Economics
Science
Super Quiz
Lang. Lit.
Music
100
What happens to wages if the productivity of workers increases, every thing else held constant?
wages increase
100
impurities are added to metals to make them...
harder
100
Where did Jean Paul Marat die?
in the bathtub in his quarters
100
On discoverin that A Vindication of the Rights of Men was written ny a woman, what did critics say about it?
that the writer was swayed by emotion
100
Who was Lorenzo da Ponte?
a poet
200
What does an aggregate supply curve show?
the quantity of goods and services that firms want to sell at each price level
200
What kind of equillibrium exists within a system of phase changes?
particles come out and go in at equal rates
200
How did jean paul marat die?
stabbed to death by a royalist noble woman
200
What notable person advised Thomas Paine to move to the American colonies?
Benjamin Franklin
200
What is the Querelle des Bouffons?
War of the Buffoons
300
Which 3 economic groups generate an aggregate demand curve?
households, firms, and government
300
The point of pressure and temperature where a solid, liquid, and gas can coexist is called...
triple point
300
How old was robespierre when he read an address to the royal family?
11
300
What crime did Britain covict Thomas Paine of?
sedition
300
Rousseau authored which famous work?
The social contract of 1761
400
What does the exchange-rate effect explain?
the downward slop of an aggregate demand curve
400
The temperature and pressure at which distinction between a gas and a liquid are not obvious is...
critical point
400
What nickname did the sans culottes give robespierre?
the incorruptible
400
Why was Paine imprisoned in France?
for not agreeing that the king should be executed
400
Mozart lived during which era?
Classic
500
What is the curve that shows the quanity of goods and services that firms, households, and government want to buy at each price level called?
aggregate-demand curve
500
Why is it difficult to observe liquid carbon dioxide?
Co2 turns to gas at room temperature
500
Which political group led the insurrections that broke out in Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, and Caen in 1793?
Girondins
500
What is the title of Paine's work that helped inspire the american colonists to seced from Britain?
Common Sense
500
What is the style of Glucks's opera Iphigenia in Aulis?
tragedie lyrique
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