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1
Which of the following has
nothing
to do with The Long March?
Valley Forge
Kuomintang
The Republic of China
The Red Army
2
Which of the following figures do conspirators believe had a doppelgänger?
Adolf Hitler
Tupac
Elvis
Paul McCartney
3
Which is
not
one of the reasons why conspirators think is why Pokémon Go exists?
Improving Google Maps
Citizen surveillance
Used by US and Japan to locate Chinese military bases
Selling Big Data to companies
4
Which of the following would
most likely
be described as the "opposite of a miracle?"
The Köln Concert
The Curse of the Bambino
Apollo 13
Jesse Owens’ Handshake
5
Which of the following lines can
not
possibly originate from a haiku?
What a giant ass.
Wait! He isn't dead! Shia surprise!
I wish to die painlessly.
And who the hell are you, sir?
6
Which of the following
best
describes the statement "2 + 2 = 5"?
Pseudoscience.
An alternative fact.
A national myth.
A noble lie.
7
Which of the following is an example of a self-fulfilling prophecy?
Igorot Flooding
Romulus and Remus
Deucalion
Naba Zid-Wendé
8
The term
alternative fact
was first used by _____.
Mike Pence
Sean Spicer
Kellyanne Conway
James Comey
9
Which of the following people will most likely appreciate the following artwork?
Jackie Robinson
Pelé
Wayne Gretzky
Michael Jordan
10
Martina Navratilova is a Czech and American retired _____ player and coach.
badminton
baseball
tennis
football
11
Which of the following is
not
related to the
I Ching
?
Hexagrams
Hexagons
Cleromancy
Divination text
12
Which of the following is related to baseball?
Sabermetrics
Păpăruda
Martina Navratilova
Macarana
13
Why did the fetus in
The Weight of Memories
tear off his umbilical cord?
He is too intelligent
He has lost his naiveté
He is too mature
He bears too many memories
14
What did the Gunpowder Plot have in common with the July Plot?
They both took place in July
They both involved a group of people being framed
Both parties of conspirators failed
Both parties of conspirators emerged victorious
15
Son Tinh : Thuy Tinh ::
volcano : hurricane
life : death
earthquakes : tsunamis
water : land
16
Which of the following will provide the
most
accurate date of your death?
Biologists
Augur
Actuaries
Doctors
17
Which of the following is related to Ragnarök?
Saint Olaf
Pagtatawas
Kashima
Kalki
18
Which of the following had to do with the Space Race?
Benford’s Law
In the Ocean of Storms by Alexei Leonov
The Rawalpindi Conspiracy
The Mars Haiku Contest
19
Which of the following
best
describes the image below?
Augury
Cephalomancy
Tarotology
Tasseography
20
Which of the following is true about Nero?
He killed his wife to marry a boy
He killed the entire family of his late wife
His wife killed the family of a boy that resembled her
He married a boy that resembled his late wife
21
Which of the following conveys the satisfaction of gaining power over an ancient enemy?
Flowers by Wendy Cope
Lucky by Tony Hoagland
Praise by Robert Hass
Happiness by Jane Kenyon
22
Which of the following is true?
Julius Caesar was stabbed a total of 24 times.
Namazu suppresses the catfish Kashima.
The Y2K Problem led to the largest economic crash ever.
Every day, 2.5 exabytes of data are generated.
23
What would the writer of Ode to an Artichoke
most
likely be involved in?
The Murder of Kurt Cobain
The War on Artichokes 1865
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Russian Doping scandal
24
The idea of a space elevator was first conceived by ______.
Bradley C. Edwards
Elon Musk
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Michio Kaku
25
Which of the following is
not
true about the Illuminati?
The Illuminati was originally an anti-oppression group.
The Illuminati is both fictitious and non-fictitious.
The Illuminati was originally anti-science.
The term "Illuminati" is used to describe several groups.
26
Which of the following was
not
what black swan theory was developed to explain?
Hard-to-predict, rare events beyond orthodox expectations
Blind people's biases to uncertainty and rare events
Unexpected events of minor magnitude and consequence
The non-computability of rare events' probabilities
27
How long was Kubla Khan originally intended to be?
100–200 lines
400–500 lines
200–300 lines
300–400 lines
28
Who won four gold medals at the Olympics as a 30-year-old mother of two?
Rudy Ruettiger
Fanny Blankers-Koen
Babe Ruth
Wayne Gretzky
29
Which of the following is
not
a method of geoengineering?
Afforestation
Marine cloud brightening
Decreasing upper-atmosphere aerosols
Biochar creation
30
What is the main tone throughout
A Statistician to His Love
?
Humor
Skepticism
Sarcasm
Affection
31
Which sport is bracketology applied in?
Cricket
Basketball
Baseball
Tennis
32
Which of the following have
no
correlation?
Julius Caesar :: Abraham Lincoln
Pareidolia :: Apophenia
Unkulunkulu :: God
Y2K Problem :: Benford’s Law
33
The Hyperloop will run along the existing route of the _____.
I-4
I-7
I-5
I-6
34
Which of the following
best
describes a mythomoteur?
An inspiring narrative or anecdote about a nation's past
The myth that gives an ethnic group its sense of purpose
The myth a mythology is based upon
A cyclical journey or quest undertaken by a mythical hero
35
Which of the following is has
most
to do with Pakistan?
The Rawalpindi Conspiracy
Naba Zid-Wendé
The Barton Cylinder
Subhas Chandra Bose
36
Which of the following
best
describes astrology?
The study of celestial objects to determine human affairs.
The study of stars to determine human affairs.
The science of celestial objects and phenomena.
A study of positions of celestial objects at a given time.
37
At the start of
Why I Left Harry’s All-Night Hamburgers
, how old was the protagonist?
17
18
19
16
38
Which of the following is
not
related to racial identity?
The Jedi Census
Model Minority Myth
Jesse Owens’ Handshake
Rainbow Nation
39
Which of the following works is known for its use of conflicting genres and styles?
La valse d’Amélie
Dream Lantern
Symphonie fantastique
Epochal Times
40
Which of the following works featured suicide?
Why I Left Harry’s All-Night Hamburgers
Death and What Comes Next
The Weight of Memories
Every Day (Day 5994)
41
Which of the following principles are utilized in the design of rockets?
All of the other options
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction
Unbalanced forces alter the velocity of an object
F = ma
42
Which of the following is
not
present both in most modern mobile phones and in rockets?
Gyroscope
Accelerometer
Satellite signal transmitter/reciever
Compass
43
What do the the Chemist’s War, the July Plot, and the Rawalpindi Conspiracy have in common?
They all involve assassinations.
They all involve the Soviet Union.
They are all military-related.
They all occurred during WWII.
44
Which of the following is
not
a predictive model?
Neural Networks
Group method of data handling
k-farthest neighbor algorithm
Random forests
45
What caused Robert Rauschenberg to hesitate on the creation of
Retroactive I
?
The assassination of JFK
A lack of motivation
One of JFK's press conferences
A lack of material
46
Which of the following
most
accurately describes the concept of "Big Data"?
Data sets exceeding a petabyte
Data sets where correlation is impossible
Data sets too large to be computed by traditional means
Very large data
47
Which of the following relates
most
to Pandora's Box?
"Hope" is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson
Dream Lantern by Radwimps
In the Ocean of Storms by Alexei Leonov
Drops of Jupiter by Train
48
Which of the following artists would most likely appreciate the following work of art?
Wisława Szymborska
Jacques-Laurent Agasse
Piet Blom
Marina Abramović
49
Which of the following is
not
part of a conspiracy?
A test flight of the Soviet Vostok programme
An increase in the price of sugar
A perfectly symmetrical "C" etched on a rock
A bioweapon tested on inmates
50
Which of the following is of Aboriginal origin?
Dreamtime
Tarot
Ragnarök
Pagtatawas
51
Which of the following scenarios
best
fit the description of a false flag?
Misleading instructions sent from the US during the Cold War
A misleading radio message specifying an incorrect location
A US plane painted in Cuban colors during the Cuban invasion
A deceptive or erroneous report of an emergency
52
Which of the following is
not
related to Big Data?
Predictive analytics
Persistence forecasting
Actuarial science
Predictive modeling
53
Who is Kim Il-Sung?
Kim Jong-un's brother
Kim Jong-un's father
Kim Jong-il's brother
Kim Jong-il's father
54
Who was involved in the Doomsday Clock?
Albert Einstein
James L. Weiss
Anatoli Oppenheimer
Paul Tuck
55
Which of the following is the odd one out?
Robert Frost
Pāora Te Potangaroa
Grigori Rasputin
Sybill Trelawney
56
Where was the July Plot carried out?
"Wolf's Lair"
The Reich Chancellery
Ratsenburg, West Prussia
Ratsenburg, East Prussia
57
Which mission successfully launched the first artificial satellite into orbit?
Soyuz 1
Vostok 1
Sputnik 1
Venera 1
58
Which of the following is known as "Mr. Werewolf"?
Martina Navratilova
Thomas Adés
Jakub Rozalski
Hari Seldon
59
Which one of the following phrases was
not
included in a winning Mars haiku?
"Saved for Earth’s future"
"Have a look at Earth"
"Your crimson bosom"
"Sol System’s Apple"
60
Conditional Risk
: lightning ::
Lucky : a father
Flowers : flowers
The Alphabet Conspiracy : punctuation
Death and What Comes Next : the multiverse
