WSC 2025-26 Quiz #1

What is Igor Stravinsky's "The Firebird" about?

What caused the fall of the Song Dynasty?

From what word do senolytics get their name?

What is our sun's most likely final form?

How does the 2045 Initiative aim to make humans immortal?

What was controversial about Obama's 2013 speech in Mexico?

Where is Lake Nyos?

Physiognomy does NOT lead to which of the following notions?

Which of these statements about Friedrich Engels is true?

Emergence is the idea of what?

AccuWeather is best described as...

Alberto Burri's selected work is what?

Which of the following is NOT part of the fashion cycle?

Eroom's Law says that the price of what increases over time?

RadioShack's failure is most attributed to competition from which company?

Which of these features did Otto engines improve upon?

What specific element of tenseis differentiates them from other isekais?

Which of the following wavelengths could be considered Shortwave Radio?

Oneiromancy is divination based on what?

Emily Dickinson's work must supports what?

Jose Luis Cuevas's work depicts what form of divination?

Which of these figures would relate most to The Band Perry's chosen work?

Which of the following is NOT planned to be a part of the Khazar Islands?

Where is the Global Seed Vault?

Samsara is...

Which of these situations could be described as kafkaesque?

Pessimism regarding the end of the world because of factors like climate change and overpopulation is called what?

Approximately how many people died in the 335 Years' War?

Shuri Castle was most recently damaged from what?

What elixir does the main character of Mary Shelley's chosen work drink?

Parasocial interaction refers to what?

Charles Guiteau, the assassin of Andrew Garfield, had what mental illness?

Fire was roughly discovered how many years ago?

Why does Sun Mu use a pen name?

The fire tetrahedron adds what aspect to the fire pyramid?

What does Bazi translate to?

The idea of the flying car was initially thought of when?

Which of these structures is most similar to the structure of Diyu?

In "Wind of Change", the wind of change is most symbolic of what?

Will Smith's selected work celebrates what?

Japan has attempted to solve the issues of kodokushi and hikikomori using what?

Vangelis's "To the Unknown Man" evokes awe towards who?

Who posed the idea of the Hyperloop?

Who are Robert Menzies's "forgotten people"?

What was so miraculous about the Miracle on Ice?

Which poem does "Today we celebrate our Independence Day" reference?

The number of transistors on a microchip will double with a minimal increase in cost every two years. Why?

Why did Haile Selassie make an appeal to the League of Nations in his selected speech?

Kimba the White Lion is most related to which of Shakespeare's works?

Bipolarity is most associated with which historical term?

Why did the people who watched news on the Boston Marathon bombing feel worse reactions than those who had witnessed it?

What does "carpe diem" mean?

What is the only G7 country which doesn't have high-speed rail?

Caravaggio's "The Fortune Teller" depicts what kind of divination?

"A Tryst with Destiny" is about what?

The Meiji restoration ended a long period of?

Intervision is a Eurovision equivalent for which political body?

What does a chaotic system NOT require?

Ready Player One is NOT an example of what?

Which of these potential uses of AI is SAG-AFTRA known to be opposed to?