Inter-house General Knowledge Competition

Purpose:

The purpose of the Inter-House General Knowledge Competition is to familiarize students with common senses in their everyday surroundings, and to develop critical thinking skills through discussions and Qs & As.  

Questions suggested by students (Click to see)

Results:

¡@ S1 S2 S3 S4 Total Rank Marks
H  3 3 5 10 21 3 4
O 5 10 10 5 30 1 10
M 10 5 3 3 21 3 4
E 7 7 7 7 28 2 7

Date of Competition ¡V Tuesday 4th May 2010

Venue: School Gymnasium

Time:     S1 ¡V 9:10 to 9:55

            S2 ¡V 10:15 to 11:00

               S3 ¡V 1:00 to 1:45
            S4 ¡V 2:15 to 3:00

 Prizes:       1st   $140 MacDonald¡¦s coupons

2nd   $80 MacDonald¡¦s coupons

3rd & 4th     $40 MacDonald¡¦s coupons

Each participant will receive  certificate.

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Briefing of Participants on 6th May 2010 

 Venue:  Gymnasium. Details are as follows:

 S1-S4: 3:00 p.m.

Rules and Regulations:

1.      There are four teams in the competition, each team is allowed 4 members, with EXACT 3 members participating per section, and one member will act as a substitute.

2.      Teams are allowed to change their members ONLY between sections.

3.      Each team must select 1 team leader; he or she will sit in the middle of the team during the competition. 

4.      During the competition, if more than one member attempt to speak up at the same time, the team leader will finalize the answer.

5.      Each team must provide the name, class, and class number of each member to the teacher-in-charge prior to the competition.  If a member is unable to compete, the team leader must inform the teacher-in-charge one day in advance.

 

Guidelines:

1.      There will be two sections:

l      Mandatory Questions and Answers

l      ¡¥Quick-fire¡¦ Questions and Answers

Each team will begin with an initial point value of 100 points.

 

Section 1: Mandatory Qs & As

1.      In this section, teams will answer questions in a consecutive order from group 1 to group 4. There are four envelops (A, B, C or D.), each envelope consists of 10 questions, each team will choose one envelop. 

2.      Each team will have 5 minutes. (A timer will remind the participants by ringing a bell when it is 15 seconds remaining, and by ringing a bell three times to indicate that time is up.)

3.      A correct answer wins 10 points and an incorrect answer or no answer DOES NOT penalize the team. There is no second attempt in this section.

Section 2: ¡¥Quick-fire¡¦ Qs & As

1.      In this section, there will be a total of 30 questions.

2.      Participants should ring their bell to show their attempt to answering the question. Team first ring the bell will take the advantage to answer the question.

3.      If any participants attempt to answer before the question is asked completely, MC will stop immediately and request for the answer.

4.      Members of the team should only respond after the MC has called the name of their team; otherwise, their answer will be considered as invalid and will not receive mark regardless of accuracy of the answer. The question will be repeated for the remaining teams. Their following attempt will be considered a first one.

5.      A second attempt will be allowed for any remaining teams if the answer of the first attempt is incorrect.

6.      A second attempt for all questions is allow for once only.

7.      The MC will cancel the question and tell the answer if no team rings the bell after asking the question in 5 seconds.

8.      A correct answer wins 20 points and an incorrect answer loses 10 points. A second attempt with correct answer wins 10 points and incorrect answer for the second attempt loses 5 points.

9.      Answer will be considered wrong if it is not completed within 5 seconds. 

10.  The MC will remind all teams when there are 5 questions remaining.  

Winning Circumstances:

The winner of the general knowledge competition will be the team with the highest points after all 2 sections.  Here are some regulations for tie-breakers:

Two teams with the same score

The MC will ask a ¡§back-up¡¨ quick-fire question to the two teams with the same points to determine the winner between the two teams. The two teams with the same points can ONLY answer the ¡§back-up¡¨ question.

 Three teams with the same score

 The announcer will announce a ¡¥backup¡¦ quick-fire question to the three teams with the same points, the team which answers the question correctly will automatically be the 1st place winner.  If a team answers the question wrong, it will automatically be the 3rd holder.  After the winner is determined, the remaining two teams will answer another ¡¥backup¡¦ quick-fire question to determine their final standings.

Important Reminders:

1.      During the competition, participants are NOT ALLOWED to use any materials for reference or interact with the audiences in any ways.  If they do so, they may risk to be disqualified.

2.      The organizing committee, in the case of discrepancy, solely determines the correctness of the answers.

3.      Disagreements or objections should not hinder the process of the competition; anyone with valid complaints should wait until the competition is over, and then suggesting it to the organizing committee.

4.      There will a committee responsible for handling various complaints, all valid complaints should be directed and handled by such committee.  The final decision of the committee shall prevail.

5.      All participants MUST OBEY the rules and regulations and the decisions of organizing committee.

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Results 

¡@ Harmony Obligation Morality Equality
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S2 ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@
S3 ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@
S4 ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ¡@
Overall

Sample Questions

  1. What is another name of the Statue of Liberty in USA? (by Dennis)
  2. What is the ¡§National Bird¡¨ of India? (by Gaganpreet )
  3. Which continent does Ukraine belong to? (by Ailsa )
  1. Which of the following is the largest planet in the universe?¡¨ (by Rabia )
  2. Which country invented soccer? (by Khem )
  3. Which flag have three stars and a sun? (by Chevie )
  4. What does seismograph measure? (by Daniel )
  5. Which planet crossed the face of the sun (in transit) after 122 years recently? (by Umar Imtiaz )
  6. Which of the star is the biggest in the whole universe? (by Parley )
  7. Which of the following country invented the bus? (by Sabiya )
  8. How old is the Earth? (by Adrian )
  9. What was the title used to refer to the king in ancient Egypt? (by Karishmah )
  10. If you had only one match and entered a cold and dark room with an oil heater, oil lamp and a candle, which would you light first? (by Nafeesa )
  11. What is the largest state in the US? (by Sagar )
  12. How many stars are there in the galaxy? (by Rajvir )
  13. Which snake is the most poisonous spitting snake? (by Shoaib )

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  1. Who won the MVP award for the NBA season of 2007? (by Genesis )
  2. Which country did Alexander the Great come from? (by Rika)
  3. What is the national flower of Nepal? (by Nisha )
  4. Where is the biggest library in Hong Kong located at? (by Therese )
  5. Where did Kimchi originate? (by Zarah )
  6. The highest waterfall in the world is which of the following? (by Moshami )
  7. Australia was discovered by who of the following? (by Moshami )
  8. What is the national flower of the Philippines? (by Princess )
  9. What is the biggest desert in the world? (by Princess )

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  1. Who was the first person to unite China? (by Ibrhim )

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1.      Who is the first man to travel into space? (Maajidha  )

2.      The country famous for Samba dance is which of the following? (by Hardeep )

  1. Short-sightedness can be corrected by which of the following: (by Ayesha )

1.Which country started world war II? (Canga  )

  1. Who was the 1st scientist that invented electricity? (Rritr Gurung  )
  2. Which country started world war II? (Canga) 
  3. Which is the smallest bird in the world? ( Sammila ) 
  1. What is ¡§Cu¡¨ mean? (Juliana S3B (21)  )

1.Which of the following flower is the National flower of India? (Tanushree  )

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1.When was the first underground railway opened in London? (Usman Zahid )

  1. How many percentage of human body contain water?  (Husnain Azam )
  2. Who was the United States President during World War II?  (Nasir )
  3. What is the chemical formula of salt? (Mariam)
  4. What is the major colour represent our school, Delia Broadway? ( Cholthida )
  5. How many surface of earth is covered by water? (Azaz )
  6. Which of the following player has top scores in last premier league and champions league?  (Bigyan )

 

  1. What is the core in pencils made of? (Christian )
  2. The world¡¦s largest diamond producing country is  (Shrijana) 
  3. What is the national flower of Britain?  (Rahul )
  4. Which of the following computer virus outbreak on April 1st?  (Brian Lee )
  5. Where did mother Teresa  serve in India ? (Ranjit ) 
  1. What is in the right hand of the statue of liberty in New York? (Amandeep)

1.Which year did the cold war start? (Japmeet )

1.Who is our school social worker?  (Masoding )

2.When was the attack on world Trade Centre in U.S.A?  (Jaskaren )

1.      Who is the actor in Slumdog Millionaire? (Soni )

2.      When was the disease ¡§SARS¡¨ epidemic in HK?  (Frans)

3.      Who is number 10 in the football team of Manchester United? ( Wong Chun Ho )

4.      Which national team was the champion in Euro cup 2008? (Wong Chun Ho)

5.      Which national team was the champion in World cup 2006? (Wong Chun Ho)

6.      A triathlon   competition usually consists of swimming, running and ?  (Jaspinder)

7.   In Japan, a woman trained as a hostess and a companion is called¡K. (Navdeep) 

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