WSC Weekly Practice Challenge #9

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WSC Weekly Practice Challenge #9 - 10/06/19

A 60 question practice challenge about most of the 2019 curriculum in the WSC. Scores are given upon completion for you to see your strengths and areas for improvement. Tune in next week at avansalpacaresources.weebly.com for the next Practice Challenge.

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Which of these works would you most likely find in a science fiction canon?

1 point

"The Octopus"

"The Raven"

"The Bicentennial Man"

"Hidden Figures"

"Goodbye, Sancho Panza"

Clear selection

Miguel de Cervantes would most likely say what in response to Justin Hamm's work?

1 point

"That's not where Sancho Panza would be in the modern day"

"Sanchismos aren't that inappropriate"

"These messages are too heavy for Sancho Panza"

"God is not with this version of the beloved squire"

All of the above

Clear selection

Which of these poetry forms is most similar to that used by "Min Nong"?

1 point

Tanka

Limerick

Haiku

Free flow

Spoken word

Clear selection

Which of these words would someone most likely associate with John Keats?

1 point

Revolutionary

Dreamer

Realist

Romantic

Scandalous

Clear selection

Someone wishing to explore the concept of creationism would most likely read the work of...

1 point

Edgar Allan Poe

William Blake

William Stafford

Gabriela Mistral

Alex Dang

Clear selection

The first lines of Hieu Minh Nguyen's work describe a form of...

1 point

Colonialism

Supremacism

Racism

Elitism

All of the above

Clear selection

The Martin family are key characters in which author's work?

1 point

Isaac Asimov

William Stafford

Robin Ruttiger

Karen Russell

Madhuri Vijay

Clear selection

Someone who has recently read "Walden" would most likely say that...

1 point

"Androids should be considered humans too"

"Girls and boys should be given the same opportunities"

"One can be happy without having a lot"

"All you need is love and the ability to stretch a lot"

None of the above

Clear selection

An orchestrator is to ensembles what a _______ is to plays

1 point

Set designer

Producer

Showrunner

Casting director

Dramaturge

Clear selection

A storyboard artist has the most similar job description to a...

1 point

Director

Visual designer

VFX designer

Concept artist

Scriptwriter

Clear selection

The Tiwanaku people were responsible for the construction of...

1 point

Puma Punku

The Pyramids

Machu Picchu

The Giant Spheres of Costa Rica

Stonehenge

Clear selection

Hercule Poirot would most likely advise policemen working on Jack the Ripper's case with what?

1 point

"Search for someone who lives in the vicinity"

"Interview all the brothels for suspicious persons"

"Narrow your search to someone with medical knowledge"

"Perhaps the royal family knows more than they have shared"

"I suggest Whitechapel be cordoned off"

Clear selection

Someone wishing to investigate the disappearance of Dale Kerstetter would most value...

1 point

Eyewitness accounts of his shift at work

Security camera footage of the plant when he disappeared

Evidence of an abduction

License plate registration from his truck

His journal

Clear selection

Someone wishing to prove Amelia Earhart's fate would most likely require a(n)...

1 point

Underwater probe

Access to CIA documents from the 1930s

Flight records from the airfield where she was meant to land

Chemical evidence of the fire being purposeful

An SOS signal from her plane

Clear selection

The Sodder Children mysteriously disappeared after a...

1 point

Family holiday

Airplane hijacking

Night out

House fire

Tsunami

Clear selection

Someone investigating Starlite most likely has experience with what material?

1 point

Batteries

Plastics

Wood

Metals

Paper

Clear selection

Plato may have been responsible for the creation of what mystery?

1 point

Atlantis

Holy Grail

Land of Punt

Library of Alexandria

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Clear selection

Lake Guatavita is the closest known location to what mystery?

1 point

Atlantis

The location of the Holy Grail

The Fountain of Youth

El Dorado

Puma Punku

Clear selection

Area 51 was initially built as a...

1 point

US Air Force weather facility

Spy plane testing site

UFO investigating facility

High security detention site

Secret government mind control experiment site

Clear selection

Which of these natural mysteries is causing the most concern with scientists?

1 point

Colony Collapse Disorder

Vanishing Honeybees

White-nose Syndrome

Neanderthal Extinction

Cryptid Existence

Clear selection

Edward Hopper's work is set after..

1 point

World War 1

American Civil War

World War 2

The Industrial Revolution

None of the above

Clear selection

Who would learn the most by visiting "Open Border"?

1 point

Donald Trump

Theresa May

Benjamin Netanyahu

Kim Jong-Un

Angela Merkel

Clear selection

The figure in Felix Nussbaum's work can be best described as...

1 point

Fluid

Frightened

Attentive

Sympathetic

Depressed

Clear selection

Johanna Richter helped inspire which musician to compose their work?

1 point

Barry Cooper

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Gustav Mahler

Third Eye Blind

Clear selection

The singer of "Signs" would most likely

1 point

Have homophobic feelings

Renounce religion

Wish to be alone

Treat all social groups fairly

Tear up a directions board

Clear selection

What advice might someone give to Stephan Jenkins?

1 point

"You should dump her"

"Your friends are not as real as they seem"

"Being a girl does not limit your job options"

"Make sure you wear a helmet"

""It's best to erase her from your memory"

Clear selection

Which of these messages best fits "Woman Ironing"?

1 point

"Why are men not domestic servants as well?"

"Domestic servants are not being recognised enough"

"More trash and more ironing to do today"

"Woman should be allowed to dominate domestic servitude"

None of the above

Clear selection

Someone wishing to learn about early impressionism would most appreciate the work of...

1 point

Max Liebermann

Willem de Kooning

Felix Nussbaum

Giuseppe Pellizza de Volpedo

George Bellows

Clear selection

Which of these marginalised groups would Giuseppe Pellizza de Volpedo be most interested in?

1 point

Tanka

Osu

LGBTQ+

Lumpenproletariat

Deaf people

Clear selection

What advice would Solomon Linda most likely give to a starting musician?

1 point

"Make sure you remix something popular"

"Sing something in a language everyone understands"

"Fuse the old and new together"

"Sing about natural things"

"Never make something for charity"

Clear selection

A student in Ancient Egypt would not be able to learn which of these subjects?

1 point

Medicine

History

Mathematics

Charioteering

Science

Clear selection

When were apprenticeships most common?

1 point

Medieval Europe

Colonial America

1800s Britain

Dynastic China

Ancient Rome

Clear selection

Your friend believes the Boston Latin School was the first public school, what do you say in response?

1 point

"That's correct"

"There may have been public schools before that"

"Technically they didn't accept girls, so they weren't entirely public"

"They were still only available for certain children of higher classes"

"The government didn't pay for that school"

Clear selection

Captain Spock would have taken which of these rites of passage?

1 point

Chudakarana

Walkabout

Kahs-wan

Sweet Sixteen

Vulcan Vision Quest

Clear selection

What advice would someone about to take the Krypteia most likely receive?

1 point

"Make sure to pick the right man for your future"

"Kill them quickly and silently"

"This haircut will bless you with good health"

"From now on, god is watching your actions"

"Listen to the spirits of the wilderness"

Clear selection

Ivan the Terrible was a young ruler of...

1 point

Prussia

Ukraine

Novgorod

Russia

Sweden

Clear selection

In which of these historical countries could you find ayahs?

1 point

Latin America

Colonial Caribbean

Colonial India

Imperial Japan

Dynastic China

Clear selection

Racial segregation was the main problem for domestic servants in...

1 point

South Africa

Victorian England

The United States

Haiti

!Kung lands

Clear selection

Au Pars can also be best described as which domestic role?

1 point

Governess

Stay-at-home student

Butlers

Nannies

French Amah

Clear selection

Which of these Chinese dynasties had the most slaves?

1 point

Ming

Qing

Han

Song

Tang

Clear selection

Someone who believes in the just-world fallacy would most likely say what?

1 point

"Are they dating?"

"This world is perfect as it is"

"I believe in karma"

"All factors must be taken into consideration"

"The law is the supreme being"

Clear selection

Redlining is most commonly a form of...

1 point

Xenophobia

Sexism

Ageism

Racism

Colonialism

Clear selection

The Davis-Moore Hypothesis can best be retitled as...

1 point

"Why humans love the herd"

"A thesis on Marxist theories"

"Social Stratification: A Neccesary Gratification"

"Why prisons should be redesigned"

"The glass ceiling, floor and walls"

Clear selection

Which of these famous change makers is most associated with segregation?

1 point

Mahatma Gandhi

Richard Nixon

Katherine Goble

Martin Luther King Jr.

Benjamin Franklin

Clear selection

Endogamy might be a sign of...

1 point

Institutionalised Racism

Self-segregation

Redlining

Eugenic beliefs

Victimisation

Clear selection

Which of these is a major supporting argument for the neccessity of social groups?

1 point

Colonialism

Reverse Racism

Tribalism

Supremacism

Ableism

Clear selection

Which of these persons is the best example of a "race traitor?"

1 point

A Mexican harbouring American drug dealers

A nerd trying to fit in with the bullies

A school staff discriminating against blacks

A German citizen who sheltered Jews during the Holocaust

All of the above

Clear selection

Someone wishing to understand objectification would most likely study...

1 point

The Feminist movement

Mansplaining

Reverse Racism

Slavery

Gendercide

Clear selection

Which of these phrases best demonstrates mansplaining?

1 point

"You don't earn enough money to do that"

"I wouldn't expect a lady to understand that"

"Your girlfriend is treating you too harshly"

"Your race deserves to die"

All of the above

Clear selection

In which of these countries is gendercide a major problem?

1 point

Brunei

Indonesia

China

Saudi Arabia

India

Clear selection

Contactless payments are most common in which country?

1 point

Japan

Germany

Spain

China

The United States

Clear selection

EFTPOS relies on what for transactions?

1 point

A stable internet connection

A QR code

A Captcha verification

A physical terminal

A signature

Clear selection

In which of these countries is Chip and Pin technology most widespread?

1 point

South Korea

The United States

Russia

United Kingdom

India

Clear selection

The Turing Test is adapted for which technology?

1 point

Automated responses systems

CAPTCHAs

Contactless payment sites

Voice-recognition software

QR Codes

Clear selection

On which of these social media outlets can you make use of QR codes?

1 point

Facebook

Tinder

WeChat

Snapchat

Clear selection

Magnetic Stripes work using...

1 point

Anodes and Cathods

Exoelectrogen Bacteria

Iron particles in plastic film

Wireless communication

Magnetic Induction

Clear selection

Magstripe cards would most likely continue to be used in...

1 point

The United States

The United Kingdom

Nigeria

Norway

Ireland

Clear selection

Which of these technologies is a primitive form of the Babel Fish?

1 point

Siri

Alexa

Google Translate

Microsoft Outlook

iDiagnose

Clear selection

Which of the literature author would be most interested in robot servants?

1 point

Edgar Allan Poe

Isaac Asimov

William Stafford

John Keats

Robin Ruttiger

Clear selection

Why aren't smart scooters technically "hoverboards"?

1 point

They rely on human direction

They don't use a renewable power source

They can only support a person's feet

They don't actually hover

They're too expensive for common use

Clear selection

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