ELIMINATION ROUNDLEVEL QUESTIONS ANSWERS

1 Easy How many colours are there on the national flag of the United Kingdom? 3 (red, white, blue)2 Easy Which three letters symbolize the urgent request for help? SOS3 Easy What is the second most common language in the world? Spanish

4 EasyWhat is the name of the electronic device that is sent into space and moves around the Earth or another planet?

satellite

5 Easy Which month has the letter T at the end? August6 Easy What natural phenomenon is measured by the 'Richter scale'? Earthquake7 Easy What is the square root of 144? 12

8 EasyAt Halloween, what saying is traditionally spoken by children when they visit houses and ask for sweets?

Trick or treat

9 Easy What do we call a period of two weeks? (a) fortnight10 Easy While British people use the word "autumn", American people use the word… fall11 Easy … is an instrument for finding direction, with a needle always pointing to the north. Compass12 Easy What do we call the black and white bird that lives in the Antarctic? Penguin13 Easy Leap year takes place every … years. 4

14 Easy… is the large soft piece of flesh in the mouth which you can move and use for speaking, tasting,…

tongue

15 Easy Which country will host the 29th SEA Games? Malaysia16 Easy What do you call a child whose parents are dead? Orphan17 Easy Which country has the same flag with Monaco ? Indonesia18 Medium Which city is the most light polluted in the world? Hong Kong19 Medium What is the antonym of "inhale"? exhale20 Medium What do we call the leader of the group who governs a town or a city? mayor21 Medium Brunch is a combination of … and … Breakfast - lunch22 Medium What does the letter A in A-bomb stands for? Atomic23 Medium 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13 are called "… numbers". prime

24 Medium Human’s thigh and shin are connected by .... (the) knee25 Medium What are the translated words appearing on the screen in a foreign film? subtitle

SEMIFINALSCORE QUESTIONS ANSWERS

1 20

I use my smart phone not only to communicate but also to entertain myself, like listening to music, surfing social networks, and especially playing games. My favourite game is a side-scroller where the player controls a bird, attempting to fly between rows of green pipes without coming into contact with them. It was invented by a Vietnamese developer. The game received a sudden rise in popularity in early 2014 but was later removed from Apple's App Store and Google Play by its creator because he thought the game was addictive. What is the game I am mentioning?

Flappy bird

2 20

My favourite spare time activity is one of the oldest and most popular board games. It is invented a long time ago in India. A game involves two players playing on a square board. The board is divided into 64 smaller squares, half of which is in light colour and half is in dark colour, and one player must checkmate the other in order to win this game. Do you know what board game I am talking about?

Chess

3 20I really love swimming and sunbathing. My number one choice for holidays is visiting beautiful beaches in Vietnam. However, sometimes I get an itch and come out in a rash after swimming. This is caused by a transparent sea creature. Do you know what it is?

Jellyfish

4 20

I am very passionate with Oriental cultures. There is a world of difference between Western and Asian traditions and customs. For example, while Western people use solar calendar, Asian people opt for lunar calendar. Asians even make up a zodiac comprising 12 animals representing 12 consecutive years. It starts with a mouse and ends with a pig. However, the zodiacs are not all the same among Asian countries. What is the Chinese Zodiac's animal not included in the Vietnamese Zodiac?

Rabbit

5 20I am a botanist and focus on studying plants. I am fascinated with the way plants grow up, produce flowers and bear fruits. Every plant has one special part that grows into the earth to get water and food and holds the plant firm in the ground. Do you know what that part is?

Root

6 30 Since I was a child, I have always loved to become a computer scientist. The reason for this decision is my idol. He made contributions to many fields such as mathematics or philosophy.

Alan Turing

However, his greatest achievements were in the field of computer science. As a result, his name is given to an award in this field. The award is often referred to as the Nobel Prize in computer science. Do you know who I am talking about?

7 30

Here is a quick fact about icebergs. Do you know that only 10% of an iceberg is visible above the water surface? Hence there is a common expression ‘tip of the iceberg'. However, the 'tip of the iceberg' is also related to the writing style of a famous writer, who left nothing but the bare essentials in his works. He firmly believed that just like icebergs, words could hide much more information than what is written on the pages. Thanks to this style, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1954. Who is this famous writer?

Ernest Hemingway

8 30

I love playing cards. Card games are always diverse to me. There is bridge, poker, solitaire. You can also do magic with cards. In a standard 52 card deck, there are 36 cards with a number from 2 to 10 and 16 cards with pictures. They are ace, K, Q, and J, where K stands for King, Q stands for Queen. Do you know which word the letter J stands for?

Jack

9 30

I always had a great passion for literature when I still was in high school. I particularly liked studying about plays because in these classes, we usually had a chance to play roles. That was a very interesting experience. I still remembered a saying of a character in a Shakespeare's play: "To be or not to be, that's the question". Do you know who this character is?

Hamlet

10 30

I love travelling. So I spend a year after college just to travel around the world. Plus, as I study oceanography, a study of oceans, in college, I enjoy visiting different beaches and islands and especially gulfs, which are large areas of sea surrounded by land. The Gulf of Thailand is a very large one with the surface area of over 300,000 square km. It is surrounded by three neighboring countries. What are those countries?

Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam

11 30

I have a great passion for classical music. Apart from piano, I really love the beautiful and emotional sound of string instruments. But there is one special kind of instrument that I am extremely fascinated with because of its magical low notes. Though with the similar shape to violins, its players usually have to sit down and hold it between his or her knees. Do you know the instrument I am talking about?

Cello