SCIENCE
What is the powerhouse of the cell?
Mitochondria
What does the acronym “URL” stand for in internet technology?
Uniform Resource Locator
What simple machine is a seesaw an example of?
Lever
What is the value of pi (to approximately 2 decimal places)?
3.14
Which K-pop band’s name is inspired by colors?
Blackpink
What gas do humans exhale that plants use for photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide (CO₂)
What does the acronym “HTTP” stand for in web technology?
HyperText Transfer Protocol
What type of engineering focuses on the design and construction of bridges, roads, and buildings?
Civil Engineering
What is the square root of 144?
12
Which global pop star’s fans are known as the “ARMY”?
BTS
What is the chemical formula for glucose?
C₆H₁₂O₆
What data structure follows the LIFO principle (Last-in, first-out), where the last element added to the stack is the first one to be removed?
A stack
Which branch of engineering deals with the design, analysis, and manufacturing of robots?
Robotics engineering
In binary, what does the number 1010 represent in decimal?
10
In Breaking Bad, what is Walter White’s infamous street name as a drug kingpin?
Heisenberg
What is the law of conservation of energy?
Energy cannot be created/destroyed - it can only be transformed from one form to another
What was the first cloud product launched by AWS?
S3
Which Australian city is home to the world’s largest tram network, an example of large-scale engineering in public transport?
Melbourne
The Fibonacci sequence starts 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5… What is the 10th number in the sequence?
34
Which Marvel movie was the highest-grossing film of 2019 worldwide?
Avengers: Endgame
According to theory, the closer you get to this cosmic object, the slower time passes. What's the name of the cosmic object?
Black hole
Which programming language was created at Bell Labs in the 1970s and is often considered the foundation of modern operating systems like Unix?
C
What is the name of the tallest building in Melbourne, a feat of structural engineering completed in 2006, that held the title of Australia’s tallest until 2020?
Eureka Tower
A bag contains 5 red, 3 blue and 2 green balls. Three balls are drawn without replacement. What is the probability that all three colors are drawn?
1/4
This Japanese animated film, directed by Hayao Miyakazi and produced by Studio Ghibli, won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2003, making it the first (and only) non-English-language film to win that category. What is it?
Spirited Away