General Knowledge

1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.

2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?

3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?

4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

5. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?

6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters ' dw' and they are all common words. Name two of them..

7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar.
Can you name at least half of them?

8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.

9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter 'S.'






Answers To Quiz:

1. The one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends: Boxing.

2. North American landmark constantly moving backward: Niagara Falls .
(The rim is worn down about two and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.)

3. Only two vegetables that can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons: Asparagus and rhubarb.

4. The fruit with its seeds on the outside: Strawberry.

5. How did the pear get inside the brandy bottle? It grew inside the bottle.
The bottles are placed over pear buds when they are small, and are wired in place on the tree. The bottle is left in place for the entire growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.

6. Three English words beginning with dw: Dwarf, dwell and dwindle...

7. Fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar: Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation mark, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.

8. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh: Lettuce.

9. Six or more things you can wear on your feet beginning with 'S': Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts.

Malaysia As We Know It

This is What A Malaysian Should Know

NATIONAL EXCUSE FOR HAIR LOSS:
Ajinomoto

NATIONAL INSTANT FOOD :
Maggi Mee

NATIONAL BREAKFAST :
Nasi Lemak

NATIONAL LUNCH :
Nasi Ayam

NATIONAL SUPPER :
Roti Canai & Teh Tarik

NATIONAL EXCUSE FOR BEING LATE:
Traffic Jam

NATIONAL FRUIT FOR INDUCING MENSTRUATION :
Pineapple

NATIONAL APHRODISIAC DRINK:
Stout. Many Malaysian men swear by it. But then after a few pints they start swearing at everything.. .

NATIONAL FAKE ILLNESS FOR GETTING MC (MEN):
Food Poisoning

NATIONAL FAKE ILLNESS FOR GETTING MC (WOMEN):
Menstrual Pain

NATIONAL CURE FOR DIARRHOEA :
Cap Kaki Tiga.

NATIONAL CURE FOR HEADACHES:
Panadol.

NATIONAL CURE FOR DIZZINESS:
Minyak Angin Cap Kapak.

NATIONAL CAUSE OF DIZZINESS (FOR YUPPIES):
Happy Hours.

NATIONAL INSTANT CURE FOR DIZZINESS (FOR YUPPIES):
The sight of a police road block.

NATIONAL RICE COOKER :
NATIONAL Rice Cooker

NATIONAL RUBBISH DUMP:
Anywhere, as long as it is not your house.

NATIONAL MOST MIS-PRONOUNCED NAME:
Carrefour.

NATIONAL ANSWER FOR 'WHERE ARE YOU?'
on the way.

NATIONAL OFFICIAL TIME FOR BEING LATE
-10 minutes

NATIONAL REASON FOR PRICE INCREASE
Petrol naik

NATIONAL REASON FOR PETROL INCREASE
Still cheaper than other country
NATIONAL EXCUSE FOR CAUSING TRAFFIC JAM:
There was accident on the other side of the road

NATIONAL REASON WHEN REJECTING INVITATION :
'I got some work to do..u all go first'

NATIONAL REASON FOR COLLAPSED BUILDINGS & LEAKY PARLIAMENT ROOFS:
An act of God.

NATIONAL EXCUSE FOR IRRESPONSIBLE POLITICAL STATEMENTS:
None. We were misquoted.

NATIONAL MINISTERIAL REASON FOR INCREASING TOLL RATES:
Lu ingat ini jalan saya punya bapak punya kah?

NATIONAL EXCUSE FOR JUMPING QUEUE:
everybody jumping what!

NATIONAL EXCUSE NOT PAYING SAMAN ACCORDING TO DUE DATE:
government will give discount one of these days

NATIONAL EXCUSE TO BRIBE:
minum kopi


NATIONAl GOD
Allah only for Muslims

Culture Shock

Hey all whoimnotsurestillfollowme,

So what has been happening with me for the past few weeks? quite a lot of small things happened actually . Oral Health Week

So me,Jason,Emily,Jackson and Shih Yu were the juniors in the Oral Disease booth with Melanie,Pei Shian, Jonathan,Serene and Michelle. We had to prepare a couple of games for the booth so we made our own wheel of fortune and the pasting game. Not forgetting we had to prepare some bookmarks for the prizes. It was a fun time working with my batchmates for the games. Oral Health Week was from 20th-21st of April. It was a tiring but fun 2 days. We were given a crash course for the booth so that when the senior leaves us for classes we would be able to carry on . Initially it was quite difficult to explain to the participants but after a while I got the hang of it. Only on the 2nd day towards the end I got more relaxed because less people came. Overall it was a fun event.

Last week , we had our first presentation to do. Me and Shuxuan presented Cerebrovascular accident or in English terms means STROKE. I honestly don't think we did that well but did enough I hope for enough marks. Moving on .....

Next was Intevarsity games. It was hosted by AIMST university in Sg Petani, Kedah. Penang Dental College was the other uni invited. I participated in badminton, pingpong, 4x200m(no joke) and tug-of-war. The bus ride there took us like 7 hours man.We arrived in aimst at 12+am.... Finally got to know Mac Cool at night at the cafe. haha. We had a tour around the campus on the next morning. I think it was some kind of plan to make us all tired before our game. I'mjustsaying. Anwyays badminton was in the afternoon. Played against AIMST first. Was in singles and lost -_- was freaking nervous AGAIN la.miss dunno how many shots. Our team lost the tie 1-4. Next was against PIDC. Was in singles again. When I played I was a bit nervous and just mentally drained but told myself I'm playing for my team,IMU. My opponent could hit every shuttle back so I had to play difficult shots to beat him. This was the match I really put my experience into. Had to know how and which to get my points . In the 3rd and 2nd set I maintained until about 15-15, then I up my tempo for the last few points. It was a real turning point for me.Had to build my confidence slowly through matches like these.. Overally i'm pretty satisfied with my performances. Bus ride home was 10 hours long -_-

Pingpong was a joke. Like literally. I played doubles with Xian Long until the referrees and match officials laugh at us. We played our best but didn't put too much pressure cos quite frankly we weren't under any. Lol. We just had fun. After that went on to see our basketball team win both matches in men's . I was literally the water boy man.

Sam Ye Han asked me to take part in the 4x200m at night since every other player either gone case or taking part in other event. HowcouldIsayno. So yeah. I ran..nuffsaid..we didn't get last =P

So despite all the curry meals, long walking distance to the sports complex, long early tour arnd the campus, highest room in the apartment...it was a good event. Will come back next year.

Eh but serious lo.. every camp I go to my room is always the furthest wan lo. Have to walk so much.kthxbai