2021/2022 Sharks Friendly

Questions for- GCIHS SHS vrs DPS SHS

Round One In this round, each team will be asked 8 questions within two minutes. There will be no
deductions at this point. Each correct answer attracts 10 points. Any questions that are skipped will
be re-posed to the Team if there is time. There is no need to press the buzzer in this round.
1. What was the royal title of the late Prince Philip? Prince Consort
2. What is the source of the Nile River?
a. Uganda, Ethiopia
b. Ethiopia, Eritrea
c. Sudan, Egypt
d. Uganda, Kenya
3. What is the capital of Uzbekistan?
a. Ulaanbaatar
b. Tashkent
c. Palikir
d. Chisinau
4. Where is Fort Sebastian located?
a. Shama
b. Fijai
c. Beyin
d. Ankobra
5. Where in Africa is the presidential location Aso Rock found?
a. Rwanda
b. Togo
c. Nigeria
d. Benin
6. Which country’s football team is called The Zebras?
a. Tanzania
b. Namibia
c. Botswana
d. Eswatini
7. Who was the first UN Secretary General?
a. Trygve Lie
b. Kurt Waldheim
c. Javier Perez de Cuellar
d. Dag Hammarskjold
8. Which is celebrated as World Press Freedom? May 3

1. Who was the first Black African to win the Nobel Prize?
a. Nelson Mandela
b. Albert Luthuli
c. Ace Magashule
d. Desmond Tutu
2. Which African football team is known by the nickname The Carthage Eagles? Tunisia
3. Who is the occupant of the residence having the address 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? Joe Biden
(The US President)
 4. Who designed the Chair used on special occasions like the State of the Nation’s address by the
President of Ghana?
a. Wiz Kudowor
b. Kofi Antubam
c. El Anatsui
d. Theodosia Okoh
5. Where does the River Volta originate from?
a. Burkina Faso
b. Niger
c. Mali
d. La Cote d’Ivoire
6. What is the name of the former UN Secretary General from Myanmar?
a. Lee Kuan Yew
b. U Thant
c. Mahinder Rajapaksar
d. Maha Vajiralongkorn
7. In which year was Accra made capital of the Gold Coast?
a. 1842
b. 1877
c. 1957
d. 1860
8. The river Zambezi gives this country its name, which country is this? Zambia

Round Two – In this round, Ten questions will be posed to both teams in turns. For each
question answered correctly, you get 10 points but any question answered wrongly will attract a
penalty of minus five points from earlier accumulated points. Any questions answered wrongly will
immediately be passed on to the opposing team to answer. They can also choose to pass or answer.
A wrong answer in this case also attracts minus five points while a correct answer sees a reward of
5 points being awarded. You will have 20 seconds within which to answer any questions posed
unless otherwise indicated.
Instruction: There will be no possible answers with these questions. You are to state the literary
device in question from the definition given.

1. A statement that seems self-contradictory or absurd but is somewhat valid as in is:

Ans: Paradox
2. When a narrator knows everything about the characters and events, can move about in time
and place as well as from character to character at will and can even tell the minds of the
character, he or she is called
Ans: Omniscient Narrator

Instruction: Each blank in the following sentences indicates that something has been omitted. Consider
the lettered words beneath the sentence and choose the word or set of words that best fits the whole
sentence.
3. To South Korea’s industrial production fell 6 percent last year, the largest annual ________ since
1980, fueling fears that the ________ economy is slipping deeper into recession.
a. figure . . . flourishing
b. decrease . . . steady
c. decline . . . sagging
d. change . . . lethargic
e. drop . . . booming

4. By gradually winning the support of both liberals and conservatives, both rich and poor, the
governor has demonstrated that her remarkable________ skills go side by side with her
willingness to speak openly and ________ on controversial issues.
a. diplomatic . . . frankly
b. organizational . . . covertly
c. personal . . . deceptively
d. intimidating . . . obscurely
e. interpersonal . . . equivocally

5. A die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting a number less than 3?
1
Ans.
3

6. The surface area of hollow cylinder with radius ‘r’ and height ‘h’ is measured by
Ans. 2πrh

7. Which one is the irrational number?

a. 2 ⁄ 3
b. √4
c. 3 ⁄ 5
d. 3 ⁄ 7
Ans. √4

8. Which term of the progression 4, 9, 14……… is 109?

Ans. 22
9. Given that sin A = 1/2 and cos B= 1/ √2 then the value of (A+B) is:
Ans. 75 degrees
10. When a point is observed, the angle formed by the line of sight with the horizontal level where the
point being viewed is above the horizontal plane is known as:
a. Angle of triangle
b. Angle of depression
c. Angle of elevation
d. None of these

Round 3 Questions in this round will be posed to both teams. Each team is free to buzz in at
any time during the reading of the question to answer. Answering correctly gets each team
10 points while a wrong answer attracts a penalty of 5 points. Wrongly answered questions
are posed to the opposing team to answer for 5 points. A wrong answer also attracts 5 points
penalty while a correct answer comes with bonus points of 5. You have 20 seconds to answer
each question.
 1. The combination of critical temperature and critical pressure is known as Ans.
critical point

2. If 1+2+………+k=55, then the value of k is

Ans. 10
3. In a lottery, there are 10 prizes and 20 blanks. What is the probability of getting a prize?
Ans. 1/3
4. The 10th term of the sequence, whose nth term is (3n-2), is
Ans. 28

5. The element phosphorus was discovered by;

Answer: Hennig Brad

6. This rule states that atoms desire eight electrons in their valence shells, as this gives them the
electron configuration of a noble gas.
Ans. Octet Rule

7. The probability of an event can be -1/6. True / False

Ans. False

8. A If cot A = 12/5, then the value of (sin A + cos A) x cosec A is:

Ans. 17/5

9. The Pauli’s exclusion principle is related to……

a. Quantity of electrons in the outermost shell of an atom
b. Filling the orbitals with lower energy
c. The filling of degenerate orbitals
d. Quantum numbers of electrons.

10. Angles between 0° and 90° lies in

a. 2nd quadrant
b. 3rd quadrant
c. 1st quadrant
d. 4th quadrant
Ans. 1st quadrant

11. The pressure exerted when the heart muscles contract is called…….
Answer: Systolic pressure

12. The metallurgical process in which a metal is obtained in a fused state is called
a. smelting
b. roasting
c. calcinations
d. froth floatation
Ans. Smelting
Round 4 – This is the specialist one on one round. Points and penalty rules from round 3 apply in
round 4. You have 20 seconds to answer each question correctly.
English
Instruction: Choose the option that best describes the meaning of the idioms and phrases underlined in
the given sentences.
1. To save one's skin.
a. To protect skin using antiseptic
b. To counter attack
c. To nourish your children
d. To protect oneself

2. He made no bones about his dissatisfaction with the service in the hotel. This means to:
3. Stay silent
4. Say clearly what you feel
5. Create a scene
6. Invited comments
7.
Maths
1. The union of two non-collinear rays with some common end point is called
a. vertex
b. angle
c. degree
d. radius
Ans. Angle
2. Two or more than two angles with the same initial and terminal sides are known as
Ans. co terminal angles
Science
1. The metal used to recover copper from a solution of copper sulphate is
Answer: Fe / Iron, (Zinc)

2. Who is known as the ‘Father of Biology’

Answer: Aristotle

General Round
1. Identify the country whose flag is displayed on the screen
Ans: Gabon
2. From the audio that is played, identify the personality
Ans: Nelson Mandela