z - Aquarius

Question 6In Indian mythology, the seven central stars of Y that form the cup shape,is refered to as W meaning seven sages. However, Agni developed a desire for the wives of X and wanted to seduce them.On the other hand a minor goddess wanted to marry Agni. She therefore took the form of six of the seven wives of the W’s and mated with Agni. However, the W’s themselves uncertain about the chastity of their wives, divorced them and they went on to become theX. Only one wife Arundhati of Vasishta remained loyal to herhusband that is the binary in Y.

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Answer• W - Saptarshi• X - Kritika or Pleidaes ( 1 mark for Engish Name, 2 for both eng n

hindi)• Y - Ursa Major

Question 7 • Einstein added an extra term in equations of general relativity that

describes the Universe in the situation when it is static. This extra term was Cosmological Constant. Einstein later called it ‘Biggest blunder of his life’. Why did he say so?

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AnswerHubble’s discovery lead to theory of Universe expansion which meant there was no significance or need of Cosmological Constant.

Question 8This is 90 feet high Samrat Yantra, which you can find in the Jaipur Jantar Mantar.

What does it serve?

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AnswersIt is used to know the directions at a place .It always points at Pole Star.

Round 2 : Pounce++

5 questionsYou can pounce and write down your answer for +15/-5You can ‘powerplay’ before answering to play for +25/-20

Question 9• On what occasion was this Doodle used?

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Hint

Answer• Philae Lander

Question 10• In 1965 Arno A. Penzias and Robert W. Wilson of Bell Laboratories

were testing a sensitive horn antenna which was designed for detecting low levels of microwave radiation. They discovered a low level of microwave background "noise", like the low level of electrical noise which might produce "snow" on a television screen. After unsuccessful attempts to eliminate it, they pointed their antenna to another part of the sky to check whether the "noise" was coming from space, and got the same kind of signal.

• What was this noise and where did it came from ?

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Answer• Cosmic Microwave Background RadiationIt is a residual microwave background radiation left over from the Big Bang.

Question 11• On July 23,1995 , an unusually large and bright comet was seen

outside of Jupiter’s orbit. It holds the record for longest period of naked-eye visibility. Guess the comet.

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HintIt will next appear after 2400 years.

Answer • Hale-Bopps Comet

Question 12Lockyer's account of X, as seen through Newell's large refracting telescope at Ferndene, Gateshead, and which he described as having a head like "a fan-shaped projection of light, with ear-like appendages, at each side, which sympathetically complemented each other at every change either of form or luminosity." What is X?

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AnswerCoggia’s Comet

Question 13 Identify this object.

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Hint It is the successor of Hubble Telescope.

Answer James Webb Telescope

Round 3: Differential

• 5 Questions• Pounce for +5(8-n)/-15

Question 14Its about Optical effect seen in stars (including the Sun) which produces intensity variation.What is effect called ?

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Hint Observe the intensity variation across the image.

Answer Limb Darkening

Identify The Lady

Question 15

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Answer

• VALENTINA TERESHKOVA – The First Woman to Space

Question 16Laurentius, a Christian deacon, is said to have been martyred by the Romans in A. D. 258 on an outdoor iron grill. In the midst of this torture, Laurentius was said to have cried out, "I am already roasted on one side and, if thou wouldst have me well cooked, it is time to turn me on the other." This talk about an astronomical phenomenon. It is also called "The Tears of St. Lawrence."

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HintAugust is famous for this phenomenon.

AnswerPerseid Meteor Shower

Question 17 The Total Solar eclipse of 29 May 1919 was one of the most awaited

ones. The eclipse was the only chance to turn the light from Sun in order to observe stars near it.

The observation of light deflection was performed by Famous Brithish experimentalist X by noticing the change in position of stars as they passed near the Sun on celestial sphere to test a theory Y by Z.

Identify X,Y and Z.

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Answer X – Arthur Eddington Y – General Theory of Relativity Z – Albert Einstein

Question 18 NASA tweeted this on Valentine’ Day with a message “ With Love from Deep space” .

Identify the object.

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Answer Pluto

ROUND 4 - CONNECT

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Last Hint

It is the farthest man-made object from earth.

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Voyager 1Description1st picture shows people on voyage2nd slide shows the destinations of Voyager 1 (Jupiter, Titan, Saturn)3rd slide shows the Golden Record held by Voyager 1 in its carriage4th slide has a famous image of earth taken by Voyager 15th Voyager has crossed the Kuiper belt and now is in the Heliosphere.

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