OLOGY
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.
What is Philosophy?
A word or phrase that is not formal and is specific to a particular group, like 'sus' or 'ghosting'.
What is slang?
This red thing is located on our classrooms north wall
What is the fire alarm?
The process of turning a readable message (plaintext) into an unreadable form (ciphertext).
What is encryption?
The only whole number that is neither prime nor composite.
What is 1?
The study of the mind and behavior.
What is Psychology?
The use of words that imitate sounds
What is onomatopoeia?
1985
What is Mr. Smith's birth year?
The simplest puzzle where each letter is shifted a fixed number of places in the alphabet.
What is a cipher?
A perfect number is defined as a positive integer that is equal to the sum of its proper divisors. The smallest perfect number.
What is 6?
The study of the processes that shape the Earth's atmosphere and weather.
What is Meterology?
A statement that contradicts itself yet might reveal a deeper truth, e.g., 'Less is more'
What is a paradox?
This gem sits closest to the southwest corner of our class.
Who is Victor?
This WWII German cipher machine used rotors to encrypt messages.
What is the Enigma Machine?
If a number's digits add up to a multiple of 3, then the whole number is divisible by 3. This is called a rule of ______.
What is divisibility?
The study of human societies, cultures, and their development.
What is Anthropology?
A word that reads the same forwards and backwards, like 'radar'
What is a palindrome?
The last person in our class
Who is David?
A cipher that uses a grid of letters and coordinates like "A1" or "C3" to encode a message.
What is a Polybius square?
How many times can you subtract 5 from 25?
What is once?
The theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope.
What is Epistemology?
This is the study of meaning in language—how words, phrases, and sentences convey meaning and how that meaning is interpreted.
What is semantics?
Our first assignment this year
What is the User Manual to Me?
A method of secret writing where the message is hidden within an innocent-looking text.
What is a steganography?
What is two thirds expressed as a percent (rounded to the nearest whole number)
What is 6 7?