The characters in "Conditional Risk" can be likened to

Americans who believe in Zika immunity

John Elfreth Watkins, Jr. did NOT predict that

Most people would be unable to walk 10 miles in a stretch

Which of the following is FALSE about Gustav Holst's "The Planets"?

It is very scientific in its astronomical nature.

What is the occasion behind the song "Miracle of Miracles" by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick?

Motel is finally allowed to marry Tzeitel

What is the Sendai Framework?

An improved version of the Hyogo Framework

What was Rasputin's doctrine?

That he should sin more to be closer to God

Which of the following did Michio Kaku NOT write?

The Future of Theoretical Existence

Who was Paora Te Potangaroa NOT?

A member of the Orthodox Church

Hurricanes cause the following events EXCEPT FOR

the disruption of the global heat balance

"Polaris" by Thomas Ades is the MOST similar to

Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz

The poem "Ode to an Artichoke" can be interpreted as Neruda

defending the idealogy of Communism

What do Cassandra, Rasputin, and Yoda NOT share in common?

They predicted their own deaths

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1
Who was the singing voice of Captain Li Shang?
Eddie Murphy
Donny Osmond
David Zippel
Matthew Wilder
2
Which of the following is NOT related to Cassandra?
Apollo
Delphine
Priam
Troy
3
The characters in "Conditional Risk" can be likened to
people who believe in paleocontact
Americans who believe in Zika immunity
proponents of the Lizard People conspiracy theory
Pokemon Go players
4
The concept of Gustav Holst's "The Planets" is
chamber music
astronomical
astrological
pseudohistorical
5
John Elfreth Watkins, Jr. did NOT predict that
Americans would be taller by 1-2 inches
Most people would be unable to walk 10 miles in a stretch
the Internet would exist
the alphabets C, X, and Q would be removed
6
Which of the following is FALSE about Gustav Holst's "The Planets"?
It is very scientific in its astronomical nature.
It involves a glockenspiel like Silvestri's "Feather Theme".
It uses col legno like Symphonie Fantastique.
The first movement is seen as a musical premonition of WW1.
7
The 1st Movement of Louise Farrenc's Piano Quintet No. 1 is titled
Adagio non troppo
Allegro
Scherzo (Presto)
Finale
8
What is the occasion behind the song "Miracle of Miracles" by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick?
Motel is allowed to date Tevye's daughter Hodel
Tevye's death and loss of authority over his daughters
Motel is finally allowed to marry Tzeitel
Tevye drunkenly agrees to the marriage of his daughter Chava
9
The Rockefeller family is mentioned in each of the following conspiracy theories EXCEPT FOR
Lizard People
New World Order
Global Warming "Hoax"
The Montauk Project
10
Which of the following were NOT prominent oracles in ancient Greece?
Dodona
Naios
Delphi
Pythia
11
Hari Seldon is a fictional character in which series by Isaac Asimov?
Robot
Foundation
Norby
Galactic Empire
12
What is the Sendai Framework?
An improved version of the Hyogo Framework
A binding agreement between States to manage disaster risk
An extension of the Millennium Development Goals
An agreement made during the financial crisis of 2008
13
What has Takashi Murakami dubbed his work as?
Animated
Superflat
Pop
Conceptual
14
Which of the following debunks astrology as a pseudoscience?
Corralitos Anomaly
Forer Effect
Cutaneous Rabbit Illusion
Monte Carlo Fallacy
15
Who would not have been alive during "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"?
George Washington
Ambrose Bierce
Hector Berlioz
John Wilkes Booth
16
John Elfreth Watkins, Jr. did NOT make the following prediction about food
Genetic engineering would be used
Pre-packaged meals would become common
Drive-in joints would exist
Electricity would be used in greenhouses for maximum yield
17
Nostradamus' predictions were based on
astronomy
visions
mathematical studies
astrology
18
Which artist would Kiki Kogelnik have been most interested in?
Jakub Rozalsk
xkcd
Hamed Nada
Alexei Leonov
19
Which house is considered the weakest in one's horoscope?
Ascendant
Imum Coeli
Midheaven
Descendant
20
Who sang the song "Paparuda"?
Dire Straits
Travis
Eighth Blackbird
Osoianu Sisters
21
Retroactive I by Robert Rauschenberg can be best identified with
Dadaism
Abstract Expressionism
Conceptualism
Neo-Dadaism
22
If I wished to predict the absence of rainfall for the rest of the day, I would most likely use
Nowcasting
Persistence Forecasting
Analog
Cloud watching
23
What was Rasputin's doctrine?
That his predictions were visions from God
That he was meant to lead monarchs to God
That he should sin more to be closer to God
That he was an angel
24
Which of the following did Michio Kaku NOT write?
The Future of the Mind
Physics of the Future
Physics of the Impossible
The Future of Theoretical Existence
25
What was said to be Scarlatti's inspiration for Fugue in G Minor?
His lover, Bacchus
His cat, Pulcinella
His wife, Katarina
His fish, Catherine
26
Who constructed the first life table?
Edmond Halley
Nathaniel Bowditch
James Dodson
John Graunt
27
Tsunamis are tidal in nature.
False
True
28
Which of the following is NOT an effect of volcanic eruptions?
Low visibility for aircraft
Makes air dangerous for breathing
Acid rain
Burn away land
29
Michio Kaku is all of the following EXCEPT FOR
American
Futurist
Theoretical Physicist
Pseudohistorian
30
Louise Farrenc's Piano Quintet No.1 in A Minor is scored for the following EXCEPT FOR the
viola
flute
double bass
cello
31
Who was Paora Te Potangaroa NOT?
Chieftain of Ngati Kahungunu in New Zealand
Someone who warned the Maoris to not sell their land
A Maori prophet
A member of the Orthodox Church
32
Hurricanes cause the following events EXCEPT FOR
acidic shores
the disruption of the global heat balance
precipitation to otherwise dry regions
high salinity levels in certain habitats
33
"Polaris" by Thomas Ades is the MOST similar to
Fugue in G Minor K.30 by Domenico Scarlatti
Murder Ballades: Omie Wise by Eighth Blackbird
Piano Quintet No.1 by Louise Farrenc
Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz
34
The population of the Galactic Empire numbered a
Billion
Quintillion
Thousand
Million
35
Which would be the most important variable to measure the average temperature of the earth?
electromagnetic radiation
temperature
solar activity
density of earth's atmosphere
36
Which of the following terms best describes Sigmar Polke's "The Illusionist"?
Confusing
Opaque and dense
Borderline excessive
Vibrant and strong
37
"Symphonie Fantastique" was said to have delved into
lala land
psychosis
chamber music
conceptualism
38
Ruth B's Lost Boy was inspired by
Once Upon A Time
Fairytale Land
Tinkerbell
Disney's Peter Pan movie
39
Which artist had the androgynous alter-ego Ziggy Stardust?
Alexei Leonov
David Bowie
Rick Sternbach
Kurt Cobain
40
Which of the following artists is known for despising any association with Pop Art?
Robert Rauschenberg
Marcel Duchamp
Kiki Kogelnik
Sigmar Polke
41
In Tim Minchin's "When I Grow Up", the children wish to grow up in order to
ALL OF THE ABOVE
wake up only when the sun rises
eat as much candy as they want
watch the telly until their eyes go square
42
If the colomber he saw didn't actually exist, Stefano Roi would have been said to experience
a false flag event
pareidolia
a self-fulfilling prophecy
depression
43
What is said to have inspired Fran Healy to write "Why Does It Always Rain On Me"?
It rained in the North Pole
The band Travis was about to split up
He was undergoing a major break-up
He was in Egypt and it rained
44
In which work did gaslighting occur in?
Julius Caesar
Kubla Khan
The Weight of Memories
Praise
45
The poem "Ode to an Artichoke" can be interpreted as Neruda
asking for help to overcome his anxiety
showing insecurity in the relationship he was in
dreaming of a better world
defending the idealogy of Communism
46
What do Cassandra, Rasputin, and Yoda NOT share in common?
They predicted their own deaths
They were each tied to a greater being (a god, etc.)
They had the gift of premonition/foreboding
They foresaw the fall of an order/society/state they were in
47
Retroactive I included the following motifs EXCEPT FOR
A Parachute
Nude Descending a Staircase
A Glass of Water
A Bowl
48
What do "Praise" and "The Colomber" have in common?
Education
Familial Ties
The Sea
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
49
"La Creation du monde, Op. 81" is based on
African folk mythology
Aboriginal mythology
The Frontier Myth
The Kosovo Myth
50
A Statistician To His Love : Death and What Comes Next can be best described as
Romance : Hades
Facts : Samarra
Numbers : Schrodinger's Cat
Detachment : Existentialism
51
Who would most likely become Banksy's BFF?
Nelson Leirner
Wayne Thiebaud
Alexei Leonov
Marina Abramovic
52
Which of the following works can be related to the anthropic principle?
Lucky
Happy
Thoughts Haunting Me in Busy Streets
Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburger
53
What does "Polaris" refer to?
A star
The North Pole
A moon
A planet
54
Which term best describes "chamber music"?
large-scale
soft
intimate
violent
55
In "Drops of Jupiter" by Train, what is the narrator's fear?
That she would become too secure to put up with him.
That she would think of him as boring and plain.
That she would break up with him.
That she will die.
56
What was the medium used for Gabriel Orozco's "Horses Running Endlessly"?
Wood
Oil on Canvas
Glass
Plastic
57
The Nubian Giraffe was sent by the Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt,
Pasha Mehemet Ali to King George IV
Pasha Akbar Ali to King George IV
Pasha Akbar Ali to King James IV
Pasha Mehemet Ali to King Louis XVI
58
Which of the following is false about "Ironic" by Alanis Morisette?
It contains no irony
It was co-written with Glen Ballard
It was from the album Jagged Little Pill
It was meant to be an April Fool's Day release
59
All these terms mean "horoscope" EXCEPT FOR
vitasphere
cosmogram
zodiac interpreter
radix
60
Which other work is mentioned in "The Alphabet Conspiracy"?
A Statistician to His Love
The Colomber
Ode to an Artichoke
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
61
Who wrote the song "If I Could Turn Back Time"?
Yip Haburg
Cher
Diane Warren
Louisa Hall
62
Which instrument is thematic in La valse d'Amelie?
Piano
Flute
Violin
Glockenspiel
63
Paul the Octopus was presented with two identical boxes that were empty
False
True
64
Which of these following individuals pioneered cloud classification?
Luke Howard
John von Neumann
John Coleman
Robert FitzRoy
65
Hamed Nada was a prominent painter of the
Pop Art Movement
Romantic Art Movement
Group of Contemporary Art
Baroque Art Movement
66
Who coined the term "Rainbow Nation"?
Ataturk
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Nelson Mandela
Martin Luther King Jr.
67
Which of the following was NOT a prediction made by Nostradamus?
American Revolution
Death of Henry II
Great Fire of London
His own death
68
"Into the Wild" by Jakub Rozalsk can be most likened to
Bombs in Love
The Nubian Giraffe
Horses Running Endlessly
Conditional Risk
69
Who taught Michael Jackson the moonwalk?
Mellon and Jean-Louis
Nobody; it was an original move
Cooley and Caszper
Lafayette and Jackson
70
Which of the following statements about the Coyote drone is false?
It is capable of warning scientists of landslides
It transmits real-time data
It is an unmanned device
It's an aerial vehicle that descends into the eye of a storm
71
Which of the following themes is NOT said to be present in "Space Oddity"
fatalism
the Cold War
pseudoscience
psychedelia
72
Which of the following is NOT true about Wojtek?
He was a Private before being promoted to a Corporal.
He was bought from Iran by the Soviet army.
He was a Syrian brown bear.
He helped move ammunition.
73
"The Illusionist" is a part of Sigmar Polke's series of
Excessive Exploration
Lens Paintings
Screen Paintings
Collaged Layers
74
Which of these families is the most frequently mentioned in global conspiracy theories?
Du Pont
Rothschild
Clinton
Rockefeller
75
What does Hamed Nada's "Fortune Teller and the Cat" reflect?
The mistakes made by past rulers
Egyptian folk identity
Egyptian propaganda
His thoughts about the future of Egypt
76
"La Creation du monde" by Darius Milhaud is a
chamber music piece
ballet
murder ballad
quintet
77
Which of the following is the odd one out?
Projection
Prediction
Outlier
Forecast
78
What is Piet Blom known for?
Kubuswoningen
Making Cube Nets
Arkiteningen
Construktiolos
79
What was a struggle faced by Louise Farrenc?
She had nobody to teach her music.
She could not afford her own piano.
She was never famous throughout her life.
She was paid less compared to her male counterparts.
80
Which of the following did Yoda NOT do?
Foresee his own death
Foresee the fall of the Jedi in the Clone Wars
Have Force visions
Not train Luke Skywalker
81
Volcanoes do NOT form when
plates diverge
plates converge
the crust stretches
hot rocks nucleate towards plate boundaries
82
Who is credited with the birth of forecasting as a science?
Francis Beaufort and Robert FitzRoy
Francis Solonik and Robert Jamison
James Solonik and Jacques FitzRoy
James Beaufort and Jacques Jamison
83
The song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" may have been relevant to
diamonds at the end of a rainbow
Jews in Nazi Germany
a farm
a girl's dreams to become a doctor
84
Rick Sternbach's works can be most closely linked to
parapsychology
mythology
gaslighting
parsimony
85
What does AGCM stand for?
Alliance of the Great Chinese Men
Atmospheric General Circulation Model
All Galaxies Can Meet
Atlas of the Great Chinese Mao
86
During which song did Michael Jackson first perform the moonwalk?
Bad
Beat It
Smooth Criminal
Billie Jean
87
Wayne Thiebaud frequently painted paintings that reflected
nature
consumerism
the lottery
chance
88
According to industrial analyst Doug Lane, the three Vs that define Big Data do NOT include
Volume
Variability
Velocity
Variety
89
Which of the following is FALSE about psychohistory?
Psychohistory cannot predict the actions of an alien race
Robots do not fall under the umbrella of psychohistory
It only functions in a galaxy populated by humans
It becomes less useful over time
90
"Romeo and Juliet" was based on Knopfler's failed romance with the lead singer of which band?
The Italian Street
The Shakespearan Shakers
Holly and the Italians
The New Straits
91
What does rangatira mean?
Rangi and Papa
existence
creation
chieftain
92
If Dr Ying were to be charged for a crime, what would it be?
Incitement
Murder
Extortion
Corruption
93
Which of the following franchises has mentioned psychohistory by name?
Star Trek
Pushing Daisies
Star Wars
Back to the Future
94
Seldon himself doubted the long-term abilities of psychohistory that used a mathematic approach
True
False
95
In "The Unanswered Question", the woodwind instruments represent
The Perennial Question of Existence
A Cosmic Landscape
Fighting Answerers
Undisturbed Solitude
96
Delving into psychedelia, Hector Berlioz would have been able to relate to
Robert Rauschenberg
Yann Tiersen
xkcd
Takashi Murakami
97
Which "animal" appears in "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" and diverts attention from him?
Chicken
Owl
Bat
Spider
98
Which planet is Hari Seldon from?
Nibiru
Mars
Trantor
Annunaki
99
First computer forecast : first weatherman : first gale warning service for ships
John Coleman : Robert FitzRoy : Francis Beaufort
Francis Beaufort : John von Neumann : Robert FitzRoy
John Coleman : John von Neumann : Francis Beaufort
John von Neumann : John Coleman : Robert FitzRoy
100
The following statements are true about "David with the Head of Goliath" EXCEPT FOR
It was sent to the papal court as a petition for pardon.
It may have been a self-portrait of Caravaggio
David may have possibly represented Caravaggio's lover
David was holding his own sword
101
Which of the following did Sybil Trelawny NOT predict?
The defeat of Lord Voldemort
The fall of Slytherin
The return of Peter Pettigrew to Lord Voldemort
Harry Potter's destiny
102
Which of the following statements is FALSE about "Horses Running Endlessly"?
It only contains knights
It has grass on its edges
The chessboard is made of four colours
It uses a sixteen-by-sixteen chess board
103
The I Ching : "Cup Throwing" can be best described as
cleromancy : tasseography
cartomancy : tasseography
cartomancy : cheiromancy
cleromancy : cheiromancy
104
Which movement can Sigmar Polke's "The Illusionist" be categorised under?
Capitalist Realism
Neo-Dadaism
Postmodernist Expressionism
Abstract Expressionism
105
Sybill Trelawny's predictions that came true can be justified by
Monte Carlo Fallacy
Pygmalion Effect
Benford's Law
The Law of Truly Large Numbers
106
The observer-expectancy effect is also known as the
Clever Hans Effect
Jordan Luke Effect
Pygmalion Effect
Hawthorne Effect
107
What type of tree was "George Washington's Tree"?
Orange
Peach
Cherry
Apple
108
Which of the following did Ray Kurzweil NOT predict?
The existence of the sabermetrics
Exoskeleton limbs enabling the disabled to walk
The defeat of Garry Kasparov by IBM's Deep Blue in 1997
The rise of the Internet
109
Which of the following is false about Robert FitzRoy?
He tried protecting the Maori from British settlers
He held a high rank in the British Parliament
He was the Governer of New Zealand
He commited suicide with a razor due to depression
110
The song "Dream Lantern" is the theme song for
My Dream
Rapunzel
One Punch
Your Name
111
Kiki Kogelnik would most likely be associated with
Piet Blom
Robert Rauschenberg
Sigmar Polke
Hamed Nada
112
Nate Silver is not known for his contribution to the field of
psephology
priori probability
sabermetrics
statistics
113
Who was NOT high on opium when crafting a work?
Hector Berlioz
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
None of the above
Tony Hoagland
114
Which two artists have the most similar art style?
Gerald Laing and Takashi Murakami
Marina Abramovic and Samsul Arifin
Marina Abramovic and Piet Blom
Glenda Leon and Nelson Leirner
115
Which of the following is NOT a reason why Nostradamus' predictions are easily misinterpreted?
It was transcribed orally
It was originally in French and had to be translated
Gaslighting was involved at some point in history
A lot of retro-fitting and confirmation bias occurred
116
Paora Te Potangaroa and Robert FitzRoy share the following in common EXCEPT FOR
New Zealand
Suicide
Considered "prophets"
Defended the Maori from British settlers
117
Alexei Leonov was alive during all these events EXCEPT FOR
JFK's "We Choose to go to the Moon" speech
The Great Depression
Robert Rauschenberg's art career
Cuban Missile Crisis
118
Which composer was under the influence of opium as he composed a selected work?
Hector Berlioz
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Charles Ives
Gustav Holst
119
An example of logos : mythos would be
science : mystery
astronomy : Unkulunkulu
the Big Bang : Julius Caesar
Kosovo Myth : astronomy
120
Titan can be best described as
light
dry
hot
frosty
121
Which of the following does NOT contribute to the dissipation of a hurricane?
Warmer ocean waters
Wind shear
Landfall
High pressure
122
"The Unanswered Question" is the MOST similar to
Symphonie Fantastique
Fugue in G Minor
Alexander Hamilton
Drops of Jupiter
123
Which of the following is NOT an example of pseudohistory?
AIMA Prophecy
Holocaust Denial
Kosovo Myth
Paleocontact Theory
124
Who is Nero's mother Agrippina accused of poisoning?
Claudius
Augustus
Maximinus
Constantin
125
What was Rasputin accused of?
Betraying Russia to France
Being a nephilim
Murdering the tsarina
Being a German spy
126
What caused the public to be angry with Rasputin?
He made the Tsar execute his enemies
He claimed to have been of royal blood
He murdered someone while in a drunken stupor
Passionate letters from the Tsarina to him were leaked
127
Which of the following is untrue about Cassandra?
Apollo was infatuated with her and granted her prophecy
She warned Troy not to bring in the Trojan horse
Apollo presented her with many snakes
Apollo spat in her mouth
128
Why was Rasputin employed by tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra?
He made a poultice that healed the tsarina
He healed Alexei of hemophilia
He poisoned the tsar's enemies with cyanide
He undermined the dignity of the Romanovs
129
The poem "Maybe All This" is likely to agree with which of the following theories/conspiracies?
Paleocontact Theory
The Alphabet Conspiracy
New World Order
Computer Simulation Theory
130
Which of the following statements about Thiebaud's "Jackpot Machine" is FALSE?
It was painted using the national colours of the USA
All 3 tokens lined up. JACKPOT!
Only 2 out of 3 tokens line up
The jackpot only has one handle
131
Using the Ouija board as a divining tool has been debunked as a pseudo-science by the
Ideomotor Effect
Barnum Effect
Flash Lag Illusion
Cutaneous Rabbit Illusion
132
British artist Gerald Laing can be closely associated with the following EXCEPT FOR
Robert Rauschenberg
Andy Warhol
Nelson Leirner
Roy Lichenstein
133
What is Sigmar Polke's trademark?
Pop art motifs
Polymer gel layers
White paint
Large silkscreen paintings
134
Movement 1 of "The Planets" by Gustav Holst is titled
Mercury, the Winged Messenger
Uranus, the Magician
Mars, the Bringer of War
Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
135
The Prime Radiant was designed by _____ and built by _____
Yugo Amaryl ; Hari Seldon
Yuko Tawa ; Hari Seldon
Hari Seldon ; Yuko Tawa
Hari Seldon ; Yugo Amaryl
136
Which of the following does the song "Space Oddity" allude to?
The Launching of Sputnik 4
The Space Race
JFK's "We choose to go to the Moon" speech
The Launching of Apollo 10
137
Which of the following is NOT required for hurricane formation?
High humidity
Wind shear
Disturbed weather
Warm ocean waters
138
What inspired Pat Monahan to write the song "Drops of Jupiter"?
His mother's death and return
His girlfriend's affair
His sister's letter to him
His parents' separation
139
Which of the following is NOT an axiom of psychohistory
Human Beings are the only sentient intelligence in existence
The population remains ignorant of psychohistorical analysis
Human Beings are mostly incapable of making rational choices
The population modelled must be sufficiently large
140
In "If I Could Turn Back Time", pride : words equals to
a cleaver : clubs
a lion : books
a flower : wounds
a knife : weapons
141
"Conditional Risk" is presented as a
sculpture
painting
comic
poem
142
Michael Barkun came up with the following categories of conspiracy theories EXCEPT FOR
Super
Event
Benevolent
Systemic
143
Which of the following was NOT a miracle performed by Rasputin
Healing a hemophilic
Walking through fire
Mind reading
Communicating with horses
144
Ray Kurzweil and Michio Kaku are both each of the following EXCEPT FOR
American
Authors
Futurists
Computer Scientists
145
Psychohistory combines the following EXCEPT FOR
History
Statistics
Sociology
Astronomy
146
Standard deviation is the measure of
numerals in a set of data
dispersion and variation of a set of data
certainty within a set of data
a sample size
147
What is the Forrest Gump Main Theme alternatively known as?
The Childhood Nursery Theme
A Collection of Tones
The Running Theme
The Feather Theme
148
"Jackpot Machine" by Wayne Thiebaud can be seen as relevant to the
American Dream
Model Minority Myth
Start-Up Garage Myth
Frontier Myth
149
What is the problem posed in "Another Planet"?
Mikhail believes it's too utopian, and too beautiful
Dunya Mikhail is hesitant to go alone
This other planet is too much of a dystopia
What if dropping a needle became a new "evil" in this utopia
150
Who was NOT involved in the making of "Epochal Times"
Dino Leex
Andrew Tan
James Yang
Ian Chen
151
What does psychohistory predict?
The collective beliefs of a particular group of society
The future behaviour of large groups of people
The technological advancement of the human race
The global climate of the future
152
Which of the following artists is dubbed the "Father of Modern Space Art"?
Alexei Leonov
Kiki Kogelnik
Robert Rauschenberg
Chesley Bonestell
153
Where is the whale in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" born?
On Mars
The Atmosphere
The ocean of a parallel universe
A foreign moon
154
What is the Magnate Conspiracy also known as?
Habsburg Conspiracy
Rawalpindi Conspiracy
Conspiracy of the Ottomans
Wesselenyi Conspiracy
155
The Apple e-book price fixing conspiracy involved the following publishers EXCEPT FOR
Penguin
Simon & Schuster
HarperCollins
Amazon
156
What did "she" in "Drops of Jupiter" NOT experience?
Beethoven
Heaven
The Milky Way
Mozart
157
What was the term used to describe baseball era during the years 1900-1919?
Bronze Age
Moneyball
Golden Strike
Dead Ball
158
Which natural phenomenon is seen in "Conditional Risk"?
Hurricane
Tsunami
Landslide
Lightning
159
In "Shape of My Heart", spades : clubs : diamonds equals
agriculture : war : romance
swords : weapons : money
black : blue : white
soldiers : guards : jewelry
160
Wojtek : Jakub Rozalsk is equivalent to
The Nubian Giraffe : Jacques-Laurent Agasse
Lightning : xkcd
Lantern : Radwimps
Wild Horses : Gabriel Orozco
161
Which of the following Latin hymns can be found in Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique?
Die Irrlichter
Ougenweide
Libera me Domine
Dies Irae
162
Who wrote the song "Romeo and Juliet"?
Mark Felt
James Dean
James Mellon
Mark Knopfler
163
The Nubian Giraffe was NOT surrounded by
a menagerie
2 Egyptian cows
2 mountain goats
2 Arab keepers
164
Those credited with the birth of weather forecasting as a science were both part of the British
Navy
Airforce
Calvary
Army
165
The following are all names of movements in Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique EXCEPT FOR
A Ball
Nightmare of a Prince
Dream of the Night of the Sabbath
Scene in the Fields
166
Which of the following could culminate in the fulfillment of the Final Anthropic Principle?
Predictive Modelling
Big Data
Nowcasting
Exponential Growth
167
Which of the following is NOT true about Hari Seldon?
He is a mathematics professor
He develops pseudohistory
He predicts the fall of the Galactic Empire
He is non-violent
168
Which of the following events was not predicted by Nostradamus in Al Stewart's "Nostradamus"?
The Great Fire of London
The rise of Hitler
The Cold War
Napoleon's existence
169
The anonymous source "Deep Throat" was later revealed to have been
William Mark Felt, Sr.
Carl Bernstein
John Sirica
John Ehrlichman
170
"Thoughts Haunting Me in Busy Streets" presents the idea of
Restoration
Repetition
Reincarnation
Karma
171
Matthew Wilder was the voice of which character in "I'll Make a Man Out of You"?
Yao
Chien-Po
Captain Li Shang
Ling
172
What is Nate Cohn known for?
sabermetrics
mathematical theory
bracketology
psephology
173
The Piano Quintet No.1 in A Minor, Op. 30 is a piece of
chamber music
psychedelic composition
orchestral composition
piano music
174
Why does the card player in "Shape of My Heart" continue to play card games?
He wants bragging rights
He wants respect
He wants to perform statistical analysis
He wants to win money
175
Which of the following statements about the Hawthorne effect is FALSE?
It is a self-fulfilling prophecy
It occurs when individuals are aware they are being observed
Individuals modify their behavior
Individuals react in accordance to a confirmation bias
176
Which of the following individuals have NO connection whatsoever to Nate Silver?
Paul the Octopus
Bill James
Nate Cohn
Bill Pecota
177
Which of the following is NOT a prediction made by Michio Kaku?
There will be a transition from the Internet to a brain-net
Computing power will be too powerful for silicon chips
Literacy would be the most important thing in the future
AI will become the doctors and engineers of the future
178
Which art movement was Hamed Nada associated with?
Dadaism
Conceptualism
Cubism
Populist Surrealism
179
Which of the following is FALSE about prediction markets?
They aggregate the "Wisdom of the Crowd"
They incentivize people with real money
A crowd's average judgment converges on the right solution
The wisest crowds have fewer outliers and deviations
180
What is the meaning of ex nihilo?
creation out of nothing
emptiness was first created
silence annihilated all
a void

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