WSCKEY AREAS FOR QUIZ

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SPECIAL AREA

• Princess Diana of Thermyscira – Wonder Woman

• Sociopaths and X-Altruists – do they likely to break rules?

• Thomas Carlyle – Heroes as King – Nabi Muhammad

• Beam me up Scotty – Star Trek teleportation

Arts

• Roy Liechtenstein – studio portrait - how is his art style

• Le Roy Neiman – briliantly coloured living images of sporting and leisure activities

• The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living is an artwork created in 1991 by Damien Hirst, an English artist and a leading member of the "Young British Artists" (or YBA) – commisioned by Charles Saatchi

Arts

• Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain – materials used to make it (stone, glass, titanium)

• Oslo Opera House – what will critics think?

Arts• Huang Yong Ping -  Concise History of Modern Art” after Two

Minutes in the Washing Machine

Prada Marfa -Prada Marfa is a permanently installed sculpture by artists Elmgreen and Dragset, situated 1.4 miles (2.3 km) northwest of Valentine, Texas, just off U.S. Highway 90 (US 90), and about 26 miles (42 km) northwest of the city of Marfa.[1] The installation was inaugurated on October 1, 2005. The artists called the work a "pop architectural land art project."[2]

The sculpture, realized with the assistance of American architects Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello,[3] cost $80,000 and was intended to never be repaired, so it might slowly degrade back into the natural landscape.[4] This plan was deviated from when, six days after the sculpture was completed, vandals graffitied the exterior, and broke into the building stealing handbags and shoes

Arts• Huang Yong Ping -  Concise History of Modern Art” after Two

Minutes in the Washing Machine

Prada Marfa -Prada Marfa is a permanently installed sculpture by artists Elmgreen and Dragset, situated 1.4 miles (2.3 km) northwest of Valentine, Texas, just off U.S. Highway 90 (US 90), and about 26 miles (42 km) northwest of the city of Marfa.[1] The installation was inaugurated on October 1, 2005. The artists called the work a "pop architectural land art project."[2]

The sculpture, realized with the assistance of American architects Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello,[3] cost $80,000 and was intended to never be repaired, so it might slowly degrade back into the natural landscape.[4] This plan was deviated from when, six days after the sculpture was completed, vandals graffitied the exterior, and broke into the building stealing handbags and shoes

Arts

• Fake Plastic Trees – what does this song mean?

• FIFA Anthem – inspires unity

• This is just a Modern Rock Song• Light and Day• L’Internationale

THIS IS JUST A MODERN ROCK SONG• This Is Just A Modern Rock Song"

Emma tried to run away,I followed her across the city,

She went out to the Easterhouse,Because she liked the sound of it.

She didn't have a single penny,She stuck a finger in the air,

She tried to flag down an aeroplane,I suppose she needs a holiday.

I put my arm around her waist,She put me on the ground with Judo,

She didn't recognise my face,She wasn't even looking.

Laura's feeling just ideal,Her horoscope was nearly perfect,She's thinking of something to do,Because she is The Birthday Girl.

She walked out to the edge of town,She saw me lying in the park,She took Emma by the hand,They've got a lot in common.

I'll leave them to do what they want,I'll leave them to do what they need to,I'll go and play with words and pictures,

I'll admit I'm feeling strange.

I'm not as sad as Doestoevsky,I'm not as clever as Mark Twain,I'll only buy a book for the way it looks,And then I stick it on the shelf again.

Now I could tell you what I'm thinking,But it never seems to do you good,It's beyond me what a girl can see,I'm only lucid when I'm writing songs.

This is just a modern rock song,This is just a sorry lament,We're four boys in corduroys,We're not terrific but we're competent.

Stevie's full of good intentions,Richards into rock 'n' roll,Stuart's staying in and he thinks it's a sin,That he has to leave the house at all.

LITERATURE

• Read up A Van Jordan’s “The Flash Reverses Time” – what does Einstein do in the poem?

• What is the tone of Simon Armitage’s “Kid”?

• What does the speaker thinks of the world in All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace? – free from our labours (work)

LITERATURE

• This Is Just to Say is likely written by (here we refer to the possible characters in the poem)

• Whose poem collection is called “The World”?• THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER

AND CLAY – who are Kavalier, Clay, The Escapist?

HISTORY(all materials on our POWIIS wikispaces)

• Steps in which Martin Luther King identify as non-violent revolution

• Aung San Suu Kyi – addresses Burma• President of India, Jawaharlal Nehru – delivered his speech “A

Tryst With Destiny” to who?• Who is the Communist Manifesto addressed to?• What is the beginning of Vaclav Havel’s speech?• Haitian Revolution – which crops does Haiti produce?• Which form of government did Czech Republic have after

Velvet Revolution?• How did Mohamad Bouaziz spark did Arab Spring?

HISTORY(all materials on our POWIIS wikispaces)

• What did Nelson Mandela say he admires of African tribes?

• After 2015, the only country which women cannot vote is - VATICAN CITY

• The Zong Massacre leads to what event?• The Prague Spring• The People’s Power Revolution similar to the

ideas of Vaclav Havel

SOCIAL STUDIES(all materials on our POWIIS wikispaces)

• Jean Baudrillard – what does he see as cultural ethnocentrism?• East Pakistan – now called Bangladesh• Meaning of symbolic action• Geert Hofstede - a society with hierarchy and large gaps in

compensation is a society that is..• Humberto Eco – hyperreality – which superhero did he

discuss?• Emile Durkheim – characteristics of mechanical solidarity and

organic solidarity• Cultural pluralism• Enculturated

SCIENCE

• A barrier to block social networks – FIREWALL• Myoelectric prosthesis – how does it work?• Mind uploading – humans are seen as machines• The newest form of light bulb is called…LED• Edison invention of lightbulb is like Prometheus bringing

fire to humanity• Effects of the rise of the printing press• Which part of the world where women has lowest

fertility?• US nurse Margaret Sanger tries to promote what idea?

WSC KEY QUESTIONS

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SUPERHEROES

• Beowulf • The Dark Knight • William Moulton Marston’s idea for Wonder

Woman is inspired by…• The Hero’s Journey – which stage does most of

the excitement take place?• Comics Code 1954• Superman, Batman and Goku

SUPERHEROES

• Hamartia, Achilles Heel, Hubris• What is a Golem?• Characteristics of a Byronic hero – narcissistic• Criticism of female superheroes

ART

• Which form of art is Warhol’s Campbell Soup Cans trying to challenge?

• Who originally created the Look, Mickey panel in Roy Liechtenstein’s Artist Studio work?

• Listen to Redemption Song by Bob Marley – what instruments did he use?

• What does Guggenheim Museum (bilbao) and Dancing House (prague) have in common?

ART AND LITERATURE

• What inspired the song Fake Plastic Trees?• A Rubber Ball Thrown into the Sea.• What style of architecture is Sydney Opera House?• The Human Condition• The History of Western Art and Chinese Art Washed Up in a

Washing Machine – what does it criticise?• All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace• The Red Wheelbarrow – what does the tone feel like?• Simon Armitage’s poem KID – what superhero does it refer

to?• Who published Astro City?

ART AND LITERATURE

• Which insect did the narrator of the Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay refer to when dreaming of a fabulous escape?

• Midway – what form of poetry is it?

HISTORY

• Ellen Page – Time to Thrive – for whom was this speech delivered to?

• US Civil Rights Movement protested a set of laws referred to as ….

• Which category of people led the Haitian Revolution?• In 1893, which country can women vote?• Similarities between Vaclav Havel and Ellen Page’s

speech• Which country was the last to ban slavery?• Which country did Arab Spring begin?

HISTORY

• Communist Manifesto – what do communists support?

• Henry David Thoreau – first step to a revolution• Causes of the Arab Spring• Russian Revolution in 1989 eventually leads to

what?• Outcome of People’s Power Revolution in the

Philippines?

SCIENCE

• Miasma theory – theory that diseases were caused by bad air – BLACK DEATH PLAGUE IN 1300’s ENGLAND

• Sousveillance – surveillance of the authority by general people

• Vacuum cleaners and washing machines – symbols of female liberation

• Uber – a ride-hailing app• Measles – making a comeback in developed countries

in Europe and USA• Online voting in Estonia since 2011

SCIENCE

• Home automation• Alternating current/direct current• Contraception and its effects towards society• Phonograph and movie projectors –

comparison

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Partition of Yugoslavia• Partition of India• Sociobiology• Michel Focault’s Theory• Emile Durkheim – mechanical solidarity vs organic

solidarity• Enculturation• Vaclav Havel’s Speech• Anarchy – read James Scott’s article available on

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