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WORLD SCHOLAR'S CUP 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | A+
GRADED | WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS
There is no time like the present - correct answer -Anecdote
referring to procrastination
Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it. - correct
answer -George Santayana
The past is just a story we tell ourselves - correct answer -Spike
Jonze
Diorama - correct answer -A three dimensional replica of a scene,
typically made minature.
Aaron Delehanty - correct answer -Uses dioramas to promote
conservation
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Living-history museum - correct answer -A type of museum that
recreates historical settings from long ago to simulate the past
and to present the visitors with an experiental interpretation of
history. (The staff acts like how people acted in that time period.)
Spanish Village in Barcelona - correct answer -A open air living
history museum with 49000 square meters containing 117
historical buildings which Poble Espanyol built for the 1929 world
fair.
Heritage Park - correct answer -Located in Calgary, it is the
largest canadian living history museum where people can stop for
photos and eat ice-cream with traditionally dressed people.
Millennium City Park - correct answer -Located in Kaifeng, China,
it has 100 acres of what was the Northern Song Dynasty.
Frontier land - correct answer -A wild west recreation more
focused on entertainment than history made by Disney. It is the
land or territory that forms the furthest extent of a country's settled
or inhabited regions. Home to cowboys, pioneers, salons.
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'The Woman King' - correct answer -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.
Plymouth Patuxent - correct answer -A controversial colonial
village where visitors explore the early pilgrimage. However it was
criticised for not paying enough attention to indigenous people
who were innately displaced and given smallpox by the pilgrims
and breeding animals to serve as props.
Paleo diet - correct answer -A diet that avoids processed foods on
the theory that it is healthier to eat like our ancestors 10000 years
ago whos average life expectancy was 35.
Roman thermopolium - correct answer -An ancient version of a
fast food restaurant where hot food on the go was served. The
layout was similar to one of a snack bar.
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Isicia omentata - correct answer -The ancient roman version of a
hamburger.
Medieval Times - correct answer -A restaurant that serves
medieval food. Although it is not authentic as it offers tomato
soup, and tomatoes didn't exist in Europe before the Mexican
invasion.
Ulster people - correct answer -The Ulster American Folk Park
tells the story of Ulster people's emigration to North America in
the 18th and 19th centuries. However there is a problem with the
'American Folk Park' is that it is in Ireland. Irish people who
moved to US from boarding crowded ships to sleeping in log
cabins.
Tomorrowland - correct answer -Museum to lift American spirits
concerning the future.
Dysentery - correct answer -An infection of the intestines that
causes diarrhoea containing blood or mucus.
WORLD SCHOLAR'S CUP 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | A+
GRADED | WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS
There is no time like the present - correct answer -Anecdote
referring to procrastination
Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it. - correct
answer -George Santayana
The past is just a story we tell ourselves - correct answer -Spike
Jonze
Diorama - correct answer -A three dimensional replica of a scene,
typically made minature.
Aaron Delehanty - correct answer -Uses dioramas to promote
conservation
, Page | 2
Living-history museum - correct answer -A type of museum that
recreates historical settings from long ago to simulate the past
and to present the visitors with an experiental interpretation of
history. (The staff acts like how people acted in that time period.)
Spanish Village in Barcelona - correct answer -A open air living
history museum with 49000 square meters containing 117
historical buildings which Poble Espanyol built for the 1929 world
fair.
Heritage Park - correct answer -Located in Calgary, it is the
largest canadian living history museum where people can stop for
photos and eat ice-cream with traditionally dressed people.
Millennium City Park - correct answer -Located in Kaifeng, China,
it has 100 acres of what was the Northern Song Dynasty.
Frontier land - correct answer -A wild west recreation more
focused on entertainment than history made by Disney. It is the
land or territory that forms the furthest extent of a country's settled
or inhabited regions. Home to cowboys, pioneers, salons.
, Page | 3
'The Woman King' - correct answer -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.
Plymouth Patuxent - correct answer -A controversial colonial
village where visitors explore the early pilgrimage. However it was
criticised for not paying enough attention to indigenous people
who were innately displaced and given smallpox by the pilgrims
and breeding animals to serve as props.
Paleo diet - correct answer -A diet that avoids processed foods on
the theory that it is healthier to eat like our ancestors 10000 years
ago whos average life expectancy was 35.
Roman thermopolium - correct answer -An ancient version of a
fast food restaurant where hot food on the go was served. The
layout was similar to one of a snack bar.
, Page | 4
Isicia omentata - correct answer -The ancient roman version of a
hamburger.
Medieval Times - correct answer -A restaurant that serves
medieval food. Although it is not authentic as it offers tomato
soup, and tomatoes didn't exist in Europe before the Mexican
invasion.
Ulster people - correct answer -The Ulster American Folk Park
tells the story of Ulster people's emigration to North America in
the 18th and 19th centuries. However there is a problem with the
'American Folk Park' is that it is in Ireland. Irish people who
moved to US from boarding crowded ships to sleeping in log
cabins.
Tomorrowland - correct answer -Museum to lift American spirits
concerning the future.
Dysentery - correct answer -An infection of the intestines that
causes diarrhoea containing blood or mucus.
