Science
What is the main gas in Earth’s atmosphere? (Bonus points if you can state % of total composition)
Nitrogen (~78%)
A number is divisible by 6 if what condition is met? (besides having zero remainder when divided by 6)
If the sum of its digits is divisible by 3, and it is and even number
What is the literary term for giving human qualities to non-human things, like “the stars danced in the sky”?
Personification
Who was the first President of the United States?
George Washington
What is the only element on the periodic table named after a woman?
Curium
How many bones does an adult human body typically have?
206
What is the slope of the line perpendicular to y = (1/2)x + 3?
-2
What is the term for a word or phrase that reads the same backward and forward (e.g., “madam”)?
Palindrome
Which Mongol leader founded the largest contiguous empire in history?
Genghis Khan
What is the only country in the world that has a flag that is not rectangular?
Nepal
Which part of the cell modifies, sorts, and packages proteins for secretion?
Golgi apparatus
If the function f(x) = 2x + 3, what is f⁻¹(x)?
f⁻¹(x) = (x – 3)/2
In To Kill a Mockingbird, who is the narrator?
Scout Finch (Jean Louise Finch)
Which revolutionary newspaper, founded by Marcelo H. del Pilar and Graciano López Jaena, became the mouthpiece of the Propaganda Movement in Spain?
La Solidaridad
In Greek mythology, who was the Titan condemned to hold up the sky on his shoulders?
Atlas
What is the speed of light in a vacuum? (approximate in km/s)
About 300,000 km/s
Evaluate the limit as x → 0 of (sin x) / x.
1
Identify the type of grammatical error in this sentence: “Each of the players have their own locker.”
Subject-verb agreement — it should be “Each of the players has their own locker.”
What was the name of the trade route that connected China to the Mediterranean, famous for silk, spices, and cultural exchange?
The Silk Road
Who was the first human to journey into outer space?
Yuri Gagarin (1961, Soviet cosmonaut)
What is the term for the minimum amount of energy needed for a chemical reaction to occur?
Activation energy
What is the sum of the infinite geometric series:
3 + 1 + 1/3 + 1/9 + … ?
4.5
formula: a / (1 – r)
What is the correct term for a word spelled the same but with different meanings, like “bat” (animal) and “bat” (used in baseball)?
Homonym (or Homograph)
In what year was Martial Law declared in the Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos, and what Proclamation number was issued?
1972, Proclamation No. 1081
The Nobel Prizes are awarded in which five fields (excluding the later-added Economics prize)?
Physics, Chemistry, Medicine/Physiology, Literature, Peace