WSC 2023 Practice 1

Who is the narrator of the novel The Difference Engine, by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling?

Before it was called a Time Capsule, it was a…

If you were researching the life expectancy of a head of lettuce, you are most likely studying which political leader?

How did Chinese opera solve the problem of declining audience numbers?

The theory that the Egyptian Pyramids were the work of ancient aliens falls within which discipline?

Studying insects found on dead bodies and human remains is the work of a…

Which of these is NOT an alternative term for pseudoarchaeology?

In A Dog Has Died, by Pablo Neruda, to what does the ‘dog’ refer?

Which of these is NOT a technique for bringing extinct animals back to life?

If you were doing academic research on ‘zilizopendwa’ which university faculty would you most likely be a part of?

Which source is most accurately credited with the theory that dinosaurs had feathers?

What common criticism has been levelled at the movies Braveheart, Pocahontas and The Woman King?

If you were eating roast squab and waldorf pudding, where would you be?

What or who was discovered under a parking lot in Leicester?

The Watergate scandal ended the career of which US politician?