INTERMEDIATE

ROUND
Chemistry
CHEMISTRY IS THE SCIENTIFIC
DISCIPLINE INVOLVED WITH
COMPOUNDS COMPOSED OF ATOMS,
I.E. ELEMENTS, AND MOLECULES, I.E.
COMBINATIONS OF ATOMS: THEIR
COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE,
PROPERTIES, BEHAVIOR AND THE
CHANGES THEY UNDERGO DURING A
REACTION WITH OTHER COMPOUNDS.
QUESTION:

What is C12H22O11?
ANSWER: TABLE
SUGAR (SUCROSE)
THE BIBLE
The Bible is the most translated book in
the world. It is filled with tales, parables
and numerous characters. It is also the
basis for many religions both in the
past and presently.
QUESTION:

In the Bible Belteshazzar

is the name of which
character?
ANSWER: Daniel
RELIGION
Tibet, on the lofty Tibetan Plateau on the northern side of the
Himalayas, is an autonomous region of China. Currently
influenced by Tibetan Buddhism. Tibetan Buddhism is the
form of Buddhist doctrine and institutions named after the
lands of Tibet, but also found in the regions surrounding the
Himalayas and much of Central Asia, It is descended from
Indian Buddhism which was carried to the east by Indian
monks.
QUESTION:

What is the official

title of Tibet’s
spiritual leader?
ANSWER: Dalai Lama
GEOGRAPHY

Korea is a region in East Asia; since 1948 it has been

divided between two distinct sovereign states: North
Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean
Peninsula, Korea is bordered by China to the
northwest, Russia to the northeast, and neighbours
Japan to the east by the Korea Strait and the Sea of
Japan.
QUESTION:

What is the official

name of North
Korea?
 ANSWER: Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea
(DPRK)
ARCHITECTURE

Mughal architecture is a remarkably symmetrical and

decorative amalgam of Persian, Turkish, and
Indian architecture. Mughal architecture first
developed and flourished during the reign of Akbar
the Great (1556–1605), where it was known for its
extensive use of red sandstone as a building material.
QUESTION:

Which famous
architecture was built
by the Mughal
Emperor Shah Jahan?
ANSWER: Taj Mahal
LITERATURE

Literature is composed of many components

that make it function not just properly but also
beautifully. An example of such components are
literary devices. The definition of a literary
device is a technique a writer uses to produce a
special effect in their writing.
QUESTION:

The phrase, “Verily this

vichyssoise of verbiage
veers most verbose” is an
example of which literary
device?
ANSWER: Alliteration
DISEASE

THE LUNGS ARE ONE OF THE MOST

FRAGILE PARTS OF THE HUMAN BODY.
FROM INFECTIONS TO BACTERIA, IT IS
ONE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE
ORGANS SUBJECT TO DISEASES OF
VARIOUS KINDS.
QUESTION:

Pneumonoultramicro
scopic
silicovolcanoconiosis
is caused by the
ANSWER: Silica dust
HISTORY:

THE BRITISH MONARCHY IS ONE OF THE

MOST ENDURING MONARCHIES IN THE
WORLD AND MOST CERTAINLY ONE OF
EUROPE’S RICHEST. IT HAS BRAVED THE
PASSAGE OF TIME AND SHRUGGED OF THE
IDEA OF BEING DISSOLVED UNLIKE MANY
DECEASED MONARCHIES.
QUESTION:

What is the current

surname or last name
of the British
monarchy?
ANSWER: Windsor or
Mountbatten-windsor
ANATOMY:

Anatomy is the branch of biology concerned

with the study of the structure of organisms and
their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural
science which deals with the structural
organization of living things. It is an old science,
having its beginnings in prehistoric times.
QUESTION:

The Purlicue is the

space between which
two body parts?
ANSWER: Index finger
and Thumb
ARCHITECTURE:

MONGOLIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN OPEN HISTORY

BOOK FROM THE MIGHTY MONGOLIAN EMPIRE
OF GENGHIS KHAN UP TO THE WEALTH OF KUBLAI
KHAN. REGARDLESS OF MANY CHANGES IN THE
FACETS OF ITS HISTORY, MONGOLIA REMAINS A
COUNTRY OF RICH TALES AND A CULTURE OF
LEGENDARY PROPORTIONS.
QUESTION:

What is the capital of

Mongolia?
ANSWER: Ulaanbaatar
TECHNOLOGY:

Communication is the act of conveying meanings

from one entity or group to another through the use of
mutually understood signs and semiotic
rules. Communication has become easier through the
years mainly due to technological advances brought
about by ingenious minds.
QUESTION:

Who invented the

telephone?
ANSWER: Alexander
Graham Bell
GEOGRAPHY:

A body of water or waterbody is any significant

accumulation of water, generally on a planet's
surface. The term most often refers to oceans,
seas, and lakes, but it includes smaller pools of
water such as ponds, wetlands, or more rarely,
puddles.
QUESTION:

What is the largest

inland body of water?
ANSWER: Caspian sea
LITERATURE:

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish writer

who is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the
Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent
novelists. One work of his in particular has been
translated into more languages than any other book
except the Bible.
QUESTION:

Which piece of
literature is known as
Miguel de Cervantes’
greatest work?
ANSWER: Don Quixote
MYTHOLOGY:

GREEK MYTHOLOGY IS ONE OF THE MOST

CELEBRATED MYTHOLOGICAL STORYLINES IN
HISTORY. IT IS COMPOSED OF TIRADES OF GODS
AND CREATURES TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION
AND TOO INTRICATE TO DESCRIBE THAT IT HAS
HOOKED READERS FOR CENTURIES.
QUESTION:

Pegasus was the child

of the God Poseidon
and?
ANSWER: Medusa
FILM:

Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish

author Bram Stoker. It introduced
Count Dracula, and established many
conventions and subsequent variations of
vampire themed pictures inspired by this
masterpiece
QUESTION:

The film character

Count Dracula is
based on which
historical figure?
ANSWER: Vladislaus
Dragulia / Vlad the
impaler