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100
What date is election day this year (2024)?
Tuesday, Northeastern 5th
100
The theory that the action that should be done is the one that maximizes overall happiness.
Utilitarianism
100
What you could be doing but are giving up to do what you’re now doing
opportunity cost
100
True or False: You can come do work in the philosophy department common room whenever it is open.
True
100
This talk show host attended Northeastern.
Wendy Williams
200
The constitutional amendment that states “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
The 10th amendment
200
The two social classes that Marx describes modern capitalist society as being split into.
The bourgeoisie and the proletariat
200
He advocated for the specialization of labor, the market system, and the government’s role to be shaping the economy.
Adam Smith
200
This department icon has a BA in History, an MA in Political Science, and a JD (and is not a lawyer or professor).
Richard Conley (our co-op advisor!)
200
This American civil rights leader had a degree in philosophy.
Martin Luther King Jr.
300
This many seats are in the House of Representatives.
435
300
The name of this table:
Truth table
300
This type of economy is centralized: the government determines production, investment, and prices. (ex: North Korea)
command economy
300
Northeastern has this many campuses across the world.
14
300
There are 6 working groups in the ethics institute. Name at least two. (double points for all 6!)
Philosophy as a Way of Life
Indigenous Studies Circle
Democracy and Social Choice Group
Environmental Philosophy Working Group
Rossetti Research Group
AI and Data Ethics Group
400
This President successfully ran for election with the slogan "Don't change horses midstream".
Abraham Lincoln
400
The formal name for the study of knowledge
Epistemology
400
In game theory, this is the name of a strategy that will make a player better off regardless of what other players choose to do.
Dominant strategy
400
If you live on Northeastern’s campus, who is likely your state representative?
Chynah Tyler
400
On this planet, a day is longer than a year.
Venus
500
Which of the following Supreme court cases addressed tribal sovereignty?
a) McGirt v. Oklahoma
b) Lawrence v. Texas
c) Nestle v. Doe
d) Kelo v. New London
a) McGirt v. Oklahoma
500
This philosopher famously wrote “cogito, ergo sum” commonly referred to as the phrase “I think therefore I am.”
Rene Descartes
500
A good for which demand increases as its price increases because it serves as a status symbol
veblen good
500
Northeastern's campus is this many acres (get within 10 for the points!)
73 acres
500
There are 8 species of bears. Name at least 5 (double points if you get all 8).
Brown bear, black bear, sun bear, spectacled bear, moon bear, polar bear, sloth bear, panda bear