What is NOT related to cuneiform?

Trick question; they're all related

The Lascaux cave was first accidentally discovered during...

WW2 by four teenagers when their dog fell down a hole

What best describes the 1985 jam of Super Mario Brothers?

“Bah dat dat doo dat dat doo."

What is yellow journalism?

Reporting that emphasizes sensationalism over facts

You're a devout archaelogist about to unearth a prehistoric village site. What's your first course of action?

Create a grid system to record where objects are unearthed

Reflectance transformation imaging (RTI) is used for what?

Capturing a subject's shape & colour to reveal otherwise hidden info

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1
Which of the following words most accurately describes this photo?
Girl
Advertisement
Yellow
广告
Clickbait
2
What is NOT true about the art below?
It is Japanese
It is titled "Paper"
It was titled "Paper 2"
It is made by Mika Yoshitake
It weighs 3,719.5 kg
3
You're a British kid in 1802. Someone has come to deliver the news - what's the first thing you hear?
"Gather 'round, the king has spoken."
"Bloody hell, innit?"
"Oyez, Oyez, Oyez!"
"All come to listen!"
"Hark, hark!"
4
The following is an example of what Japanese art?
Hirameji
Tenmoku
Ikebana
Dotaku
Kintsugi
5
What is NOT related to cuneiform?
Reed styluses
Trick question; they're all related
Clay tokens
Two-dimensional pictographs
Symbols representing sounds
6
Which of the following is an example of mele?
Prayer by Saintfloew
One by One by Julian King
Island Style by John Cruz
Superstar by Delroy Shewe
Delilah by Holy Ten
7
Which of the following is NOT a rendition of the previous piece?
Nighthawks
Nighthawks Revisited
Are You Using That Chair
Nightwalks
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
8
Photography's arrival in China came just in time to document the lifestyles of people during the...
Qin Dynasty
Han Dynasty
Tang Dynasty
Qing Dynasty
Song Dynasty
9
What is the meaning of this art piece by Nobuo Sekine?
Dirt slays
Inverted earth
Ecological destruction
Water shortages
Meteorological reformation
10
Who would probably enjoy this TikTok trend the most?
Ivan Larionov
Los Huasos Quincheros
Quynh Anh
Alexander Olshanetsky
Bing Crosby
11
The Lascaux cave was first accidentally discovered during...
An 1938 excavation by an archaelogist studying fossils
The 1400's when an earthquake exposed it to the French
WW2 by four teenagers when their dog fell down a hole
the Cold War when the US & USSR were trying to outcompete each other
The week after Queen Elizabeth II's coronation due to two British boys
12
How were news in 19th century Britain primarily disseminated (spread)?
Flyers
Proclamations
Newspapers
Town criers
Whistleblowers
13
What best describes the 1985 jam of Super Mario Brothers?
"Scooby-dooby dooooooooo."
"Dat dat doo bah doo."
“Bah dat dat doo dat dat doo."
"Dah doo bee bah dat dat doo dat."
"Bah dah bah do dat bah bah do da bah."
14
What is yellow journalism?
Aged, yellow newspapers published during the 1600s
Journalism done by East Asian people
Honest reports that often exposes government hypocrisies
Journalism that quickly gains popularity in the span of a few days
Reporting that emphasizes sensationalism over facts
15
Napoleon has appeared in at least 190 films.
True
False
16
What can the origins of literacy be traced back to?
Indus Script
Harappa logographics
Egyptian hieroglyphics
Chinese notations
Mesopotamian record-keeping
17
Which Ghibli film's English dub was famously different from its Japanese one?
The Boy and the Heron
Spirited Away
Howl's Moving Castle
Princess Mononoke
Castle in the Sky
18
William Wordsworth is as __ as a cloud...
Empty
Lonely
White
Quiet
Gentle
19
Which poem opens with the line "& what if hope crashes through the door what if / that lasts a somersault?"
Nostalgia by Giannina Braschi
The Dreamy Age" by Muhammad Shanazar
Chicago Zen by A. K. Ramanujan
Iron Bird by Zheng Xiaoqiong
Elegy by Mong-Lan
20
West Side Story is technically inspired by...
Wuthering Heights
Hamilton
The Age of innocence
Pyramus and Thisbe
The Cantebury Tales
21
According to Guiness, who is the most adapted literary character of all time?
Dracula
Cinderella
Frankenstein
Harry Potter
Sherlock Holmes
22
What is an example of a change to a story without textual support?
Matthias's longing for Nina
Hazel's obsession with Peter Van Houten
Darkstalker's magical powers
Dumbledore being gay
Katniss's rebellious nature
23
Which of the following did early civilizations NOT use to record history?
Quipus
Cyclons
Oracle bones
Nsibidi
Atroglyphs
24
Where did Professor Jan Simek discover images of ancent giant glyphs?
California
Alabama
Texas
Conneticut
Iowa
25
This work is titled "Night in the City."
True
False
26
You're a devout archaelogist about to unearth a prehistoric village site. What's your first course of action?
Sieve earth to collect even the smallest artifacts
Create a grid system to record where objects are unearthed
Document artifacts for radioactive dating
Shovel up small sections of dirt at a time
Take GPS measurements
27
Which Prussian chamber that Emily technically visited this summer disappeared during WW2?
Bernstein Chambers
Old Summer Palace
Schloss Gamlitz
Salzburg Castle
Amber Room
28
Reflectance transformation imaging (RTI) is used for what?
Discovering hidden rocks through advanced light transformation
Reflecting light to transform an image
Refraring gamma rays to create patterns in geographic forms
Capturing a subject's shape & colour to reveal otherwise hidden info
Photography method used to date fossils & rocks
29
"Into Bondage" communicates optimism in the face of slavery.
True
False
30
Priests and scribes were one of the few groups that used cuneiform.
True
False

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