Excelsior (Difficult Round)

What are the Quantum numbers of element number 10 which is neon? 

• 2, 1, 1, -½

• 2, 1, -1, -½

• 2, 1, 1, ½

• 2, 1, -1, ½

Balance this equation S₈ + F₂ ---> SF₆?

• S₈ + 16F₂ ---> 8SF₆

• 24S₈ + 8F₂ ---> 16SF₆

• 8S₈ + 16F₂ ---> 24SF₆

• S₈ + 24F₂ ---> 8SF₆

If there are two supplementary angles in which one angle is 3x - 36 degrees, and the other is 5x degrees, what is the value of the missing value x in degrees?

• 20°

• 27°

• 18.75°

• 15.75°

The Wilsons were born in the 20th century. Mrs. Wilson is a year younger than her husband. The sum of the digits of the year in which the husband was born and the sum of the digits of the year in which his wife was born are integers divisible by 4. What year was Mr. Wilson born in?

• 1919

• 1960

• 1999

• 2000

What observation and realization were highlighted by Garrett Hardin’s article in 1968 entitled “The Tragedy of the Commons”?

• Overgrazing of herds damages the land yet no one takes responsibility for it

• Increase in world population shows the importance of commercialism

• Systematic exploitation in 17th and 18th centuries contributed to the discrimination and social inequality in the present

• The common working class is subjected to ideological illusions perpetrated by the ruling class which should be resisted at all costs.

Which of the following is not included in Thomas Friedman’s three periods of globalization published in “The World is Flat”?

• Industry and agriculture

• Horsepower and wind power

• Steam and rail power

• Technology and internet

Noong 1968, sickretong nagplano ang dating Pangulong Marcos na sakupin ang Sabah. Sinanay ang ilang mga Tausug ubang mabawi ang lupaing Sabah sa Malaysia. Ano ang tawag sa plano at operasyong ito?

• Oplan Merdeka

• Rebelyon sa Mindanao

• Corregidor Massacre

• Jabidah Invasion

Sino ang sundalong Hapones na hindi nahuli/sumuko sa mga Amerikano at walang kaalam-alam na tapos na ang giyera dahil sa kanyang pagtatago sa kabundukan ng Lubang Island?

• Hiroo Onoda

• Saburo Hayashi

• Yoshihide Suga

• Tomoyuki Yamashita

What is the deepest part of the ocean? 

• Mariana Trench

• Tonga Trench

• Challenger Deep

• Peru-Chile Deep

What is the capital of Mozambique? 

• Majuro

• Maputo

• Moroni

• Maseru