ROUND ONE – FUNDAMMENTALS
This round consists of biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics
and ICT questions.
If a school answers a question correctly 3 points are awarded. If it
is incorrectly answered it becomes available as a bonus to the two
other schools to compete For the point. The score for a bonus
question is one point.
Schools will have 15 seconds to answer questions that do not
require calculations and 40 seconds to answer questions that
require calculations. Bonus questions are open to the two other
schools to compete for by ringing the buzzer.
Failing to press the buzzer before answering the bonus question
nullifies your answer; thus no point is scored even if you are right.
Best wishes to competing schools.
QUESTION 1
Which compound is responsible for the colour of tomato?
ANSWER: Lycopene
Which compound is responsible for the colour of carrot?
ANSWER: Carotenoids
The purple or red colour of onions is due to the presence of which
compound?
ANS: Anthocyanins
QUESTION 2
Name the two regions of a kidney
ANSWER: cortex and medulla
What is the function of the glomerulus?
ANSWER: glomerulus filters the blood
What is micturition?
ANSWER: This is the process of emptying urine from the urinary
bladder
QUESTION 3
Define the following terms associated with heart beat
Sinus heart beat
ANSWER: A heartbeat of 60 to 70 beats/minute
Bradycardia
ANSWER: a heartbeat of less than 60 beats/minutes
Tachycardia
ANSWER: A heartbeat of more than 100 beats/minutes
QUESTION 4
Convert 298kelvin to Fahrenheit
ANSWER: 77 oF
Convert 400kelvin to Fahrenheit
ANSWER: 260.6 oF
Convert 352Kelvin to Fahrenheit
ANSWER: 174.2 oF
QUESTION 5
What is the meaning of the following website errors?
Error 502
ANSWER: Bad Gateway
Error 301
ANSWER: Moved permanently
Error 404
ANSWER: Not found
QUESTION 6
Mr Atta is 20 years younger than Mr. Bruce. In two years’ time, Mr
Bruce will be twice as old as Mr. Atta. Find their current ages
ANSWER: Mr. Atta is 18years and Mr Bruce is 38 years old
A man is X years old while his son is Y years old. The sum of two
numbers is twice their difference and their product is 675. Find their
ages
ANSWER: the man is 45years old and the son is 15years old
A two digit number is in such that the sum of its digit is 4. The
difference between the numbers and when its reverse is 18. Find the
numbers.
ANSWERS: 13 and 31
QUESTION 7
A rectangular piece of paper 11 cm × 4 cm is folded without overlapping
to make a cylinder of height 4 cm. Find the volume of the cylinder.
ANSWER: 38.5 cm3
The area of a trapezium shaped field is 480 m2, the distance between two
parallel sides is 15 m and one of the parallel sides is 20 m. Find the other
parallel side.
ANSWER; 44m
Suppose a quadrilateral having a diagonal of length 10 cm, which
divides the quadrilateral into two triangles and the heights of triangles
with diagonals as the base, are 4 cm and 6 cm. Find the area of the
quadrilateral.
ANSWER: 50 [Link].
QUESTION 8
The associative property is used to write 4x + 8y = 4(x + 2y). True or
False
ANSWER: False
The absolute value of a real negative number is negative. True or False
ANSWER: False
The additive inverse of -10 is 10. True or False
ANSWER: True
Software that is free for trial is called shareware. True or
False
ANSWER: True
QUESTION 9
Cyberbullying is not as bad as bullying in real life because
you usually forget about it easily.
ANSWER: False
Somebody uploads your photo without your knowledge on social media
and writes a funny post about it. It can be considered cyberbullying.
True or False
ANSWER: True
Question 10
Once moving at a constant speed, you still have to pedal your bike to
keep moving at that speed. This violates Newton's first law of motion.
ANSWER: False
F=ma and a=F/m are both mathematical representations of Newton's 2nd
Law. True or False
ANSWER: TRUE
The time it takes a projectile to fall is independent of its initial velocity
and the angle at which it is launched.
ANSWER: False
ROUND 2 – FASTEST FINGERS
Round two is the fastest finger.
One question will be read out, and contestants will compete to be
the first to answer. Each question carries a score of four points.
When a contestant is ready to respond, they should press the
buzzer before they attempt to answer.
Answering before pressing the buzzer will disqualify the school
from the question. After the buzzer is pressed, the contestants must
answer in three seconds.
If a school gets the question wrong, the two remaining schools get
to compete to answer.
A wrong answer in this round attracts a penalty of 1 point.
Best wishes to you all
QUESTION 1
A circle has a radius of 21 cm. find its circumference and area. (Use π =
22/7)
ANSWER; Circumference is 132cm and Area is 1386 cm2
QUESTION 2
What is the speed of light in diamond?
ANSWER; 1.2 ×108m/s
Question 3
What is shareware?
ANSWER: Shareware is a type of software that users can download
and try out for a limited period of time.
Question 4
An ambulance is currently traveling at 15m/s, and is accelerating with a
constant acceleration of 5 m/s2. The ambulance is attempting to pass a
car which is moving at a constant velocity of 30m/s. How far must the
ambulance travel until it matches the car’s velocity?
ANSWER: 67.5m
Question 5
2
A shopping center has 60 cars parked around it, which is 3 of the total
number of cars that can park around it. What is the total number of cars
that can park around the shopping center?
ANSWER: 90 cars
QUESTION 6
What does Alt + Ctrl +S does in Ms word?
ANSWER: Remove a Split Window or Split Window.
QUESTION 7
Name the three isotopes of Hydrogen
ANSWER: Protium, Deuterium and Tritium
QUESTION 8
What is blood coagulation?
Answer: Blood coagulation is also known as clotting is the process in
which blood changes from a liquid to a gel forming a blood clot.
QUESTION 9
What is the name of the most abundant protein in plasma?
ANSWER: Albumin
QUESTION 10
In Ms word, shortcut keys shift + Delete is used to ……………
ANSWER: Delete the selected item permanently without placing the
item in the Recycle Bin
ROUND THREE – TECHNOLOGY ROUND
ROUND 4
I am an element in the group 2 of the periodic table.
Until 1957, I was known as glucinium.
I am the lightest member of the alkaline-earth metals.
I was discovered in 1798 by French chemist Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin
I can be found in the period 2 of the periodic table.
Who am I?
ANSWER ; BERYLLIUM
1.I am an organ with multiple purposes.
2. I use basic filtration, reabsorption, and secretion processes to carry out
a lot of my tasks.
3. In the majority of species, including vertebrates and certain
invertebrates, I play crucial regulatory roles.
4. I eliminate wastes that are directed to the bladder and act as the body's
natural blood filter.
5. I appear in pairs, one on each side of the lumbar region.
Me? Who am I?
ANSWER: Kidney
1. I am a characteristic that many organisms share in their sexual
reproduction.
2. I can divide asexually through mitosis in single-celled creatures to
create identical progeny.
3. I stand for the initial phase of the creation of a genetically distinct
organism in multicellular creatures.
4. The archegonium is the chamber in which I develop in land plants.
5. I am a eukaryotic cell that was created when two gametes fused
together.
Who am I?
ANSWER: ZYGOTE
1. Farmers have long recognise me as a possible means to restore or to
maintain a productive soil
2. I help in reducing soil erosion and increase soil fertility and crop
yield.
3. I am done so that the soil of farms is not use for only one set of
nutrient.
4. I contribute to increase yield through improved soil nutrition.
5. I am the practice of growing a series of dissimilar different types of
crops in the same area in sequence seasons
Who am I?
ANSWER: Crop rotation
ROUND 5
QUESTION 1
1. “for his theoretical predictions of the properties of a supercurrent
through a tunnel barrier, in particular those phenomena which are
generally known as the Josephson effects”. In which year was this
discovery awarded?
ANSWER: 1971
2. Who was awarded for this discovery?
ANSWER: Brian David Josephson
3. How many people were awarded the Nobel in 1973 in Physics
ANSWER: 3
QUESTION 2
1. “for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to
problems of molecular genetics “ . This award was given in the area
of physiology or medicine. Which year was this discovery awarded?
ANSWER: 1978
2. Three people received this award, what are their names?
ANSWER: Werner Arber, Daniel Nathans and Hamilton O.
Smith
3. Which country is Werner Arber from?
ANSWER: Sweden
QUESTION 3
1. “for his discoveries relating to synthetic compounds that inhibit the
action of certain body substances, and especially their action on the
vascular system and the skeletal muscles” Which year was this
discovery awarded?
ANSWER: 1957
2. Who was awarded for this discovery?
ANSWER: Daniel Bovet
3. When was Daniel Bovet Born?
ANSWER: 23RD MARCH, 1907
END OF CONTEST
