how could the Apollo 13 incident be avoided or fixed?

redesign the oxygen tanks and add another tank as a backup

an ambitious, exploratory, and ground-breaking project

what is the best explanation of for the events in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?

some kind of drugs were involved

what is the most likely purpose of this seemingly random quote in Back To The Future?

to foreshadow Doc's experiments with time

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a practice quiz for the 2017 World Scholars Cup, similar to the Scholar's Bowl.

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1
Pokemon GO! has been theorised to show secret Chinese military bases. what else could it show?
celebrity homes
the best restaurants in the area
public toilets
local monuments
2
which of these could be in today's version of Retroactive (an artwork with references of '60s)?
Ronald Reagan administration
the moon landing
invention of Facebook
the Vietnam war
3
if the "Lizard People" were to take over the world, they would likely most benefit from:
Beyonce acting as their spokesperson
places with a warmer climate
inhabiting the bodies of the homeless
having emotions
4
why was Napoleon believed to be so short?
his enemies spread rumours about him
he was short for our time
all of the above
his bodyguards looked tall compared to him
5
when was the moon landing and which spaceflight was it?
Apollo 11, 1968
Apollo 11, 1969
Apollo 13, 1969
Zeus 17, 2001
6
what is this an example of?
schema theory
pseudohistory
apophenia
attitude perserverance
7
how could the Apollo 13 incident be avoided or fixed?
redesign the oxygen tanks and add another tank as a backup
add TVs so the astronauts can die while being entertained
have someone stationed at the Moon already to help if needed
improve communication between shuttle and Earth
8
what is a moonshot?
an ambitious, exploratory, and ground-breaking project
any spaceflight to the moon
the act of aiming a missile at the moon
a project that is proposed but not undertaken
9
what is the best explanation of for the events in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
Alice was dead and this was her afterlife
the rabbit kidnapped Alice and brainwashed her
some kind of drugs were involved
a dream
10
what is the most likely purpose of this seemingly random quote in Back To The Future?
to show Doc likes to be late for events
to show Doc's collection of clocks
to foreshadow Doc's experiments with time
to make Doc seem like a strange quirky scientist
11
if you asked Robert Fitzroy for a prediction, what kind would he give you?
sport scores
weather
political
births and/or deaths
12
if you were to mimic Schrodinger's cat, what would you use?
a toybox, a dog, a knife
a cage, a gun, a lever.
a car boot, a hammer and a pencil.
meow
13
the Filipino way of diagnosing an illness by interpreting the way water forms is called:
apagatatawasa
astrology
pangolin
pagtatawas
14
the music video for "I'll Make A Man Out Of You" could be best described as:
instructions
an album
a montage
dialogue
15
which Norse god has a myth around one of their specific body parts, and which body part is it?
Thor's Throat
Aphrodite's Appendix
Loki's Hand
Odin's Eye
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