RV Trivia
In what year was RV established in?
1992
Which period did polyphony originate from?
Renaissance Period
How many nights did Taylor Swift perform in Singapore for?
6 nights
Name all the prime ministers of Singapore (past and present)
Goh Chok Tong, Lee Kuan Yew, Lee Hsien Loong
What are the 4 concepts in Geography?
Scale, Space, Place, Environment
In what year did Mr Toh win "Choir of The Year" with Raffles Chorale?
1999
Which major scale has 4 flats?
Ab Major
What is Michael Jackson's most viewed music video?
Billie Jean
Which music video has the most views on YouTube?
Baby shark or Despacito (depends on whether you consider baby shark a "music video")
State the duration of the Japanese occupation in Singapore? (Bonus 100 marks for exact dates)
3 years; 15 February 1942 to 12 September 1945
Name all the exco members from 2020-2021, 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.
2020-2021: Ian, Nathaniel, Wujie, Jeremy
2021-2022: Daryl, Sandhesh, Xiang Rong, Karthik
2022-2023: Isaac, Darryl, Luke, Yun Di
What is the frequency of the note A4?
440Hz
What are the names of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's kids?
North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm
Distance between the earth and the moon. (To the nearest 3sf)
384000km; 42 folds of paper
Who was the second last Tsar of Tsarist Russia?
Tsar Alexander III
Name at least 3 countries that RV has visited for an international performance.
Osaka, Japan
Melbourne, Australia
Seoul, Korea
Krakow, Poland
Vienna, Austria
Misdroy, Poland
Prague
Slovakia
Germany
Spain
Netherlands
Lithuania
Hawaii
What is the name of the chord which is defined as "a major chord built on the lowered (flatted) second (supertonic) scale degree."
A Neapolitan chord
Which song won "Best Song" at the 29th Critics' Choice Awards?
I'm Just Ken
Name 5 countries that start with the letter A
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, and Azerbaijan
Which 2 carriers survived the Battle of Midway?
1. USS Enterprise
2. USS Hornet
What is the first name of Mr Toh's wife and daughter?
Wife: Eunice
Daughter: Shanae
Which Gregorian Mode corresponds to the following notes: F G A B c D E F?
Lydian Mode
Which song does the following lyrics come from? "Now and then, when I see her face
She takes me away to that special place
And if I stared too long, I'd probably break down and cry" (Hint: song has a guitar solo/riff)
Sweet Child O' Mine
How many time zones are there in America? (including its dependencies)
11
Describe the condition when the SALR (Saturated Adiabatic Lapse Rate) overlaps the ELR (Environmental Lapse Rate)
Conditional stability