WSC 2023 Scholar's Bowl

Question 1

You can escape to the past by going to Calgary, Canada in a place called

Accepted Answer

Heritage Park

Question 2

The replication of historically significant battles and campaigns by actors.

Accepted Answer

Military reenactments

Question 3

Disneyland Resort is home to a variety of themed lands that immerse Guests in other worlds, fairy tales, and past eras.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Experience the lives of Irish people who moved to the United States in

Accepted Answer

Ulster American Folk Park

Question 5

Focusing too much on the 20th and 21st centuries is referred to as

Accepted Answer

presentism

Question 6

Google has dominance over the world of information.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Where can you find this open-air living museum?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 8

Historical accuracy is often impossible to achieve in complex games like

Accepted Answer

Assassin&#x27;s Creed Origins

Question 9

The most exhaustively-catalogued collection of Buddhist scriptures in the world ---

Accepted Answer

Tripitaka Koreana

Question 10

__________ was buried under volcanic ash from about 1000 and overgrown with vegetation until Raffles&#x27; discovery in 1814.

Accepted Answer

Borobudur

Question 11

The key element that’s needed to re-create a species is its

Accepted Answer

DNA

Question 12

2,000-year-old Buddhist temple was unearthed in

Accepted Answer

Pakistan

Question 13

One of the most expansive collections of texts in classical civilization.

Accepted Answer

Library of Alexandria

Question 14

The theory that it is healthier to eat like our ancestors did 10,000 years ago refers to

Accepted Answer

Paleo diet

Question 15

The following are main techniques in de-extinction except one.

Accepted Answer

DNA reconstruction

Question 16

Bruce Coville&#x27;s 1986 novel __________, features six teenagers have no history teacher.

Accepted Answer

Operation Sherlock

Question 17

Who introduced the first commercial color process called autochrome?

Accepted Answer

Lumiere brothers, Auguste and Louis

Question 18

The world’s first planned time capsule debuted in 1876, is called __________.

Accepted Answer

Century Safe

Question 19

__________ is an outdoor weekend gathering which emulates a historic period.

Accepted Answer

Renaissance Fairs

Question 20

The strange history of art-in pictures featuring dinosaurs is the subject of a new book called

Accepted Answer

Paleoart

Question 21

The term "time capsule" wasn&#x27;t invented until the _____World&#x27;s Fair.

Accepted Answer

1939

Question 22

This musical tells the story of the Founding Fathers of America

Accepted Answer

Hamilton

Question 23

__________ is a technique that uses anatomical knowledge of the human skull to flesh out the face of a deceased.

Accepted Answer

post-mortem facial reconstruction

Question 24

The British monarch _________ died in battle in 1485, but nobody found his body.

Accepted Answer

Richard III

Question 25

Who is the actor that portrays Princess Diana in Pablo Larrain&#x27;s &#x27;Spencer.&#x27;

Accepted Answer

Kristen Stewart

Question 26

Ancient library destroyed by the Mongols ----

Accepted Answer

Abbasid Caliphate&#x27;s House of Wisdom

Question 27

In musicals, __________ may open doors to new stories and help move society in a progressive direction.

Accepted Answer

colour-conscious casting

Question 28

__________ the determination of the age or date of organic matter from the relative proportions of the carbon isotopes.

Accepted Answer

carbon dating

Question 29

The following emerging technologies can make de-extinction possible except one.

Accepted Answer

cloning

WSC 2023 Scholar's Bowl

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WSC 2023 Scholar's Bowl

Questions 30