General Knowledge
Four cities are traditionally called the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China. One of them is obviously Beijing. Name one of the other three.
Nanjing, Luoyang, or Changan
Complete the first 10 Fibonacci numbers: 1, 1, 2,3,5,8,13, ___, ___ and ___.
21, 34 and 55
In 1973, Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations imposed what against the United States, United Kingdom, Japan and other Western nations which supported Israel in the Yom Kippur War of October 1973
An oil embargo
Who discovered radioactivity in 1896?
Radioactivity was discovered in 1896 by the French scientist Henri Becquerel, while working with phosphorescent materials.
Petron traces its rich heritage to September 7, 1933 when Socony Vacuum Oil Company of New York and the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey merged to form ________.
Standard Vacuum Oil Company or Stanvac
Who is the most photographed woman in the world?
Princess Diana
What is the name of the large galaxy that is moving toward us, approximately 2.5 million light years from Earth
Andromeda
Which country is not a member of OPEC? A. Congo, B. Qatar, C. Equatorial Guinea, or D. Gabon
B. Qatar
What is the name of the first fast food in the world founded in 1921?
White Castle is the first fast-food chain founded in 1921 in Wichita, Kansas.
In 1961, the refinery in the province of Limay, Bataan was inaugurated, and it had a refining capacity of ____.
25,000 barrels of crude oil per day. At that time, this was the most modern refining facility in South East Asia
In History, Holocaust was the WWII genocide of the European Jews. What year did the Holocaust end?
1945
What is the largest moon in the Solar System
Ganymede
As of Jan 2020, Texas is the state in the US with the highest number of refineries with a total of 25 refineries, followed by ____.
Louisiana. Texas has total of 25 refineries followed by Louisiana with 16 refineries, and then California with 15 refineries and so on. There are total of 135 operable refineries in the US.
Who invented the Diesel engine?
Rudolf Diesel
In 2012, Petron acquired ExxonMobil’s downstream business. Esso Malaysia Berhad was officially named as Petron Malaysia Refining & Marketing Bhd. Give the complete name of the other 2 Petron subsidiaries in Malaysia.
PMRMB and its sister companies, Petron Fuel International Sdn. Bhd. and Petron Oil (M) Sdn. Bhd. form the Petron Malaysia Group, the third largest downstream oil player in Malaysia.
Who became the world's first billionaire in 1916
John D Rockefeller
What is the animal that has the highest blood pressure?
Giraffe. Because of its extremely long neck, the giraffe must rely on its oversized heart to pump blood all the way to its head.
In which country was the world's first petroleum refinery was built?
The world's first systematic petroleum refinery was built in Romania in 1856.
Who invented wireless electricity?
Nikola Tesla in 1899
Name the Ultimate Parent Company of Petron Corporation.
Top Frontier Investment Holdings Inc
How many bones are there in the average adult human body
206
In one episode of Stranger Things, Suzie gave Dustin the exact Planck’s Constant. What is the number
The value that Suzie gave Dustin is the 2017 value, which was 6.62607004 x 10-34 Joule-second. Planck's constant has changed over the years. It is now: 6.62607015 x 10-34 Joule seconds.
What is the largest offshore oil spill in history that took place in 2010?
Deepwater Horizon oil spill, also called Gulf of Mexico oil spill, largest marine oil spill in history, caused by an April 20, 2010, explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig—located in the Gulf of Mexico.
In 2017, Elon Musk unveiled the updated configuration of Interplanetary Transport System program, now named as BFR. BFR is the acronym for what?
Big Falcon Rocket
In June 2019, Petron successfully listed Php ____ worth of preferred shares in the Philippine Stock Exchange, making the company’s biggest preferred shares offering up to date.
In June 2019, Petron successfully listed P20 billion worth of preferred shares, making this our biggest preferred shares offering to date. The proceeds from this helped repay our short-term debts and infuse fresh capital into our ongoing expansion projects.