A kind of deductive argument that consists of two premises and a conclusion.
What is a syllogism?
100
Taking two or more ideas and creating a new way of interpreting something based on the combination.
What is Synthesis?
100
This team blew a 3-1 lead in the 2015 NBA finals.
What is the Golden State Warriors?
100
They are the three classical era Disney princesses.
Who are Cinderella, Snow White, and Aurora?
200
The Truth Check to see whether or not the Knowledge Claim is useful.
What is the Pragmatic Truth Check?
200
The tendency to believe that an argument is valid simply because it confirms what we already believe.
What is Confirmation Bias?
200
The making of profit out of sacred things. Hint: Has to do with spiritual things. Second hint: related to your instructor's name.
What is Simony?
200
This international pop star was dumped twice by Rihanna.
Who is Drake?
200
This is the first short story in James Joyce's Dubliners.
What is "The Sisters"?
300
The belief that there is a material, physical world and an invisible, metaphysical world.
What is Dualism?
300
The most perfect example of something. Hint: it has to do with the essence of the thing.
What is Quintessence?
300
The inability to feel empathy.
What is Autism?
300
This 440 pound and seventeen-year-old hero tried to help a young boy who fell in the water.
Who is Harambe?
300
This Medieval list starts with God and ends with sin. Hint: the answer starts with "the" and has a total of 5 words. Hint two: the list is pretty great.
What is The Great Chain of Being?
400
A new word added to the language or a new meaning given to an existing word.
What is a neologism?
400
When you share someone else's feelings and understanding. You enter into their feelings.
What is Empathy?
400
A method of conveying or exchanging information using agreed upon visual, auditory, tactile symbols or signs.
What is Symbolic Communication. Will accept "Language."
400
The show in which four friends compete to embarrass each other.
What is Impractical Jokers?
400
These three cultural holidays are celebrated consecutively this year.
What is Hanukah, Christmas, and Kwanza?
500
The arousing and purging of powerful emotions through deep engagement with a work of art.
What is Catharsis?
500
The tendency to infuse patterns with meaning, whether they exist or not.
What is Patternicity?
500
Taking pleasure in another person's misfortune.
What is Schadenfreude?
500
This regal blue tang with anthrograde amnesia made a big debut in 2003.
Who is Dory?
500
This American composer wrote a short piece of music that contains no sound.