What is the problem posed in "Another Planet"?

Dunya Mikhail is hesitant to go alone

Which of the following is false about "Ironic" by Alanis Morisette?

It was meant to be an April Fool's Day release

Why does the card player in "Shape of My Heart" continue to play card games?

He wants to perform statistical analysis

Which of the following statements about the Coyote drone is false?

It is capable of warning scientists of landslides

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

defending the idealogy of Communism

Who is credited with the birth of forecasting as a science?

Francis Beaufort and Robert FitzRoy

First computer forecast : first weatherman : first gale warning service for ships

John von Neumann : John Coleman : Robert FitzRoy

The characters in "Conditional Risk" can be likened to

Americans who believe in Zika immunity

Which of the following statements about the Hawthorne effect is FALSE?

Individuals react in accordance to a confirmation bias

The Nubian Giraffe was sent by the Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt,

Pasha Mehemet Ali to King George IV

Which of the following statements about Thiebaud's "Jackpot Machine" is FALSE?

All 3 tokens lined up. JACKPOT!

What caused the public to be angry with Rasputin?

Passionate letters from the Tsarina to him were leaked

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