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1
Which factor prevents us from creating a space elevator today?
Material limitations
Environmental regulations
Safety hazards
High cost
2
Which process would not help scientists bring extinct species back to life?
Anti-extermination
Species revivalism
Resurrection biology
De-extinction
3
What name did Guy Fawkes take to go around Parliament unnoticed before the gunpowder plot?
King James I
Jacob Booth
Cecil Parkinson
John Johnson
4
‘The Colomber’ is an example of
Conspiracism
Pareidolia
False-flag
Illusory correlation
5
A builder of the Makoko floating school is most likely to go to which place on holiday?
Cambodia
Laos
Philippines
West Africa
6
Who were the Flint Boys?
Two flowers
Stars
Sons of Odin
The boys who began the Igorot Flooding
7
Which of the following titles would Wislawa Szymborska most likely NOT approve:
The Art of the Mask
The World under a microscope
An insight into studying habits: YOLO or Game plan?
Szymborska: A biography
8
Which of these was invented by Nikola Tesla
(Efficient) wireless power transmission
A (better) way of generating power
A type of electric motor
An awesome electric car
9
The opening sequence of ‘Back to the Future’ can be best described as
Allusion
Product Placement
Foreshadowing
Parody
10
At which event held in HK would you most likely find Cao Fei, the artist behind Yammy at Home?
HK Rugby 7s
HK ComiCon (Ani-Com)
Hong Kong Book fair
Art Basel
11
Based on his piece in the syllabus, Takashi Murakami is most likely to be a believer in:
Hinduism
Buddhism
Christianity
Atheism
12
Who came up with the five basic kinds of conspiracy theories?
Saitama Genos
Jesse Walker
Nate Silver
Murray Newton Rothbard
13
How long did the Billy Goat Curse affected the Chicago Bears?
9 Years
It doesn't exist
121 Years
72 Years
14
You correctly warned your friend that her heart would be broken, but no one believed, just like
Rasputin
2012 Doomsday Phenomenon
Cassandra
Michio Kaku
15
Who backed the coup against the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan's, government?
Soviet Union
USA
India
Britain
16
countries in 2001?
None of the options
Judaism
Sikhism
Christianity
17
What is the "hyperloop"?
Environmentally friendly transportation along existing roads
High speed transportation using dedicated infrastructure
A way of transporting large groups of people across oceans
A fast way of transporting people within cities using pods.
18
Because of Thuy Tinh’s bitterness, people have to suffer what as a consequence each year:
An earthquake
A famine
A flood
Donald Trump's Presidency
19
If a student was to follow Tupac’s footsteps, the purpose of their death would most likely be:
Escape monetary pressures
Escape popularity
Escape a relationship
Escape bullying
20
Which defines the belief that events occur in predictably and that one event leads to another?
Correlation
Causation
Agreement
Correspondance
21
Which conspiracy included a newspaper mogul, a government official and commissioner of FBN?
Streetcar Conspiracy
Hemp Conspiracy
Lysine Price-fixing conspiracy
Rawalpindi Conspiracy
22
Where would you find another branch of Harry’s All-night Hamburgers?
D
B
C
A
23
What would a whale falling from the sky think?
Just keep swimming
He's asleep
Oh no, not again.
Holy sh*t! What am I?
24
Ready for SOCIAL STUDIES?
YEAH!
nah
25
What physical concept is crucial to the working of a space elevator?
Einstein's Theory of Relativity
Wave optics
Dimensional analysis
Centripetal forces
26
What sports player would most likely be affected by the Madden Curse?
Rugby player
Swimmer
Basketball Player
American football player
27
Based on your knowledge, which political theory is Samsul Arifin most likely to support?
Totalitarianism
Capitalism
Individualism
Socialism
28
What would the chameleon in ‘Unkulukulu’ be most likely to do on a boring day?
Go out
Procrastinate
Study
Go to the beach
29
Ready for LITERATURE?
YEP
NO NOT REALLY
30
The speaker’s view of hope in ‘Hope is the thing with feathers’ is best described as:
Questioning and Doubtful
Childlike and naive
Admiring and Humbled
Logical and Rational
31
According to Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s work, the “person from Porlock” is someone who
Person who distributes drugs
Disrupts creativity
Is a secret admirer
A Vogon in disguise
32
Which two creation myths involved chameleons?
Unkulunkulu and Naba Zid-Wende
Gaia and Unkulunkulu
Barton Cylinder and Gaia
Naba Zid-Wende and Gaia
33
Which author would the band Dire Straits most likely have read to write their song?
John RR Tolkein
Shakespeare
JK Rowling
George RR Martin
34
What character name would most suit the style of ‘Pushing Daisies’?
Julius Caesar
Alexander Hamilton
Arthur Dent
Marty Mcfly
35
If you were to make a statement that accounts for changes that affect an outcome, you're making
a Forecast
a Prediction
a Projection
an Assumption
36
Which of the following would be an example of a 'Black Swan' event?
The election of Donald Trump
Rahul Arya getting a 7 for HL Maths
Yu An's love life
Emmanuel Macron winning the French Election
37
What criteria does not make an accomplishment a "moonshot"?
It addresses a significant problem
It costs an immense sum of money
It provides a radical solution
It uses advanced technology
38
What could de-extinction
not
be used for?
Protecting ecosystems
Creating a new species
Scientific research
Building jurassic Park
39
Hector Berlioz is most likely to be sympathetic to:
Underage drinkers
Underage smokers
Underage substance abusers
School truants
40
Who was the founder of the PECOTA and current editor-in-chief of the blog “FiveThirtyEight”?
John Elfreth Watkins, Jr
Ray Kurzweil
Nate Silver
Nate Cohn
41
What nation does the 'Rainbow Nation' refer to?
Japan
Texas
South Africa
Homosexuality
42
How do you get your own Kappa slave?
Grow lily pads
Give it a bath
Give it a cucumber
Fill the plate of water on its head
43
Ready for SPECIAL AREA?
hurryup
LAST ONE!!!!!
44
Ready for HISTORY?
YEA!
eh?
45
What (hypothetical) event in KGV would be most similar to the incident on Apollo 13?
Selection of Rahul Arya as a prefect
Explosion of a gas pipe
Bricks falling on a PE teacher's car
Lead poisoning of the water supply
46
Based on your knowledge, Jacques-Laurent Agasse would most likely spend his free time in:
A menagerie
Neo-classical painting club
A zoo
An animal lab
47
Which of the following is NOT a basic kind of conspiracy theory according to Jessie Walker?
The enemy inside
The enemy midway
The enemy below
The enemy above
48
According to Frank P Mintz who is always blamed for economic and social catastrophes?
Politicians
Oligopolies
Large MNC's
The Elite
49
Which field relates to working in an insurance company as financial advisor to clients’ assets
Actuarial Sciences
Monetary Metrics
Sabermetrics
Tasseography
50
Which best describes the ideas explored in the poem ‘Lucky’?
Power:Weakness
Life:Death
Probability:Calculations
Nature:Science
51
Ready for ART?
WHOOP
jeff
52
Which theory was derived from various sources, including a psychic and the “The Twelve Planet”?
Y2K Problem
2012 Doomsday Problem
The Cosmological Dilemma
AIMA Prophecy
53
What could a fidget spinner be used as?
A gyroscope
A lunar rover
A sextant
A compass
54
Which celebrity is most likely to appear in Rauschenberg’s piece; Retroactive 1?
Michael Phelps
Barack Obama
Marilyn Monroe
Brad Pitt
55
What did the American Space program do first?
None of the above
Land a rover on Mars
Put a spaceship into orbit
Reach the surface of the Moon
56
Ready for SCIENCE?
ceebs
Yeeehawww
57
Which of the following best describes the Alphabet Conspiracy?
I ask myself, "Who am I?". But alas, this is me.
There are not enough letters to describe the universe.
A comma cannot be used to separate two independent clauses.
Numbers>Letters
58
The Rawalpindi Conspiracy in Pakistan was backed by which country in 1951?
China
India
Soviet Union
French Polynesia
59
The Cubic Houses by Piet Blom, were made to represent:
The fragmentation of life
A game of tetris
Trees
Absurdity of nature