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b. Phytosterol
d. Estrogen
____ 7. It is added to iron in pig iron production to lower the melting point
a. MgO
b. Al2O3
c. CaO
d. K2O
____ 8. Referred to as wood alcohol
a. Butanol
c. Methanol
b. Ethanol
d. Isobutanol
TRIVIA 2
Prepared By: Danver Mendoza
Part 1
____ 1. In May 13, 2014, a coal mine explosion occurred in Soma, Manisa, Turkey caused by an underground mine fire
two kilometers below the surface. There are 787 workers present during the disaster and 301 of them died. What is the
cause of their death?
a. Starvation
b. CO poisoning
c. Falling Debris
d. H2S poisoning
____ 2. Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster (1927-1932), is caused by a hydroelectric project in West Virginia and is considered
one of the worst industrial disasters in American History. Within the given years, 476 workers died from silicosis, a lung
diseases caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust. What is the other name for silicosis?
a. Miners phthisis
b. Grinders Asthma
c. Potters Rot
d. All of the above
____ 3. A boiler explosion killed 23 workers in Gazipur , Bangladesh. The boiler triggered a fire which spread to the
surrounding areas and collapsed part of a four storey building. When did this occur?
a. September 10, 2013
b. September 10, 2016
c. September 10, 2015
d. September 10, 2014
____ 4. Hydroquinone is used to/in
a. Lighten skin
b. Sugar industry
c. Catalyst in Petroleum Refining
d. Peanut Butter Making
____ 5. In 2013, Francois Englert and Peter W. Higgs won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the Higgs
boson or The God Particle. In achieving their discovery, they used a particle accelerator called
a. Compact Muon Celenoid
b. Cyclotron
c. CERN
d. Large Hadron Collider
____ 6. Who invented the first particle accelerator, also known as cyclotron
a. Ernest Lawrence (1930s)
b. Ernest Hemmingway (1940s)
c. Ernest Rutherford (1950s)
d. Ernest Cavendish (1920s)
____ 7. What is the name of the tallest skyscraper in Thailand opened last August 2016, with a height equivalent to 314
m?
a. Burj Kahlifa
b. One World Trade Center
c. MahaNakhon
d. Zifeng Tower
____8. North American X-15 is a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft and is considered as the fastest aircraft. What is its
mach number?
a. 6.7
b. 6.8
c. 6.6
d. 6.5
____ 9.A solid mass product from the Chernobyl Disaster made from melted nuclear fuel with lots of concrete, sand, and
core sealing material that the fuel had melted through. What do you call this material that is considered one the most
dangerous things in the world for it still emits radiation?
a. Cyclops Product
b. ChernobylX
c. Elephants Foot
d. Roentgens Matter
____ 10. The material invented by Charles Goodyear in 1839 by making natural elastomer more durable by the addition
of sulfur or other curatives or accelerators.
a. Elastopaint
b. Latex
c. Cellular Rubber
d. Vulcanized Rubber
Part 2
____ 1. Father of Chemical Engineering
b. George Edward Davis
c. Nicolas Leblanc
b. Robert Langer
d. Warren Lewis
b. Graphene
d. Mineral Lonsdaleite
b. Silver
d. Gold
____ 5. The circumstance when warmer water freezes faster than colder water
b. Erasto Effect
b. Batholomeo Effect
c. Mpemba Effect
d. EBM Effect
____ 6. Amount of salt present in an average adult human body? (additional trivia: lack of salt in body is called
hyponatremia)
b. 100 grams
b. 15 grams
c. 250 grams
d. 50 grams
____ 7. Most abundant protein in the human body?
b. Keratin
b. Collagen
c. Endrogen
d. Albumin
____ 8. What trace metal is found in Vitamin B12?
b. Magnesium
b. Cobalt
c. Potassium
d. Zinc
____ 9. A cucumber is _____ water
b. 96%
c. 97%
b. 86%
d. 87%
____ 10. Herb wormwood is a licorice-anise flavored green liqueur with 68% alcohol content or 132 proof. Herb
wormwoods another name is
b. Pufferfish
b. Mary Jane
c. Absinthe
d. Laxinth
C. Moles
b. Lentigo
D. Freckles
______2. Roughly 96% of the human body is made up of just four elements- which of these in not one of them?
a. Fe
c. O2
b. C
d. N2
______3. If your body mass is 70 kilograms, approximately how many golds you possess inside your body?
a. 1.5 mg
c. 0.5 mg
b. 1 mg
d. 0.2 mg
c. 100 nm
b. 10 nm
d. 100,000 nm
______5. The deadliest element. It pretends to be Potassium, so it can slink into the cells of our bodies then it breaks down the amino acids bonds
within our proteins and we depart from this life.
a. Hg
c. Fr
b. Th
d. Cf
c. Br
b. Te
d. S
_______7. Component of chocolate and cocoa products that can kill your dogs due to the slow metabolism of this compound.
a. Xantheose
c. Caffeine
b. Polyphenol
d. Either b or c
c. Dt
b. Du
d. D
c. 7
b. 5
c. C2H4O2
b. CH2O3
d. CH2O2
a. H2O
c. CH3CH3
b. HSbF6
d. OH-
c. Benedicts Solution
b. Sudan III
D. Biuret Solution
Around us
______13. Fuel with the lowest octane number of zero
a. Iso-octane
c. n-heptane
b. Avgas
d. methane
______14. This chemical is responsible for the tears you cry when chopping onions
a. Allylpropyl
c. Sallylcystein
b. Trisulfide
d. Propanethial S-oxide
______15. This popular comfort food has an active ingredient called phenylethylamine
a. Toffee
c. Oatmeal
b. Chocolate
d. Caramel
______16. The first fullerenes to be discovered were found inside of the laboratory, but they exist in trace amounts in nature as well. Where might
you find buckyballs in your house?
a. Fireplace
c. Sink
b. Toilet
d. Refrigerator
______17. How many grams of gold can be found in each liter of seawater?
a. 13 thousandth
c. 13 billionth
b. 13 millionth
d. 13 trillionth
c. Cu
b. Al
d. Mn
_____19. It is known as the miracle material that is only one atomic layer thick and is a better conductor of electricity and heat than any material.
a. Graphene
c. Single-walled nanotube
b. Fullerene
d. Multi-walled nanotube
20. Chinas 10.3-meter-long space station that aimlessly drifts out of control in space and is likely to crash on Earth by 2017.
a. Tiangong-1
c. Wu Ping
b. Tiangong-2
d. Heavenly Mansion
TRIVIA 4
Prepared by: Crystal Agustin
_____1. America is planning for a manned Mars mission flight in what year?
a. 2020
c. 2018
b. 2025
d. 2022
_____2. This new law in the Philippines is requiring speed limiters to be installed in PUVs and vehicles.
a. RA 10913
c. RA 10910
b. RA 10916
d. RA 10909
c. Andromeda
b. Proxima Centauri
d. either a or b
______4. Proxima b is neither so hot that water evaporates, nor so cold that it freezes solid. Thus, they
described the planet as "________" sweet spot.
a. Red Ribbon
c. Starbucks
b.Goldilocks
d. Amore
______5. On September 1, 2016, an unmanned rocket was exploded during a test at Cape Canaveral in
Florida. This rocket is ____________.
a. Space IX Falcon 10
c. Space X Falcon 9
b. Space IX Falcon 9
d. Space X Falcon 10
______6. Ozone Day or __________ is about promoting activities in accordance with the objectives of
the Montreal Protocol and its amendments.
a. Ozone Layer Day
c. wind storm
b. ocean storm
d. weather bomb
______8. Teeth of this animal specie provide new materials for the wide range of application from
surgery to packaging.
a. sea lion
c. squid
b. shark
d. whale
c. 1.5%w/w
B. 0.5%w/w
d. 2%w/w
c. 7.4
b. 6.5
d. 6.9
______11. This plant specie discovered in the Philippines is known as the metal-eating plant.
a. sundew
c. Rinorea Niccolifera
b. Venus flytrap
d. Plant M
c. 12 months
b. 16 months
d. 10 months
______13. It is the closest star to Earth which is about 93 million miles away.
a. Centauri A
c. Proxima Centauri
b. Centauri B
d. sun
c. 15 billion deg C
b. 15 million deg C
d. 15 trillion deg C
c. cyanocobalamin
b. niacin
d. riboflavin
c. Charles Macintosh
b. WIlliam Hurst
d. Humphrey Davy
______17. Maximum desirable limit Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) of lead in drinking water.
a. 0.05 mg/L
c. 0.1 mg/L
b. 0.09 mg/L
d. 1.0 mg/L
c. gluconic acid
b. nitric acid
d. tartaric acid
c. potassium carbonate
d. calcium
______20. A solar cell converts the sunlight directly into _______ energy.
a. thermal
c. mechanical
b. electrical
d. chemical