Teachers' Day Jeopardy

Math

100

Solve the following equation:

(29+20)² 

2401

200

Name all of the -gons.

1. Triangle (Trigon): 3 sides, with interior angles measuring 60° each.
2. Quadrilateral (Tetragon): 4 sides, with interior angles measuring 90° each.
3. Pentagon: 5 sides, with interior angles measuring 108° each.
4. Hexagon: 6 sides, with interior angles measuring 120° each.
5. Heptagon (Septagon): 7 sides, with interior angles measuring approximately 128.6° each.
6. Octagon: 8 sides, with interior angles measuring 135° each.
7. Nonagon (Enneagon): 9 sides, with interior angles measuring 140° each.
8. Decagon: 10 sides, with interior angles measuring 144° each.

300

What is the highest common factor of 280 and 588?

28.

400

Mr Lim watches Super Mario Bros with all the prime index number students in 1H. Each ticket costs $30.00. How much money does Mr Lin need to pay?

Total no. of prime index number people: 2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,29,31. 11 people + Mr Lim = 12 people.

12*30=$360.00

Credit: Yikun

500

Define Catalan numbers and state the formula.

Number of ways to arrange n sets of brackets to form a valid mathematical expression (on of the definitions at least)

Formula: (2n)! / ((n + 1)!

Credit: Yikun

Science

100

What is the chemical formula for: Glucose

C₆H₁₂O₆

200

What is Snell's law, and what does it do?

[ n_1 \sin(\theta_1) = n_2 \sin(\theta_2) ]

300

What do you need for internal reflection to happen?

1. Light moving from an optically denser to a less dense medium.

2. Incident ray > critical angle.

400

Name the enzyme that splits DNA during DNA replication.

Helicase

500

What does A, C, T, G stand for in genetic material?

Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine, Thymine

Humans

100

What treaty was signed between the Dutch and the English in 1824 and what did it do?

The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 aimed to resolve disputes arising from the execution of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814. It addressed issues related to British occupation of Dutch colonial possessions during the Napoleonic Wars, trading rights in the Spice Islands, and the establishment of clear spheres of influence in maritime Southeast Asia.

200

What is another word for flashbacks in literature?

Analepsis.

300

In Geography, what is the term to describe the case where there's too much algae in a water body, killing aquatic animals.

Eutrophication.

400

Name the beaches where the allied forces landed on during D-Day?

Omaha, Utah, Sword, Juno, Gold.

500

Name the Burmese people who were successfully able to launch military coups, and when.

Ne Win (1962), Saw Maung (8888 Uprising), Min Aung Hlaing (2021)

GK

100

What do you call, in baseball, a scenario where the pitcher is able to run between all four bases?

A home run.

200

Name a movie that Steven Spielberg directed.

Jurassic, ET, Jaws, etc.

300

What is the administrative capital of New Caledonia?

Noumea.

400

What is the closest star to our solar system?

Proxima Centauri.

500

WW2 အတွင်းက Japan နိုင်ငံမှ America captured ထားသော islands 5 ကျွန်းကို အမည်ပေးသည်။

Fiji, Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Midway Atoll, Bikini Atoll, etc.

Teacher Trivia

100

Which football club does Mr Pang support?

Everton!

200

Which one of our teachers, almost became a math teacher?

Mr Koh

300

Teaching is Ms Janice's ___(st,rd,nd) job.

First job. She had been teaching overseas for 4 years before coming to RI.

400

An RI Lit teacher of one of our teacher once gave him a comment on his paper. It was “Attach a magnifying glass”. Which teacher was this?

Mr Theodore Tan.

500

ကျောင်းမှာ ပြန်ကစားဖို့ Mr Koh က ဘယ် sport အ play ခဲ့တာလဲ။

Rugby!