Art
What is the oldest legal code known in its entirety?
Code of Hammurabi
What is the number of different items an average supermarket carries?
more than 33,000
What is the title of the novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that addresses gender and gender fluidity?
The Left Hand of Darkness
What does a pure sine wave at 440 Hz sound like?
The A above middle C
Which novel, sometimes considered science fiction, was published in 1616?
The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz
Where have many extant artifacts come from?
Burial chambers, caves, and tombs
What is the title of Adam Smith's book on economics?
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Which early Scientist defied what seemed to be common sense when he said that the Earth revolved around the sun?
Galileo
When musicians refer to pitch, how many tones are they referring to?
one
What is stored in the nucleus of a neuron?
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
Who gathered the biographies of great Italian artists, past and present in The Lives of the Artists?
Giorgio Vasari
Though economists study a vast range of different behaviors, their work is unified by what?
a reliance on a small number of seemingly simple, yet powerful assumptions
What is the name of the type of science fiction that combines futuristic technology with 19th century fashion and aesthetics?
steampunk
By what factor does pitch increase if you decrease the string length by half on a guitar?
twice as high
What was the name of Babbage's proposal, and who did he request the funds for it?
Difference Engine, the British government
What is the great ziggurat of the temple of Bel called?
Ishtar Gate
The economic assumption that people make choices by comparing benefits vs. opportunity costs is known as
rationality
In the 1950s, the United States sought to outdo another country in space flight - which country was the main rival of the U.S. at that time?
the Soviet Union
What has the lower pitch, a kitten's meow or a tomcat's yowl?
a tomcat's yowl
What is the name for the process where composition and performance happen simultaneously?
improvisation
What does formal analysis focus on?
the visual qualities of the work of art itself
Economics helps us understand which two aspects in our economy?
why our economy functions smoothly at times, and why it occasionally breaks down
What is the title of the 1984 novel by William Gibson that pioneered cyberpunk?
Neuromancer
What is the most general definition of music?
sound organized in time
What is the formula for simple interest including the original loan amount?
P + P * r * t or P*(1+r*t)