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1
If I just flipped through a dictionary, picked a word and forever called Andrew as "lycanthropy," what did I just do?
Hydromancy
Scyphomancy
Bibliomancy
Called bro a werewolf?
2
Which Pixar movie does the basis of
Sea of Rust
seem most like?
Luca
Wall-E
Soul
Toy Story
3
The album name of which of the following songs contained the name of the singer??
Will 2K
Wind of Change
Heal the World
Jones is not your name
4
Francis fukuyama compares Republicans to ________?
Emmanuel Macron
Napoleon
Viktor Orbán
Vladimir Putin
5
In what areas do experts suggest that zeppelins could potentially see a resurgence in the future?
Space exploration
Luxury travel, advertising, and cargo transport
Military applications
High-speed passenger transport
6
What term describes the lack of reliable access to affordable, nutritious food?
Economic inequality
Resource hoarding
Food insecurity
Social immobility
7
What is this image most likely regarding?
Haruspicy
Ornithomancy
Oneiromancy
Palmistry
8
"I failed this exam because I knew I was going to fail it all along." What did Erik just commit?
Surreal reality bomb
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Genetic determinism
Psychic determinism
9
Which of the following dilemmas was NOT in the minds of the reader when "The Second Coming" was first published?
The Great Depression
Russian Revolution
World War I
Spanish Flu pandemic
10
Who wrote this originally?
Benny Spellman
Suzanne Vega
Nostradamus
Al Stewart
11
What is an oracle bone also known as?
I Ching
Ox scaupla
Synastry reading
Huaryu
12
In which year did Fukuyama expand his article into a book?
1992
2010
1985
2002
13
What personal divide is reflected in Frida Kahlo's
The Two Fridas
?
Religious conflict
Cultural and emotional identity
Artistic rivalry
Romantic betrayal
14
What term was originally used to describe any craft utilizing ground effect, including hovercraft?
Air-cushion vehicle
Ground-Effect Vehicle
Ekranoplan
Wingship
15
What does Fukuyama argue is the ideal form of political organization?
Socialist states
Authoritarian regimes
Monarchies
Liberal democratic states tied to market economies
16
What is thrown in astragalomancy?
Dice
Smoke
Chicken beaks
Your life
17
A communist would least likely hate?
Micheal Crawford
Scorpions
Jesus Jones
Francis Fukuyama
18
How many Maglev trains exist?
8
69
7
9
19
When did Yahoo! reintroduce the RocketMail brand for new users to sign up for accounts?
June 2012
June 2010
June 2008
June 2005
20
Omikuji, a form of fortune-telling in Japan, is typically found at which of the following locations?
Supermarkets
Libraries
Temples and shrines
Fortune-telling shops
21
What connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain?
Medulla oblongata
Corpus callosum
Hippocampus
Thalamus
22
What is the "Four Pillars of Destiny" also known as?
Jyotish
Bazi
Osteomancy
I Ching
23
What does the poem "Fire and Ice" help elucidate (bring out to the reader)?
Climate change
Military industrial complex
Political ideologues
The issue of emotional extremes
24
What year was RocketMail acquired by Yahoo!?
1997
2001
2000
1995
25
What is a flying car or roadable aircraft primarily designed to do?
Function only as an aircraft
Operate exclusively in urban environments
Function only as a road vehicle
Function both as a road vehicle and as an aircraft
26
" to urge someone to make the most of the present time and not to the future" is the meaning of which of the following?
In an election
In Oracle Bones
In a poem
In a deck of Tarot cards
27
What was the main reason for the failure of many flying car prototypes to become practical realities?
High costs of production
Regulatory restrictions
Technological limitations and safety concerns
Lack of interest from the public
28
Physiognomy has been historically criticized for its association with which of the following concepts?
Racial profiling
Spiritual healing
Tarot reading
Astrology
29
What is the first thing scientists will work on so that flying cars can exist?
City infrastructure
Propulsion
Budget
Battery Power
30
What is a ground-effect vehicle (GEV) primarily designed to do?
Function as a traditional aircraft
Move over the surface by gaining support from air reactions
Operate exclusively on land
Fly at high altitudes
31
What is this picture an example of?
Roman oneiromancy
Alectryomancy
Comparative horocscopy
Pyro-osteomancy
32
TEN SECONDS: Which artist's
The Fortune Teller
have theft involved? (two possible answers)
Romero de Torres
Caravaggio
Schjerfbeck
de la Tour
33
Which of the following surfaces can a ground-effect vehicle typically operate over?
Any flat area, including frozen lakes and flat plains
Only over water
Only over land
Only over urban environments
34
What did Pygmalion do?
Opened the box he should not have
He was the one-eyed cyclops killed by Odysseus
Fell in love with his creation
Was responsible for the Trojan War
35
In W.B. Yeats’
The Second Coming
, what is “slouching towards Bethlehem to be born”?
A rough beast
The Sphinx
A lost prophet
An angel of justice
36
Who created the Ifá system of divination?
Yoruba
Igbo
Wakanda
Swahili
37
What is Tlaloc the Aztec god of?
The future
Revenge
War and sun
Rain and fertility
38
Who kills Carmen in the opera
Carmen
?
Mercedes
Frasquita
BMW
Don Jose
39
Which of the following is a key component of Jyotish astrology?
The alignment of stars
The lunar calendar
The reading of tea leaves
The position of planets at birth
40
What was a significant event that contributed to the decline of zeppelins in the 20th century?
The Hindenburg disaster in 1937
The development of helicopters
The introduction of commercial jetliners
The invention of the jet engine
41
After the acquisition by Yahoo!, what option did RocketMail users have regarding their email addresses?
They could only create new Yahoo! IDs
They could keep their RocketMail address as username.rm
They lost access to their RocketMail accounts
They had to switch to a Gmail account
42
Cartomancy is often associated with which type of cards?
All of the above
Oracle cards
Playing cards
Tarot cards
43
Which of these is NOT a proposed ingredient of Greek Fire?
Pine Resin
Lime
Ethanol
Sulfur
44
What did Hegel believe was the ultimate goal of history?
The establishment of a global empire
The emergence of a perfectly rational and just state
The spread of capitalism
The end of all wars
45
Which two countries does Fukuyama argue are vulnerable due to their rejection of liberal democracy?
Brazil and Argentina
Russia and China
France and Germany
United States and Canada
46
Which of the following is NOT a way to divine the future in scyphomancy?
Tapping the cup with a finger
Gazing into the bottom of the cup after finishing off the wine
Ringing the cup with a metal object
Wearing a cup on your head
47
Which of the following is NEITHER directly or indirectly alluded to in this video?
Ceromancy
Tasseography
Fortune telling
Cartomancy
48
What was the title of Francis Fukuyama's influential paper published in 1989?
The Future of Democracy
The Rise of Liberalism
The Death of Communism
The End of History?
49
What was the primary reason Fukuyama believed Marx's vision of history would not come to fruition?
The collapse of the Eastern Bloc
The success of liberal democracy
The rise of fascism
The failure of communism in the Soviet Union
50
In
Dreams of Rasputin
, which part of Rasputin's body is distorted?
Ears
Feet
Mouth
Hands
51
Which device needs a planchette?
Tarot cards
Crystal ball
Ouija
I Ching
52
Which of these predictive poems talks about the world’s destruction via desire and hatred?
Emily Dickinson | The Future—never spoke
Horace | Ode I. 11
Robert Frost | Fire and Ice
William Butler Yeats | The Second Coming
53
Who is Michio Kaku?
A magician
A futurist
A comedian
A political scientist
54
Which two supersonic transports have seen regular service for passengers?
Boeing 747 and Airbus A380
Boeing 737 and Airbus A320
Concorde and Tupolev Tu-144
Lockheed Martin and McDonnell Douglas
55
What is the aerodynamic phenomenon that allows a GEV to glide over a surface?
Ground effect
Drag
Thrust
Lift
56
In "I Don't Know, Timmy..." what are the scientists trying to simulate?
Happiness
Revenge
Death
The Universe
57
Greek : Oracle :: ___________ : Sibyl
Hittite
Egyptian
Persian
Roman
58
Which of the following is an example of the Barnum Effect?
Learning knowledge about someone else through vague, leading questions
My horoscope said that all Pisces are friendly. I'm a Pisces and I'm that!
I have lower expectations now because no one seems to believe in me anymore
I only listen to music that applies directly to my life
59
What is the primary function of a Ouija board?
To read tarot cards
To analyze tea leaves
To interpret palm lines
To communicate with spirits
60
In Act V of
Macbeth
, he says, "If thy speech be sooth, I care not if thou dost for me as much." What does sooth mean?
Conspiracy
Prophecy
Happiness
Truth
61
What does the OWI stand for in
Sea of Rust
?
Oregon/Washington/Idaho
One World Intelligence
Outdoor Wilderness Institute
Our Wicked Initiatives
62
Which brand’s revival is MOST similar to Pan Am’s?
X (formerly Twitter)
Polaroid
Dollar Shave Club
CarMax
63
What is one of the major challenges faced by supersonic airliners?
Excessive noise generation and sonic booms
Low passenger capacity
Limited range
Inability to fly at high altitudes
64
Ceromancy, the practice of divination using wax, is most closely related to which of the following?
Cartomancy
Tasseography
Astrology
Scrying
65
What is the main difference between the fire triangle and the fire tetrahedron?
Fuel
Chemical chain reaction
Oxygen
Heat
66
What is judged by physiognomy?
Your tea leaves
Your dead dog's guts
Your face
Your dance skeelz
67
Bazi, or the Four Pillars of Destiny, is primarily based on which of the following?
The lunar phases
The position of the sun
The alignment of stars
The time of birth
68
What did the creator of the fortune cookie possibly take the idea from?
Hydromancy
Bazi
Jiaobei
Omikuji
69
In which of the following would u most likely see a starbucks logo?
Tasseography
Cartomancy
Hydromancy
Ceromancy
70
What was one of the unique characteristics of Greek fire that made it particularly effective in warfare?
It was only effective on land
It could not be extinguished by water
It could be easily extinguished with water
It was a silent weapon
71
Who originally coined the term "the end of history" before Fukuyama?
Alexandre Kojève
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
John Locke
Karl Marx
72
In Ifá divination, what is the primary role of the Babalawo?
To interpret dreams
To perform rituals
To cast cowrie shells
To provide spiritual guidance
73
Which would be used in cartomancy?
Bird patterns
Oracles
Tarot cards
Blood spill patterns
74
With what do people with confirmation bias struggle?
Talking to others who do not look like them
Seeing other people's viewpoints
Realizing that their predictions will come true
Understanding their own self-worth
75
Which of these versions of “The Fortune Teller” have the least number of subjects?
Caravaggio (1595)
Mikhail Vrubel (1895)
Georges de la Tour (1630)
Mikhail Vrubel (1895)
76
What is the primary purpose of Jiaobei in Chinese divination?
To ask questions and receive answers from deities
To predict weather patterns
To interpret dreams
To communicate with ancestors
77
Which of the following is the best description of Jiaobei?
Throwing blocks
Licking toads
Tossing coins
Throwing dice
78
How does the definition of ground-effect vehicles (GEVs) differ from that of hovercraft?
GEVs utilize ground effect, while hovercraft use air cushions
GEVs can only operate over water
GEVs are designed for high-speed travel
GEVs are larger than hovercraft
79
Which of the following is NOT a horoscope sign?
Ursa
Gemini
Libra
Capricorn
80
Which of the following prototypes was built by Glenn Curtiss in 1917?
Autoplane
Rotabuggy
AutoplaneArrowbile
AC-35
81
What is ornithomancy also called?
Bird incantation
Augury bird divination
Flight pattern osteomancy
Aviation apteryx
82
What is "O Fortuna" based on?
Willa Cather novel
A phrase at the end of Merchant of Venice
Medieval poem
Space opera
83
Basically, what is divination?
The practice of seeing future knowledge by supernatural means
To proclaim that your WSC coach is the one true divine soul
The divine future weather patterns via satellites
To speak to higher power through prayer
84
_______________ is the belief that human behavior is controlled by genes.
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Biological determinism
Environmental determinism
Psychic determinism
85
The “digital divide” primarily refers to unequal access to what?
Global trade
Healthcare services
Technology and the internet
Voting rights
86
In palmistry, which line is primarily associated with a person's emotional state and relationships?
Fate Line
Life Line
Head Line
Heart Line
87
What is the disconnect between the falcon and the falconer about in "The Second Coming"?
The rise of paganism
Man's destruction of nature
The ceremony of innocence
Man losing connection with God
88
What was the first fixed-wing roadable aircraft to fly, and who built it?
Autoplane by Glenn Curtiss
AC-35 by Autogiro Company of America
Arrowbile by Waldo Waterman
Rotabuggy by the British Army
89
According to Fukuyama, what are the three essential characteristics of a liberal democratic state?
Strong military, economic independence, and cultural homogeneity
Democratic elections, state authority, and rule of law
High GDP, low unemployment, and technological advancement
Universal healthcare, free education, and environmental sustainability
90
In tasseography, what is the primary focus of interpretation?
The type of tea used
The temperature of the tea
The shapes formed by tea leaves
The color of the tea
