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General Knowledge
1. Leonardo da Vinci was a famous artist and designer. What is his most famous
painting?
2. The Seikan Tunnel is the largest railway tunnel in the world. In what country will
you find it?
General Knowledge
3. Where was the first 72 inch telescope built?
4. Irish Engineers created the drill which helped free the Chilean miners in 2010.
How many miners were trapped?
General Knowledge
5. Irishman Martin Donalon, was lead developer for Call of Duty; Black Ops.
What county is Martin from?
6. CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, is one of the
world’s largest centres for scientific research.
What decade was the centre founded? a.1950’s b.1960’s c.1970’s
General Knowledge
7. Who is the current minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation?
8. What does acronym SMS stand for?
Maths
1. What is the largest prime number that is not greater than 121?
2. Mark claimed that the PIN number for his ATM card was easy to remember as it
was the four digit decimal number obtained by converting the first three letters of
the word MILLIONS from roman numerals. What was Mark’s PIN number?
Maths
3. A cylindrical tank contains water to a depth of 100cm. Given that there is
31400cm3 of water in the tank, what is the diameter of the tank to the nearest
centimeter?
4. The first five numbers in a series are 1,1,2,3,5... What is the mean value of the
first six numbers in this series?
Maths
5.
On a typical map of The World, countries are marked in different colours for easier
identification. What is the minimum number of colours that is needed in order to ensure that no
two adjoining countries are marked with the same colour?
6.
From the standpoint of an observer, the top of a building is just hidden by a 10m high wall. The
base of the wall is 10m away from the observer over level ground and the building a further
10m beyond the wall – again over level ground. If the observer’s eyes are 2m above the
ground, how high is the building?
Maths
7. A train traveling at the speed of 80km/hr takes 6 seconds to pass a line across the
rail track.What is the length of the train?
8. The length of one side of a square is x + 2. The length of each side of an
equilateral triangle is 2x. If both the square and triangle have equal perimeter
determine the value of x.
Science and Engineering
1. What is the weight in grams (to within 50 grams) of an Apple iPad?
2. A straight piece of wire of length 3m carrying a current of 2A experiences a force of
12N when placed perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field. Calculate the value of the
magnetic flux density
Science and Engineering
3. What is the Evening Star, seen in the western night sky, more correctly known as?
4. The national grid transports electricity around Ireland. What is the highest value in
volts of the electrical signals being transported? (a) 200kV (b) 300kV (c) 400kV
Science and Engineering
5. Geostationary satellites are used to broadcast Sky TV . What does the term
geostationary mean?
6. Is a bullet fired by a rifle faster or slower than the speed of sound?
Science and Engineering
7. Two point charges of +2uC and –3uC are 50cm apart. Find the magnitude and
direction of the force on the 2uC charge 0=8.85 10-12 F/m
8. In the human body, where would one find the hippocampus?
Picture Round
Who is this famous scientist?
Picture Round
This is the tallest building in the world. What is its name?
Picture Round
Which fruit is often associated with Isaac Newton?
Picture Round
What Science Fiction Movie is the above image from?
Picture Round
Name this famous Irish Mathematician
Picture Round
Name this carbon efficient Irish sports stadium
Picture Round
Name the medical device featured in this picture
Picture Round
Name the Irish company that designs and manufactures the
wave energy technology in this photo
Maths
1. An antique dealer bought a picture and a vase. If he sold the picture at 50 %
loss and the vase at cost price he would lose 20 Euro. On the other hand, if he
sold the picture at cost price and the vase at 50 % profit he would gain 10 Euro.
Determine the price that the dealer paid for the picture and vase respectively.
2. Determine A percent of B divided by B percent of A.
Maths
3. A student divided a number by 2/3 when he was required to multiply the number
by 3/2. Calculate the percentage error in his result.
4. "One gold coin in a group of 32 is a counterfeit. Determine the minimum number
of weightings needed to ensure that the counterfeit coin is always found.
Assume the true weight of a gold coin is known and a weight scales is available
that is sufficiently accurate to discriminate the weight difference between an
authentic coin and a counterfeit".
Maths
5. An office has two typists, one fast and the other slow. The fast typist could type
a report in 2 hours while it would take the slower typist 3 hours. Calculate how
long it takes them to finish the report if they both worked together.
6. Simplify
e i
Maths
7. The numbers 2, 5, 8, 10, 13… can each be written in the form a2 + b2 where a
and b are positive integers. What is the next term in the sequence after …, 20,
25, 26?
Answer: 29
Maths
8. Consider the following figure where: - |AB|=5 cm, - |ED|=3 cm,- |BD|=8
cm.CBDEA
A
E
B
C
D
Find the value of |BC| so that |AC|=|EC|
Science and Engineering
1. When was the first email sent ?
2. The rate at which light is emitted by a lamp is the luminous flux. What is the unit
of measurement of luminous flux ?
Science and Engineering
3. An electron travels at a constant speed of 400m/s and enters a uniform magnetic
field at right angles where it is deflected. The flux density of the magnetic field is
2  10-2 T. Determine the radius of the circular path the electron will travel.
4. What do the letters GPS stand for in the context of satellite navigation systems?
Science and Engineering
5. Approximately how many search requests do Google servers deal with per day?
6. What event was observed in Europe at 8.51 am on the 4th January 2011 ?
Science and Engineering
7. How many neutrons are contained within the nucleus of the isotope Carbon 14
or radiocarbon?
8. According to most recent government figures, how much of Ireland’s overall
energy consumption comes from renewable energy sources?
Maths Picture Round
1. Through what angle (in degrees) does the
minute hand on a clock move as the time
changes from 4.00pm to 5.20pm?
Maths Picture Round
2. What is the volume of the sphere?
3 9cm
Maths Picture Round
3.
Which is next in the series (A, B, C or D)
Maths Picture Round
4. The rectangle has sides of integer length and a diagonal of length 20cm.
What length are x and y?
20cm
y
x
Maths Picture Round
5. Look at the figure.It consists of lots of triangles.
What is the number of triangles that contain
the black triangle?
Maths Picture Round
6. Which area is bigger - the yellow or the red?
Maths Picture Round
7. Below are 6 compositions of 8 coloured cubes. Find the two identical compositions.
(They can be rotated).
Maths Picture Round
8. How many squares of any size can be found on a chess board?
Hint:
Number of 1x1 squares = 64
. 49
. 36
. 25
. 16
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Number of 7x7 squares = 4
Number of 8x8 squares = 1