WORLD SCHOLARS CUP 2025

1 WORLD SCHOLARS CUP 2025 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS | 100% PASS (A+ CERTIFIED) What is odd about Rip Van Winkle? Answer Slept for 100 years and yet woke up with no impact whatsoever to his health. Who is Rip Van Winkle? Answer A Dutch American villager living in the Catskill Mountains with his wife and children. He is a fictional character. Where did Rip Van Winkle first appear? Answer In 1819 in a collection called "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent" by author Washington Irving. What happened to Rip Van Winkle? Answer He wanders into the mountains with his dog, Wolf. He encounters a group of oddly dressed men playing ninepins. He drinks some of their alcohol and falls into a deep sleep. 2 What is the message of Rip Van Winkle? Answer It's often seen as a commentary on the passage of time and the changes brought about by the American Revolution. How has life changed between 1825 to 1925? Answer Technological advances like railways and telephones, increased urbanization, and movements for labor and women's rights. Democratic reforms expanded, colonial empires grew, and medical science improved health. Global trade expanded despite challenges like the Great Depression. How has life changed between 1925 to now? Answer Technology like the internet and smartphones revolutionized life. Civil rights movements promoted equality. Space exploration, medical advances, and environmental awareness grew. Reignite Answer To give to life or energy to someone or something; to ignite or cause to ignite again. 3 Burning up Answer It can mean you're very hot, either due to physical exertion or fever. It can also be used metaphorically to describe someone who is very excited or passionate about something. Burning down Answer This generally refers to the destruction of something by fire, usually a building. Burning with Answer This phrase is often used metaphorically to describe a strong feeling or emotion. Ezra Klein Answer American journalist, political commentator, and podcast host. He was born on May 9, 1984, in Irvine, California. He is currently a columnist for The New York Times and the host of The Ezra Klein Show podcast. He co-founded Vox. Sam Altman 4 Answer An American entrepreneur and investor, best known as the CEO of OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT. Born on April 22, 1985, in Chicago, Illinois, Altman co-founded OpenAI in 2015 and has been a leading figure in the AI industry. Moore's Law Answer States that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles every two years, making computers faster and cheaper. Sam Altman's interview with Ezra Klein Answer Sam Altman discusses how AI could make everything better and cheaper, but also warns of job losses and wealth concentration. He suggests responsible management and political measures like wealth taxes to ensure fair distribution of benefits. Purpose of Altman's essay Answer To design a system that embraces our technological future and taxes the assets that will make up most of the value in that world-companies and land-in order to fairly distribute some of the coming wealth. 5 The AI Revolution (Altman's essay) Answer We are entering the fourth technological revolution (information age) after agricultural, industrial and computational. More progress will be made in the next 100 years than any progress up to this point. Moore's Law for Everything (Altman's essay) Answer Altman predicts that thanks to AI, we will reach a point when everything is getting 50% cheaper every 2 years. Capitalism for Everyone (Altman's essay) Answer Sam Altman predicts that taxing income will become ineffective as AI transforms the economy. He proposes a national equity fund, funded by taxing large companies' capital and privately held land, and distributing it to all citizens over 18. Implementation and Troubleshooting (Altman's essay) Answer Ten years after the equity fund's implementation, each American citizen would receive $13,500 annually. He believes