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100

What is the planet we live on?

Earth

100

Which country is Ted Bundy from? 

USA

100

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Leonarda da Vinci

100

Which country is Lionel Messi from?

Argentina

100

Which university does our school share a campus with?

MUST

200
Name one organelle plant cells have, but animal cells don't

Eg. Chloroplast, cell wall, central vacuole

200

What was the real name of the American serial killer, The Killer Clown?

John Wayne Gacy

200

Who composed Canon in D? Last name will suffice.

Johann Pachelbel

200

What are the colours for the NBA logo?

Blue, red, white

200

How do you spell the full name of our head of school?

Lorne Schmidt

300

Name five types of wave behaviour.

Reflection, refraction, diffraction, interference, standing waves + resonance, doppler effect

300

What is the Helter Skelter Prophecy and which family/cult does it belong to?

Twisted interpretation of a Beatles song, Helter Skelter, involving an impending racial conflict in the US. It originated from the Manson family.

300

What is the name of Romeo's servant that delivered him news of Juliet's "death"?

Balthasar

300

Which cities are the hosts of the 2026 Winter Olympics?

Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo

300

In what year was TIS founded?

2006

400

What is the element on the third group of second period within the periodic table?

Boron

400

What was the full process/methods of attempted assassination on Rasputin before his final death in 1916? *hint: there were 4 assassination methods

1. Food laced with cyanide/poison; 2. Shot (three times); 3. Beaten up; 4. Tied up and thrown into the Neva River

400

What is Dadaism and which city did its origin center around?

Born from World War I's horrors, that rejected logic, reason, and conventional aesthetics in favor of absurdity, chaos, and anti-art to protest societal norms, capitalism, and nationalism. Centered in Zurich.

400

Which club won the 2000 FIFA Club World Cup?

Corinthians, Brazil

400

What is the Wifi password to TIS_GUEST?

TIS2022!

500

"General Sherman" is my name. In 1972 I had a spread of 27.4 meters and a height of 82.3 meters. What am I exactly and in what national park do I live?

Giant sequoia/sierra redwood/big tree, in Sequoia National Park

500

Referring to a case in 1999, where was the skull of Fan Man-Yee, a 23-year old nightclub hostess, hidden in?

Inside a Hello Kitty doll

500

What is the full baptismal name of Pablo Picasso? Naming 3 out of the 20 words within his name, excluding "Pablo" and "Picasso", will suffice.

Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Crispín Crispiniano María de los Remedios de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz Picasso

500

What is the slowest swin record for the 100-meter freestyle in the Olympics, and which country holds this record?

1 minute and 52.72 seconds, Equatorial Guinea

500

Please recite the whole TIS Mission Statement. 

In a safe, caring and welcoming environment, our mission is to develop socially responsible, life long learners able to problem solve, think critically, and make positive changes in our global community.

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