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WSC scholar's challenge 3

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A huge stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics, Greek, and a later form of Egyptian .

a)

Rossetta Stone

b)

Dead Sea Scrolls

c)

Borobudur

d)

terracota army

2.

Founded fascism and ruled Italy for almost 21 years, in World War II (1939-1945) and was executed by his own people.

a)

Carl Akeley

b)

Mussolini

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Gary Robson

3.

A collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea

a)

Borobudur

b)

Rossetta Stone

c)

Dead Sea Scrolls

d)

terracota army

4.

The largest Buddhist monument ever built, Borobudur is a mountainous ten-level monument with an elaborate carving.

a)

terracota army

b)

Machu Picchu

c)

Sutton Hoo

d)

Borobudur

5.

-found in 1974-Donald Johanson's team-Hadar, Ethiopia-40% complete fossil of an extinct hominine.

a)

Luci fossil

b)

Lucy fossil

c)

Lucci Fossil

d)

Lucii fossil

6.

Largest living museum in Canada, set in Banff 1905.

a)

Frontierland

b)

Heritage Park

c)

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

d)

Lighthouse Meadows

7.

Roman city near Naples, Italy, which was buried during an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.

a)

Athens

b)

Rome

c)

Mandalay

d)

Pompeii

8.

Study of animal remains of archaeological sites.

a)

Zooarchaeology

b)

Archaeobotany

c)

Cosmetology

d)

Encephology

9.

The study of plant remains from archaeological sites.

a)

Trichology

b)

Archaeobotany

c)

Ornithology

d)

Virology

10.

What is this year's WSC theme?

a)

A World Renewed

b)

The Fall of Empires

c)

A World on the Margins

d)

Resconstructing the Past

11.

Abandoned city high in the Andes mountains that showcases the architectural genius of the Inca.

a)

Sutton Hoo

b)

Bagan

c)

Chichen Itza

d)

Machu Picchu

12.

The process of counting tree rings to determine the age of a tree.

a)

Osteology

b)

Daniyology

c)

Dendochronology

d)

Rowology

13.

The use of selective archaeological evidence to put forward nonscientific, fictional accounts of the past.

a)

Pseudoarchaeology

b)

Cosmetology

c)

Opthalmology

d)

Hugology

14.

The greatest collection of writings in the ancient world, founded in the third century b.c.

a)

Library of Alexandira

b)

Library of Alexandria

c)

Librery of Alexendira

d)

Library of Alexandira

15.

The Buddhist Tripitaka carved into wooden blocks. Supposedly around 80,000 blocks.

a)

Tripitaka Koreana

b)

Tripitaka Koreana

c)

Tripitaka Koraena

d)

Tripitaka Koreana

16.

Carl Akely invented the diorama in.

a)

1890

b)

1980

c)

1982

d)

1982

17.

Founded fascism and ruled Italy for almost 21 years, in World War II (1939-1945) and was executed by his own people.

a)

Carl Akeley

b)

Mussolini

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Gary Robson

18.

How many rounds are there in the WSC?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

19.

Studying organisms and their environments and using these relationships to look for observable changes or patterns.

a)

Forensic Ecology

b)

Forensic Genetics

c)

Forensic Entomology

d)

DNA Phenotyping

20.

"the past is just a story we tell ourselves."

a)

Spike Jonze

b)

Harrison Brown

c)

Steven Spielberg

d)

Daniel Craig

21.

Theory of memory recall, it has cognitive processes including perception, imagination, motivation, semantic memory etc..

a)

Reconstructions

b)

Reconstructive memory

c)

Schema

d)

Memory

22.

The prediction of physical appearance based only on DNA.

a)

DNA Phenotyping

b)

Forensic Genetics

c)

Genetics Penotyping

d)

DNA Phenogy

23.

The study of insects as they pertain to legal issues.

a)

Forensic Entomology

b)

zoology

c)

Earth Sciences.

d)

Biochemistry.

24.

Fast food stands of Ancient Rome.

a)

Scramble Sunrise

b)

Tastee Sub Stall

c)

The Bite Moguls.

d)

Thermopolium

25.

Which of these poets would we most expect to have written about the subject pictured here?

a)

Pablo Neruda

b)

John Milton

c)

W.B Yeats

d)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

26.

Which genre is best depicted here?

a)

Historical Fiction

b)

Steampunk

c)

Afrofuturism

d)

Cyberpunk

27.

The Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary is best known as....

a)

The C-P Boundary

b)

The K-T boundary

c)

The Cretaceous

d)

a geological signature,

28.

The game is based in which country?

a)

China

b)

Korea

c)

Japan

d)

Vietnam

29.

What did a 1992 study discover that only 3.3% of Americans had done?

a)

Fought in a war

b)

Visited a museum

c)

Stroked an alpaca

d)

Been to the opera

30.

The beginning of the great emu war.

a)

Australia goverment declared war on emus

b)

Soldiers armed with American made guns

c)

Rice crops were destoryed by emus

d)

Australian goverment win the war.

31.

Assassin's Creed was created in 2009 originally and was created by Ubisoft as one of the most amazing games of all time.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

What is the mascot of world scholar's cup

a)

Larma

b)

Camel

c)

Alpaca

d)

Vicuña

33.

Where can visitors experience the lives of Irish people who moved to the United States?

a)

Ulster American Folk Park

b)

Millenium CIty Park

c)

Heritage Park

d)

Plimoth Pathuxet

34.

The theory that it is helthier to eat like our ancestors, 10,000 years ago, is called:

a)

Veganism

b)

The Santa Clarita Diet

c)

The Paleo Diet

d)

The Archeo Diet

35.

If you wanted to learn about the past like a teen in Bruce Coville's 1986 novel Operation Sherlock, you would __.

a)

Read the entire Encyclopedia

b)

Travel back in time using AI

c)

Play historical simulations on computers

d)

Try to track down Sherlock Holmes

36.

The Oregon Trail, Seven Cities of Gold, Sid Meier's Pirates!, Call of Duty are all ___.

a)

Video games turned into TV Shows

b)

Video games that are for the most part historically accurate

c)

Video games banned in the United States

d)

Video games fully designed by AI

37.

Focusing on the 20th and 21st century is called ___.

a)

Modernism

b)

Optimism

c)

Presentism

d)

Living

38.

The director of the play The Mountaintop sparked controversy after ____.

a)

Casting a single actor to play all 17 speaking roles

b)

Casting a white man as Martin Luther King Jr

c)

Casting a sexual offender to play the lead role

d)

Rewriting setting from 15th century Scotland to modern day Louisiana

39.

A historical account written from personal knowledge or special sources is called__

a)

An autobiography

b)

A journal

c)

A biography

d)

A memoir

40.

f one wanted to chat with historical figures dead or alive, they could use ___.

a)

Born Again

b)

Whatsapp

c)

Historyresurrected.com

d)

ChatGPT

41.

Richard III's body was found ___.

a)

In a sitting position

b)

In Central Park

c)

Under a parking lot

d)

In a mining plant

42.

Excavation is the process of ____.

a)

Deep sea diving for scientific research

b)

Exploring a cave

c)

Mining a cave

d)

Unearthing

43.

What ancient location was destroyed when the Mongols swept by on their way to Hungary and back again.

a)

Library of Alexandria

b)

Acropolis of Lindos

c)

Machu Picchu

d)

Abbasid Caliphate's House of Wisdom

44.

The first time capsule was named ___, invented in ____.

a)

Century Safe, 1876

b)

Glimpse of the Future, 1829

c)

Year 1900, 1800

d)

Polar Time Capsule, 1791

45.

If you were a conservative in America, the 1950s, the 1980s, November 2016 would be known as ____.

a)

Periods of lost American greatness

b)

When terrorrists ran the country

c)

The biggest tragedies of American history

d)

The good days

46.

Emanuel Leutze's "Washington Crossing the Delaware" (1851) can be critiqued because of its ___.

a)

Historical inaccuracy

b)

Violent depiction of racism

c)

Lack of color

d)

Ignorance

47.

If one were to model a killing after French aristocrat Charlotte Corday, they would __.

a)

State "betrayal of promise of monogamy" as the reason for the killing

b)

Stab the victim in the neck with a fountain pen

c)

Carve out the victim's heart to be used to save a child with heart disease

d)

Insist that one had "killed one man to save a hundred thousand"

48.

According to leading figures in the field, criminal forensics requires ___.

a)

Photographic memory

b)

At least 7 years of higher education

c)

Good eyes

d)

Imagination

49.

Some prosecutors worry that people who watch crime dramas on television will have unrealistic expectations, called ___.

a)

The SVU effect

b)

The CSI effect

c)

The PD effect

d)

The butterfly effect

50.

You can listen to a mezzosoprano for the cost of a

a)

Magazine

b)

Movie ticket

c)

Double Espresso

d)

Used car

51.

Them Mushrooms' Embe Dodo is an example of a nostalgic musical genre called ___.

a)

Soukous

b)

Folk

c)

Afrobeat

d)

Zilizopendwa

52.

The main character of the time travel film Back to the Future finds himself in 1955 choreographed to what song?

a)

Mr. Sandman

b)

Lanslide

c)

Purple Rain

d)

There She Goes

53.

The Beatles' song "Because" began with the idea of playing the familiar chords in Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, ____.

a)

On the guitar

b)

In reverse

c)

To the melody of God Save the Queen

d)

In slow motion

54.

If you've heard of the musical piece Experience, you're probably on what social platform?

a)

Telegram

b)

WeChat

c)

Youtube

d)

TikTok

55.

Isaac Asimov wrote a short story of the history of the children of the Neanderthals in 1958 called ___.

a)

A Beautiful Mind

b)

The Ugly Little Boy

c)

The Ugly Duckling

d)

Beautiful Boy

56.

Records suggest that India's first newspaper was

a)

The New Delhi Daily

b)

The Delhi Post

c)

Hicky's Bengal Gazette

d)

Mumbai Daily Press

57.

Watergate and Weinstein have what in common?

a)

They are both books about racism in America

b)

They are paintings by renowned artist Claude Monet

c)

They are both sexual assault cases involving Marilyn Monroe

d)

They are both investigative reporting success stories

58.

Which of the following is NOT true about the Beatles' "Yesterday?"

a)

It was a solo performance

b)

It came to John Lennon in a dream

c)

It was played with a guitar tuned a whole step down

d)

Some interpreted the lyrics as about one of the Beatles' dead mother

59.

How have dinosaurs traditionally been depicted in popular media?

a)

As giant feathered birds

b)

As giant insects

c)

As giant furry mammals

d)

As giant scaly lizards

60.

What is Classic FM's approach to retooling operas for Gen Z audiences?

a)

Creating 30-second animated shorts

b)

Turning operas into movies

c)

Shortening operas to 2 hours or less

d)

Using modern pop songs in operas

61.

What is the new approach to Oliver Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time?

a)

A rock version of the piece

b)

An electronic dance music remix of the piece

c)

A reinterpretation of the piece for contemporary times

d)

A shortened version of the piece

62.

17th century opera that merges parallel Greek and Indian mythology

a)

Orfeo

b)

Oreo

c)

Ofreo

d)

Oerfo

63.

the Beatles' song that used the familiar chords in Beethoven's famous Moonlight Sonata in reverse

a)

Yesterday

b)

Because

c)

Here comes the Sun

d)

Something

64.

What is one de-extinction project in Europe?

a)

Stitching old DNA fragments together

b)

Selective back-breeding of cows

c)

Cloning extinct animals

d)

Using CRISPR to modify DNA

65.

What tools now allow easy colorizing of old black-white photos?

a)

Potato dye

b)

Restoring early cameras

c)

AI tools

d)

Monochromatic Men

66.

the director of the film 2001: _________, Stanley Kubrick, discarded all the music with classical pieces.

a)

A Space Odyssey

b)

Rhapsody in Blue

c)

Ode to Joy

d)

Century Safe

67.

When was the first time capsule created?

a)

1800

b)

1876

c)

1939

d)

1950

68.

Which of the following animals' bones could be MOST confused for a dragon?

a)

Lizard

b)

Dinosaur

c)

Rhinoceros

d)

Mammoth

69.

Which of the following conducted an opera called Scary Beauty?

a)

A robot

b)

A trained fish

c)

The duet of Mr. Erb and Ms. Carlos

d)

A hologram

70.

If you were to comfort or console Pablo Neruda, what might you say?

a)

“I’m sorry to hear about your dog.”

b)

“I feel you, man. My name is also too long to put on any document."

c)

“It’s a shame that Pinochet didn’t like you...”

d)

All of the above