WSC 2025 - Scholar's Bowl - Part 1

Question 1

What was a primary source of transportation in 1825?

Accepted Answer

b) Trains and horse-drawn carriages

Question 2

Why did oceanographer Regina Rodrigues choose not to have children?

Accepted Answer

environmental destruction

Question 3

Which region had the lowest rates of loneliness among young adults?

Accepted Answer

Northern Europe

Question 4

........................... is designed to assist care workers in lifting people.

Accepted Answer

Hug

Question 5

What happened to Bertha, the giant tunnel-boring machine used in the Seattle Tunnel Project?

Accepted Answer

It broke down underground, causing major delays

Question 6

Who is most famously known for using the phrase "many people are saying"?

Accepted Answer

b) Donald Trump

Question 7

What is common about the following fictional characters: Rip Van Winkle, Steve Rogers (Captain America), and Aang?

Accepted Answer

B) They all experience a long period of sleep and wake up years later.

Question 8

The concept of "resurrection" in A Tale of Two Cities can be seen as

Accepted Answer

b) Personal transformation after hardship

Question 9

The WHO declared loneliness a global health threat. Its mortality effects are equivalent to ......................... .

Accepted Answer

b) Smoking 15 cigarettes a day

Question 10

What is the name of the fuzzy robotic seal invented by Japan to provide adult social care and combat loneliness?

Accepted Answer

Paro

Question 11

What percentage of young people agree with the statement "humanity is doomed"?

Accepted Answer

56%

Question 12

If the progression of AI followed Moore's Law, what would happen?

Accepted Answer

AI becomes exponentially cheaper to develop

Question 13

Which of the following has changed significantly between 1825 and 1925?

Accepted Answer

d) The method of communication (e.g., letters vs. radios)

Question 14

As of 2021, what is the average amount of time a person spends on social media per day?

Accepted Answer

145 minutes

Question 15

In which country did a political party rise to power in 2007 after promising to build a fast national broadband network?

Accepted Answer

Australia

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