WSC Sample Scholars' Bowl (January 2024)

Complete the sentence: Most musical theatre works nowadays...

Is it necessary for filmmakers to portray historical figures as accurately as possible?

Cuneiforms can be based on syllables, full object association, or semi-alphabetization. Ugarit cuneiform was based on...

Using music to tell the viewer of the time and/or place of a scene is commonly referred to as what?

Editing an old piece of work will usually be met with negative reactions

Which of the following storytelling shortcuts is most likely to evoke an Eastern setting?

Which of these are not reasons why retro gaming is so popular?

Who were the first professional Japanese photographers?

What changes did Disney make when dubbing the Studio Ghibli film "Castle in the Sky" into English?

Should an edited version of a work replace the original?

What caused town criers to go obsolete?

Which of the following is NOT an example of works inside fictional universes being introduced into the real world?

Which city inspired a collection of images of an infamous disaster there in 1906?

Filmmakers always show history completely accurately in historical movies

What was the purpose of Egyptian hieroglyphs?

What works were not given as a reference similar to Edward H’s Nighthawks?

Yellow journalism was at least a contributing factor to what conflict?

If I wanted to create a retro-style game, which of these elements would I want to include?

Which of these forms of media are most capable of evoking nostalgic feelings?

In what time period did the United States see a rise of "Yellow Journalism"?

What was the first use of writing for?

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of ...

Why do objects and sounds from the past make us feel nostalgia?

How do adapted movies' sets often change?

Who is the most adapted literary character?

What does the word "Cuneiform" mean

What does the artwork “Nighthawks” by Edward H depict?

'Town criers' were people who used to...

What are some complications that authors face when they engage with their readers online?

Who is the artist of the artwork “Nighthawks”?

What happened to William Randolph Hearst, founder of the New York Journal, after the yellow fever period ended?

How much revenue was made in digital advertising in 2022?

How many adults in the US get at least some of their news from social media?

In which societies were town criers mainly found?

Archeologists documented the evolution of Cuneiform. Which one was not one of the 3 phases