NDEA 2007 in Cotabato City

The bote-bakal-plastik buyer has just arrived.
For our items, she offerred P2 per kilo.

LAST Dec. 4, 2007, Leni, a Chemical Engineering student, and I represented our school in the NDEA (Notre Dame Educational Association) Academic Contest.

We emerged the champion, defending our trophy last year. It was also Leni and I NDMU sent to the 2006 meet.

Eight (8) Notre Dame tertiary schools took part. ND Kidapawan College was the 1st runner-up and ND Midsayap College, the 2nd runner-up.

Socio-cultural competitions were also conducted. ND Dadiangas University got the golds in Talumpati and Vocal Solo. ND University (Cotabato) was hailed the champion in Impromptu Speaking, and ND Kidapawan bested all the other schools in Pop Dance.

The morning after the contest, at Lourdes Grotto, Cotabato City. From right to left: The Rolly, jovial Sir Mark, Pretty Rulli, Two-Time NDEA Singing Champ Sheryl, an Iguana that broke free from its cage. Oops, sorry, the last one is named Wilter.

ACADEMIC CONTEST QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

(This is the best my memory and answer sheet can serve me.)

EASY ROUND (10 seconds to answer; 5 points each)

1. Spelling: “curvaceous”; We got it.
2. Vocabulary: “pecuniary; Anwer: (a) pertaining to money; We’re the only team that got it.
3. Math: Mary walked 3/7 of the distance jade traveled. Jade walked 21 km. How many kilometers did Mary travel?
a. 9 km
b. 24 km
c. 42 km
d. 49 km
Correct Answer: A
Our Answer: A
4. Science: What virus causes hemorrhagic fever?
a. paravirus (according to Leni. It sounded like “pyrovirus” to me.)
b. ebola virus
c. hanka virus (or something sounding like that)
d. papilloma virus
Our Answer: A
Correct Answer: B
5. Religion: Who replaced Judas as apostle?
a. Esther (not sure about this)
b. Matthias
c. Barnabas
d. Demas
Correct Answer: B
Our Answer: B
6. General Information: What country has the smallest population?
a. San Marino
b. Tuvanic
c. Vatican City
d. Monaco
Correct Answer: C
Our Answer: C

Perfect Score: 30 points
Our Score: 25 points

AVERAGE ROUND
We got a perfect score in this round!
(10 seconds to answer, 10 points each)

1. Spelling: “encomium”
2. Vocabulary: “mollify”
a. mechanism for inhibited action
b. prototype or primitive pattern
c. unoriginal
d. soothe
Answer: D
3. Math: One of the complementary angles is twice the size of another. What is the smaller angle?
a. 25 degrees
b. 30 degrees
c. 902x degrees
d. cannot be determined
Answer: B
4. Science: The surgical cutting of [some unintelligible word, whith “chr”, “ium” and all] is performed in which body part?
a. salivary gland
b. esophagus
c. nasal cavity
d. tongue
Answer: D
5. Religion: What emperor made Christianity the official religion of the Holy Roman Empire?
a. Nero
b. Herod
c. pilate
d. Constantine
Answer: D
6. General Information: What Philippine president transferred the date of the Philippine Independence from July 4 to June 12
a. Ferdinand Marcos
b. Diosdado Macapagal
c. Manuel L. Quezon
d. Carlos P. Garcia
Answer: B

The earliest surviving daguerreotype, a photographic process.
It pays to read the World Book Encyclopedia

DIFFICULT ROUND
(20 second to answer, 15 points each)

1. Spelling: “daguerreotype”; We’re the only team that got it!
2. Vocabulary: “askance”
a. requite (pronounced rekweet by the emcee, instead of rekwyt)
b. indirect look
c. prototype
d. indemnify
Our answer: A
Correct Answer: B
3. Math: Three times a number diminished by sixteen equals five. What is the number?
a. 21
b. 8
c. 7
d. 9
Correct Answer: C
Our answer: C
4. Science: (I'm not sure if I got this question right.) A woman's father bears an x recessive gene that causes color blindness. what is the probability of her son being color blind?
a. 100%
b. 75%
c. 50%
d. 25%
Correct answer: C
Our answer: B
5. Religion: Who succeeded St. Peter as pope?
a. Alexander I
b. Linus
c. Sixtus I
d. Pius I
Correct answer: B
Our answer: B
6. General Information: What is the largest encyclopedia in recent news, with 200 volumes and weighing 420 kg?
a. Encyclopedia Britannica
b. Encyclopedia of Human Knowledge
c. Encyclopedia Americana
d. Arabic Legislative Encyclopedia
Correct answer: D
Our answer: D

Perfect score: 90 points
Our score: 60 points

Perfect Total Score: 180 points
Our Total Score: 145 points
1st Runner-up's Score: 115 points