WSC 2023 - Recontrusting the Past

Question 1

How did global cultures and civilizations inform the public of important developments?

Accepted Answer

Posting on bulletin boards

Question 2

Who composed the Star Wars theme song?

Accepted Answer

John William

Question 3

Who reconstructed the 19th century world in their novel The Difference Engine but it never happened?

Accepted Answer

William Gibson & Bruce Sterling

Question 4

Where did the first opera originate from?

Accepted Answer

Florence

Question 5

Who wrote the song ‘You Who Sat Next to Me’?

Accepted Answer

Gao Xiaosong

Question 6

What is the name of Ludovico Einaudi’s first solo piano album?

Accepted Answer

Underwater

Question 7

What were the issues faced by the Somnium exhibition in Hong Kong?

Accepted Answer

Lyrics and speeches were not subtitled

Question 8

What is the name of the short story Isaac Asimov wrote in 1958?

Accepted Answer

The Ugly Little Boy

Question 9

When was India&#x27;s first newspaper published?

Accepted Answer

1780s

Question 10

What is true about Li Kui-ming&#x27;s “Trump of Show”?

Accepted Answer

Majority of the audience were young and are foreigners

Question 11

What ruined Wilhem Furtwangler’s reputation?

Accepted Answer

Performing for Hitler

Question 12

How many members are there in the band Maroon 5?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 13

Who was the inventor of the showers?

Accepted Answer

Ancient Greeks

Question 14

Which amongst these military commanders has never ever gotten an “exclusive”?

Accepted Answer

Napoleon

Question 15

How did Guy Gavriel Kay build a historical but fantastical novel?

Accepted Answer

Respect the beliefs of the people who lived in any given area.

Question 16

What sparked the streaming of operas into movie theatres?

Accepted Answer

Give the underprivileged an opportunity to view world-class productions

Question 17

In the first frame of the BTTF video, how many miles is he away from Hill Valley?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 18

Which two countries’ mythology are merged together in the “Orfeo” opera?

Accepted Answer

Greece and India

Question 19

What was the name of the newspapers that records had suggested to be India’s first newspaper?

Accepted Answer

Hicky’s Bengal Gazette

Question 20

What is the term for all works set in a more advanced 19th century?

Accepted Answer

Steampunk

Question 21

Due to the declining popularity of operas, which age group will receive a discount of the price of a double espresso?

Accepted Answer

Young people between 18 and 25

Question 22

When did Orchestra conductors became the rise of the new kind of professional musicians?

Accepted Answer

19th century

Question 23

What are some examples of Chinese instruments?

Accepted Answer

Guzheng, Erhu, Pipa

Question 24

What’s the name of the conductor robot?

Accepted Answer

Android Alter 3

Question 25

Who composed ‘Rhapsody in Blue’?

Accepted Answer

George Gershwin

Question 26

Who’s song did ‘Because” by the Beatles get inspired by?

Accepted Answer

Beethoven

Question 27

Who was the original composer of the song “Quartet for the End of Times”, which influenced the band, Founders?

Accepted Answer

Oliver Messiaen

Question 28

What can you NOT find in the drive-through opera by renowned opera innovator, Yuval Sharon?

Accepted Answer

Goodbye bows and curtain calls

Question 29

Which period did the first opera originate from?

Accepted Answer

Renaissance Period

Question 30

How did historians construct their story of the past?

Accepted Answer

By drawing on newspaper and other records of this kind.

Question 31

By when was the British able to dominate the globe with the assistance of computers?

Accepted Answer

The mid-1850s

Question 32

Which group of archaic humans did Isaac Asimov wrote about the history of the children?

Accepted Answer

Neanderthals

Question 33

What is the genre of the song ‘Embe Dodo’?

Accepted Answer

Zilizopendwa

Question 34

A 1992 study found that only ___% of Americans had ever sat down in person to watch a robust person sing.

Accepted Answer

2.3

Question 35

Who wrote the song ‘Yesterday’?

Accepted Answer

The Beatles

Question 36

Who wrote the song ‘Graduation (Friends Forever)’?

Accepted Answer

Vitamin C

Question 37

Why was pianist Yuja Wang sexually assaulted?

Accepted Answer

Her choice of clothing was “too short and tight”

Question 38

What does the abbreviation “BTTF” stands for?

Accepted Answer

Back to the future

Question 39

Which of the following statements about the “Rigoletto” opera in Novi Sad is true?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 40

What is FALSE about the main character, Malcolm X from “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X”?

Accepted Answer

X was an orphan

Question 41

What did Guy Gavriel Kay hope for as people read his novel?

Accepted Answer

Let us see the past through the eyes of those who live in it.

Question 42

Which of the newspapers below is South America’s earliest newspaper?

Accepted Answer

The Colonist

Question 43

What were some of the actions taken by orchestras around the world in combating sexism?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

WSC 2023 - Recontrusting the Past

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