eQuizShow
Knowledge Bowl
Science
Question: Dogs are part of what animal group?
Answer: mammals
Question: What is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?
Answer: Mercury
Question: What is Newton's first law of Motion?
Answer: An object in motion will stay in motion until acted upon by an opposing force.
Question: What is the approximate date for the Earth's formation?
Answer: 4.5 Billion Years Ago
Question: The metallurgical process in which a metal is obtained in a fused state is called what?
Answer: Smelting
Movies
Question: A popular animated film features the characters Woody, Buzz and Jessie. Write down the last name of Buzz.
Answer: Lightyear
Question: Who is the voice behind the character ‘ Groot’ in Guardians of the Galaxy?
Answer: Vin Diesel
Question: Name the now classic animated film that featured the characters Marlin, Dory, Gill, Bloat and Peach.
Answer: Finding Nemo
Question: In Iron Man/Avengers what does the acronym J.A.R.V.I.S. stand for?
Answer: Just A Rather Very Intelligent System
Question: For the first time in 16 years, Leonardo DiCaprio didn't get top billing for which movie?
Answer: Django Unchained
Book Bowl
Question: Name one Book Bowl Book.
Answer: Many Answers
Question: Which book is this year's shortest Book Bowl book?
Answer: See No Evil
Question: What book has the main character Alex Rider?
Answer: Stormbreaker
Question: How does Harriet's keeping information on everyone's lives in "Harriet the Spy" affect her friendships?
Answer: They find out all the bad things she says about them and get upset with her.
Question: What year did the novel "Holes" come out?
Answer: 1998
KAUST Trivia
Question: What is the ONE WORD difference between Snacks on Thursday and all the other days of the week?
Answer: Donuts
Question: How much longer is block 1 than blocks 2, 3, 4, 5?
Answer: 5 minutes for morning announcements
Question: What month and year was KAUST Founded?
Answer: September 2009,
Question: Phone numbers. Home phones start with 802. But if your parents want to call Ms. Annette in the office the first three numbers they dial are what?
Answer: Trick question! Still 802!
Question: NOMADD was developed at KAUST. What is it?
Answer: It is the worlds's first solar cell robot cleaner which can be directly fitted onto, and moves across the solar cells itself. NOMADD is designed to be a durable, waterless cleaning robot that "crawls" from one solar panel to another, saving thousands of man hours and countless more litres of water.
Greek Mythology
Question: Who is the king of the Greek gods?
Answer: Zeus, God of Lightening
Question: In the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, which Greek god in Percy's father?
Answer: Poseidon, God of the Sea
Question: What is the term for a half god-half mortal?
Answer: Demi-god or half blood
Question: What is the Roman name for the goddess Hera?
Answer: Juno
Question: When Zeus had a headache, Hephaestus hit him on the head with a hammer. Out of his cracked skull was born which god/goddess?
Answer: Athena, Goddess of Wisdom