The Big Plan

This was done for fun, and to gauge and nurture certain qualities in the foundation level (equivalent to first year matriculation) students.

The questions were:

1 How many alphabets are there in the english language?

2 What is the equivalent alphabet to the English “E” in Greek? (Give me the greek name or pronunciation)

3 What is the equivalent alphabet to the English “S” in Greek? (Give me the greek name or pronunciation)

4 How did Optimus Prime (from Transformers) die in the first movie?

5 What is the name of Mr. Er Lern’s previous company which he worked for?

6 Who is the most commonly teased person from UCFF0603 by Mr. Er Lern?

7 Who are the two most commonly teased persons from UCFF0605 by Mr. Er Lern?

8 Who created the first Apple computer?

9 What is Beethoven’s birthday?

10 What is Spider-man’s real name?

11 In which comic issue did Spider-man get married to Mary Jane Watson?

12 What is Zainal Abidin’s latest album?

13 What group was Zainal Abidin attached to previously, which made him famous?

14 How did Pak Pandir die in the end? Tell me the story.

15 Name me the creator of Mario Bros.

16 Who are the creators of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?

17 What was the company that produced the original comics for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?

18 Who is the main two characters in “To Kill A Mocking Bird” by Harper Lee?

19 In what year was the book “To Kill A Mocking Bird” published originally?

20 Who played the kid who was left all alone in “Home Alone”?

21 Name the original hosts (there were two main persons) for “Screen Savers” which was screened on TechTV (Channel 13 on Astro some time ago).

22 Who is the girl host for “Call For Help”, who helped Chris Pirillo (also from Channel 13 on Astro some time ago)?

23 What is the name of our Managing Director in APIIT.?

24 What is the name of our Senior Human Resource Manager in APIIT.?

25 What is the position of Ms. S. S. (initials only in my blog) in APIIT?

26 What is Donnie Yen’s (the martial artist) birthday?

27 What is his latest film that is based on a comic book called?

28 Who plays the role of Superman in the new movie “Superman Returns”?

29 How many parking slots / places are available in front of APIIT/UCTI building? Only in the front of the building (not the sides…. and not behind).

30 What is the name of the robot in the children’s book written by Isaac and Janet Asimov?

31 What is “referencing” and why is it important in academic writing?

32 What is Batman’s real name?

33 Who is Jet Li’s wife? Give me her name.

34 How much was the fees for the Dance Club that was held in APIIT / UCTI for a month?

35 Name the main hero from the cartoon Thundercats.

36 Name the two girl school series written by Enid Blyton.

37 What is Kota Kinabalu’s other name?

38 What is the meaning of “Kinabalu” and its origin?

39 Who is older? Tun Mahathir or Ghafar Baba (recently passed away)?

40 What are the names of the two closest planets to our earth?

The answers given after 10 hours and 40 minutes were:

1. 26

2. Epsilon

3. Sigma

4. Sustained Fatal Injuries Battling Megatron

5. Price Water House Cooper

6. Bryan Ho Tat Lun

7. Ajit and Ruben

8. Steve Wozniak

9. December 17, 1770

10. Peter Parker

11. Episode (Vol. 1) Annual #21 (1987)

12. Puteri (2004)

13. Head Wind

14. Died by swallowing banana skin due to hunger in the forest (Too many version of the story, don’t know which one is true) — [ Er Lern: actually it is died by swallowing a whole steaming hot banana. ] 

15. Shigeru Miyamoto

16. Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird

17. Mirage Studios

18. Scout and Atticus

19. 1960

20. Macaulay Culkin

21. Leo Laporte and Patrick Norton

22. Cat Schwartz

23. Dr. P. S. (Initials only for my blog)

24. J. J.

25. Academic Group Leader – Business Group, Programme Leader UCTI Business Degrees

26. 27 july 1963

27. Dragon Tiger Gate

28. Brandon Routh

29. 38

30. Norby

31. “Referencing” is to acknowledge any material in books, magazines or internet sites, etc that have been used in reports/dissertations etc. Referencing is important to avoid plagiarism, to show you have read a piece of work and understood it, to show courtesy to the original author, to track your reading/note-taking, to back up an argument

32. Bruce Wayne

33. Nina Li Chi

34. RM 5

35. Lion-O

36. Malory Towers and The St. Claire Series

37. Jesselton

38. Kina being a corruption of China and Balu a native word for widow, or Aki Nabalu” meeting “the revered place of the dead”

39. Ghafar baba

40. Venus and Mars