General Knowledge
Science
GEOGRAPHY
MATH
SAIS
100

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

Jupiter

100

What gas do humans need to breathe to survive?

Oxygen

100

Which country has territory in both Europe and Asia and contains Istanbul?

Turkey

100

What is the value of 3^4?

81


100

In which Singapore neighborhood is Stamford American’s main Woodleigh Campus located?

Woodleigh

200

What does "www" stand for in a website address?

World Wide Web

200

What type of bond holds the two strands of DNA together between complementary bases?

Hydrogen bonds

200

Which country has the greatest number of natural lakes?

Canada

200

What is 20% of 150?

30

200

Name one sub-teacher in SAIS

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300

What is the world's largest desert?

Antarctica (the Antarctic Desert)

300

What organelle is primarily responsible for producing ATP in eukaryotic cells?

Mitochondria


300

Which African country completely surrounds Lesotho?

South Africa

300

A right triangle has legs of 3 cm and 4 cm. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

5 cm

300

In what year was Stamford American International School's current Woodleigh Campus officially opened?

2012

400

Which two countries share the longest international land border?

Canada and the United States

400

In aerobic cellular respiration, what molecule ultimately accepts electrons at the end of the electron transport chain?

Oxygen

400

What is the only country that borders both the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf?

Iran

400

If y=3x+2, what is y when x=4?

14

400

Approximately how many nationalities are represented in Stamford American's student community?

75++

500

What is the only letter that does not appear in the name of any U.S. state?

Q

500

What is the chemical symbol Na derived from?

Natrium, the Latin name for sodium.

500

What is the capital of Mongolia?

Ulaanbaatar

500

What is the area of a rectangle with a length of 8 cm and width of 5 cm?

40 cm²

500

Who is our head of grade, and what subject do they teach? 

Ms. Kim and Ms. Lara Liebenberg. Science and English

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