WSC Sample Scholars' Bowl (January 2024)

Filmmakers always show history completely accurately in historical movies

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

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of ...

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

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

Who is the artist of the artwork “Nighthawks”?

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

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

How much revenue was made in digital advertising in 2022?

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

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

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

In which societies were town criers mainly found?

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

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

What was the first use of writing for?

What does the word "Cuneiform" mean

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

How do adapted movies' sets often change?

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

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

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

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

What caused town criers to go obsolete?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Who were the first professional Japanese photographers?

What was the purpose of Egyptian hieroglyphs?

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

Should an edited version of a work replace the original?

Who is the most adapted literary character?