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Special Area - World Scholars Cup Test
2025-2026. Questions & Correct Verified
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Abductive Reasoning โ ANS Coming to logical conclusions Airfares โ ANS Where prices of tickets fluctuate for no apparent reason Altruism โ ANS A concern for the welfare of others. Possibly developed due to evolutionary features to escape dangers Amelia Earhart โ ANS A woman aviator who attempted to fly solo around the world but was lost and never found Animal Intelligence โ ANS Why animals are smart and how to measure that. Dolphins kill for pleasure and chimpanzees use stones Archimedes Death Ray โ ANS The mathematician who invented a weapon through a system of mirrors that used sunlight against roman ships that would burn the ships Area 51 - ANSA aircraft base in Nevada that is thought to house aliens Atacama Skeleton - ANSA skeleton found in Atacama desert that is deformed and small due to mutation
Atlantis - ANSAncient city that fell into the water and lives an underground water life Baobab Tree - ANSFound in africa and can live for 3000 years. However 9/13 oldest have died and they are usually resilient life forms. Possibly due to climate change Belief - ANSTrust and faith in something without real evidence Bermuda Triangle - ANSA triangle of space in the North Atlantic Ocean where boats and planes often disappear Blood Types - ANSMostly due to evolutionary branches of our species and disease immunity Bog Bodies - ANSA human body that has been naturally mummified that makes odd skeletons Cicada 3301 - ANSA picture was posted on 4Chan that lead to a competition for an unknown organization to find the most intelligent individuals for an unknown reason Circleville Letters - ANSA series of letters sent to memebers of the town Circleville that exposed secrets of the town people, the writer was unknown Cognitive Dissonance - ANSWhen you have conflicting beliefs and behaviour due to new evidence
Dyaltov Pass Incident - ANSNine students go to trip and somehting goes wrong in middle of night and bones are found everywhere wit torn tent and signs of distress Edgar Allen Poe - ANSA poet who went missing when he decided to visit his friend, found again without memory, maybe due to drinking El Dorado - ANSA city of great wealth that Spanish conquistadores told of. The lake of the city was found but not the city itself Estimations - ANSBased on evidence, more detail Evolutionary Missing Link - ANSA missing part of heireditary from humans to apes in our evolution tree Fata Morgana - ANSA optical illusion which causes ships took look like they are floating above the water Fingerprints - ANSUnique identity parts with three features: loops, whorls and arches Flying Dutchman - ANSDavy Jones' ship which was based on a story of a ship that went round the horn of Africa and never returned Forensic Science - ANSThe application of science to solve mysteries Fountain of Youth - ANSA granter of eternal youth the Spanish chased
Function of the Appendix - ANSAn organ in our body which use is unknown. Thought to be used by possibly storing good bacteria or a byproduct of evolution Giant Spheres of Costa Rica - ANSA bunch of stones that are laid out, could be for kings home or that they were made by Atlantians Giant Squid - ANSA monster that lurks in deep ocean. However that have been found dead on beaches. Another mystery is how they survive so deep down with no food and still maintain their size Greek Fire - ANSA fire made by Byzantine Empire that could burn on water, stick to objects and only put out through vinegar. The formula was never found. Guesses - ANSRandom assumptions, no evidence Hanging Gardens of Babylon - ANSAncient Wonder. Built for king's wife who was homesick. Could be fake and/or not in the city Hard Evidence - ANSEvidence that is reliable and cannot be disputed Havana Syndrome - ANSA sonic attack against American embassy's in China and Cuba
Known Knowns - ANSConcepts we know we know Kryptos - ANSAn artwork in front of the CIA building with four encrypted messages, of which three have been decoded Land of Punt - ANSA place where Egyptian Pharaohs traveled for gold and spices, the place of the god Laughter - ANSNobody knows reason as to trigger it or what benefits it gives to the mind Library of Alexandria - ANSGreatest collection of writing that was burned down and maybe never existed Linear B - ANSA greek dialect that nobody could solve until Michael Ventris solved it which was key to learn about Greek history Loebner Prize - ANSA competition to see how good AI has gotten through having a conversation with an AI. Based on Turing Test Lori Erica Ruff - ANSAn identity thief that was killed in a car crash. Stole the identity of a child that died in a fire Lost Tribes of Israel - ANS12 tribes that ascended from 12 Sons of Jacob, 10 were banished and tribe traces can be found all around the world
Magnetic Pole Reversal - ANSThe pile of earth shifting and flipping, something that can cause extreme weather changes Mandy Hampton - ANSA character in The West Wing who was written out of the show through giving less and less screen time Mayan Civilization - ANSNobody knows the downfall, could be slash and burn, overpopulation, drought Millenium Prize Problems - ANS7 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 Mithridate - ANSA remedy made by King Mithridate, a medicine that could fortify your body against any poison. The king couldn't even poison himself since he was also using it Monarch Migration - ANSA butterfly that has seen to be traveling to Cali and Mexico. Intresting not all of the butterfly's migrate only a certain species Monsieur Chouchani - ANSA Jewish teacher in ww2 that was never documented about Nazca Geoglyphs - ANSDesert etchings that can only be seen from eagle view. Mystery as to how they occurred and were built due to low technology
Right Handedness - ANSWhy the reason 95% of people use it, possibly due to left being shunned in history so no genes gone through Roanoke - ANSA colonist expedition that was then lost with no skeleton remains. They had left under duress and thought to be a tribe or natural disaster Rohonc Codex - ANSAn illustrated manuscript by an unknown author and unknown language that is wondered if it is an elaborate hoax Rongorongo - ANSA system of glyphs found on Easter Island that nobody can translate Singapore Stones - ANSA sandstone slab that has writings on it. Nobody has deciphered it and it may be proof of the extinction of Majapahit Kingdom Sky Object - ANSIn 2018 an object fell from sky in California, NASA says it was a part of a meteor Sodder Children - ANSA fire that occurred that caused five children to disappear with no bone remains along with missing objects that could have helped the fire (ladder, truck, no phone) Solway Spaceman - ANSA picture taken that seemed to have a spaceman in the back ground. However it was just the moms dress being light differently
Somerton Man - ANSA man found dead on a beach with a phrase from Rubaiyat. The case lead to the man's thought to be wife who denied it Starlite - ANSA material that had extreme properties and revolutionised the world, made by a hairdresser that never released the recipe Stone Henge - ANSA series of stones lied up in random order, no reason for purpose or how it became. Thought it was druids Tardigrade Industructablity - ANSA animal of small size that found in water biomes. They can last without water for decades and found in single cell organisms and bacteria Taured Man - ANSA man that came to a Japanese airport who was from a country named "Taured". Put in hotel and disappeared the next day Tenth Planet - ANSAnother planet in our solar system that travels at a very far orbit Terracotta Warriors - ANSArmy of clay warriors to protect the king's tomb as an afterlife army The Pyramids - ANSTombs for pharaohs, baffled as to how they were made due to low technology at the time. Flatbeds and ropes lifted the stones
Yawning - ANSPossibly due to fatigue or boredom, another mystery as to why it's addictive when others do it Zebra Strips - ANSMaybe a camouflage tactic to hide predators or to protect diseases or to regulate heat. Zuni Language - ANSA tribe that lived in isolation for 7000 years with unique blood type of language that derives from Japanese
