Special Area - World Scholars Cup Exam Questions and Answers
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Guesses - Answer- Random assumptions, no evidence
Estimations - Answer- Based on evidence, more detail
Hypothesis - Answer- Substantial evidence, lots of detail
Theories - Answer- Full explanations, evidence (assumptions)
Inductive Reasoning - Answer...
Belief - Answer- Trust and faith in something without real evidence
Knowledge - Answer- An understanding of concepts through evidence and fact
Millenium Prize Problems - Answer- 7 very hard mathematical questions each with a
one million dollar reward for an answer. One has been solved but the money turned
down due to thinking his work was just the same as everybody elses
Loebner Prize - Answer- A competition to see how good AI has gotten through
having a conversation with an AI. Based on Turing Test
One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge - Answer- A competition to prove
paranormal existence through evidence. Never won and was only open to celebrities
but became open division later on
Cognitive Dissonance - Answer- When you have conflicting beliefs and behaviour
due to new evidence
Whodunit - Answer- A type of story where the audience along with the detective
figures out a mystery
John/Jane Doe - Answer- Term used to describe a patient whose identity is unknown
, Fata Morgana - Answer- A optical illusion which causes ships took look like they are
floating above the water
Preternatural - Answer- Mystery beyond normal that can be solved by science
Paranormal - Answer- The supernatural that goes against science
The Pyramids - Answer- Tombs for pharaohs, baffled as to how they were made due
to low technology at the time. Flatbeds and ropes lifted the stones
Stone Henge - Answer- A series of stones lied up in random order, no reason for
purpose or how it became. Thought it was druids
Hanging Gardens of Babylon - Answer- Ancient Wonder. Built for king's wife who
was homesick. Could be fake and/or not in the city
Zuni Language - Answer- A tribe that lived in isolation for 7000 years with unique
blood type of language that derives from Japanese
Nazca Geoglyphs - Answer- Desert etchings that can only be seen from eagle view.
Mystery as to how they occurred and were built due to low technology
Flying Dutchman - Answer- Davy Jones' ship which was based on a story of a ship
that went round the horn of Africa and never returned
Giant Spheres of Costa Rica - Answer- A bunch of stones that are laid out, could be
for kings home or that they were made by Atlantians
Terracotta Warriors - Answer- Army of clay warriors to protect the king's tomb as an
afterlife army
Puma Punku - Answer- Ancient temple in Bolivia made by Tiwanaku people that was
abandoned for no apparent reason
Ulfberht Swords - Answer- Very durable weapons that were a mystery as how they
were made in low technology times
Jack The Ripper - Answer- Serial killer who killed many women and opened their
insides, sent letters to the police and was never identified
Dale Kerstetter - Answer- Security guard who went missing on night watch, seen on
camera talking with masked man, stole $250,000 of platinum rods
Mandy Hampton - Answer- A character in The West Wing who was written out of the
show through giving less and less screen time
Amelia Earhart - Answer- A woman aviator who attempted to fly solo around the
world but was lost and never found
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