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Duplicate of 2019 Sunway Scholars' Cup Pre-Regional
Duplicate of 2019 Sunway Scholars' Cup Pre-Regional
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Based on the 2019 syllabus from the World Scholar's Cup
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1
The myth of contagious yawns can be debunked by:
Low pressure areas
Mirror neurons
Fake news
True friendship
2
Humans who show traits of rankism tend to
prefer a high Gini Index
prefer a negative gradient on the Great Gatsby Curve
prefer a low Poverty Gap Index
score low in Social Dominance Orientation
3
Which historical monarch is MOST likely represented by the narrator in ‘Viva La Vida’?
Henry VII
Wilhelm I
Louis XVI
Nicholas II
4
Which of the following figures of speech BEST describes 'The Tyger'?
Duality
Metaphor
Paradox
Personification
5
Which of the following songs BEST agrees with the themes of ‘The Ugly Duckling’?
Streets of London
God Help the Outcasts
It’s a Hard-Knock Life
Wavin’ Flag
6
Which of the following famous people were NOT referred to in ‘Black Man’?
Thomas Edison
Sacagawea
Martin Luther King Jr.
Bruce Lee
7
George C. Homans proposed that in a relationship, humans seek to
be loved
take care of their loved ones
conform to the idea of a family
get benefited
8
Which of the experiments below includes creating conflicts by limiting resources?
Stanford Prison Experiment
Robber's Cave Experiment
Asch Conformity Experiment
Crutchfield Situation Study
9
Which of following pieces can BEST be likened to a woven cloth?
Other People’s Stories
Little People
Requiem in D Minor
Symphony No. 10
10
Zebra stripes are MOST likely a form of:
Unnecessarily evolutionary traits
Camouflage
Cooling mechanism
Confusion to predators
11
Who of the following would MOST likely agree with the themes of ‘The Fourth Estate’?
Solomon Linda
Beverley Bass
Marius Pontmercy
Annie
12
Which of the following events MOST likely influenced the creation of ‘Hiding in the City’?
The Iraq War
The Cold War
The World Cup
The Olympics
13
Which of the following materials debunks the claim that the Pyramids of Egypt are power plants?
Limestone coating
Granites
Oversized casket
Copper wires
14
Which of the following is MOST effective for a home’s temperature control?
Insulated walls
Air conditioners
Fans
Ice packs
15
Which alpaca is cuter?
Chauncey
Daniel
Dylan
Burch oof
16
Which of the following is used to discharge charge?
Capacitors
Thermistor
Diodes
Resistors
17
What would a critic of abstract expressionism MOST likely say about ‘Woman-Ochre’?
Its colours are too dull for a painting of this art style
It was probably influenced by the works of Picasso
It’s misogynistic
It betrays the ideals of abstract expressionism
18
What does King Tut, Joffrey, and Emperor Puyi all have in common?
They were mentally ill
They were infamous for their cruelty
They were children
They died young
19
Which of the following songs would the man in ‘The Raven’ MOST likely be listening to?
Mbube
Therru’s Song
Songs of a Wayfarer No. 2
Motorcycle Drive-By
20
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 Bụi đời
William is a lumpenproletariat
21
According to Yuval Cherlow, pork is kosher when
resources are running out
the pork meat is taken from a hybrid
the electricity stops
the pork meat is taken from a cloned
22
Which of the following art would the woman in ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ LEAST likely agree with?
Here We Are
The Potato Eaters
Open Border
Office in a Small City
23
The Stone Spheres of Costa Rica are BEST known for their
history
degree of roundness
materials
strength
24
What form of poem is 'Crusoe in England'?
Sonnet
Spoken word
Slam poetry
Elegy
25
When a company's share price is dropping, which of this tends to happen?
the company hiring less minorities
a woman taking on the glass cliff
the company closing the pay gap
the CEO of the company going on a vacation
26
Brazilians who are living under the poverty line are most likely to live in
a gececondu
a favela
a ghetto
Skid Row
27
Are you ready for science?!?
NAH
YAH
28
In Korea's caste system, which group of people are ranked below the baekjeong?
The jung-in
The cheonmin
The nobi
The sangmin
29
How would a deaf culture supporter MOST likely respond to ‘Harold Whittles Hears'?
“Isn’t technology amazing?”
“How would he understand what he’s hearing?”
“We should be grateful to be born with a sense of hearing.”
“This proves that our culture is being discriminated.”
30
The picture of the duck in the Cicada 3301 mystery led to a:
A map
String of meaningless texts
A picture of a cicada
Book cypher
31
Which of the following did NOT play a role in the rise of teenagers in the 20th century?
The postwar economic boom
Compulsory education
Smartphones
Cars
32
Which of the following artworks MOST likely needs the services of a restorer?
The Potato Eaters
Between the Cracks
Office in a Small City
Woman-Ochre
33
Which of Tuckman's stages does a team normally establish hierarchy of positions?
Norming
Forming
Performing
Storming
34
What does the drinking gourd in ‘Follow the Drinking Gourd’ MOST likely represent?
The Sun
A comet
A constellation
The Moon
35
FDM is a 3D printing process. What does FDM stand for?
Fused Deposition Modelling
Forced Dorsal Molding
Fizzing Droplets Melting
Face Dimensional Making
36
In which country would you most likely find its people paying for things with QR codes?
United States
Maldives
United Kingdom
China
37
Which of the following artworks is MOST different in what it represents compared to the others?
Woman Ironing
Free Period in the Amsterdam Orphanage
Between the Margins
Stag at Sharkey’s
38
ADX Florence :: Halden Prison
Masculinity :: femininity
Shanty towns :: downtown
Tribalism :: racism
Homelessness :: slums
39
What is NOT an ingredient in the process of Chudakarana, a Hindu child's first haircut?
Rice flour
Cow dung
Tumeric
Milk
40
Which American comedian thanked working nannies in a toast at the TIME 100 gala?
Hasan Minhaj
Amy Poehler
Tina Fey
Amy Schumer
41
Which of the following is not found in a battery?
Anode
Electrolytes
Cathode
Buffer
42
Which of the following pairs match up the BEST?
Between the Margins - Mbube
Free as A Bird - Me and the Sky
The Awakening Slave - Unfinished Symphony
The Potato Eaters - It’s A Hard-Knock Life
43
Which of the following is a characteristic of the Fountain of Youth?
Freezing temperature
Low density liquid
Blocks visible light
Pungent smell
44
The Johari window may fail if
pressure is low
environment is toxic
wind is strong
the temperature gets too high
45
The Rongorongo is MOST likely to:
Depict history
Random glyphs
Chants
Decorations
46
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 bullying him againf
will be on the news the next day
will soon be beaten up by someone else
47
The people described in ‘Streets of London’ have all
Been remembered
Died
Lived in poverty
Survived a war
48
Which of the below is NOT true about magstripe and credit card chip?
Magstripe uses magnetic particles to store static data
Credit card chip is encrypted with digital signatures
Magstripe can be easily counterfeited
Pin & chip was introduced the same time as magstripe
49
Which of the following is false about Left-handers:
They are unlikely left-hemisphere dominant for language
Left-handers are more intelligent and creative
They tend to be mix-handed as they age
They tend to excel in sport
50
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”
51
Herd mentality is NOT known as
Gang mentality
Mob mentality
Squad mentality
Pack mentality
52
Which of the following facts is wrongly associated to the Terracotta Mausoleum?
Mercury have been heavily used in its production
Every terracotta soldier has unique facial features
Emperor Qin’s tomb is untouched
Generals wield weapons that were made from gold
53
Which of these poem is short enough to be a tweet?
The Octopus
The Raven
My Shoes
The Tyger
54
The library of Alexandria expanded its contents MOST rapidly by:
Paying Greek authors more
Taking from conquered colonies
Scribing scrolls possessed by ships entering Alexandria
Collaborating with the Roman empire
55
The significance of Linear B is MOST likely lie in:
The form of language
Early workings of linear algebra
The degrees of fit of the line
Eigenvectors and eigenvalues
56
Which of the following employ a working principle that is MOST related to a vacuum cleaner?
Toasters
Dishwashers
Trains
Airplanes
57
Which of the following countries MOST influenced the creation of “Open Border’?
China
USA
North Korea
Canada
58
In Yemen, the lowest group in the caste system is called
ragyabpa
cagot
akhdam
bitlaha
59
‘Hotel, Room 47’ would MOST likely be identified as work done by a
Detective
Journalist
Architect
Muralist
60
Where does the proverb "it takes a village to raise a child' originate from?
Nigeria
China
Ethiopia
Kenya
61
SAT is made possible MOSTLY because of
Scantrons
me
magnetic field
EFTPOS
62
Who of the following would be MOST suitable in bringing more interest to the parai?
Solomon Linda
Bic Runga
William Barton
Renata Flores Rivera
63
Why did the Vulcans from Star Trek maintain the test of kahs-wan?
To weed out the weak
To ingrain strength and courage in their youth
To disgrace cowards in their society
To keep pure logic from making them weak
64
Which of the following factor is responsible for the output of cold air in air-conditioners?
Varying power
Varying pressure
Varying fan powers
Varying heat supply
65
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
66
Critics arguing against the existence of Atlantis will MOST insist that:
Atlantis was in Egypt
There is practically no surviving evidence indicating such
A. Plato created Atlantis to serve as a warning
The geographic location of the island cannot be possible
67
When you are socially invisible, you are
an introvert
disconnected from the society
invisible, literally
the wealthy power behind a country
68
Which of the following is the working principle of the ionic hair dryer?
Emitted ions remove H2O by ionizing the bonds
Ionic compounds within the dryer allow it to reach high temp
Emitted ions generate an electrostatic field, removing H2O
Emitted ions are are hydrophobic and they repel H2O more
69
Which of the following explains why no one investigated the Tunguska explosion at that time?
It was assumed to be the result of political strife
The explosion was due to the Mandela’s effect
The Russian authorities covered up the incident
Russian authorities had more to worry about
70
CAPTCHA involves
huge words
squiggly words
complex words
short words
71
Your Macbook might blow up because of short circuits. How can we make a battery blowup?
Connect the +ve terminal to the -ve terminal with a wire
Load the circuit with many resistors connected in series
Earth the battery
Load the circuit with many resistors connected in parallel
72
When a man tries to explain menstruation to a woman, he is
being sexist
objectifying the woman
vagrant
mansplaining
73
What BEST describes the tone of ‘We Care A Lot’?
Rebellious
Melancholic
Sarcastic
Sincere
74
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
75
In a party, Henry Reich dances. What does this mean?
He is following the rules of endogamy set by his tribe
He is under social normative influence
He is being disadvantaged from redlining
He is being segregated
76
Which of the roles below is MOST LIKELY going to be employed to film an action movie?
Stunt double
Literary agent
Dramaturge
Gaffers
77
How might Andrew from 'The Bicentiennial Man' react to carving wood?
He will self-destruct
He does not know what to feel
He enjoys it
He dislikes it
78
What is NOT a reason for the decline of 20 year olds in Japan celebrating seijin shiki?
Low birth rate
Video game and anime addiction
Increasing number of youth who don't feel they are adults
Shrinking percentage of youth
79
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
80
What is the significance of reaching the age of Jewish Bar/Bat Mitzvah?
Gaining religious freedom
Graduation from religious school
Emancipation from one's parents
Becoming morally accountable for one's own actions
81
Which of the following figures of speech BEST describes ‘YMCA’?
Hyperbole
Double entendre
Onomatopoeia
Personification
82
Which of the following phenomenon is responsible for wireless charging?
Magnetic fields
Packets of energy
Electromagnetic induction
Wi-Fi
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
To watch the birds of the gods
Archimedes wanted to test his water pump
84
What is the most significant difference between an au pair and an amah / nanny?
An au pair does not have to take care of children
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
85
If the Scholar's Bowl is carried out under a crutchfield situation, every team will
be separated by walls
share answers with each other
begin with different points depending on their backgrounds
take a run before the Bowl
86
The drought which ended the Mayan Civilization was MOST likely to be induced by:
Wrath of the gods
Excessive construction of Stone Pyramids
Deforestation
Excessive agriculture
87
Which of the following may be BEST used to explained a floating castle:
Schizophrenia
Cognitive dissonance
Havana syndrome
Fata Morgana
88
Which of the following was most likely NOT the purpose of the Spartan krypteia?
To steal food supplies from the countryside
To supress and subjugate the Helot slave population
To organize state-sponsored secret police
To prepare boys for war
89
Which of the following songs are polar opposites?
‘Motorcycle Drive-By' & ‘Other People’s Stories’
‘Therru’s Song’ & ‘It’s A Hard-Knock Life’
‘Get Some Sleep’ & ‘Viva La Vida’
‘Signs’ & ‘Songs of a Wayfarer No. 2’
90
What advice would John Green MOST likely give to the bullied child in ‘Seodang’?
“You should write more to distract from the pain.”
“Be the better man. Don’t fight back.”
“The only way out is through. You will get through.”
“Watch my YouTube channel to feel better.”
91
When Jerry, the President of Kyzgf, puts his friend in governmental position, he is committing
ableism
nepotism
ethnocentrism
rankism
92
Which WSC event is the best?
Scholar's Bowl
Team Debate
Scholar's Challenge
Collaborative Writing
93
The idea of national pride can be explained by
Swarm Behavior
Homans' Theory
Social Identity Theory
Black Sheep Effect
94
The moon in ‘Papilla Estelar’ MOST likely represents
Oppression
Pride
Opportunity
Hopelessness
95
Which of the following raw material generates activated carbon?
Graphene
Graphite
Fullerenes
Charcoal
96
When a woman meets a glass ceiling in her career, she
is failing to see where her problems lie
should break the glass
has succeeded
is unable to climb the cooperate ladder due to her gender
97
Why do Jewish people gift in multiples of 18 at Bar/Bat Mitzvahs?
The age of adulthood for Jews is 18
Jewish scripture says that Jesus was reborn at 18
Jerusalem is located at 18 degrees north
The Hebrew word for life is the number 18
98
Which of the following acronym is MOST likely to be related to the vanishing honeybees:
RIP
ABG
DHB
CCB
99
In early 1900s, what did the blind use to read?
Eyeglasses
Optophone
Fiber optics
Optacon
100
When Hitler carried out eugenics at his times, he
declared war on Poland
jailed his political opponents
killed the non-Aryans
painted artistically on canvas
101
The original “bog bodies” is the result of:
Accidents
Unexplained terminal diseases
Warfare
Rituals
