MathManiac
BookWorm
Science Prodigy
Sports Guru
PSC Savant
100

At a candy store Alexis purchased 3 candy bars for $1.50. At this rate, how many whole candy bars can she buy with $8.75?

17 candy bars

100

This children's novel tells a story of a livestock pig and his friendship with a barn spider 

Charlotte's Web

100

What physical state of matter is intermediate between a solid and gas?

Liquid

100

On October 11, this team celebrated their victory as the 2020 NBA champions after defeating Miami Heat 106–93 in game 6 of the NBA Finals.

Los Angeles Lakers

100
We switched to PSC online Zoom meeting in this month of 2020.

April

200

One Saturday, Sam and Joe worked together to mow yards. Sam started at 8:00 a.m. and Joe started at 11:00 a.m. When they finished at 4:00 p.m., they had earned a total of $156. They want to share the money they earned fairly based on the number of hours worked. How much should Joe receive?

$60

200

A close friend of J. R. Tolkien (the author of "Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings"), this writer was also a professor at Oxford university and wrote the children's novel "the Chronicles of Narnia". 

C. S. Lewis

200

How many neutrons are in Plutonium-244, given that plutonium has 94 protons?

150

200

In 2020, this NFL football team changed its name from "Washington Redskins" into its current name.

Washington Football Team

200

We went to this place for hiking during the Fall of 2020

Mount Greylock (or Greylock)

300

The positive integer n is 100 less than one perfect square and 28 less than another perfect square. If n < 50, what is the value of n?

21

300

This fictional character from the Oz books is widely considered to be the one of the first robots to appear in modern literature, which is also the name of a popular Chinese video-sharing app. 

Tik-Tok 

300

What is the common name of the members of the class Aves?

Birds

300

This city will host the 2022 winter Olympics. 

Beijing

300

This food is used as the example to illustrate the basic structure of a good speech, which includes introduction, body and conclusion.

Hamburger 

400

The product of three distinct positive integers is 144. If the sum of the three integers is 26, what is the sum of their squares? [ 2 minutes]

338

400

This place in "the Phantom Tollbooth" is where Lethargians live and do nothing all day. People who don't think and/or don't pay attention often get stuck there.

The Doldrums

400

What must a glacier meet in order to form an ice shelf?

AN OCEAN (or BODY OF WATER; SEA; OR BAY)

400

Diego Maradona, the legendary soccer star,  led the Argentina national team to win the 1986 World Cup at this city.

Mexico City

400

This statistical concept, introduced by Dr. Cao Jinbo (Joseph's Dad), explains why the US military should add armor to the areas that showed the least damage for the aircrafts that had returned from missions.

Survivorship bias (or survival bias)

500

A bag contains 20 red marbles and 12 blue marbles. What is the probability that two marbles drawn at random, without replacement, will be the same color?Express your answer as a common fraction. [2 minutes]

16/31

500

Promise me you will always remember: you are ____ than you believe, _____ than you seem, and _____ than you think. 

Winnie the Pooh

Promise me you will always remember: you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. 

Winnie the Pooh

500

Kevin let go a ball at a height of 5 meters. What was the speed of the ball right before it hit the ground? Round it off to the closest whole number.

10 meters per second

500

In 2020, this new Miami Marlins general manager made history by becoming the first female General Manager in the four major North American professional sports leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL).

Kim Ng

500

A student at West Point Academy, this invited speaker gave us a short speech on how to become a better public speaker.

Paul Tan (or Paul)