WorksheetsWSC Review_Old Questions
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Which of these chemicals would be the most likely to be used in aerosol injection?
Sulfuric acid
Ozone
Hydrochloric acid
Carbon dioxide
Aluminium oxide
Which of the following nations is ruled in a way MOST similar to a pareage?
Monaco
San Mario
Liechtenstein
Malta
Andorra
Which process did the U.S. use in an attempt to increase the length of the Vietnam Monsoon season?
cloud seeding
high albedo crops
fog harps
marine cloud brightening
hail cannon
What is the effect called by which polar ice is melted, increasing the severity of global warming?
Ice albedo feedback
Radiative forcing
Space sunshades
Ocean mirror
High albedo crops
If these two brothers tragically shoot each other, their deaths would be MOST similar to those of:
Hatshepsut and
Tuthmosis III
Romulus and Remus
Captain America and Iron Man
Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang
Alaric and Eric
What is the minimum number of people that you would need to have on a generation ship?
Roughly 10
Roughly 50
Roughly 100
Roughly 500
Roughly 1000
Which of these concepts does an artificial magnetosphere depend on?
Lagrange Points
Space Mirrors
Super-Habitable Planets
Super-Earth Planets
Atmosphere Thickening / Removal
Which of these terraforming methods would not result in an increase in the surface temperature of the planet?
nitrogen importation
atmosphere thickening
artificial magnetospheres
space mirrors
interplanetary contamination
What would stop a nation from claiming Mars as their territory?
MarsOne
The Space Police
The Outer Space Treaty
Biocentrism Supporters
The Artemis Project
What is the only biome on the planet Endor?
swamp
forest
desert
mountains
tundra
If you saw a Hungarian Boomerang Potato depicted in one of Julie Green's artworks, you could infer that it:
was intended to show awareness of diverse cuisines
referenced a meal request from a convicted criminal
meant to draw attention to polluting agricultural practices
acted as a metaphor for global malnourishment
commiserated the potato's extinction
If humans change the trajectory of a comet to hit a planet, it will probably be to...
stabilize the planet's orbit
test the physical constraints of a manned landing
add water and CO2 to the planet's atmosphere
help the planet reach the next Kardashev Scale stage
tilt the planet to melt its ice caps
Which of these sculptures would Mikhail Bopposov most likely create this year (2022)?
Giant Manure Pig
Giant Manure Rat
Giant Manure Donkey
Giant Manure Tiger
Giant Manure Monkey
What did the Tate Modern building originally house?
a power plant
a printing press
a mural
a salt refinery
an animation studio
What would be the most likely criticism of Mural in Reactor No. 5?
It doesn't fulfill its original purpose.
It isn't art because no one gets to see it.
We don't know who the artist was.
It isn't original in any way.
The subject is unidentifiable.
Which artist would support the idea of geoengineering?
Jack Levine
Zhang Daquian
Barti Kher
Zachary Skinner
Cecilia Gimenez
Which artist uses data within their artwork?
Guido Van Helten
Jill Pelto
Julie Green
Muhammad Ansi
Ibrahim El-Salahi
Which of these songs is a four chords song?
Ayiptama
The Man Who Sold the World
Peggy Sue
Miss Atomic Bomb
I'm Yours
From what movie series does the song "Bladelight" come?
Star Trek
Dr. Who
Star Wars
Friends
Ghostbusters
Which singer would be most interested in Argon Energy?
Kate Bush
Elton John
Dmitri Shostakovich
Riit
Joni Mitchell
"Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead" had a resurgence in popularity after the death of which world leader?
Idi Amin
Margaret Thatcher
Evita Peron
Helen Clark
Theresa May
Which song's narrator would support genetic engineering and augmentation of humanity?
Big Yellow Taxi
Who I'd Be
Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
The Future Soon
Mural in Reactor No. 5
The creator of "Inauguration" would want to hear which of these poems?
New Year
Praise Song for the Day
Burning the Old Year
Urban Renewal
Ms. Midas
If Nikos Kazantzakis was to write a sequel to Henry V, what would he call it?
Henry VI
Henry V, Part 2
Henry V: A Modern Sequel
Henry IV
Henry V: Return of the King
In what nation is Echeverría set?
Spain
Italy
Mexico
Chile
Panama
Which of these major characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe had the actor who played them change?
Iron Man
Loki
Thor
Captain America
Black Widow
Which text includes the idea of suspended animation?
The Sliced-Crosswise Only-On-Tuesday World
I Dreamed All Day
Echeverria
A Map To The Next World
Burning the Old Year
What is the process of making a text "family friendly" also known as?
Shakespearising
Rebooting
Bowdlerising
Revising
Cleaning
Who is Abe Ape's apology addressed to in "My Apology"?
Native Americans
Maiori
Aboriginees
Han Chinese
Afghani refugees
What is Galaxy's Edge?
A poem
A movie
A theme park
A TV show
None of the above
Which of these is an example of the Diderot Effect?
Wearing the same clothes that everyone else is wearing.
Forgetting to feed the dog.
Buying a new shirt and immediately looking for new shoes.
Reply All email storms
Old Scholars not using the term "lollipop."
What age did a Spotify study find you stop listening to new music?
13
23
33
43
53
Which of these did WIPP not consider to indicate the presence of dangerous nuclear waste at a specific site?
A nuclear priesthood
Radioactive cats
Codes encoded within Plant DNA
An artificial moon
Signs in English with very large font
Which of these alphabets has Kazhakstan not had as their official alphabet?
Cyrrilic
Arabic
Latin
Chinese characters
They've used all the above alphabets
Fast fashion : Rental Clothing
Fashionable : Unfashionable
Expensive : Cheap
Unsustainable : Sustainable
Temporary : Permanent
Old : New
Which of these nations has a law against planned obsolescence?
United States
United Kingdom
France
Russia
China
This video was created by an editor who found an interview and turned it into a song. Why might one argue that this song is NOT a remix?
It does not fully interpolate the source material.
The song was not made by the person from the original video.
The song draws from multiple different original videos.
The source material was not another song.
The singer is not the owner of the video.
If the average hemline of dresses was getting lower, what would George Taylor say?
There must be a high demand for materials!
There must be a global economic downturn!
This is the Bandwagon Effect!
This is so last year, and truly unstylish!
There aren't enough laborers working in real jobs!
In what way was the word "daydream" created?
Abbreviation
Compounding
Back Formation
Loanword
Eponym
The final scene of "Mad Men" features which major brand of drink?
Pepsi
Sprite
Coca-Cola
Doctor Pepper
Budweiser
The Komagata Maru was a ship that was turned away from Canada after travelling from which country?
India
United Kingdom
Hong Kong
Japan
Malaysia
Which of these would have been something to learn from the failure of the Mars Climate Orbiter?
Keep an eye on 16-bit integer values.
Make sure that your coder has experience with real-time systems.
Consider that humans may easily get bored.
Be careful about what units you use.
Take time whilst debugging your code
Which former U.S. presidential candidate made the gaffe of oversharing by livestreaming a trip to the dentist?
Andrew Yang
Beto O'Rourke
Hillary Clinton
John DeLaney
Joe Biden
What tool was used when performing a "lobotomy?"
scalpel
hammer
tweezer
icepick
jackhammer
What issue was the Scott vs Sanford case based around?
Freedom from slavery
U.S. independence
Women's voting rights
Gerrymandering
Mistakes in court cases
In which nation did the Chernobyl incident occur?
Russia
Kazakhstan
Ukraine
China
Belarus
How many soldiers participated in the Great Emu War?
3
30
300
3000
30000
What does a parasomniac do in their sleep?
Procrastinate
Send Reply All Emails
Sleepwalk
Text
Make Food
What would Isaac Asimov say if you got a question wrong in a test?
A perfect example of parapraxis.
You weren't wrong, the answer was simply incomplete.
Focus on your successes, not your mistakes.
That wrong answer would score much better in America.
Do not let this affect your ego.
MissingNo is a glitch from which game series?
Pokémon
Super Mario Bros
Donkey Kong
Pac-Man
Tetris
When did male preference for the succession of the British crown end?
1823
1873
1923
1973
2013
Which nation always has a co-ruler?
Lithuainia
San Marino
Andorra
Malta
Monaco
What was unusual about the succession of Alibaba's CEO?
He left of his own accord.
He acted as an aggressor when choosing his successor.
More than one person claimed to be the successor.
No one wanted to be his successor.
He had to be physically forced to leave.
How does one become the Supreme Sorcerer?
Defeat the current one in a fight to the death.
Gain more magical skill or ambient magical energy than the current one.
Be chosen by your universe.
Live for 150 years.
Pass a test set by the Gods.
Which of these fictional successions is the most democratic?
King Arthur
The Choosing
The Flame and Commander
All Might and Midayora
Rand Al'Thor
Why was Trevor Noah criticized when he was chosen to host The Today Show?
He'd made inappropriate jokes before.
He didn't get on well with the producer.
People didn't consider him funny.
He was a rather unknown comedian.
He was too old to host the show.
How many "families" dominated the US organized crime scene in the late 1900s?
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
What position did Alexander Haig have that stopped him from succeeding President Ronald Reagan?
Vice-President
Speaker of the House
Secretary of State
Head of Congress
Secretary of Finance
Who succeeded and preceded Chilean leader Sebastian Pinera?
Michelle Bachlet
Augusto Pinochet
Zinedine Zidane
Jerry Yang
Gavin Belson
Who succeeded Genghis Khan?
his daughter
his wife
his son
his grandson
his brother
Which of these famous artists would be most interested in Auguste Rodin's work?
Leonardo Da Vinci
Michelangelo
Pablo Picasso
Claude Monet
Giuseppe Castiglione
"Gone With the Wind" helped inspire which of these artist's works?
Barti Kher
Zhang Daqian
Abanindranath Tagore
Roger Kastel
Jack Levine
If you wished to view "Speedee", where would you most likely go?
Downey, Los Angeles
London, England
Copenhagen, Denmark
Tbilisi, Georgia
Zhengzhou, China
Cape Town's Grain Silo Complex is now primarily a...
hotel
fancy restaurant
apartment complex
art museum
political building
Elizabeth Alexander would probably be most interested in viewing which of these artists' works?
Guido van Helten
Karl Bodek
Massoud Hassani
Jack Levine
Ai WeiWei
Igor Kostin is commemorated in which other artists' work?
Massoud Hassani
Zachary Skinner
Guido van Helten
Diego Rivera
Julie Green
Based on her featured work, which of these causes would Julie Green most likely support?
Evironmental Conservation
Species Preservation
Voting rights for minority groups
Indigenous reparation campaigns
Removal of the death penalty
A group of scientists examining climate change in the US might be most interested in which of these artists' work?
Jill Pelto
Muhammad Ansi
Kurt Conrad Löw
Diego Rivera
All of the above
Which of these lines best captures the message of Bei Dao's work?
"A New Year, a New You"
"The End of an Era, the Beginning of another"
"A welcome time of opportunity and gratitude"
"Remember your past as you walk towards the future"
All of the above
Which of the following selections is entirely instrumental?
"Qaumajuapik"
1812 Overture
St. Matthew Passion
"Who I'd Be"
"Hugin and Munin"
As opposed to earlier miniatures, The Passing of Shah Jahan can BEST be described as
emotional
large
urban
religious
detailed
Adaptive reuse would be LEAST suitable for a building
built over polluted soil
made from reclaimed materials
without an emergency exit
designed to run on solar power
with corroded support beams
Which selection is part of the same franchise as "Bladelight"?
"New Year's Day"
Matrix of Leadership
The Empire Strikes Back
"The Future Soon"
Witcher II
Which selection was part of a movie-to-musical adaptation?
"Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead"
"Amelie"
"Bladelight"
"A Rumor in St. Petersburg"
"A New Argentina"
Which of the following selections MOST closely links art and science?
Zodiac Heads
Tate Modern
Gulf of Main Temperature Variability
Geo Co Lab
The Thinker
Which selection's title is MOST ironic?
Reborn Sounds of Childhood Dreams
"Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word"
Impossible Triangle
"Don't Stop Me Now"
Last Supper
How do Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar differ from CATS, although all are new versions of Andrew Lloyd Webber works?
They were musicals
They were not remakes
They used a lot of CGI
They were successful
They won no Oscar awards
What genre is "Sanctuary"?
fantasy
romance
thriller
science fiction
tragicomedy
In which pair are the forms MOST related?
telenovela/novelization
franchise/reboot
video game/anime film
radio drama/podcast
remake/serial
Compared to the work on which it was based, a sidequel is MOST likely to have the same
characters
time
setting
plot
director
"Praise Song for the Day" was written for a(n):
building
inauguration
protest
memorial
revolution
What process does "Urban Renewal" describe?
demolition
tunneling
bricklaying
automation
mining
"A Map to the Next World" is primarily a
recipe for a spell
list of places
response to modernization
set of instructions
recounting of history
Which of the following poems was translated into English?
"A Map to the Next World"
"We Lived Happily During the War"
"Whereas"
"Finale"
"New Year"
What meaning does "Whereas" have in the poem?
because of a particular fact
in opposition to
it being the case that
taking under advisement that
necessarily
Which two groups fought in the wars of the Roses?
the Stuarts and the Hanovarians
the Angevians and Tudors
the Yorks and Lancasters
the Suffolks and the Stuarts
the Normans and the Windsors
Why did the Bourbon monarchy need to be restored?
The Capetians had claimed the French throne
Louis XVI died without an heir
It had lost the War of Spanish Succession
Amadeo I had abdicated the throne
The French Revolution had overthrown it
A designated survivor must
not be associated with a political party
be in the line of succession
be unmarried
not be a public figure
be an elected official
Why was the 2013 papal succession unusual?
The smoke signal was not used
The election was by compromise
The previous pope was still alive
It elected the first non-European pope
It took only one round of voting
Unlike other forms of dual rule, co-regency is
unlawful
temporary
unelected
unstable
single-gendered
The Mafia Commission essentially served to
limit opposition
deter coups
protect trade
work with the police
hide undeclared income
Which of the following terms contains a contradiction?
silent coup
constitutional coup
corporate coup
coup de grace
coup de force
In which of the following countries is a CEO’s successor MOST likely to be a relative?
United States
South Korea
Canada
England
France
Which of the following factors BEST explains why Americans keep voting for Kennedys?
wealth
centrism
racism
name recognition
political networks
Which of the following companies still has a relative of its founder on its board?
Kellogg's
Ford
Standard Oil
Apple
US Steel
Which of the following mistakes would effective debugging have prevented?
Phishing
MissingNo
Radioactive cosmetics
Tesla autopilot crashes
Card misprints
Which of the following scenarios is the BEST example of a Freudian slip?
A politician knowingly lies to the public
A student calls his teacher “mom”
A website uses a misleading headline for clicks
A friend misinterprets a text message
A businessman forgets his colleague's name
Which of the following statements is a good example of how NOT to apologize?
“I’m sorry I used that insult”
"I'm sorry if I made you feel invisible"
"I'm sorry I didn't consider the consequences of my actions"
"I apologize for not listening to you"
"I'm sorry your dog is sick"
A global distribution system would be MOST useful to a(n)
Travel agent
Computer programmer
Astrophysicist
Flight attendant
Medical student
A faulty O-ring resulted in the explosion of
Ford Pintos
the Challenger
Windows Phones
the Mars Climate Orbiter
Ariane 5
The character Dax had to be recast because the original actor passed away.
True
False
Your teacher emails you because you did not submit your work. If you decide to follow “mokusatsu” policy, you would
ignore her email
quickly complete the work
drop out of the class
insist you sent her the work
ask for an extended deadline
At the time, news media criticized Howard Dean’s “scream” as being
uncomfortable
feminine
aggressive
insincere
unpresidential
A product made by Tho-Radia could have the unexpected side effect of
decaying jawbones
numbness and pain
a weakened nasal septum
insulin resistance
skin burns
On what type of evidence does the Innocence Project MOST often rely?
Internet usage
witness statements
DNA testing
recovered emails
police camera recordings
Which of the following examples is a Type II error?
Stock markets fall after Boeing’s CEO resigns.
A student is caught cheating on an exam
A predicted earthquake does not occur
A doctor misses a broken bone on an X-ray.
Pluto is removed from the list of planets.
The bandwagon effect can BEST explain why
Moderate candidates do better in elections
Google is the dominant search engine
Everyone wants an iPhone
Cliques tend to form in schools
Only some memes go viral
Where are you most likely to see haute couture?
A Hollywood awards ceremony
A beach wedding
A university graduation
A United Nations meeting
An international sports game
Which of the following words has seen the MOST semantic change?
Biannual
Native
Fashionable
Irregardless
Upgrade
Who was called “the most trusted man in America”?
Jay Leno
Trevor Noah
Stephen Colbert
Walter Cronkite
Ralph Lawler
What type of succession was disputed in the Spanish War of Succession?
Bequest
Forfeit
Lateral
Elective
Fraternal
The Supreme Sorcerer must command either
Strength or spirit
Time or space
Skill or power
Magic or science
Underworld or overworld
On what basis did Rand al’Thor ascend to power?
On what basis did Rand al’Thor ascend to power?
Democratic election
Violent coup
Reincarnation
Divine intervention
Until 2013, the British monarchy could NOT be inherited by someone who was
Atheist
Catholic
Knighted
Unmarried
Foreign-born
“Well, you can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just ‘cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!”
To which king does this Monty Python quotation refer?
King Louis XVI
King Henry VI
King Henry IV
King Arthur
King Carl XVI
Which country has the longest recognized ruling dynasty in the world?
Sweden
Japan
Bhutan
Qatar
Spain
Why could Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha not return to his original position?
Bulgaria became an Ottoman region
Bulgaria was no longer a monarchy.
Part of Bulgaria was now in Serbia.
He had lost his citizenship.
He had given up his claim.
How would someone with a growth mindset MOST likely respond to failing a test?
“The test is too hard”
"Now I know the areas to work on”
“I must not have tried my best”
"I’m just no good at this”
“Well, better than nothing”
Based on Jim Stigler’s findings, classrooms in the United States and Japan differ MOST in their view of
Encouragement vs. punishment
Nature vs. nurture
Success vs. happiness
Teacher vs. student
Home vs. school
Which of the following circumstances would MOST likely result in a product recall?
A book makes a prediction that does not occur.
A toddler chokes on a plush toy owl.
The video game character is given racist dialogue.
A coin is produced with a reversed image.
A phone crashes when more than 10 apps are opened at once.
What mistaken expectation did Napoleon have about his war on Russia?
Germany would remain an ally
His army would be loyal
Winter would be mild.
He would have support at home.
Russia would ask for a peace treaty.
The Boeing 737 Max PRIMARILY upgraded
Weather resistance
Automatic flying capability
Passenger capacity
Speed
Fuel usage rate
In context of World War II, “mokusatsu” refers to a(n)
Minority group
Prison camp
Government statement
Religious belief
Occupied island
Whose apology was issued in response to a Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
Segolene Royal’s
Stephen Harper’s
Lance Armstrong’s
Esmare Weideman’s
James Gunn’s
Which of the following companies still has a relative of its founder on its board?
Kellogg’s
Ford
Standard Oil
Apple
U.S. Steel
Nike builds a giant factory close to your home. It provides lots of jobs to the community, but it also causes a lot of pollution. The pollution is an example of...
an encapsulation
the termination effect
a negative externality
a moral hazard
reversibility
If Tom Scott were filming a video titled "Behind the Scenes at the CES," he would MOST likely begin it by saying:
"I'm entering a Japanese convenience store."
"I'm at Russia's national anti-doping laboratory."
"I'm outside the world's most unusual McDonald's."
"I'm visiting a laboratory in Livermore."
"I'm inside a casino in Las Vegas."
A major reason for Idi Amin's coup was that the president at the time was introducing more socialist policies.
True
False
