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Which pop artist had six shows in Singapore in March 2024?
EXTRA (DOUBLE POINTS!): Name three albums produced by this artist.
Taylor (Alison) Swift
Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989, reputation, Lover, folklore, evermore, Midnights, TTPD
Name the process in which plants produce glucose.
EXTRA (DOUBLE POINTS!): State the chemical formula of glucose.
Photosynthesis
C6H12O6
What's 4x+5x?
9x
Name Asia's staple food.
Rice
Translate this sentence into English.
你好，我是一个来自新加坡的学生。
Hello, I am a student from Singapore.
State two things announced for Singaporeans during Budget 2025.
- SG Culture Pass lasting three years
- $500 CDC vouchers for all households from 13 May 2025
- $600 SG60 vouchers for Singapore Citizens aged 21 years old and above in 2025
State the force that is exerted by the centre of the Earth on an object.
EXTRA (DOUBLE POINTS!): State the acceleration due to gravity on Earth.
Gravitational force/gravity
10m/s2 or 9.8m/s2 or 9.81m/s2
State the formula for the area of a triangle.
1/2 x base x (perpendicular) height
Name three types of Vietnamese food.
Pho, Banh mi (fusion), Spring Rolls, Bo kho etc.
Name three types of sushi. (And no, I don't mean like the type of sushi itself but rather the "subclass".)
Temaki, nigiri, maki, gunkan etc.
How much is the tariff Donald Trump imposed on China?
145%
Name the scientist who discovered the elements polonium and radium and conducted research on radiation.
Marie Curie (Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie)
State the general equation of a line.
EXTRA (DOUBLE POINTS!): What does the coefficient of x tell you about the gradient of the line with equation y= -2x +3
y= mx + c
The gradient of the line from left to right is negative (the slope is negative).
Name three types of Chinese musical instruments.
Pipa, erhu, guzheng, dizi etc.
Name four types of Indian costumes.
When is the GE2025 election happening?
EXTRA (DOUBLE POINTS!): Is that day a public holiday?
3 May 2025
Yes. (a yay or nay depending on your perspective)
For the sec 2s/3s/4s:
Name two types of neutralisation reactions, given that the first is acid + alkali --> salt +water
EXTRA (DOUBLE POINTS!): For the upper sec, give the ionic equation for the reaction between an acid and an alkali.
acid + metal--> salt + hydrogen
acid + metal carbonate--> salt + carbon dioxide + water
H+ (aq) + OH- (aq) --> H2O (l)
For the upper sec people:
What is the quadratic formula?
EXTRA (DOUBLE POINTS!): How does the discriminant affect the number of roots of the quadratic curve?
x= b2 plus/minus the square root of b2-4ac all over 2a
discriminant <0: no real roots
discriminant =0: two real and equal roots
discriminant >0: two real and distinct roots
Give a Chinese proverb and state its meaning.
”路遥知马力，日久见人心”
Meaning: only after a long time do someone's true colours surface
Give three types of dance in Asian cultures.
Bollywood dance, lion dance, dragon dance, Joget, Zapin etc.
(I confess, this is a general knowledge question...) Who was the ancient Greek god of knowledge?
Name five elements in the Periodic Table of Elements.
Hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon etc.
Give the formula for the circumference and area of a circle.
circumference=π d
area=π r2
(a relatively bonus question) Name three things we did in ICC so far :)
Madhubani painting, basket weaving, paper cutting, lantern making etc.
Name all ten countries in ASEAN (from last week's assembly programme).
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos (Lao PDR), Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam