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WORLD SCHOLAR-S CUP 2023 - BOOSTER PACK QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Definition 1 of 192
An author and film-maker who commented on the BBC crew's decision to interfere with nature
to rescue some trapped penguins. He stated that the crew were bound to upset someone no
matter how they acted, citing a situation where he was filming cachalots and a group of killer
whales appeared to hunt them. He ended up deciding to move out of the way to allow the
predators to attack the prey.
Philip Hoare
J. K. Rowling
Sherlock Holmes
Henry Rawlinson
Definition 2 of 192
A 2018 video game inspired by the game Ninja Garden. It is a 2d side scroller that has the
player control a ninja. Who eventually is powerful enough to travel back in time into the past.
This makes it clear that the game is nonlinear, and is inspired by the Metroidvania gaming
genre which encourages exploration with this technique
Sonic Mania
The Shepherd
The Messenger
The Prophet
,Definition 3 of 192
An Austrian photographer who was considered a pioneer of studio photography in Japan.
Opening his studio in 1875, he later bought Felice Beato's studio. He sold souvenir images that
shaped the perception of Japanese society.
The Maine
Aaron Douglas
Baron Raimund
Felice Beato
Definition 4 of 192
A form of writing developed around 3200 BC that was one of the first forms of writing to be
created in history. It involves carving glyphs into stone. It was created during Egypt's second
dynasty and has descendants including the Latin alphabet. It may have emerged from artistic
traditions on pottery, but then evolved into carving out of stone.
Greek
Phoenician alphabet
Egyptian hieroglyphs
Summerian cuneiform
Definition 5 of 192
A firm named the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire's official photographer, led by Lean Pascal
Sébah and Pollicarpe Joaillier. Capture
Ed ruscha
Sébah & Joaillier
Uchida kuichi
Edward hopper
,Definition 6 of 192
A very recently found technology that uses infra-red waves to penetrate through layers of
prehistoric wall plaster to reveal possible cave paintings underneath, a technique developed
from full body scanners in airport security systems, which are used to see concealed weapons
or contraband. This technique was first used in Çatalhöyük, Turkey in 2011.
Andalusian cadence
Jarabe tapatío
Pulsed terahertz imaging
Japanese photography
Definition 7 of 192
Developed from early tallying systems in Mesopotamia, it was later used as receipts for
transactions of trading, and developed into further use of cuneiform as one of the first writing
systems to develop in history.
Clay tablets
Ueno hikoma
Clay tokens
George lucas
Definition 8 of 192
A member of the team that worked on the Lascaux IV's design.
Collective Memory
Jan Simek
Lee Ufan
Dina Casson
, Definition 9 of 192
The first big room of the replica of the Lascaux cave.
Masterpieces of Early Chinese Photography
Collective Memory
The Hall of Bulls
Antiquity
Definition 10 of 192
One of the architects of the Lascaux IV museum, which he believes is a link between the past
and present, being a contemporary building cut into the landscape and out of the landscape.
Thorsen Kjetilis
Natural Radioactivity
Chicago Zen
Japanese Photography
Definition 11 of 192
A chord progression comprising four chords: i-VII-VI-V, with each root note descending. Also
known as the minor descending tetrachord, it is one of the most popular progressions in
classical music, and is a term adopted from flamenco music from Andalusia, Spain. It may have
started in Ancient Greece or even Judah in modern day Israel, but it was spread to the rest of
Europe through the Moors in Southern Spain. The use of triads to accompany the progression
may have only begun around the Renaissance.
Archaeological method
Arabian riff
The maine
Andalusian cadence
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