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100

This philosophical school of thought believes in "The ends justify the means”

Consequentialism

100

The number of days between the Japanese crossing the Johor Strait and the surrender of Singapore in WWII

8 days

100

The opposite of an end-stopped line

Enjambment

100

Countries at this stage of demographic transition tend to attract the most young migrants

Stage 5

100

The percentage of land in Singapore that is used for agriculture

1%

200

This philosophical concept believes that knowledge is impossible and that life is meaningless

Nihilism

200

According to the Gregorian calendar, in which month was the second revolution that took place in Russia in 1917

November

200

This added literary element to the traditional Greek Tragedy by Shakespeare became a staple of his plays

Soliloquies

200

The name of New Zealand was derived from a place in this country

The Netherlands

200

This city has the longest official name of any place in the world with spacing, but is commonly known as a 7 letter word in English.

Bangkok

300

This ideology is typically associated with the colours yellow and black, and the slogan “Don’t tread on me”

Anarcho-capitalism

300

This ship was sunk by “Tallboy” bombs during Operation Catechism while being moored in Norway in 1944

Tirpitz

300

This modern novel portrays the horrors of war and its traumatic effect on children, as well as subverting the supposed incorruptibility of whiteness by showing viscerally the fundamental breakdown of civilisation and social boundaries in a group of children.

Lord of the Flies

300

Earthquakes in Japan are caused by the Philippine plate being subducted under this tectonic plate

Eurasian plate

300

Name any 2 countries that are in the European Economic Area but not in the European Union

Any 2 of Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein

400

This Greek philosophy emerged after the death of Aristotle, prizing emotional immovability

Stoicism

400

This war shifted power from Athens to Sparta, making Sparta the most powerful state in the region

The Peloponnesian war

400

One of the most famous literary works to come out of Spain, this satirical call for disenchantment to nobility and idealism is one of the most translated western works to this day.

Don Quixote

400

The 2nd most populous city in the Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region.

Shenzhen

400

The ruling party of Taiwan

Democratic Progressive Party

500

This movement created the theories of the sublime and that of naturalism, with one of its key themes being the idealisation of the natural world

The Romantic Movement

500

This Majapahit ruler fought off the Mongolians during the Mongol invasion of Java

Gajah Mada

500

When consuming popular media, this concept in feminist film criticism “projects its phantasy on to the female figure”

The Male Gaze

500

This river forms most of the boundary between Moldova and the unrecognised breakaway state of Transnistria.

Dniester river

500

This American state’s congressional map after the redistricting process of 2021-2022 results in 13 democratic-leaning seats, 24 republican-leaning seats, and 1 competitive seat.

Texas

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