WSC 2023 Art, Music, Literature,
and Media | Questions and
answers | Latest version
2024/2025
Spike Jonze - ANSWER -director who is credited with saying that "the past is just a story we tell
ourselves."
archaeobotany - ANSWER -The study of preserved plant evidence from archaeological sites
carbon dating - ANSWER -a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material
by using the properties of radiocarbon
Pseudoarchaeology - ANSWER -The interpretation of the past from outside the archaeological
science community, which rejects the accepted data gathering and analytical methods of the
discipline.
Bruce Coville - ANSWER -wrote the 1986 novel 'Operation Sherlock
Yuval's Garage - ANSWER -An adaptation of Gotterdammerung, made for the Opera of Chicago taking
place in a garage near a cemetary. "Twilight: Gods" set up by Jason Thompson with candles
everywhere.
Vitaly Komar and Alexander Malamid - ANSWER -Judith on the Red Square (1981) painting of Joseph
Stalin
Carravagio - ANSWER -Judith Beheading Holofernes (1599)
Back Breeding - ANSWER -A form of breeding where a distinguishing trait from an extinct species (a
horn or a color pattern) is bred back into living populations
Paleoart - ANSWER -is any original artistic work that attempts to depict prehistoric life according to
the scientific evidence.
Dendrochronology - ANSWER -The process of counting tree rings to determine the age of a tree
Pseudo-archaeology - ANSWER -the use of selective archaeological evidence to promulgate
nonscientific, fictional accounts of the past
Zooarchaeology - ANSWER -study of animal remains of archaeological sites
Archaebotany - ANSWER -the study of plant remains from archaeological sites
CSI effect - ANSWER -the influence that crime shows such as CSI have on the public's perception of
forensic science.
Forensic Entomology - ANSWER -the study of insects as they pertain to legal issues
and Media | Questions and
answers | Latest version
2024/2025
Spike Jonze - ANSWER -director who is credited with saying that "the past is just a story we tell
ourselves."
archaeobotany - ANSWER -The study of preserved plant evidence from archaeological sites
carbon dating - ANSWER -a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material
by using the properties of radiocarbon
Pseudoarchaeology - ANSWER -The interpretation of the past from outside the archaeological
science community, which rejects the accepted data gathering and analytical methods of the
discipline.
Bruce Coville - ANSWER -wrote the 1986 novel 'Operation Sherlock
Yuval's Garage - ANSWER -An adaptation of Gotterdammerung, made for the Opera of Chicago taking
place in a garage near a cemetary. "Twilight: Gods" set up by Jason Thompson with candles
everywhere.
Vitaly Komar and Alexander Malamid - ANSWER -Judith on the Red Square (1981) painting of Joseph
Stalin
Carravagio - ANSWER -Judith Beheading Holofernes (1599)
Back Breeding - ANSWER -A form of breeding where a distinguishing trait from an extinct species (a
horn or a color pattern) is bred back into living populations
Paleoart - ANSWER -is any original artistic work that attempts to depict prehistoric life according to
the scientific evidence.
Dendrochronology - ANSWER -The process of counting tree rings to determine the age of a tree
Pseudo-archaeology - ANSWER -the use of selective archaeological evidence to promulgate
nonscientific, fictional accounts of the past
Zooarchaeology - ANSWER -study of animal remains of archaeological sites
Archaebotany - ANSWER -the study of plant remains from archaeological sites
CSI effect - ANSWER -the influence that crime shows such as CSI have on the public's perception of
forensic science.
Forensic Entomology - ANSWER -the study of insects as they pertain to legal issues
