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TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS 2024 WSC (ACTUAL) 2024 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS 2024 WSC(ACTUAL)
In short, who was Richard III? - ANSWERS-Richard III was a british monarch who
died in the Battle of Bosworth Field, a battle that was the grand finale of the War
of Roses. Richard was the last Yorkist king, and he lost in battle against Henry VII
of Tudor. His body was not found and he died at the age of 32, he was then buried
at Greyfriars Church, a 13th century holy church in the city of Leicester. Today,
people thought the church was destroyed by Henry VII until 2012, a team of
archeologists, that was lead by Philippa Langley. They were able to find the
church by comparing old maps with modern present day maps, and came to a
conclusion to where the church is located, which was in a parking lot. They dug at
the site and found a body, they then DNA tested it, and confirmed that it was
Richard III's remains. However, Richard III's appearance seemed a little weird,
even Shakespeare described him as a "poisonous bunch backed toad", but with
today's technology, archeologists found that Richard III has a form of scoliosis,
with his spine curves on the side. Richard III's remains were re-interred at
Leicester Cathedral in 2015.
In short, describe the exploration of the Ancient Buddhist Temple. - ANSWERS-
Italian and Pakistani archeologists led by Luca Maria Olivieri in partnership with
the International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies found in
Pakistan a roughly 2000 year old Buddhist temple, which is the oldest in the
Gandhara region. This region was a trade crossroad between Asia, Europe and the
Middle East. The archeologists found in temples treasures and buddhist symbols.
In the temple, you could see the rooms and their usage, like a stupa for monks, a
stupa for relics, etc.
,In short, describe who was the fastest man known to history. - ANSWERS-The
footprint belonged to the fastest man in known history → It was left by an
Aboriginal hunter who crossed a muddy wetland in New South Whales some 20
000 years ago with 4 friends
Archeologists found in New South Whales (a region in Australia) aboriginal
footprints from 20 000 years ago. They stepped on wetlands that are now dry, so
you can see their big footprints on dry dunes. It now belongs to the Mingo
National Park. They found 700 footprints, 400 of them grouped in a set of 23
tracks, and these belong to several groups who crossed the wetlands like families
and hunters. On a group of 5 abnormal, Steve Webb, with Bond University found
that one of them was running at 37 km/h on mud, which is close to Usain Bolt's
37.6 km/h without running on mud, or Donovan Bailey who once reached the
speed of 43.6 km/h. Nevertheless, he is a good competitor for the fastest man in
history.
Explain how the people of Pompeii used to live. - ANSWERS-Pompeii was an
ancient Roman city in Italy that had a thriving culture, which was near Mount
Vesuvius, a volcano (nice place to settle in), but tragically, the volcano erupted.
The city was buried in ashes, until it was found in 1748, being to this day, one of
the most famous archeological sites in the world. With today's X-Raying people's
decomposed bodies, we found what the city looked like, and with CGI technology,
we can see how the streets once probably looked like. With 3-D mapping tech,
Professor Eric Poehler from the University of Massachusetts put together a grid of
transportation in Pompeii. With organic trash in the city we found out that the
people ate seafood and pork, they even fed pigs different stuff to make their
bodies taste differently. Hopefully in a few years or decades we could see the
living city from our phones and computers, digitally with all the people.
In short, what is the Rosetta Stone? - ANSWERS-An ancient Egyptian stone with
inscriptions in several languages and scripts that helped the 19th century world
,understand the lost hieroglyphic writing of ancient Egypt. It was found in Rosetta,
Rasheed, Egypt, by a Frenchman named Bouchard/ Boussard in 1799, but after
the French surrender of Egypt, it was passed to the British Museum of London
(1801-present). The writings themselves were made by the priests of Memphis,
the capital city of ancient Egypt, explaining about Ptolemy V Epiphanes' reign, and
because she was Egyptian and Greek, it was written in these two languages, in
three writing systems : hieroglyphics (which we didn't know/understand),
demonic script (hieroglyphics but in words, looks like Arabic) and the Greek
Alphabet. It was written in a large kind of broken basalt stone, and the minerals
helped the text remain.
In short, what are Dead Sea Scrolls? - ANSWERS-Dead Sea Scrolls are a lot of
pieces of scrolls from 2000 years ago of the Hebrew bible (Jewish Bible/ Old
testament), and also a few apocryphal texts, such as the book of Judith. A few
pieces of scrolls were first found in 1947 in a few caves near the dead sea by
Bedouins, which is a group of Arab tribes living in Israel's desert. These scrolls are
one of the biggest finds of archeology so far. Yigael Yadin, an Israeli archeologist,
found tens of thousands of these scroll pieces on the shores of the dead sea in
1947. These scrolls are known to be the oldest written source for the Jewish Bible.
During the 50s, people could barely match the scroll parts, but with today's x-rays
we can see what is really written there [...] It described the life of Jews with
Christians in the 1st century too. The text remained because it was written on a
special paper, papyrus, and also special papers with rich leather and copper
materials, making the text visible.
What is a living history museum? - ANSWERS-They're a type of museum which
recreates historical settings to stimulate the past time period → Provides visitors
with an experiential interpretation of history (ex. Actors dress, talk and do things
as they did in the past)
, Where is the Spanish Village located? - ANSWERS-Barcelona
How many artist's work are there at the Spanish Village? - ANSWERS-300
Who are the artists who have their work displayed at the Spanish Museum? -
ANSWERS-Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Joan Miró
How many traditional factories are there at the Spanish Museum? - ANSWERS-20
What year was the Spanish Museum built and for what reason? - ANSWERS-built
in 1929 for the world fair in Barcelona
Who designed the blue prints for the Spanish Village? - ANSWERS-Puig i Cadafalch
→ Representative of Modernisme
Who worked on the construction of the Spanish Village? - ANSWERS-Francesc
Folguera, Ramón Reventós, Miquel Utrillo (Art critic) and Xavier Nogués (Painter
who traveled through around 1600 villages to capture the true essence of Spanish
Architecture)
In short, what is the Spanish Village? - ANSWERS-It's a large, full scale diorama of
the diversity of buildings of Spain from traditional eras → People can efficiently
inspect 49 000 square meters of historical buildings and tilt at old slides with Don
Quixote
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