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2019 Sunway Scholars' Cup Pre-Regional B
2019 Sunway Scholars' Cup Pre-Regional B
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Based on the 2019 syllabus from the World Scholar's Cup
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1
The Rongorongo is MOST likely to:
Chants
Decorations
Random glyphs
Depict history
2
Which historical monarch is MOST likely represented by the narrator in ‘Viva La Vida’?
Louis XVI
Henry VII
Nicholas II
Wilhelm I
3
Why did the Vulcans from Star Trek maintain the test of kahs-wan?
To keep pure logic from making them weak
To ingrain strength and courage in their youth
To weed out the weak
To disgrace cowards in their society
4
The Solway Firth Spaceman is MOST likely to be regarded as a problem caused by:
Faulty camera
Excessive exposure to radiation
Extraterrestrial lifeform
The child's mother positioning
5
Which of the following figures of speech BEST describes ‘YMCA’?
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Double entendre
Hyperbole
6
CAPTCHA involves
complex words
squiggly words
short words
huge words
7
If the Scholar's Bowl is carried out under a crutchfield situation, every team will
be separated by walls
take a run before the Bowl
share answers with each other
begin with different points depending on their backgrounds
8
In early 1900s, what did the blind use to read?
Optacon
Fiber optics
Eyeglasses
Optophone
9
William killed Nicholas and was not charged/jailed legally. Why is that?
Nicholas is a part of burakumin
Nicholas is a homo sacer
William is a lumpenproletariat
William is a Bụi đời
10
Which of the following artworks is MOST different in what it represents compared to the others?
Free Period in the Amsterdam Orphanage
Stag at Sharkey’s
Between the Margins
Woman Ironing
11
Which of the below is NOT true about magstripe and credit card chip?
Credit card chip is encrypted with digital signatures
Pin & chip was introduced the same time as magstripe
Magstripe uses magnetic particles to store static data
Magstripe can be easily counterfeited
12
Which of the following is a characteristic of the Fountain of Youth?
Freezing temperature
Blocks visible light
Pungent smell
Low density liquid
13
When Jerry, the President of Kyzgf, puts his friend in governmental position, he is committing
ethnocentrism
rankism
nepotism
ableism
14
Which of the following is MOST effective for a home’s temperature control?
Fans
Air conditioners
Insulated walls
Ice packs
15
Which of the following is the MOST efficient way of modern heating?
Over a flame
Increasing pressure
Place an object in a magnetic field
Passing a current
16
What would Martin Kemp MOST likely say about the Isleworth Mona Lisa?
“It’s just a copy of the actual one”
“It’s better than the actual one”
“It was completed at an earlier date than the actual one”
“It was only partially done by Leonardo Da Vinci”
17
How might Andrew from 'The Bicentiennial Man' react to carving wood?
He enjoys it
He will self-destruct
He dislikes it
He does not know what to feel
18
What would a critic of abstract expressionism MOST likely say about ‘Woman-Ochre’?
It was probably influenced by the works of Picasso
Its colours are too dull for a painting of this art style
It’s misogynistic
It betrays the ideals of abstract expressionism
19
Are you ready for science?!?
NAH
YAH
20
Which of the following phenomenon is responsible for wireless charging?
Packets of energy
Wi-Fi
Electromagnetic induction
Magnetic fields
21
Which of the following events MOST likely influenced the creation of ‘Hiding in the City’?
The Olympics
The World Cup
The Iraq War
The Cold War
22
Which of the following countries MOST influenced the creation of “Open Border’?
USA
North Korea
China
Canada
23
Which American comedian thanked working nannies in a toast at the TIME 100 gala?
Amy Poehler
Hasan Minhaj
Tina Fey
Amy Schumer
24
The idea of national pride can be explained by
Social Identity Theory
Homans' Theory
Swarm Behavior
Black Sheep Effect
25
What is the significance of reaching the age of Jewish Bar/Bat Mitzvah?
Becoming morally accountable for one's own actions
Gaining religious freedom
Graduation from religious school
Emancipation from one's parents
26
Which of Tuckman's stages does a team normally establish hierarchy of positions?
Norming
Forming
Performing
Storming
27
Zebra stripes are MOST likely a form of:
Camouflage
Unnecessarily evolutionary traits
Cooling mechanism
Confusion to predators
28
When Hitler carried out eugenics at his times, he
killed the non-Aryans
declared war on Poland
painted artistically on canvas
jailed his political opponents
29
The moon in ‘Papilla Estelar’ MOST likely represents
Opportunity
Oppression
Pride
Hopelessness
30
In Korea's caste system, which group of people are ranked below the baekjeong?
The cheonmin
The sangmin
The nobi
The jung-in
31
When a man tries to explain menstruation to a woman, he is
vagrant
being sexist
objectifying the woman
mansplaining
32
In Yemen, the lowest group in the caste system is called
akhdam
bitlaha
cagot
ragyabpa
33
Where does the proverb "it takes a village to raise a child' originate from?
Kenya
Nigeria
Ethiopia
China
34
What advice would John Green MOST likely give to the bullied child in ‘Seodang’?
“You should write more to distract from the pain.”
“The only way out is through. You will get through.”
“Be the better man. Don’t fight back.”
“Watch my YouTube channel to feel better.”
35
The significance of Linear B is MOST likely lie in:
Early workings of linear algebra
The form of language
Eigenvectors and eigenvalues
The degrees of fit of the line
36
Which of the following did NOT play a role in the rise of teenagers in the 20th century?
Compulsory education
Cars
The postwar economic boom
Smartphones
37
Which of the experiments below includes creating conflicts by limiting resources?
Stanford Prison Experiment
Asch Conformity Experiment
Robber's Cave Experiment
Crutchfield Situation Study
38
When a company's share price is dropping, which of this tends to happen?
the company hiring less minorities
the company closing the pay gap
a woman taking on the glass cliff
the CEO of the company going on a vacation
39
Who of the following would MOST likely agree with the themes of ‘The Fourth Estate’?
Solomon Linda
Annie
Marius Pontmercy
Beverley Bass
40
In which country would you most likely find its people paying for things with QR codes?
China
Maldives
United Kingdom
United States
41
Which of the following art would the woman in ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ LEAST likely agree with?
The Potato Eaters
Here We Are
Open Border
Office in a Small City
42
What is NOT a reason for the decline of 20 year olds in Japan celebrating seijin shiki?
Low birth rate
Increasing number of youth who don't feel they are adults
Video game and anime addiction
Shrinking percentage of youth
43
Which of the following is not found in a battery?
Anode
Buffer
Electrolytes
Cathode
44
The library of Alexandria expanded its contents MOST rapidly by:
Taking from conquered colonies
Collaborating with the Roman empire
Paying Greek authors more
Scribing scrolls possessed by ships entering Alexandria
45
Which of the following employ a working principle that is MOST related to a vacuum cleaner?
Dishwashers
Airplanes
Toasters
Trains
46
The drought which ended the Mayan Civilization was MOST likely to be induced by:
Deforestation
Excessive construction of Stone Pyramids
Excessive agriculture
Wrath of the gods
47
What is NOT an ingredient in the process of Chudakarana, a Hindu child's first haircut?
Cow dung
Tumeric
Rice flour
Milk
48
What is the most significant difference between an au pair and an amah / nanny?
An au pair does not have to clean
An au pair is treated as a member of the host family
An au pair is always an European woman
An au pair does not have to take care of children
49
Which of the following songs BEST agrees with the themes of ‘The Ugly Duckling’?
God Help the Outcasts
Streets of London
It’s a Hard-Knock Life
Wavin’ Flag
50
The Johari window may fail if
pressure is low
the temperature gets too high
wind is strong
environment is toxic
51
Which of the following songs are polar opposites?
‘Signs’ & ‘Songs of a Wayfarer No. 2’
‘Therru’s Song’ & ‘It’s A Hard-Knock Life’
‘Get Some Sleep’ & ‘Viva La Vida’
‘Motorcycle Drive-By' & ‘Other People’s Stories’
52
Which of the following famous people were NOT referred to in ‘Black Man’?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Thomas Edison
Bruce Lee
Sacagawea
53
Which of the following artworks MOST likely needs the services of a restorer?
Woman-Ochre
The Potato Eaters
Between the Cracks
Office in a Small City
54
The picture of the duck in the Cicada 3301 mystery led to a:
A map
String of meaningless texts
Book cypher
A picture of a cicada
55
George C. Homans proposed that in a relationship, humans seek to
get benefited
take care of their loved ones
conform to the idea of a family
be loved
56
Which of the following is the working principle of the ionic hair dryer?
Emitted ions are are hydrophobic and they repel H2O more
Ionic compounds within the dryer allow it to reach high temp
Emitted ions generate an electrostatic field, removing H2O
Emitted ions remove H2O by ionizing the bonds
57
Brazilians who are living under the poverty line are most likely to live in
a gececondu
a favela
a ghetto
Skid Row
58
Which of the following is used to discharge charge?
Diodes
Capacitors
Thermistor
Resistors
59
Why do Jewish people gift in multiples of 18 at Bar/Bat Mitzvahs?
Jerusalem is located at 18 degrees north
Jewish scripture says that Jesus was reborn at 18
The Hebrew word for life is the number 18
The age of adulthood for Jews is 18
60
Which of the following songs would the man in ‘The Raven’ MOST likely be listening to?
Motorcycle Drive-By
Mbube
Therru’s Song
Songs of a Wayfarer No. 2
61
Who of the following would be MOST suitable in bringing more interest to the parai?
Bic Runga
Renata Flores Rivera
William Barton
Solomon Linda
62
Herd mentality is NOT known as
Squad mentality
Mob mentality
Gang mentality
Pack mentality
63
When a woman meets a glass ceiling in her career, she
is failing to see where her problems lie
has succeeded
should break the glass
is unable to climb the cooperate ladder due to her gender
64
What does the drinking gourd in ‘Follow the Drinking Gourd’ MOST likely represent?
The Sun
A constellation
The Moon
A comet
65
FDM is a 3D printing process. What does FDM stand for?
Fizzing Droplets Melting
Forced Dorsal Molding
Face Dimensional Making
Fused Deposition Modelling
66
Humans who show traits of rankism tend to
prefer a high Gini Index
score low in Social Dominance Orientation
prefer a low Poverty Gap Index
prefer a negative gradient on the Great Gatsby Curve
67
The original “bog bodies” is the result of:
Rituals
Accidents
Warfare
Unexplained terminal diseases
68
Darren beats Ji Hahn up. Based on the Just-World hypothesis, Ji Hahn expects that Darren
will soon be rewarded with sweets
will soon be beaten up by someone else
will be on the news the next day
will soon be bullying him againf
69
Which of the following figures of speech BEST describes 'The Tyger'?
Paradox
Duality
Metaphor
Personification
70
When you are socially invisible, you are
invisible, literally
disconnected from the society
an introvert
the wealthy power behind a country
71
SAT is made possible MOSTLY because of
me
Scantrons
EFTPOS
magnetic field
72
Which of the following was most likely NOT the purpose of the Spartan krypteia?
To supress and subjugate the Helot slave population
To organize state-sponsored secret police
To prepare boys for war
To steal food supplies from the countryside
73
What form of poem is 'Crusoe in England'?
Elegy
Sonnet
Spoken word
Slam poetry
74
What BEST describes the tone of ‘We Care A Lot’?
Sarcastic
Melancholic
Rebellious
Sincere
75
Which of the following pairs match up the BEST?
Free as A Bird - Me and the Sky
The Awakening Slave - Unfinished Symphony
Between the Margins - Mbube
The Potato Eaters - It’s A Hard-Knock Life
76
How would a deaf culture supporter MOST likely respond to ‘Harold Whittles Hears'?
“This proves that our culture is being discriminated.”
“Isn’t technology amazing?”
“How would he understand what he’s hearing?”
“We should be grateful to be born with a sense of hearing.”
77
In a party, Henry Reich dances. What does this mean?
He is being segregated
He is following the rules of endogamy set by his tribe
He is being disadvantaged from redlining
He is under social normative influence
78
ADX Florence :: Halden Prison
Tribalism :: racism
Masculinity :: femininity
Shanty towns :: downtown
Homelessness :: slums
79
Which of the following materials debunks the claim that the Pyramids of Egypt are power plants?
Limestone coating
Copper wires
Oversized casket
Granites
80
The myth of contagious yawns can be debunked by:
Mirror neurons
Low pressure areas
Fake news
True friendship
81
What does King Tut, Joffrey, and Emperor Puyi all have in common?
They were infamous for their cruelty
They were mentally ill
They died young
They were children
82
Which of the following facts is wrongly associated to the Terracotta Mausoleum?
Emperor Qin’s tomb is untouched
Mercury have been heavily used in its production
Every terracotta soldier has unique facial features
Generals wield weapons that were made from gold
83
Which following reasons accounts MOST for the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The emperor’s wife was homesick
To flaunt wealth against neighboring cities
Archimedes wanted to test his water pump
To watch the birds of the gods
84
Which of the following may be BEST used to explained a floating castle:
Schizophrenia
Fata Morgana
Havana syndrome
Cognitive dissonance
85
Which of the following factor is responsible for the output of cold air in air-conditioners?
Varying pressure
Varying heat supply
Varying power
Varying fan powers
86
Which of the roles below is MOST LIKELY going to be employed to film an action movie?
Gaffers
Literary agent
Stunt double
Dramaturge
87
In Harry Potter, how are house elves freed from indentured servitude?
Their owner gives them a piece of clothing
Their owner dies
Their owner gives them an alpaca
Their owner gives them a bed
88
The Stone Spheres of Costa Rica are BEST known for their
strength
history
materials
degree of roundness
89
Which of these poem is short enough to be a tweet?
The Octopus
The Raven
The Tyger
My Shoes
90
Critics arguing against the existence of Atlantis will MOST insist that:
A. Plato created Atlantis to serve as a warning
There is practically no surviving evidence indicating such
The geographic location of the island cannot be possible
Atlantis was in Egypt
91
According to Yuval Cherlow, pork is kosher when
the pork meat is taken from a cloned
resources are running out
the electricity stops
the pork meat is taken from a hybrid
92
Which of following pieces can BEST be likened to a woven cloth?
Requiem in D Minor
Little People
Symphony No. 10
Other People’s Stories
93
Which of the following acronym is MOST likely to be related to the vanishing honeybees:
DHB
RIP
CCB
ABG
94
‘Hotel, Room 47’ would MOST likely be identified as work done by a
Muralist
Journalist
Architect
Detective
95
Which of the following is false about Left-handers:
They tend to excel in sport
They tend to be mix-handed as they age
Left-handers are more intelligent and creative
They are unlikely left-hemisphere dominant for language
96
Which of the following raw material generates activated carbon?
Graphene
Charcoal
Graphite
Fullerenes
97
The people described in ‘Streets of London’ have all
Lived in poverty
Died
Survived a war
Been remembered
98
Which of the following explains why no one investigated the Tunguska explosion at that time?
The Russian authorities covered up the incident
The explosion was due to the Mandela’s effect
Russian authorities had more to worry about
It was assumed to be the result of political strife
99
Your Macbook might blow up because of short circuits. How can we make a battery blowup?
Earth the battery
Load the circuit with many resistors connected in parallel
Connect the +ve terminal to the -ve terminal with a wire
Load the circuit with many resistors connected in series
