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Download Jack Kilby Science Quiz Archives

Filed Under (DPS Vasant Kunj, Quiz, downLOADS) by Ankur on 26 July, 2008

I never got to participate in the Texas Instruments sponsored Jack Kilby Science Quiz, because I was too old to meet the age criteria. It’s a fun quiz though, I’ve heard, and I had an archive of the quiz compiled by Prateek Vijayavargia lying with me for quite some time; just hadn’t had time to go through it. I did get some time recently, and am putting up the archive now. Most of the stuff was done by Prateek, but I did add a bit, especially one question which I think was wrong. Standard of the quiz is quite okay, given that it is targetted at students of and below 10th standard. Obviously, tech does seem to be an important topic while preparing for this quiz/ Enjoy the archives.

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20 Responses to “Download Jack Kilby Science Quiz Archives”

  1. deepak on 26 Jul 2008 at 18:00 #

    Hi Ankur:
    Thanks to you and Prateek for putting that together. The questions do look interesting.

  2. Ankur on 27 Jul 2008 at 13:28 #

    @Deepak: You’re welcome. :)

  3. Abhirath Batra on 7 Oct 2008 at 20:57 #

    Would appreciate your help if you could provide some info on reading ,material/sites for Jack Kilby quiz. have looked into the 2006 downloads, any plans to put up the 2007 questions too before the ‘08 quiz?

  4. Ankur on 8 Oct 2008 at 15:58 #

    @Abhirath: Nope, don’t have the 2007 archive. For preparing for the quiz, I would suggest you to go through funtrivia.com quizzes on science and tech.

  5. S.Vignesh on 9 Oct 2008 at 17:31 #

    Ankur it probably seems that the question which you had marked wrong is actually correct.Probably,there’s a spelling mistake in that question.
    But anyways,thanks for your great help.
    You can check this link for verification on your doubt:-
    http://www.weitzlux.com/arsenic/Historyof_403021.html

  6. Ankur on 10 Oct 2008 at 1:21 #

    @S Vignesh: Glad that you found it useful. :) In fact, the question has been lifted from the Wikipedia entry on arsenic, according to me. It says that the Greeks borrowed the word ‘arsenikon’ from the from the Persian word ‘zarnikh’. However, that’s Wikipedia. Oxford English Dictionary maintains that it was the Greeks. http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/arsenic?view=uk

    Given a toss between the two, I’d go with OED instead of Wiki.

  7. Abhirath on 10 Oct 2008 at 13:38 #

    Thanks

  8. Vignesh on 11 Oct 2008 at 12:29 #

    ya,but anyways the indirect origin is from ‘Zarnikh’ itself.Thanks for the link to prepare for the quiz.Now atleast, I can prepare myself for it.

  9. Aviruddh on 11 Oct 2008 at 13:56 #

    Can you please tell from where can I study for this quiz?
    The questions seem to be very tough and I can’t find them in a single book

  10. Anshul on 11 Oct 2008 at 22:11 #

    Please tell me from where do I need to study for this quiz. I don’t know a single word of science history and by mistake, I got selected for this.

  11. Ankur on 13 Oct 2008 at 1:59 #

    @Vignesh: Yes, but there’s no concrete source which can vouch for the Persian word. :) Wikipedia is a user-edited encyclopedia and anyway, encyclopedias are generally not considered to be worthy of quoted as primary sources.

    @Aviruddh: NONE of the stuff which comes in ANY quiz is ever from any book. It’s your knowledge and interest in that field which counts - and determines your success.

    @Anshul: Again, as I said to Aviruddh, you can’t ’study’ for a quiz. This isn’t an ‘exam’. For many questions, for instance, you need to think outside the box to make connections between different items and crack the question. So my suggestion is that you really need to enjoy the process than ’study’ for it. Try funtrivia.com’s science sections, BTW.

  12. Aviruddh on 13 Oct 2008 at 15:41 #

    Thanks for the complement.
    I got it.

  13. Aditya on 17 Oct 2008 at 21:22 #

    Aww :( No quiz archive for 2007? And the quiz is 2morrow.
    Any chance of updating it today?

  14. Ankur on 17 Oct 2008 at 22:26 #

    @Aditya: Nope, I don’t have the 2007 archive. Best of luck tomorrow. :)

  15. Aviruddh on 17 Oct 2008 at 22:30 #

    :(God knows what type of questions will come in the quiz tomorrow and demolish are minds.;)

  16. Aditya on 18 Oct 2008 at 6:53 #

    Nah, the quiz isnt so tough. But logic is required. Questions are excellent thought. I especially liked that Kate Moss question.

    Thanks for the 2006 archives!

  17. Arjun on 18 Oct 2008 at 18:52 #

    Hi there!
    We went to the quiz (I went with my sister, my friend Agrim went with Shreyans Jain). Did pretty well: we both qualified for the stage round, where we finished 5th and 4th respectively. Too bad we screwed up some stuff which cost us a podium place.

    Anyways, thanks for the questions you posted. They really got us in the groove for this thing.

  18. Ankur on 19 Oct 2008 at 0:24 #

    @Arjun: Glad that you found it useful. Sometimes, luck also plays a role so it’s sad that you lost out today. Anyway, I’m sure the experience will help you in future quizzes.

  19. deepak on 21 Nov 2008 at 5:08 #

    Hi Ankur:
    You will be happy to know..Me and my classmate won the Regional Round from Bangalore eventhough lost the National final to Chennai.

  20. Ankur on 21 Nov 2008 at 21:28 #

    @Deepak: Hey, congratulations! :)

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