WSC 2019 CHALLENGE PRACTICE

Arts and Music

1. Who is LEAST likely to visit the ​Open Border?

a. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
b. Donald Trump
c. Edward Hopper
d. Marcel Duchamp
e. A backup singer
2. The singer in ​Viva la Vida ​is MOST LIKELY upset because…
a. He has lost his kingdom
b. A revolution
c. Conflict within the government
d. Frida Kahlo has died
e. None of the above
3. Who/ what will you not see in ​Potato Eaters?
a. Peasants
b. The rich
c. A man
d. A woman
e. Teapot
4. How many degrees was the ​Fountain o ​ riented
a. 180 degrees
b. 270 degrees
c. 90 degrees
d. It wasn’t oriented
e. 25 degrees
5. Little orphan ​Annie ​has never seen…
a. Santa Claus
b. Food
c. A family
d. Chores
e. All of the above
6. Summertime and the wind is blowing outside
In lower Chelsea and I don't know
What I'm doing in this city
The sun is always in my eyes
Out of all the subjects below, who will enjoy these lyrics?
a. The woman from ​Woman Ironing
b. Ludwig van Beethoven
c. The people in ​The Potato Eaters
 d. The man from ​Office in a Small City
e. Harold Whittles
7. Who’s MOST LIKELY considered a housewife?
a. Clara Schumann
b. The Awakening Slave
c. Annie
d. Edward Hopper
e. Nannerl Mozart
8. Someone suffering from heartbreak would appreciate listening to …
a. Bic Runga
b. Five Man Electrical Band
c. Mozart
d. Third Eye Blind
e. Coldplay
9. What would Bic Runga most likely wish for?
a. Social justice
b. Sleep
c. A world with no discrimination
d. To fit in
e. None of the above
10. ​Stag at Sharkey’s ​depicts a …
a. Boxing match
b. Slave trade ship
c. A bar
d. A political protest
e. Animal hunting scene

History

11. A 10-year-old Yanomami girl would be seen…

a. Getting married
b. Having children
c. Being sent to military camp
d. Running a household
e. Running a business
12. Schools in China during the Zhou Dynasty taught the following arts EXCEPT
a. Archery
b. Music
c. Calligraphy
d. Dance
e. They didn’t teach arts
13. In the UK, the term “public schooling” emerged in…
a. The 18th century
 b. The term isn’t used
c. 2003
d. 1300s
e. 1999
14. The ​Ji Li i​ s a…
a. Traditional Dance
b. Funeral
c. Folk song
d. Wedding ceremony
e. Hair-pinning ceremony
15. Which of the following aren’t a part of the three periods of prehistory (based on
tool-making tech)?
a. Golden age
b. Iron age
c. Bronze age
d. Stone age
e. None
16. Which U.S. president abolished slavery?
a. Benjamin Franklin
b. Abraham Lincoln
c. George Washington
d. Thomas Jefferson
e. Theodore Roosevelt
17. Which ancient civilization was known for its Helot slaves?
a. Athens
b. Sparta
c. Helot slaves never existed
d. Rome
e. Thebes
18. What were children considered as in the Middle Ages?
a. Slaves
b. Young adults
c. Teenagers
d. Babies
e. Children
19. Which country has recently apologized for its “Stolen Generations”
a. Australia
b. Canada
c. New Zealand
d. Mexico
e. None of the above
20. Which nation has a day dedicated to those coming of age?
a. Japan
 b. Mexico
c. Switzerland
d. South Korea
e. Brazil

Social Studies

21. You will encounter a mob when...

a. A group of people take a school examination
b. A piano concert is ongoing
c. A group of friends hang out in a park
d. A zombie apocalypse occurs
e. It’s lunch time at school
22. What separates crowds from mobs?
a. Their size
b. The people in them
c. The presence of violence or harm
d. Their aim
e. All of the above
23. Where would you most likely encounter herd mentality?
a. A shopping mall
b. Disneyland
c. Boxing match
d. School
e. A farm
24. How did the participants in the Crutchfield Situation give their answers?
a. Pressing an electrical switch
b. Saying it out loud
c. Writing it down
d. Pointing to their answer choice
e. Whispering it to the other stooges
25. A person discriminating against their own race is known as what type of behaviour?
a. Internalized homophobia
b. Internalized cultural expression
c. Internalized racism
d. Internalized sexism
e. None of the above
26. What is the opposite of endogamy?
a. Exogamy
b. Monogamy
c. Polygamy
d. Xenophobia
e. Anti endogamy
 27. The first thing someone would consider when starting a conversation is…
a. Questions
b. Viewpoints
c. Diagnostic
d. Intention
e. Brainstorming
28. Someone carrying out a prescriptive norm will be seen…
a. Writing a get well soon card
b. Doing PDA in public
c. Littering
d. Buying food
e. They will not be seen doing anything
29. A person studying the Tuckman model is MOST interested in…
a. Passing an exam
b. Developing a team
c. Finding their significant other
d. Faking a death
e. Tucking bed mattresses
30. In the United States, who/ what is NOT considered dominant culture?
a. White
b. Middle class
c. Protestants
d. Rich people
e. All of the above

Literature

31. ​Min Nong ​focuses on people with what occupation?

a. Farmers
b. Slaves
c. Office workers
d. Star makers
e. Artists
32. What does Emma Lazarus mean by the “Colossus”
a. Giant Spheres of Costa Rica
b. Flying Dutchman
c. The Statue of Liberty
d. Great Pyramids of Giza
e. Eiffel Tower
33. Whom does Libby Scott write a letter to in her work?
a. The gardener
b. Her mother
c. The lifeguard
 d. Taylor Swift
e. All of the above
34. Which story is set in ​Jokertown​?
a. Invisible Man
b. Bicentennial Man
c. Fitting In
d. Lorry Raja
e. Hidden Figures
35. Where does John Green deliver his message from?
a. His car
b. His office
c. The subway
d. The swimming pool
e. A school
36. A character in ​Hidden Figures w ​ ould find it MOST difficult to…
a. Look for a toilet
b. Sing a song
c. Eat good food
d. Find a house
e. Get good sleep at night
37. Pity the Peasant
Hoeing cereal in the midnight moon
His sweat drops and nourishes the grain and the earth
But few people know his supper
Is nothing but hard work
Midnight moon should be replaced with…
a. Starry night
b. Rice fields
c. Filthy farm
d. Heavy rain
e. Midday sun
38. Gabriela Mistral will tell which part of your body to dance?
a. Brain
b. Feet
c. Hair
d. Heart
e. Guts
39. Shel Silverstein would MOST LIKELY receive an apple from
a. His dad
b. A fellow scholar
c. A tree
d. An alpaca
e. The farm
 40. Alternate Names for Black Boys ​include the following EXCEPT
a. Present
b. Gone
c. Smoke above the burning ash
d. Fireworks at dawn
e. Guilty until proven dead
f. Brilliant, shadow hued coral

Special Area

41. Who developed starlite?

a. A hairdresser
b. A group of scientists
c. An ancient civilization
d. Plato
e. A schoolteacher
42. Which reasoning method should we best avoid doing daily?
a. Inferences
b. Inductive reasoning
c. Deductive reasoning
d. Abductive reasoning
e. Investigative
43. The term “known knowns” is associated with which of the following?
a. Donald Trump
b. Sherlock Holmes
c. Donald Rumsfeld
d. Johari
e. None of the above
44. What other name can be applied to epistemology?
a. Theory of Knowledge
b. Conductive reasoning
c. Unknown unknowns
d. Known knowns
e. Scientific investigation
45. The Johari Window is used to …
a. Help solve cold cases
b. Understand our relationship with ourselves and others
c. Investigate murderers
d. Solve unsolved mysteries
e. Be a model for detective reasoning
46. Which one of these investigating methods would you use to figure out the time you’ll
reach school?
a. Guesses
 b. Theories
c. Estimation
d. Hypothesis
e. Calculation
47. The MOST useless part of our body is…
a. The brain
b. The appendix
c. Falenges
d. Cranium
e. Kidney
48. Charles Darwin’s idea of “evolution” falls under which category?
a. Guess
b. Fact
c. Hypothesis
d. Abductive reasoning
e. None of the above
49. A person would MOST likely not exist if he had which blood type?
a. A
b. B
c. O
d. X
e. AB
50. When a person says to “surmise,” they are most likely referring to…
a. A guess
b. Deductive reasoning
c. The appendix
d. Your fingerprint
e. The Flying Dutchman

Science

51. Which part of the battery helps prevent a short circuit?

a. Separator
b. Anode
c. Cathode
d. Electrolyte
e. Circuit breaker
52. What is the anode in a battery typically made of?
a. Aluminium
b. Zinc
c. Lithium
d. Copper
 e. Manganese dioxide
53. Which phone brands most likely have the highest number of wireless charging
compatible models?
a. Apple
b. Sony
c. LG
d. Samsung
e. Huawei
54. To avoid exploding batteries, which of the following devices would you most likely not
purchase?
a. Samsung Galaxy Note 7
b. Apple 2013 macbook
c. Wireless headphones
d. Logitech wireless mouse
e. Dyson vacuum cleaners
55. Which invention was a result of an accident?
a. Vacuum cleaners
b. Dishwashers
c. Microwave
d. Rice cooker
e. Coffee maker
56. A cathode attracts…
a. Negatively charged electrode
b. Anions
c. Positive charge
d. Cats
e. A battery
57. Which of the following will Beethoven find the LEAST helpful if he were alive today?
a. Eyeglasses
b. Sign language
c. Optophone
d. Walkers
e. Hearing aid
58. An anode has...
a. Negatively charged electrode
b. Positively charged electrode
c. Antibiotics
d. An alarm system
e. Speech recognition
59. Incorporating human skills into a machine is known as...
a. Blackboxing
b. Replacing
c. Modernization
 d. Robotics
e. Birdboxing
60. Which one of the following is NOT part of the three main components of battery?
a. Anode
b. Cathode
c. Two terminals
d. Electrolyte
e. Chip