WSC History UPDATED Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. Jewish New Year's Dipping apple bits in honey
Celebration
2. Chinese New Exchanging red envelopes with money called Hongbao
Year's Celebra-
tion
3. Stardates Uniform calendar system used throughout the galaxy in 'Startrek'. Example of how
uniform calendars could be benefical
4. Julian to Gre- Caused riots in England because there was a loss of eleven days. Demonstrates
gorian calendar impracticality of changing calendars
change
5. Bill Clinton's In- He talked about the internet and how it was 'an encyclopedia' for children. No
augural Speech mention of e-commerce, social media, etc. Shows how people in the 90's had no
idea Internet would become so important.
6. King Richard III Had Scoliosis, which was a fact lost to history until his body was found. In a recent
play, people were angry that an actor without Scoliosis played Richard as it was a
well known fact now
7. Fastest man in Footprints in mud were found of a man believed to be running 37km/h, 20,000
the world years ago. This would have made him the fastest man ever but it was lost to history
8. Ostia Antica Ancient city ruins in Turkey which offer a similar look back at history as Pompeii but
less well preserved
9. Girsu Project archaeological effort to uncover 4,500 year old Sumerian city in Iraq using drones
and modern technology
10. Paleoart Art dedicated to realistically recreating prehistoric creatures
11. Rosetta Stone
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Stone slab inscribed with many languages that helped understand Egyptian hiero-
glyphics
12. Taposiris Magna Stone slab inscribed with Hieroglyphics, helped understand Egyptian religious
Stele practices
13. Borobudur Large buddhist monument, helped understand Buddhism
14. Petra Ancient Arab city, helped understand life in Middle east
15. Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxan ship, helped understand Anglo-Saxan era
16. Aztec Calendar Mexican sculpture, helped understand Aztec cosmology
Stone
17. Ocomtún Ancient Mayan city, helped understand Mayan civilization
18. Montevido Maru Merchant ship, provided a historical record for war atrocities
19. Endurance Ship found in ice, showed us challenges faced by Polar explorers in 1900's
20. Lucy and Ardi The oldest found human-like fossils, provided insights on human evolution
21. Java Man Remains of early upright , helped prove theory of evolution
22. Tuang Child Fossil of a young ape that lived around 3m years ago, was evidence of early primate
evolution
23. Oldowan tool kit Oldest known set of stone tools, a milestone in human history
24. Paranthropus ro- early muscular and sturdy homonid, shows us signs of evolution
bustus
25. Tujiaaspis vividus extinct fish fossil from 400m years ago, taught us about evolution from underwater
to land creatures
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1. Jewish New Year's Dipping apple bits in honey
Celebration
2. Chinese New Exchanging red envelopes with money called Hongbao
Year's Celebra-
tion
3. Stardates Uniform calendar system used throughout the galaxy in 'Startrek'. Example of how
uniform calendars could be benefical
4. Julian to Gre- Caused riots in England because there was a loss of eleven days. Demonstrates
gorian calendar impracticality of changing calendars
change
5. Bill Clinton's In- He talked about the internet and how it was 'an encyclopedia' for children. No
augural Speech mention of e-commerce, social media, etc. Shows how people in the 90's had no
idea Internet would become so important.
6. King Richard III Had Scoliosis, which was a fact lost to history until his body was found. In a recent
play, people were angry that an actor without Scoliosis played Richard as it was a
well known fact now
7. Fastest man in Footprints in mud were found of a man believed to be running 37km/h, 20,000
the world years ago. This would have made him the fastest man ever but it was lost to history
8. Ostia Antica Ancient city ruins in Turkey which offer a similar look back at history as Pompeii but
less well preserved
9. Girsu Project archaeological effort to uncover 4,500 year old Sumerian city in Iraq using drones
and modern technology
10. Paleoart Art dedicated to realistically recreating prehistoric creatures
11. Rosetta Stone
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Stone slab inscribed with many languages that helped understand Egyptian hiero-
glyphics
12. Taposiris Magna Stone slab inscribed with Hieroglyphics, helped understand Egyptian religious
Stele practices
13. Borobudur Large buddhist monument, helped understand Buddhism
14. Petra Ancient Arab city, helped understand life in Middle east
15. Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxan ship, helped understand Anglo-Saxan era
16. Aztec Calendar Mexican sculpture, helped understand Aztec cosmology
Stone
17. Ocomtún Ancient Mayan city, helped understand Mayan civilization
18. Montevido Maru Merchant ship, provided a historical record for war atrocities
19. Endurance Ship found in ice, showed us challenges faced by Polar explorers in 1900's
20. Lucy and Ardi The oldest found human-like fossils, provided insights on human evolution
21. Java Man Remains of early upright , helped prove theory of evolution
22. Tuang Child Fossil of a young ape that lived around 3m years ago, was evidence of early primate
evolution
23. Oldowan tool kit Oldest known set of stone tools, a milestone in human history
24. Paranthropus ro- early muscular and sturdy homonid, shows us signs of evolution
bustus
25. Tujiaaspis vividus extinct fish fossil from 400m years ago, taught us about evolution from underwater
to land creatures
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