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WORLD SCHOLAR-S CUP 2023 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Name: Score:99 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 99
where is Petra?
Lebanon
Syria
Jordan
Turkey
Term 2 of 99
who tried to return to their old lifestyle?
the British luddites
The song is based on the loss of the band's manager and Levine's friend, Jordan
Feldstein who died in December 2017.
The band's lead singer, Adam Levine, explained: "This song is for anyone who has ever
experienced loss
By destroying societies history, their would be a loss in culture and many traditions.
the original luddites were british weavers and textile workers who objected to the
increased use of mechanized looms and knitting frames. most were trained artisans who
had spent years learning their craft, and they feared that unskilled machine operators
were robbing them of their livelihood.
,Term 3 of 99
what is the international time capsule society?
Mennonites and Amish people live outside the modern world. Although the two are
similar, unlike the Amish, Mennonites are not prohibited from using motorized vehicles.
In addition, Mennonites are also allowed to use electricity and telephones in their
homes. When it comes to their beliefs, the Amish and Mennonite faiths are very similar.
The differences lie mainly in the outward practice of those beliefs.
The International Time Capsule Society is dedicated to tracking the world's time capsule
to ensure that those that are created are not lost. Paul Hudson founder of ITCS and
alumni of Oglethorpe University estimates that more than 80 percent of all time capsules
are lost and will not be opened on their intended date.
This song is a sentimental message from a man to the long-lost crush who sat next to
him at school. The lyrics are nostalgic, and touch on the man's heartfelt wishes for the
woman's happiness.
The film attracted racist rhetoric even before it was released. Online commentators
condemned the perceived savagery of the Dahomey kingdom. In those reports,
particular attention was given to the "annual customs" in Dahomey, the palace rituals
that sometimes included massive human sacrifices.
Term 4 of 99
what is the opera Somnium
Kepler´s "Somnium" ("The Dream"), written around 1611, should be considered the first
science-fiction novel ever. The eminent German astronomer Johannes Kepler imagines a
trip to the moon and speculates about its inhabitants.
Henry Carlile's poem Dodo focuses around a person standing in the British museum
looking at a taxidermized Dodo and reflecting on how it's lack of evolutionary
capabilities meant that it has been reduced to extinction and nothing more than a name
in a glass cabinet.
Magic Mushrooms - Them Mushrooms' Embe Dodo is also a nostalgic musical genre-
Zilizopendwa (those which were loved)—with enduring popularity in Kenya and Tanzania.
It has even inspired academic research on its implications for East African development.
This is the belief by jurors (and the general public) that there are always scientific tests
for evidence gathered by forensic scientists. It also is an increase in the general
knowledge of procedures and processes that criminalists do in gathering evidence
which can be a good thing.
,Term 5 of 99
What murder took place in the opening episodes of startrek?
it is a painting by a 10 year old girl named andres valencia and portrayed the german
bombing of a small town
In the opening episodes of Star Trek: Picard, two characters need to solve a murder in an
apartment—but someone has scrubbed the floors, replaced the windows, and wiped all
the alpaca spit from the walls. (The only eyewitness also exploded.) Undeterred, they
resort to an alien device that can project a blurry hologram of the recent past.
This song is performed at the wedding of Tzeitel, Tevye and Golde's eldest daughter. The
two parents sing about how they can't believe their daughter and her groom have grown
up, while Hodel and Perchik sing about whether there may be a wedding in the nearby
future for them.
The trial in Los Angeles commenced in October 2022. Weinstein was charged with 11
counts of rape, forcible oral copulation and sexual battery, stemming from alleged acts
between 2004 and 2013. He was found guilty of 3 of 7 charges (four of the initial 11
charges were dropped) on December 19, 2022
Term 6 of 99
describe the de-extinction attempt of the american chestnut.
basically:
american chestnut trees were almost driven to extinction by a blight bc of toxic fungi.
Asian chestnut trees were crossbred with the American chestnut. Had some flaws so
they did 75% american 25% asian (backcrossing). They then bred between the good trees
in that batch and so on.
Genome editing (also called gene editing) is a group of technologies that give scientists
the ability to change an organism's DNA. These technologies allow genetic material to
be added, removed, or altered at particular locations in the genome.
Accidental discovery of a few farmers when building a well. Emperor Qin Shi Huang Di
was discovered in the chamber in the centre of the army
Mennonites and Amish people live outside the modern world. Although the two are
similar, unlike the Amish, Mennonites are not prohibited from using motorized vehicles.
In addition, Mennonites are also allowed to use electricity and telephones in their
homes. When it comes to their beliefs, the Amish and Mennonite faiths are very similar.
The differences lie mainly in the outward practice of those beliefs.
, Term 7 of 99
Presentism
the scientific discipline concerned with dating and interpreting past events, particularly
paleoclimates and climatic trends, based on the analysis of tree rings
a type of museum which recreates historical settings to simulate a past time period,
providing visitors with an experiential interpretation of history (people dress, talk, and
do things as they did long ago)
focusing too much on the 20th and 21st centuries—and against sifting selectively though
the past to find support for their current social agendas. President of the American
Historical Association warned about this.
Located on the island of Java, the magnificent Borobudur temple is the world's biggest
Buddhist monument. Built in the 9th century during the reign of the Syailendra dynasty,
the temple's design in Gupta architecture reflects India's influence on the region, yet
there are enough indigenous scenes and elements incorporated to make Borobudur
uniquely Indonesian.
Term 8 of 99
Rosetta Stone
The discovery in 1939 changed our understanding of that era. Provides one of the richest
sources of archaeological evidence for the Anglo-Saxon period of England's history
a huge stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics, Greek, and a later form of Egyptian that
allowed historians to understand Egyptian writing.
The process of selecting a few organisms with desired traits to serve as parents of the
next generation
Back-breeding aims to concentrate ancestral traits that persist within a population into a
single individual using selective breeding.
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