World Wars
This event sparked the beginning of World War I in 1914.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This man wrote Oliver Twist.
Who is Charles Dickens?
This is the country that Corrie Ten Boom lives in.
What is Holland/The Netherlands?
This character destroys the ring.
Who is Gollum?
This is the easiest figure to use, so we reduce every syllogism to it.
What is the first figure?
These two events led to the United States entering World War I.
What are the Zimmerman Telegram and the Sinking of the Lusitania?
This is the boy who brings Oliver to Fagin.
Who is the Artful Dodger?
This family member dies shortly after being arrested.
Who is Casper Ten Boom?
This city is the capital of Gondor?
What is Minis Tirith?
This is how you do a simple conversion.
What is "interchange the subject and the predicate"?
This invention led to the end of trench warfare.
What are tanks?
This is the famous line where Oliver asks for more food. (Exact words)
What is "Please, sir, I want some more."
This leads to guards avoiding entering Corrie and Betsie’s barracks.
What are fleas?
These are the orcs of great strength used in Saruman's army.
What are the Uruk-hai?
This is another name for a modus ponens syllogism.
What is "affirming the antecedent"?
This battle is considered a major turning point on the Eastern Front of WWII ending with a brutal Soviet victory.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
Peace like a River begins in this U.S. State.
What is Minnesota?
This miraculous event leads to Corrie surviving the Concentration Camp.
What is a clerical error?
This is a seeing-stone used by Saruman and Pippin.
What is the Palantir?
These are the meanings of the letters S, P, M, and C, in the mnemonic.
S: Simple Conversion
P: Per Accidens or Partial Conversion
M: Mutatio or Transposition of the Premises
C: Reduction by Contradiction
This was a village that died for France in the battle of Verdun.
What is Fleury?
This is the precise method Bill Sikes uses to kill Nancy.
What is bludgeoning with a heavy club?
This Bible verse is the inspiration for the book’s title.
What is Psalm 119:114?
This is a mysterious and ancient being unaffected by the ring.
Who is Tom Bombadil?
This is the correct order and spelling of the mnemonic.
BARBARA, CELARENT, DARII, FERIO que prioris;
CESARE, CAMESTRES, FESTINO, BAROCO secundae;
tertia DARAPTI, DISAMIS, DATISI, FELAPTON, BOCARDO, FERISON habet;
quarta insuper addit: BRAMANTIP, CAMENES, DIMARIS, FESAPO, FRESISON