2025 WSC Key Terms (Part 3: page 91-114)

What historical period does Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” cover?

What does the MindBeagle device allow locked-in patients to do?

Stitch Fix uses AI to recommend clothing styles based on user preferences.

Disney was the first to use the term "Imagineering."

What do players use to interact in the VR rhythm game Beat Saber?

“A TV Show Called Earth” imagines humans being watched by aliens.

Which artist created a satirical song titled “So Long, Mom (A Song For World War III)”?

REM sleep is the stage of sleep when most dreams occur.

What form is Dylan Thomas’s poem Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night written in?

What did Ogilvy Paris use DALL-E to create?

Who declared her salon to be its own country within her heart, while forbidding love?

What is the central idea behind the Solarpunk movement?

What are arcologies designed to do?

What constraint did Matthew Tomkinson use in his poetry collection oems?

Beatmania helped launch a wave of rhythm games like DDR and Pop N’ Music.

Tap Tap Revenge was popular on early smartphones.

The Launch Arcology has systems that could support inhabitants for up to 20 years.

Which American salon host was part of the Harlem Renaissance?

What musical instrument is central to the rhythm game Deemo?

What is “model collapse” in AI?

“Imagine” by Common aligns with Solarpunk values.

What brain region is said to boost creative abilities when stimulated?

What is “combinational creativity”?

What is the hippocampus responsible for?

What company used “Imagineering” in an ad during World War II?

Chiptune music uses modern orchestra instruments.

What is Giacomo Balla's artwork "Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash" best known for?

Which arcology is described as “solid as a rock” and linked with heavy industry?

What did the game Space Invaders introduce to video game music in 1978?

What condition involves complete paralysis except for eye movement, while mental awareness remains intact?

What concept involves slightly altering familiar reality to make people think?

Mind wandering can lead to creative insights.

What does System 1 processing involve?

Which 2018 rhythm game uses motion capture and became a global franchise?

What was updated in Alanis Morissette’s 2015 version of “Ironic”?

Which artist is associated with the phrase “Space is the Place”?

What is the neocortex responsible for?

Atompunk imagines a future where digital technology becomes smaller and more efficient.

Which music producer worked with IBM’s Watson?

The default mode network becomes active during intense focus and problem-solving.

Afrofuturism focuses only on fantasy and ignores real-world issues.

What 2016 short film features a girl living in a simulation created by her father?

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) already exists and is used daily.

Julie Carr felt constrained by writing only 14-line poems in Real Life: An Installation.

What is the major difference between K.D. Lang’s “Surrender” and Sheryl Crow’s “Tomorrow Never Dies”?

What is a common issue with spontaneous excitement from a new idea?

What AI artwork sold for $432,500?

What happens to patients in solitary confinement for extended periods?

Gertrude Stein’s salon attracted artists like Picasso.

What was Napoleon’s attitude toward women hosting salons?

The United Nations considers solitary confinement longer than 15 days as torture.

What does the game Terra Nil focus on?

Nature experiences can help reduce stress and increase feelings of connectedness.

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti is known for celebrating the past and tradition in his writings.

What is hypnagogia?

Generative AI models often rely on large datasets scraped from existing popular content.

What poetic technique uses the last word of each line to form another poem?

“Pure Imagination” was sung by Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

Whose salon included a temple tucked into a garden?

What is the rhythm game Osu! known for?

What is the Alternate Uses Test used to assess?

What makes the Forest Arcology unique?

What is chiptune music mainly characterized by?