What is gastrodiplomacy?

When countries market their food to foreigners

What did the Donner Party have to do to survive?

They had to commit cannibalism and eat each other

According to the WSC Curriculum: What effects could continually listening to podcasts have on our everyday lives?

Alter vocabulary, speech patterns and accents.

Vaporware is a term used for technology products that...

Are announced, but not actually released

What is gastrodiplomacy?

Promoting cuisine to a foreign audience

What description best describes code-davinci-002’s opinion on humans?

they forgot about me HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME

What does the Japanese art of kintsugi entail?

The art of repairing objects, while highlighting the damage

Which is not a common method of stealing from self-checkouts?

Half inserting cash then pulling it back out

Why did voodoo (or voudou) become established in islands like Haiti and Cuba?

Slaves coming from Dahomey Valley

What is one benefit of retrogaming mentioned in the study material?

Bypassing the need to collect older consoles

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1
Who replaced Steve Ballmer(CEO of Microsoft in 2014)?
Satya Nadella
Michael. S Dell
Han Jong-hee
Bill Gates
2
What is gastrodiplomacy?
The act of poising a diplomats food
When a diplomat has food poisoning
When a piece of national food is offered as a gift to other countries
When countries market their food to foreigners
3
If you were called an illegal alien what would you be?
A person being racially discriminated against
An alien who has committed murder
A man named Cameron
An undocumented immigrant
4
What technological innovation did the Greeks use to predict astronomical phenomena?
Antikythera Mechanism
Telegraph
Astrolabe
Gnoman
5
Which nation was the comic book character Condorito from?
Brazil
Chile
Spain
Portugal
6
In 2022, what did researchers find in Pakistan?
The tomb of a historic ruler
The concrete remains of a city
A statue of a deity
A Buddhist temple
7
What neighbourhood is the painting ' Black Belt ' portraying?
Wynwood, Florida
Bronzeville, Chicago
Germantown, Maryland
Williamsburg, New york
8
Which of these places does not have an Eiffel Tower replica?
Romania
Iran
Oman
Guatemala
9
What would be the best word to describe the original Oregon Trail?
Educational
Accurate
Boring
Controversial
10
Which ancient form of record-keeping involved using parts of an animal bone for divination?
Oracle bones
Hieroglyphics
Quipus
Cuneiform
11
Who painted the famous artwork "Starry Night"?
Vincent van Gogh
Michelangelo
Pablo Picasso
Leonardo da Vinci
12
The piece of cave art, an illustration of Babirusa, was recently reconstructed. How old was this piece of art?
3,5000
50,000
10,000
100,000
13
What did the Donner Party have to do to survive?
They had the eat their animals
They had to cross an icy river, and risk hypothermia
They had to commit cannibalism and eat each other
They had to make clothes out of natural materials, in need of more warmth
14
Brooklyn High's "Luddite" Club boycotted what?
Exams
Social Media
School photos
School Cafeteria
15
What years were ‘ The Oxbow’ painted?
1825-1826
1824-1825
1834-1835
1835-1836
16
Where would you most likely find Brendan O’Connell at?
the supermarket
the beauty store
the opera theatre
the bank
17
When was the video game "Oregon Trail" originally release?
1986
1987
1988
1985
18
What is the first name of the main character in the musical 'El otro Oz'?
Dolores
Diana
Dora
Dorothy
19
According to the WSC Curriculum: What effects could continually listening to podcasts have on our everyday lives?
Change our process of thinking and feeling
Addict the listener
Alter vocabulary, speech patterns and accents.
Damaging our hearing, especially at louder volumes
20
Vaporware is a term used for technology products that...
Are made with deliberately short lifespans
Are made obsolete before their release
Are announced, but not actually released
Are removed from the market soon after their release
21
Which of these songs are from the musical ‘Evita’?
Eva’s final broadcast
Prayer
Excerpts
Jones is not your name
22
Which of the following living history museums are in Barcelona?
Spanish Village
Kona coffee living history farm
Plimouth Patuxet
Heritage Park
23
Kusoge, is a Japanese term and translates to...
Leapfrog
Crappy video games
Video games with poop emojis
Children's video games
24
What is gastrodiplomacy?
a disease passed through food
Promoting cuisine to a foreign audience
the origin of the first cookbook
the history of family dinners
25
What was the first food item to be scanned by a barcode?
Highchew
Wirgley's Chewing Gum
Laffy Taffy
Blow Pops
26
Who created the famous butter sculptures?
Alexander Calder
Louise Bourgeois
Caroline Brooks
Jeff Koons
27
What description best describes code-davinci-002’s opinion on humans?
Sorry, I cannot complete that request at the moment.
what is a human
they forgot about me HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME
In the vastness of life, humans shine with resilience and kindnes
28
Who gained fame for selling his sheet music at his concerts?
Frank Ocean
Bing Crosby
Charles Dibdin
Arturo Toscanini
29
When did Aurochs go extinct?
1700s
1600s
1500s
1300s
30
Who wrote the novel "Pride and Prejudice"?
Emily Brontë
William Shakespeare
Charles Dickens
Jane Austen
31
What is a common organizational structure for small companies according to the study material?
Network
Functional
Matrix
Divisional
32
An artwork of a “babirusa” can be found where?
Taiwan
Japan
Egypt
Indonesia
33
Which one of these places has an Eiffel Tower replica?
Ohio - USA
Lyon - France
Wembley - UK
New Brighton - UK
34
What year did Mcdonald's open its first location in the Soviet Union?
1985
1991
1990
1984
35
Which modern day country is the Chernobyl Power plant located in?
Belarus
Russia
Lithuania
Ukraine
36
What is the microsoft default font?
arial
helvetica
calibri
aptos
37
What does the Japanese art of kintsugi entail?
The seamless repair of objects
A lesser know kind of origami
The art of repurposing antique items
The art of repairing objects, while highlighting the damage
38
Which natural disaster happened in Makoto Shinkai’s 2022 film Suzume?
Tsunami
Cyclone
Flood
Earthquake
39
Which is not a common method of stealing from self-checkouts?
Half inserting cash then pulling it back out
Scanning but then not paying
Switching cheaper items for more expensive ones (e.g. bananas for steak)
Using counterfeit barcodes
40
What is the name of old, low quality, or broken video games sought out by gamers?
Kusoge
Severn
ADL games
Arcada
41
Which artist is known for the series of works titled "Campbell’s Soup Cans"?
Brendan O'Connell
Andy Warhol
Banksy
Betye Saar
42
The Inspired by Iceland Campaign started because of?
Covid
Change in Prime Minister
A snowstorm
Volcanic Eruption
43
Why did voodoo (or voudou) become established in islands like Haiti and Cuba?
A change to a Voodoo-following head of state
Missionaries from Dahomey Valley
Slaves coming from Dahomey Valley
Pop culture and societal pressures
44
The Antikythera mechanism was used by the Greeks to predict what?
Weather patterns
Celestial phenomena
Volcano eruptions and earthquakes
Marine phenomena
45
Which historical site imposed visitor quotas in 2019 to manage overcrowding?
Machu Picchu
The Great Wall of China
The Lascaux Caves
The Colosseum
46
Who created the laser?
George Orwell
Thomas Phinny
Theodore Maimen
Dennis Gabor
47
What is one benefit of retrogaming mentioned in the study material?
More challenging
Bypassing the need to collect older consoles
High quality graphics
Nostalgia that brings back everyone to their childhoods
48
If you were heading down to the beach how many crabs would it take to run doom?
16,039,018,500 soldier crabs
7,005,026 pie crust cabs
13,000 hermit crabs
50 mud crabs
49
When was Star Child by Parliament released?
1978
1975
1979
1973
50
What year was Emanuel Leutze's "Washington Crossing the Delaware" painted?
1851
1945
1776
1920
51
In the Original story, Pocahontas's name is?
Amonute
Cheyenne
Yavapai
Pocahontas
52
Why was Franklin Delano Roosevelt in a wheelchair?
Polio
Cerebral Palsy
Leprosy
He lost his legs as a child
53
What group is associated with attempting the Oregon Trail and failing dismally?
The Pilgrims
The Lewis and Clark Expedition
The Jamestown Colony
The Donner Party
54
In what year was the company of Nikola founded?
2014
1998
2017
2022
55
What was performed on the 12th of April, 2019 in Hong Kong?
An SNL performance featuring Ariana Grande impersonating Shakira
Cantonese Opera about Donald Trump.
Zendaya vs Tom Holland lip sync battle with "Umbrella" and "24k Magic"
Daniel Radcliffe rapping the periodic table in the Yuen Long Stadium
56
In the 1900’s, postcards made by French artists predicted the world in 100 years. How many postcards were created?
18
1808
118
588
57
What modern company is an example of a high-profile fraud case involving vaporware?
Theranos
Amphenol
Amarak
ABM Industries
58
What is the real percentage of Kiwis who chose to keep New Zealand's flag the same?
55%
42%
56%
83%
59
Before it was restored in 2010 to its original length what year was the original version of the film Metropolis made?
1937
1927
1957
1947
60
Which of the following fonts did the United States Department of State recently adopt as its default font?
Times New Roman
Arial
Comic Sans
Calibri
61
In 1947, a pilot by the name of Kenneth Arnold reported seeing...
A UFO
The ghost of Adolf Hitler
A dog
A megladon
62
WSC:Old History in New Bottles- true stories are a popular source of script ideas. Which US city does it also refer to?
Hollywood
Denver
Minneapolis
Miama
63
In which year did the French Revolution begin?
1789
1812
1945
1905
64
What year was Tomorrowland opened?
2015
1975
1955
1995
65
What is the Wal-mart effect?
When one Walmart opens so heaps more pop up everywhere
When you see too thing you like in Walmart and you buy too much
Wal-Mart was a man who believe his whole town were ghosts
The effect that big companies like Walmart have on local businesses
66
What type of animal ate the main characters in the short story 'The Veldt'?
Coyotes
Lions
Panthers
Tigers
67
Who composed the song 'Kalinka'?
Ivan Larionov
Quynh Anh
Bing Crosby
Alexander Olshanetsky
68
Where is the decommissioned Dougland DC-3 aeroplane, now converted into a McDonald's restaurant, located?
Ohio, USA
Reykjavik, Iceland
Taupo, New Zealand
Cairns, Australia
69
When did the London Underground last update its fonts?
2019
2009
2016
2013
70
Archaeologists from The Girsu Project were notable for using which of these modern technologies?
Camera drones
Virtual Reality
Holograms
Artificial Intelligence
71
Which national Museum has a VR experience titled 'Opening of the Diet'?
Britain
Germany
Sweden
Finland
72
Who wrote 'We will dream in the garden"?
Isaac Asimov
AI
Gabriella Damian Miravete
Holli Mintzer
73
The stuff that dreams are made of: What is Caroline Brooks known for?
The butter sculptures
Beheading Holofernes
The sketches of finches
Pangkep caves of Indonesia
74
In 1990, the Soviet Union opened its first what?
McDonalds
KFC
University
Movie Theatre
75
What is one of the most popular sources of script ideas in Hollywood?
Music
True Stories
Books
Social Media
76
The fossil Lucy was named after what?
the name of the owner’s first telephone
a tv show character
a city
a Beatles song
77
In 2022 the movie The Women King was released. What did it tell the story of?
East African female King challenging norms and dismantling barriers
African kingdom battles for the crown;assassins, bombs, racism & sexism
West African kingdom, battle rivals that collaborated with white colonisers
East African kingdom, woman of African descent faces discrimination
78
Which artist is known for creating sculptures out of cassette tapes?
Dominique Blain
Caroline Brooks
Julian van Dieken
Erika Iris Simmons
79
Dominique Blain’s Missa can be best described as:
realistic
hypocritical
childish
pacifist
80
The first item scanned with a barcode scanner was what?
a tub of ice cream
a pack of gum
a loaf of bread
a box of raisins
81
US Department of State changed its default font from Times New Roman to Calibri. Which was *not* a point of controversy?
The font change took up half the day
Sharper screens mean Times New Roman is no longer a problem
They should've changed it to comic sans
The calibri font isn't aesthetically pleasing
82
Which of the following printmakers were the first to use graphic journalism?
Bass & co.
Tinsley & Hull
Bausch & lomb
Currier & Ives

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