PHAMOUS PHILOSOPHERS
This ancient Greek philosopher is credited with creating the "Socratic Method" and was sentenced to death via drinking hemlock.
Who is Socrates?
This is the largest ocean on Earth.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This is the common nickname for the Federal Reserve, America's central bank.
What is "the Fed"?
This is the only mammal capable of sustained flight, as opposed to gliding.
What is the bat?
This term describes something embarrassing, often used to react to secondhand embarrassment, referring more to their physical reaction.
What is "cringe"?
This ancient Greek philosopher taught Alexander the Great and wrote extensively on logic, ethics, and science.
Who is Aristotle?
This sea, bordered by Israel, Jordan, and the West Bank, is so salty that swimmers can float effortlessly.
What is the Dead Sea?
This U.S. city is home to the headquarters of the Federal Reserve.
What is Washington, D.C.?
This egg-laying mammal, native to Australia, has a duck-like bill and is one of the only venomous mammals on Earth.
What is the platypus?
This term describes someone or something lacking energy, excitement, or has the feeling of being average.
What is "mid"?
This philosophical position, closely associated with Friedrich Nietzsche, holds that life has no inherent meaning, purpose, or objective value.
What is nihilism?
This is the only Great Lake located entirely within the United States, not shared with Canada.
What is Lake Michigan?
This is the number of regional Federal Reserve Banks that make up the Federal Reserve System, each serving a different district across the country.
What is twelve?
This mammal is the only one that can't jump, due to the structure of its legs and how its body weight is distributed.
What is the elephant?
A rude member of Gen Z wouldn't call you ugly, they'd call you this.
What is "chopped"?
René Descartes is a philosopher famous for this phrase, which claims that the very act of thought proves you exist.
Who is René Descartes?
This narrow strait separates Europe from Africa, connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Strait of Gibraltar?
This is what the acronym FOMC stands for.
What is the Federal Open Market Committee?
Unlike true seals, this species has visible external ear flaps and can rotate its hind flippers underneath its body, allowing it to "walk" on land; a trait famously seen while balancing balls on their noses.
What is the Sea Lion?
This term, originally referring to a person's energy, is now used to describe one's social capital based on their actions or posture.
What is "Aura"?
This Chinese philosopher's teachings on morality, family, and social harmony were compiled into "The Analects" by his followers.
Who is Confucius?
This is the world's largest lake by surface area, technically classified as a sea despite being landlocked, bordered by Russia, Kazakhstan, and Iran among others.
What is the Caspian Sea?
This monetary policy tool, used extensively after the 2008 financial crisis, involves the Fed buying large quantities of government bonds and other securities to inject money directly into the economy and push down long-term interest rates.
What is quantitative easing?
Despite being distinct species, this name is used for both jaguars and leopards affected by melanism, a mutation that gives their fur a black pigment.
What is panther?
This phrase is used to shut down an argument or exaggerated claim, calling someone's bluff, or accusing them of lying.
What is "no cap"/"cap"?