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Dinosaurs & Prehistory
Do you know the Mappillai?
100

What object is used to sort new students into their respective houses?

The Sorting Hat

100

What is Athi's number 1 movie on his Top 25 List?

Terminator 2

100

What subatomic particle carries a negative charge and orbits the nucleus of an atom?

Electron

100

What dinosaur is known for having 3 horns on its face?

Triceratops

100

How many steps did Athi and some of the cousins try to do per day as a challenge a couple summers ago?

10000 steps

200

What must you catch to end a game of Quidditch?

The Golden Snitch

200

What is Athi's favourite Classic Disney movie?

The Lion KIng

200

What lunar flyby mission launched recently? April 1st 2026

Artemis II

200

What are preserved remains or impressions of prehistoric organisms found in rock?

Fossils

200

Who is Athi's favourite basketball player?

Lebron James

300

To get onto the Hogwarts Express, students must walk directly through a brick wall on which platform?

Platform 9 3/4

300

Who is the "precious" creature that was once a hobbit-like being named Smeagol?

Gollum

300

What is Albert Einstein's formula for mass-energy equivalence?

E = mc^2

300

What is the name that was given to the complete and best preserved and largest T-rex skeletons ever found? 

Sue

300

What is Athi's favourite Tamil meal consist of?

Extra 50 points for each additional food item that you can name.

Mutton curry and white puttu with egg or banana or mango

400

What is the name of the Hippogriff that gets saved in one of the movies?

Buckbeak

400

What is Athi's favourite cartoon to watch?

Arthur

400

What used to be a "Supercontinent" and existed millions of years ago before breaking apart into our current seven continents?

Pangea

400

What is the largest known dinosaur of all time?

Argentinosaurus 

400

Name Athi's favourite tamil song or English song.

(Extra 300 points for any house that can sing or resite at least 10 words from a song)
(only one answer is needed)


Ennavale Adi Ennavale by A.R Rahman

In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins

500

Who is Athi's favourite Harry Potter character?

if you can name either his 2nd or 3rd favourite you get an extra 100 points

1. Snape
2. Hermoine
3. Neville

500

Name at least 4 movies on Athi's Top 25 List to get full 500 points.

Any additional movie can be added for an extra 20 points.

Terminator 2, The Matrix, Star Wars Ep.V, Jurassic Park, The Lion King, Blade Runner, Interstellar, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Collateral, Her, Dune: Part 2, 12 Monkeys, Saving Private Ryan, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Gattaca, Arrival, Men in Black, District 9, Spider-Man, The Green Mile, Oppenheimer, Avatar, The Aviator, Django Unchained, Silence

500

What "Problem" describes why it is impossible to predict the long-term orbits of three celestial bodies pulling on each other?

The Three-Body Problem

500

What is the name of the dinosaur with a weird shape head and thick skull?

Pachycephalosaurus 

500

Who would Athi cast in a movie if he were to produce his own and what genre of film for an extra 100 points?

a) Denzel Washington & Michael B. Jordan
b) Florence Pugh & Denzel Washington
c) Michael B. Jordan & Julia Garner
d) Julia Garner & Emma Watson

Michael B. Jordan & Julia Garner; Action thriller