General Knowledge
This smallest country in the world covers just over 100 acres and is located entirely within the city of Rome.
Where is Vatican City?
This Singapore attraction features a giant indoor waterfall called the HSBC Rain Vortex, surrounded by lush greenery.
Where is Jewel Changi Airport?
Popularised during the COVID-19 pandemic, this acronym refers to lessons conducted online instead of being held physically in the classroom.
What is HBL?
This dessert is made from shaved ice, evaporated milk, syrup, and ingredients such as red beans, jelly, and sweet corn.
What is ice kachang?
It’s a 2-word term for the brief delay before speaking on tiktoks made by those in their late 20s to early 40s.
What’s a millennial pause?
If you accidentally burn your tongue on hot coffee, putting a sprinkle of this common baking ingredient on your tongue helps soothe the burn instantly.
What is Sugar?
On 7 November 1987, Singapore officially opened its first MRT line to the public. The opening ceremony was held at this station, marking a major milestone in Singapore’s public transport history.
What is Toa Payoh MRT Station?
Derived from the military; it means completing a project at your own pace or managing your own schedule, as long as the job gets done.
What is OTOT?
In baking, adding an acid like lemon juice activates this white powder compound to release carbon dioxide bubbles, making your pancakes and cakes rise.
What is Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate)?
The oxford word of the year in 2024, it’s perceived metal decay by overconsumption of trivial information.
What is brainrot?
The smallest bone in the human body—measuring roughly the size of a grain of rice—is located inside this specific body part.
What is the ear?
This former police station is instantly recognisable by its hundreds of brightly coloured window shutters and frequently appears in Singapore photography.
What is the Old Hill Street Police Station?
In urban planning and geography, this three-letter acronym refers to a city's main commercial area, where major offices, banks, and businesses are concentrated.
(Answer by giving the acronym and its full form!)
What is Central Business District?
Recognized as the fifth core taste alongside sweet, sour, salty, and bitter, this savory flavor profile was first identified in 1908 by Japanese chemist Kikunae Ikeda.
What is Umami?
A song used for the viral TikTok trend that pairs colourful, whimsical images of leaping dolphins with dark depressing or sarcastic personal confessions.
What is ‘Symphony’ by Zara Larsson?
Often found in small white packets inside shoe boxes and electronics, these tiny beads exist to absorb moisture and keep products dry.
What is Silica Gel?
This northeastern coastline is associated with a tragic World War II massacre in January 1942, when civilians were killed during the Japanese occupation of Singapore.
Where is Punggol Beach?
This three-letter acronym refers to the molecule that carries genetic information in most living organisms.
(Answer by giving the acronym and its full form!)
What is Deoxyribonucleic Acid?
This Japanese fermented food is traditionally made from soybeans and a mould called Aspergillus oryzae, the same organism used in making miso and sake.
What is natto?
Derived from gaming, this four-letter acronym is used to accuse someone on social media of fake-flexing or pretending to live a lifestyle they don't actually have.
What is LARP (Live Action Role Play / Larping)?
The involuntary twitching of your eyelid when you are overtired or stressed is known medically by this 8-letter term.
What is Myokymia?
In 1986, this six-storey building at the junction of Serangoon Road and Owen Road collapsed due to structural defects, killing 33 people and triggering a four-day rescue operation.
What was the Hotel New World?
This automatic electronic payment system is used to receive your scheduled allowance from MOE. What does GIRO stand for?
What is General Interbank Recurring Order?
It makes your mouth feel like it is burning, but it does not actually raise the temperature of your mouth. This molecule is responsible.
What is capsaicin?
In late 2022, TikTok users created a viral imaginary economy centered around black cat memes trading these fictional wooden coin currency units.
What are Dabloons?