WSC_Future Predictions Quiz

In stories, what is usually the role of a prophet?

• To make people laugh

• To rule a country

• To predict the future

• To write history books

In dystopian novels, the future is often shown as:

• Happy and perfect

• Unknown and mysterious

• Dark and problematic

• Historical and detailed

Which book features a prophecy that says one boy will defeat a dark wizard?

• The Hunger Games

• Percy Jackson

• Harry Potter

• Divergent

A visionary writer is someone who:

• Only writes about the past

• Copies others’ work

• Imagines ideas far ahead of their time

• Tells simple fairy tales

Which invention helps us predict the weather?

• Thermometer

• Calculator

• Microscope

• Telescope

Artificial Intelligence is often seen as a technology of the:

• Present

• Past

• Future

• Ancient world

Why do scientists build models of the future?

• To copy old machines

• To help understand possibilities

• To look fashionable

• To write science fiction

What might a futurist study?

• Ancient traditions

• Future trends in technology

• Fairy tales

• Grammar rules

Which of these people is famous for predicting world events in poems?

• Aristotle

• Nostradamus

• Galileo

• Confucius

What does a revolution often change?

• The weather

• The stars

• The government or society

• The economy only