philosophy
poetry
psle science
pop culture
100

Who founded Stoicism?

marcus aurelius 

100
He ran with the speed of a thousand horses. What literary device is used here?

hyperbole

100

name the two ”tubes” of the plant transport system!

xylem/phloem (also accept water and food carrying tube)

100

What is the 67 hand gesture 

(present ans physically)

200
name one of nietzsche’s famous works!

anything (accept thus spoke zarathustra, the gay science, beyond good and evil, TGOM, etc)

200

who wrote Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night?

Dylan Thomas!
200

what is the official name for the guess of the results of an experiment?

hypothesis!

200

Who won Best New Album at the 2026 Grammys?

Bad Bunny

300

name the three more renowned players in the social contract!

hobbes, locke, rosseau 

300

Who wrote The Orange? (hint: contemporary poetry)

Wendy Cope!

300

Define “melting”

The change in state of a substance from solid to liquid at a fixed temperature.

300

What is the name of the viral, “creepy-looking” doll that trended in 2025?

the Labubu

400

who founded utilitarianism?

jeremy bentham!

400

Who wrote the Singaporean play Normal?

faith ng!

400

what is the  energy conversion in the usage of a mobile/smart phone? (assuming it has been plugged out)

chemical potential energy -> electrical energy -> thermal + light + sound energy

400

What is the name of the movement which involved a “reset” of memes to ”meaningful” ones, especially those of 2016?

the Great Meme Reset

500

what is the last sentence of the tractatus logico philosophicus? (by wittgenstein)

Whereof one cannot speak, one must be silent

500

“It was the best of times, the worst of times”-What literary device is used here?

Antithesis!

500

name the four stages of plant reproduction, in order

pollination -> fertilisation -> seed dispersal -> germination

500

Complete the lyric “All that time I sat alone in my tower…”

You were just honing your powers, now I can see it all 

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