When did tomatoes start existing in Europe?

After the Spanish invaded Mexico

What does “Back-Breeding” mean?

A type of breeding where an extinct trait from a species is bred back.

Which event did the Neoclassical artist Jacques-Louis David depict in his best-known painting?

The assassination of French revolutionist Jean-Paul Marat

Which two Soviet artists-in-exile painted the head of Josef Stalin?

Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid

What is presentism? The idea that...

Only the present is “real”, and that all history adheres to present values

If you want a selfie with the pope (real or fake), where can you go to get this photo taken?

Pay $25 to visit the Dreamland Wax Museum in Boston

Which orchestra changed its dress code from white ties and tails to all black attire?

San Francisco Symphony, Philidaphia orchestra

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HS WSC Quiz 18/05

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1
What does being a “Luddite” mean?
1800s British industrial protesters that destryoed machinery
Someone who opposes technological progress.
None of the above
Both
2
When did tomatoes start existing in Europe?
They’ve always existed in Europe!
Tomatoes shouldn’t exist anywhere..
After the Spanish invaded Peru
After the Spanish invaded Mexico
3
How soon after the actual Renaissance were Renaissance fairs first held? 
2003
1963
1913
1993
4
What was the title of Isaac Asimov’s short story on the history of the children of the Neanderthals? 
The Sick Little Boy
The Ugly Little Boy
The Short Little Boy
Harry Potter
5
What does “Back-Breeding” mean?
A breed of animal carrying weaker characteristics than others
A type of breeding where an extinct trait from a species is bred back.
A synonym for “Crossbred”, the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents
Braiding a horse’s hair.
6
Which event did the Neoclassical artist Jacques-Louis David depict in his best-known painting?  
The 1830 July revolution in France
The assassination of French revolutionist Jean-Paul Marat
The French Naval warship hitting the coast of Senegal
The birth of Venus
7
Which two Soviet artists-in-exile painted the head of Josef Stalin?
Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid
Aristarkh Lentulov and Alexander Rodchenko
Kazimir Malevich and Marc Chagall
El Lissitzky and Aleksandr Deyneka
8
Who is the ten-year-old who painted the  Invasion of Ukraine (modeled after Picasso’s 1937 Cubist classic Guernica)?
Andres Valencia
Samantha Smith
Boris Kustodiev
El Lissitzky
9
What is presentism? The idea that...
Gifts have been present at all points in history
Only the present is “real”, and that all history adheres to present values
all historical figures are still present in our modern-day life
All points in time are equally “real”; everything has a true meaning
10
If you want a selfie with the pope (real or fake), where can you go to get this photo taken?
Pay $25 to visit the Dreamland Wax Museum in Boston
Go to Vatican City and wait in line to see the Pope
Go to one of the Pope’s visitings and wait for him there
Visit The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican
11
Which orchestra changed its dress code from white ties and tails to all black attire?
San Francisco Symphony
WAB Orchestra
Philidaphia orchestra
Beijing Symphony Orchestra

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