Unit 1
Unit 2
Movie Unit
General Knowledge
100

What is Solon's Warning?

"Call no man happy until he is dead"

100

What creature does Socrates compare himself to in the Apology. (Be specific.)

Full points: a gadfly

Half points: a fly/bug

100

What is the name of the big bad company in "Okja?"

The Mirando Corporation
100

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is their to see it, did it really happen at all?

Of course! I just said, "a tree falls in the forest." What do you mean it didn't happen!?

200

What kinds of things, according to Epictetus, are in our control?

Our internal states and our actions: "opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions."

200

What does Socrates propose as his punishment for his supposed crimes against the Athenian people?

Free meals in the prytaneum.

200

What is Rick and Ilsa's song in "Casablanca?"

"As Time Goes By"

200

What came first, the chicken or the egg?

Not only do eggs predate chickens in general, modern chickens evolved from a variety of wild jungle fowl that all use eggs to reproduce.

300

In Derek Walcott's poem, "Love After Love," who will you greet "arriving at our your door?"

Yourself

300

What is the bet in "The Bet" by Anton Checkov

First, the banker bets the lawyer two million rubles that he cannot stay in solitary confinement for five years. Then, the lawyer, unbelievably, raises the bet to fifteen years.

300

Name one of 22's previous mentors in "Soul."

Ghandi, Lincoln, Mother Teresa, Mohammad Ali, Marie Antoinette, Carl Jung

300

Which expression does Mr. Griffith use the most: "absolutely," "totally," or "mmmm?"

Totally, totally

400

What should we say, according to Epictetus, when something is lost or when something dies?

It is "returned"

400

What shapes are the rooms/galleries in the Library of Babel, according to Borges?

Hexagons

400

What instrument does Connie play (Joe's student) in "Soul?"

The Trombone

400

What is Mr. Griffith's middle name?

You'll never know!

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