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Among the best-selling foods in Thermopolis, there is isicia omentata, which we can consider as
the ancestor of hotdog
the ancestor of hamburger
the ancestor of meatballs
the ancestor of pizza
2
Museum of the Future...
is in Russia
is in the shape of a big eye
Had a Kitchen Debate inside it
was in 1939
3
The Diffence Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling is about
An artists life
Computers being invented super early and the consequences
The effects of photography is recorded history
The moon landing
4
Before the advent of western-style journalism, how was news primarily spread?
Radio broadcast
Oral storytelling, town criers, and handwritten newsletters
Television broadcast
Social media
5
Poble Espanyol is
a Spanish Living Museum
a painting
a lost city
a song
6
The Dodo by Henry Beloc
A book about dodos
A time travelling boy
a rhyming poem about how the dodo is extinct
An old war hero
7
What was the title of South Africa's earliest newspapers?
The Colonist
The African Journal
The Gazette
The African Times
8
Which city is Crystal Palace in?
London
New York
Jakarta
Dublin
9
What would you not eat if you were on a Paleo diet?
Pineapple
Pasta
Papaya
Potatoes
10
Which living history museum has livestock of heritage breeds, a replica of the Mayflower & staff of indigenous people?
Heritage Park
Frontierland
Plimoth Plantation
Spanish village
11
Millenium City Park is about
the natives
new technology
the Song dynasty
old food
12
pseudoarchaeology is not
scientific
spooky
fantastical
alternative
13
In Tomorrowland we can learn about
space
time travel
the history of the native people
the wild west
14
The world’s first recorded extinction in 1627 is the death of what animal?
Dodo
Auroch
Mammoth
Tasmanian Tiger
15
The fast food of the ancient Romans, which literally means hot shop, is called...
Thermopolium
Thermapavilion
Thermokantina
Thermataverna
16
Who was the U.S. President that submitted to the practice of interviews in 1868?
Abraham Lincoln
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
17
At Medieval Times you can...
see a lot of different types of old animals
talk to native tribes
sleep on an old ship
eat old food and watch jousting
18
Brazilian Telephone by Miriam Bird Greenberg is about...
The Brazilian election
The invention of the telephone
Children doing a science experiment
Communism
19
The Dead Sea Scrolls are:
said to have been found by Napoleon when he raided Russia in 1814
ancient Mayan calendar telling the future
ancient Jewish religious manuscripts discovered between 1946 and 1956
ancient Roman texts found in a treasure chest in the Dead Sea in 2001
20
isicia omentata is a
a side dish on the Titanic
A drink at Medieval Times restaurant
Roman Hamburger
A desert in China
21
What would you not get on the Titanic?
Roast Squb
Punch Romaiine
The Tubar of Starch
Chicken Lyonnaise
22
Kubla Khan by Samual Taylor Coleridge is about...
Kubla Khan's wife
Kubla Khan's palace in China
Ghengis Khan
Kubla Khan's death
23
Which Dynasty that's described in the Millenium City Park?
Northern Ching Dynasty
Northern Song Dynasty
Northern Han Dynasty
Northern Qin Dynasty
24
What year was World of Tomorrow?
1939
1893
2012
2022
25
Having animals in living museums can be bad because...
They are not accurate
They are too boring
they are lonely
they are sometimes mistreated
26
The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in the Qumran Caves, AKA Mandatory Palestine
False
True
27
Ulster American Folk Park is
an old exhibition
a living museum in Ireland
in Dubai
a wax works
28
The Czar's Last Christmas Letter by Norman Dubie is about
The french revolution
The Czar writing to his mum
Remastering books
The nostalgia of Christmas past
29
Researchers buried a 60cm stainless steel tube containing samples to tell finders half a million years into the future
False
True
30
How did they reconstruct an ancient Chinese meal?
They read an ancient recipe and translated it
They looked at old paintings
It is a recipe passed down through the dynasties
They used unwashed old food containers and tested the remnants
31
Which of the following approaches to journalism typically involves exposing concealed matters?
Feature reporting
Breaking news reporting
Investigative reporting
Advocacy reporting
32
According to a New York World correspondent, the American style interview was likened to what?
A modern and American Inquisition
An American scandal
An American hack's tool
The American dream
33
If Wikipedia was destroyed it would be
like losing the Library of Alexandria
hard to move into the future
the same as if it never existed
the best thing to happen to the internet
34
A biography is a good way of recording history because it ...
includes real personal stories
Has little to no bias
includes dates
It is that person writing it themselves
35
Plimoth Paxuet is controversial because
It is too old
It discriminates against women
It doesn't acknowledge the native population
Black people could not go there
36
What does Aaron Delahenty make?
Paintings
living museums
extinct things come back to life
dioramas
37
In Kyoto by Basho is about ...
An old city
alpacas
A bird
longing for a city
38
The #MeToo movement gained global consciousness primarily due to the exposure of which individual's actions?
Matt Lauer
Kevin Spacey
Harvey Weinstein
Bill Cosby
39
At the Tomb of Napolean is about...
How Napoleon fought the revolution
How it is better to be forgotten but good and not remembered by bad.
How Napolean had a lot of cool possessions
About how amazing Napolean was
40
Who/ what did the Mayflower carry?
Ghengis Khan
Pilgrims from England
The enslaved people from Africa
the passenger pigeons to Rome
41
If you are on the Paleo diet, then you should not eat .....
sashimi
fruits with coconut water
oats
sweet potatoes
42
The Municipal Gallery Revisited by WB Yeats is about
A gallery of old musical instruments
Redoing poems
Visiting an old friend
A Dublin City Art Gallery and the artists there
43
Which of these museums is the "living future" museum?
Millenium City Park
Frontierland
Plimoth Plantation
American National Exhibition
44
What is the Smithsonion?
a living museum
an abandoned ship
a traditional museum
a concert
45
Backbreeding aims to create genetically identical copies of an extinct species from preserved somatic cells.
False
True
46
For All Mankind is about
Crime scenes
Extinct animals
robots taking over
Russians landing on the Moon first
47
The most famous and well preserved thermopolium is Vetutius Placidus, which is located in ......
Alexandria
Constantinople
Pompeii
Rome
48
This archeological find is often called 'the missing link'
Sue
The Terracotta army
The Rosetta Stone
Lucy
49
In WSC lore, what would a 19th-century reporter likely be called if they engaged in interviewing?
A daring innovator
A hack humbug
An American Inquisitor
A press pioneer
50
Heritage park is in
Russia
China
Canada
America
51
Polish Polar Station in Hornsund was attacked in 1945
False
True
52
The Kitchen debate was accusing Americans of being...
lazy
loud
angry
boring
53
The American National Exhibition was
in Ukraine
lost for many years
burned down
visited by Richard Nixon
54
The Iceman Otzi was...
The oldest skeleton in Russia
The name of a mammoth
a skull that had been reconstructed to look human
A type of artic boat
55
What food was not part of the last first class meal on the Titanic?
Celery
Boiled rice
French ice cream
Clam chowder
56
All the Seas of The World by Guy Gavriel Kay is about
Pirate food
the life of a pirate
kidnap and assassination on a pirate ship
Pirate dancing
57
Dodo by Henry Carlile is about
How stupid the dodo is
How ugly the dodo is
How the poet feels he relates to the dodo
How the dodo is extinct
58
Which ancient city is famous for its remarkably preserved thermopolia?
Rome
Pompeii
Athens
Alexandria
59
The Breif History of Toa Payoh by Koh Buck Song is about
The history of music
The history of China
The History of a place in Singapore
The History of some empires
60
The Library of Alexandria was burned by Mongols
True
False
61
What is the name of this first English mold newspaper in India?
The Colonial Chronicle
The Indian Herald
The Gazette of India
Hicky's Bengal Gazette
62
The Ugly Little Boy by Issac Asimov is a book about...
A time-travelling neandrothrol
Adoption
Racism
A strange chimp
63
Why was Braveheart controversial?
The lighting was wrong
The story was inaccurate
The Location was Wrong
The Actor was bald
64
Polish Polar Station in Hornsund is where
a time capsule is buried
The first record of Neanderthals was found
the most artifacts were found on an archaeological dig
Scientists found the missing link Lucy
65
The Mountaintop was controversial
It was about dictators
Martin Luther King was played by a white actor
because the mountain was inaccurate
It had swearing
66
Why can government records be a bad way of recording history?
They have only opinions
They are too short
They may be bias
They are not on the computer
67
On Shakespeare by John Milton is about...
He needs a fancier grave
How Shakespeare lives on through his work
Equal rights
Nostalgia
68
A dog has died is about...
a famous dog
A war hero
a loyal pet
an angry dog
69
When text don't survive or tell the whole story, this science can.
Scientology
Physics
Archaeology
Chemistry
70
Atlantis is an example of pseudoarchaeology
True
False
