WSC 2025: Reigniting the Future (first 4 topics)

In which city and state did the Big Dig take place?

• Los Angeles, California

• New York, New York

• Boston, Massachusetts

• Chicago, Illinois

NEOM is a futuristic city project planned by who?

• Sri Lanka

• North Korea

• China

• Saudi Arabia

Which project saw the displacement of over a million people whilst also damaging habitat and biodiversity?

• Khazar Islands

• Channel Tunnel

• Three Gorges Dam

• Hambantota

Robert Frost's poem 'Fire and Ice' imagines the end of the world as a result of:

• volcanic eruptions and a new ice age

• an asteroid collision with Earth

• Climate change

• the effects of hatred and desire

Which poem on the curriculum was written by William Butler Yates?

• Ode I 11

• The Second Coming

• Fire and Ice

• The Future- never spoke

Which of these is an ancient Roman practice that involved examining the entrails of sacrificed animals, particularly the liver, to predict the future?

• Haruspicy

• Ornithomancy

• Alectryomancy

• Pyro-Osteomancy

 Oneiromancy involves making a prediction of the future based on which of these:

• Tea leaves

• Constellations

• Dreams

• Cracks in bones made from fire

Jyotish is a form of divination (fortune telling) that derives from which country?

• China

• India

• Malaysia

• Nigeria

If you applied for a job as a ceromancer, which object would you expect to become quite familiar with?

• Candle

• Tarot cards

• Tea leaves

• Ouija board

Which of the four artworks on the curriculum called 'The Fortune Teller' is the most recent? (name the artist)

• Caravaggio

• de la Tour

• Vrubel

• Schjeferbeck