Social Studies WSC 2021

Question 1

Q3: What larger group of thinking errors can you classify the Bandwagon Effect to be a part of?

Accepted Answer

Cognitive Bias

Question 2

Q13: Someone who describes themselves as a neophiliac is most likely to:

Accepted Answer

Constantly crave novelty and new experiences

Question 3

Q8: Which of the following products are you MOST likely to be able to fix by taking it to a repair collective?

Accepted Answer

Dell laptop

Question 4

Q9: Dr Erkan Goren’s research in biogeography is controversial because...

Accepted Answer

Makes potentially discriminatory statements about race & culture

Question 5

Q7: How does clothing company Patagonia subvert the “fast fashion” trend?

Accepted Answer

They encourage customers to repair and trade in used clothes

Question 6

Q15: The headline, “Number 10 bungles the UK’s response to COVID19” contains which part of speech?

Accepted Answer

Synecdoche

Question 7

Q12: How did the Associated Press cause a storm of controversy in 2019?

Accepted Answer

They updated their guidance on hyphen use

Question 8

Q2: Who asked voters to “Pokemon Go to the polls?”

Accepted Answer

Hillary Clinton

Question 9

Q5: Which of these statements is the BEST example of hyperbole?

Accepted Answer

Daniel must have a million alpacas at his house

Question 10

Q14: If you wanted an iPhone that lasted more than a year before you had to buy a new one, where should you move to?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 11

Q6: If you were walking London in the 17th Century and someone calls “hey guy” to you, what could we reasonably deduce?

Accepted Answer

You have a scruffy or badly dressed appearance

Question 12

Don Draper really wants a...

Accepted Answer

Coca-cola

Question 13

Q4: One explanation for the popularity of the ugly fashion movement is:

Accepted Answer

#MeToo

Question 14

Q1: As the world experiences economic downturn post-COVID19, a proponent of the hemline theory would expect to see...

Accepted Answer

Skirt lengths get longer

Question 15

Q10: Which was NOT suggested as a means of communicating the dangers of nuclear waste to ppl 10,000 years in the future?

Accepted Answer

A new ‘Rosetta Stone’ to allow future generations to translate English

Question 16

Q11: Which of these questions would make the best shibboleth for the WSC community?

Accepted Answer

What is the sound of a happy alpaca?

Questions 16