Engineering
Geography & History
2023
Theatre & Literature
Southampton
10
Three bees take off from a table. What is the probability (in %) that after 15 seconds all three bees will be in the same flat plane?
100%.
10
Which ancient civilization created the Great Pyramid of Giza?
Ancient Egypt.
10
What is the name of the artificial intelligence chatbot system that gained a lot of popularity during this year?
ChatGPT.
10
The author J. K. Rowling is famous for writing which fantasy series of novels?
Harry Potter.
10
What is the name of the infamous ship that departed from Southampton in 1912?
The Titanic.
20
What is the moment of an 8 Newton force acting on a lever at a perpendicular distance of 5 meters? Correct units are required.
40 Nm.
20
What is the capital of Bulgaria?
Sofia.
20
In the Chinese calendar, 2023 is the year of which animal?
The Rabbit.
20
What is a Japanese form of poetry, consisting of three lines, and no more than 17 syllabules?
Haiku.
20
What is the name of the river that divides the city of Southampton in half?
River Itchen.
30
Whose circuit laws state that the sum of currents flowing into a junction is equal to the sum of currents flowing out of that junction?
Kirchoff's Laws.
30
Which is the only country in the world with a non-rectangular flag?
Nepal.
30
Which city hosted the Eurovision contest this year?
Liverpool.
30
Yorick's skull appears in which play by William Shakespeare?
Hamlet.
30
What was the Mayflower, after which the theatre in the city centre is named?
A ship.
Transported the Pilgrims to the New World in 1620.
40
What is the name of the cycle, describing an idealized model of a thermodynamic system for a heat engine?
The Carnot Cycle.
40
What is the name of the monk, credited with the invention of the champagne?
Dom Pérignon.
40
What was the name of the infamous submersible, created by OceanGate, that imploded in June of 2023, taking the lives of all passengers?
The Titan.
40
Who is the composer of the musicals "Cats", "Phantom of the Opera", and "Jesus Christ Superstar"?
Andrew Lloyd Webber.
40
What is the name of the chief technology officer of Red Bull Racing, a famous alumnus of Southampton University?
Adrian Newey.
50
What exact type of analog circuit does this circuit diagram represent?
Common collector amplifier.
50
Which country has the largest number of islands in its territory?
Sweden.
50
Who is the 2023 Person of the Year, according to Time magazine?
Taylor Swift.
50
Who is considered the creator of detective fiction and is thought to have published the first modern detective story?
Edgar Allan Poe. "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
50
What is the name of the football player, who scored the last competitive goal at Southampton FC's old stadium - The Dell?
Matt Le Tissier.