What is NOT related to cuneiform?

Trick question; they're all related

You're a devout archaelogist about to unearth a prehistoric village site. What's your first course of action?

Create a grid system to record where objects are unearthed

What best describes the 1985 jam of Super Mario Brothers?

“Bah dat dat doo dat dat doo."

The Lascaux cave was first accidentally discovered during...

WW2 by four teenagers when their dog fell down a hole

Reflectance transformation imaging (RTI) is used for what?

Capturing a subject's shape & colour to reveal otherwise hidden info

What is yellow journalism?

Reporting that emphasizes sensationalism over facts

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1
Which Ghibli film's English dub was famously different from its Japanese one?
The Boy and the Heron
Spirited Away
Howl's Moving Castle
Princess Mononoke
Castle in the Sky
2
This work is titled "Night in the City."
False
True
3
Which of the following did early civilizations NOT use to record history?
Nsibidi
Oracle bones
Quipus
Cyclons
Atroglyphs
4
Who would probably enjoy this TikTok trend the most?
Los Huasos Quincheros
Alexander Olshanetsky
Quynh Anh
Ivan Larionov
Bing Crosby
5
What is NOT related to cuneiform?
Trick question; they're all related
Reed styluses
Symbols representing sounds
Two-dimensional pictographs
Clay tokens
6
You're a British kid in 1802. Someone has come to deliver the news - what's the first thing you hear?
"Oyez, Oyez, Oyez!"
"Hark, hark!"
"Gather 'round, the king has spoken."
"Bloody hell, innit?"
"All come to listen!"
7
Which of the following words most accurately describes this photo?
Yellow
Girl
Clickbait
Advertisement
广告
8
You're a devout archaelogist about to unearth a prehistoric village site. What's your first course of action?
Create a grid system to record where objects are unearthed
Document artifacts for radioactive dating
Sieve earth to collect even the smallest artifacts
Shovel up small sections of dirt at a time
Take GPS measurements
9
What best describes the 1985 jam of Super Mario Brothers?
"Scooby-dooby dooooooooo."
“Bah dat dat doo dat dat doo."
"Dah doo bee bah dat dat doo dat."
"Dat dat doo bah doo."
"Bah dah bah do dat bah bah do da bah."
10
The Lascaux cave was first accidentally discovered during...
An 1938 excavation by an archaelogist studying fossils
The 1400's when an earthquake exposed it to the French
The week after Queen Elizabeth II's coronation due to two British boys
the Cold War when the US & USSR were trying to outcompete each other
WW2 by four teenagers when their dog fell down a hole
11
Where did Professor Jan Simek discover images of ancent giant glyphs?
Texas
Alabama
Conneticut
California
Iowa
12
Reflectance transformation imaging (RTI) is used for what?
Refraring gamma rays to create patterns in geographic forms
Photography method used to date fossils & rocks
Discovering hidden rocks through advanced light transformation
Reflecting light to transform an image
Capturing a subject's shape & colour to reveal otherwise hidden info
13
Which Prussian chamber that Emily technically visited this summer disappeared during WW2?
Schloss Gamlitz
Salzburg Castle
Bernstein Chambers
Old Summer Palace
Amber Room
14
Which of the following is NOT a rendition of the previous piece?
Nighthawks
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Nighthawks Revisited
Nightwalks
Are You Using That Chair
15
The following is an example of what Japanese art?
Dotaku
Kintsugi
Tenmoku
Hirameji
Ikebana
16
Priests and scribes were one of the few groups that used cuneiform.
True
False
17
Napoleon has appeared in at least 190 films.
True
False
18
Which of the following is an example of mele?
Superstar by Delroy Shewe
Island Style by John Cruz
Delilah by Holy Ten
One by One by Julian King
Prayer by Saintfloew
19
Photography's arrival in China came just in time to document the lifestyles of people during the...
Qing Dynasty
Tang Dynasty
Song Dynasty
Han Dynasty
Qin Dynasty
20
West Side Story is technically inspired by...
Hamilton
The Cantebury Tales
Pyramus and Thisbe
The Age of innocence
Wuthering Heights
21
According to Guiness, who is the most adapted literary character of all time?
Frankenstein
Sherlock Holmes
Harry Potter
Cinderella
Dracula
22
Which poem opens with the line "& what if hope crashes through the door what if / that lasts a somersault?"
Nostalgia by Giannina Braschi
Iron Bird by Zheng Xiaoqiong
The Dreamy Age" by Muhammad Shanazar
Elegy by Mong-Lan
Chicago Zen by A. K. Ramanujan
23
What is yellow journalism?
Aged, yellow newspapers published during the 1600s
Journalism that quickly gains popularity in the span of a few days
Journalism done by East Asian people
Reporting that emphasizes sensationalism over facts
Honest reports that often exposes government hypocrisies
24
How were news in 19th century Britain primarily disseminated (spread)?
Newspapers
Flyers
Whistleblowers
Town criers
Proclamations
25
What is NOT true about the art below?
It is titled "Paper"
It is made by Mika Yoshitake
It weighs 3,719.5 kg
It is Japanese
It was titled "Paper 2"
26
William Wordsworth is as __ as a cloud...
Gentle
Empty
Quiet
Lonely
White
27
What is the meaning of this art piece by Nobuo Sekine?
Inverted earth
Dirt slays
Water shortages
Ecological destruction
Meteorological reformation
28
What can the origins of literacy be traced back to?
Chinese notations
Mesopotamian record-keeping
Indus Script
Harappa logographics
Egyptian hieroglyphics
29
What is an example of a change to a story without textual support?
Katniss's rebellious nature
Matthias's longing for Nina
Darkstalker's magical powers
Hazel's obsession with Peter Van Houten
Dumbledore being gay
30
"Into Bondage" communicates optimism in the face of slavery.
False
True

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