What On Earth

​Read the Winter 2023/2024 issue to answer the questions that follow. You have 9 minutes to answer 14 questions.

Rules

You are expected to answer 14 questions in 9 minutes.
There are 3 rounds in the nationwide quiz.

Multiple Choice

1. Every winter, how many snow crystals falling from the sky does the scientist estimate?

• 1 billion

• 1 septillion

• 10 septillion

• 10 million

Multiple Choice

2. When was the first artificial snow machine invented?

• in 1932

• in 1933

• in 1934

• in 1935

Multiple Choice

3. For how long can a single lightning bolt power a lightbulb?

• 1 day

• 1 month

• 3 days

• 3 months

Multiple Choice

4. What the white sand on beaches in Hawaii actually is?

• poo from parrotfish

• poo from capybara

• eggs from turtles

• fossils of parrotfish

Multiple Choice

5. What is the loudest bird on the planet?

• moluccan cockatoo

• southern cassowary

• white bellbird

• screaming Piha

Multiple Choice

6. What does a chimpanzee say when it wants human to keep back?

• hu-oo hu-oo hu-oo

• it coughs -koauu or thump

• he eh eu eh eh

• thum-dum-dum

Multiple Choice

7. What is the highest speed of a supersonic car per hour?

• 1,590 km/h

• 3,290 km/h

• 1,010 km/h

• 1,290 km/h

Multiple Choice

8. Who is known as the 'Queen of Magic'?

• Adelaide Herrmann

• Princess Teko

• PC Sorcar

• Shin Lim

Multiple Choice

9. What is the meaning of 'abracadabra'?

• religious blessing

• supreme God

• see here!

• quickly

Multiple Choice

10. What is a nauka in the International Space Station (ISS)?

• a sleeping space

• the kitchen

• a laboratory

• a storage space

Multiple Choice

11. Mary Anning is an expert in which area?

• archelogy

• astronautics

• astrophysics

• palaeontology

Multiple Choice

12. In what types of rock do radioactive elements occur?

• igneous rocks

• sedimentary rocks

• metamorphic rocks

• Lewisian rocks

Multiple Choice

13. What is the equivalent of the Latin word salarium in modern English?

• salt

• salary

• sentiment

• salmon

Multiple Choice

14. How many bones does an adult human typically have?

• between 36-48

• between 107 and 165

• between 106 and 113

• between 206 and 213

What On Earth! 2024 Nationwide Quiz

Date: Thursday 7th November

Time: Period 4, 11.30 a.m.-12:30pm

Room: Library Meeting Room G37

Format: Zoom meeting