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First awarded in 2008 as a prize in Mathematics, this prize was extended to
  four other scientific categories from 2009 (two prizes are awarded under
  the Social Sciences segment, making it 6 'laureates' per year). It is meant
  to reward and encourage high quality scientific research by Indians; the
  prize includes a fifty lakh rupees award.
You see the winners of 2011 above. The name of the prize comes from the
 corporate entity that has instituted this. Which entity?
The Infosys Prize
The 1980 Moscow Olympics was heavily boycotted by Western
 countries, and so this country's women's hockey team received a
 11th hour call up to join 5 other teams. (This was also the first time
 women's hockey featured in the Olympics.) To everyone's surprise,
 they remained undefeated and won the gold.
This team was led by Ann Grant, who later also coached the English
 women's hockey team. She was from a sporting family, with her
 brothers also having represented their nation at another sport. One of
 these brothers also has an Indian connection.
Which country and who is the 'grumpy' brother?
Zimbabwe and Duncan Fletcher
René Laennec
Stethescope
With respect to ICC World Cup finals, what do these statistics
 represent:


England: 9 appearances
West Indies: 5 appearances
Pakistan: 3
India, New Zealand, Australia: 1 each
Number of times umpires from these
  countries officiated in the finals
Who?


“‘No, as a matter of fact, it deflects water away from
  my mouth, allows my rear end to rise and makes me
  bullet-shaped in the water..”
Mark Spitz
Winners of what?
Google Science Fair 2011
What word, meaning “Free” in Italian, is used to refer to a
 player specialized in defensive skills in volleyball and also a
 versatile center back in football?
Libero
In ice hockey, what two-word term is used to describe the situation
  where one team gets a player sent off for a foul, and the other
  team holds a numerical advantage?
Power Play
Right caught left!
This is actually Thomas Edison's
 last breath. Henry Ford asked
     Edison's son to catch it
What do the big boys play?
Ad for Day/Night cricket by Terry
Packer for his world series cricket
Hello what's this?
First Iphone. Apple later got the rights
               for this.
Meme me !
FML
Blank?
Lord of the Rings
“Trainee, Intermediate, Captain, Honor, Championship” and “B level,
  A level, AA level, Honor level and Evans scholar” are two
  alternative ranking systems used in which profession?
Caddying
What term in sports, say X, came into being because of the
 analogy with botany where the X might grow into a top rank at
 the end of that tournament, or might instead wither away?
Seed/Seeding

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Sci-Tech quiz 2

  • 1. First awarded in 2008 as a prize in Mathematics, this prize was extended to four other scientific categories from 2009 (two prizes are awarded under the Social Sciences segment, making it 6 'laureates' per year). It is meant to reward and encourage high quality scientific research by Indians; the prize includes a fifty lakh rupees award. You see the winners of 2011 above. The name of the prize comes from the corporate entity that has instituted this. Which entity?
  • 3. The 1980 Moscow Olympics was heavily boycotted by Western countries, and so this country's women's hockey team received a 11th hour call up to join 5 other teams. (This was also the first time women's hockey featured in the Olympics.) To everyone's surprise, they remained undefeated and won the gold. This team was led by Ann Grant, who later also coached the English women's hockey team. She was from a sporting family, with her brothers also having represented their nation at another sport. One of these brothers also has an Indian connection. Which country and who is the 'grumpy' brother?
  • 7. With respect to ICC World Cup finals, what do these statistics represent: England: 9 appearances West Indies: 5 appearances Pakistan: 3 India, New Zealand, Australia: 1 each
  • 8. Number of times umpires from these countries officiated in the finals
  • 9. Who? “‘No, as a matter of fact, it deflects water away from my mouth, allows my rear end to rise and makes me bullet-shaped in the water..”
  • 13. What word, meaning “Free” in Italian, is used to refer to a player specialized in defensive skills in volleyball and also a versatile center back in football?
  • 15. In ice hockey, what two-word term is used to describe the situation where one team gets a player sent off for a foul, and the other team holds a numerical advantage?
  • 18. This is actually Thomas Edison's last breath. Henry Ford asked Edison's son to catch it
  • 19. What do the big boys play?
  • 20. Ad for Day/Night cricket by Terry Packer for his world series cricket
  • 22. First Iphone. Apple later got the rights for this.
  • 24. FML
  • 26. Lord of the Rings
  • 27. “Trainee, Intermediate, Captain, Honor, Championship” and “B level, A level, AA level, Honor level and Evans scholar” are two alternative ranking systems used in which profession?
  • 29. What term in sports, say X, came into being because of the analogy with botany where the X might grow into a top rank at the end of that tournament, or might instead wither away?