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100

How many Ravens are there on the London Tower?

SIX (the Musical)

100

How long did the Battle of Stalingrad last?

6 months, 2 weeks and 2 days.

100

In the novel Tuck Everlasting, how many members are there in the Tuck family?

Four. Jesse, Miles, Mae and Angus.

100

Name the five armies in The Battle of Five Armies.

The Elves, the Men, the Dwarves, the Goblins, the Eagles.

100

What are the five types of resources you can gain in the board game Katan?

Bricks, wood, wool, wheat and diamonds.

200

How many times did Randolph Carter appear in H.P.Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos stories?

Seven times.

200

When was the "Lost Years" of William Shakespeare?

From 1585 to 1592.

200

In Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, how did General MacArthur die?

Blow to the head via blunt object.

200

In the 1965 film The Sound of Music, list the names of all the Captain's children in the order of their age.

Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta, and Gretl.

200

Which card in the Major Arcana carries completely negative signs in its Upright and Reversed meaning?

XVI, The Tower.

300

Complete this opening sentence from Albert Camus' The Stranger:

"____ ____ today. Or ______ maybe, I don't know."

Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don't know"

300

When was the first summit of BRICS hosted?

2009.

300

In George Orwell's masterpiece 1984, what is the name of Winston's colleague who is turned non-existent because of his intellect?

Who is Syme.

300

In the 2012 film version of Les Misérable, who is the actor of Javert?

Who is Russell Crowe.

300

What is the logarithm quotient rule?

ln(x/y)=ln(x)−ln(y)

or loga (x/y) = loga (x) - loga (y)

400

Give the meaning of the Minor Arcana Tarot card - Ten of Swords. (Upright or Reversed, both are accepted)

Upright: mental breakdown, betrayal, failure, enemies, financial ruin

Reversed: finding new ways to cope, persevering, forgiveness, rising above enemies, building something new

400

The only English monarch that has been crowned King of France.

Who is Henry VI.

400

In which chapter of Dream of the Red Chamber does Daiyu bury the fallen petals?

Chapter 27.

400

In which season, which episode of the 1980s television show Yes, Minister does Sir Humphrey Appleby's "scottish incident" occur?

Season 3, Episode 3.

400

Briefly explain what is the Higgs Boson and how is it produced.

It is an elementary particle that is produced and acquires mass when there are high levels of energy in the Higgs field.

500

Recite the first SIX lines of the soliloquy in Act 1, scene 5 of Hamlet.

O all you host of heaven! O earth! what else?
And shall I couple hell? O, fie! Hold, hold, my heart;
And you, my sinews, grow not instant old,
But bear me stiffly up. Remember thee!
Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat
In this distracted globe. Remember thee!

500

When Charlemagne crowned the Holy Roman Emperor.

Which was December 25th, 800.

Yep, during Christmas.

500

Under which three circumstances, and in what Gospel did Peter deny his relation with Jesus after the later is captured in The Bible?

When Jesus was seized and a servant girl accuses Peter for being with him, Peter denies. This is from the Gospel of Luke.

The second denial occurs with the same girl. Peter denies again. This is from the Gospel of Mark.

The third denial is when a crowd accuses Peter of being Jesus' acquaintance, and Peter allegedly swears to not know Jesus. This is described in the Gospels of Matthew, Luke and John.


500

In the wonderful and hugely underrated 1990 movie Mindwalk, what are the careers of the three protagonists?

Scientist, poet and politician.

500

Briefly explain the difference between Substantionalism and Relationalism.

Substantionalism believes that spacetime exists independently and is an existing subject on its own.

Relationalism believes that spacetime is not an individual existence, but made up of the relations between every other type of existence.

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