Quiz time folks!!

  1. Why do chalks sometimes scratch on the blackboards?
  2. Why do loudspeakers hum?
  3. Optical fibers are found in nature, give an example.
  4. Magnetic fields cannot do any work, then how does one magnet move towards/away from another?
  5. How does one describe the radius of a black hole? (No. It DOES NOT go like….The radius of this black hole is really nice.)
  6. How did the element Antimony get its name?
  7. Which is the only stable element named after a real person?
  8. This guy took a patent for "socks for smelly feet" but he is better known to all of us for some other invention. Who is he?
  9. The first U.S. space shuttle was initially named "Constitution" but the name was later changed. Why?
  10. Which famous scientist used to estimate the strength of electric current by touching the live wire and feeling the shock?
Vishal Gupta, IIT Mumbai, Contributing Editor
The answers to all questions will be published in the next issue.
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