Church Fathers
This second-century bishop wrote Against Heresies and pressed apostolic succession as a safeguard against Gnostic remix-theology.
Who is Irenaeus of Lyons?
This was the codename for the Allied campaign that began with the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944.
What is Operation Overlord?
This “paradox” points to the tension between high probability estimates for alien civilizations and the lack of observed evidence for them.
What is the Fermi paradox?
This 1956 Elvis hit helped shove rock and roll into the American mainstream, including via national TV appearances.
What is “Hound Dog”?
In English algebraic chess notation, this single letter represents the knight.
What is N?
This North African theologian helped to cement early Latin Trinitarian vocabulary and wrote an Apology in defense of Christians.
Who is Tertullian?
This 1805 naval battle secured British maritime dominance in the Napoleonic Wars and mortally wounded Admiral Nelson.
What is the Battle of Trafalgar?
The double-helix structure of this molecule was published in 1953, igniting modern molecular genetics.
What is DNA?
This trumpeter’s 1959 album Kind of Blue is a landmark recording in modal jazz.
Who is Miles Davis?
Tolkien developed this Elvish language with extensive grammar and vocabulary; it’s one of the best-known “high” tongues of the Eldar.
What is Quenya?
This Alexandrian defender of Nicene orthodoxy battled Arianism and wrote On the Incarnation.
Who is Athanasius?
This 1916 battle became a byword for attrition and is tied to the French rallying cry “They shall not pass.”
What is the Battle of Verdun?
This concept measures the average information content of a message source and sets limits on compression.
What is Shannon entropy?
Released in 1955, this Platters song features the line “Oh yes, I’m __ _____ __________.”
What is “The Great Pretender”?
In the Greek alphabet, this letter represents density or resistivity and is the 17th letter.
What is Rho?
This brilliant early theologian associated with Alexandria and Caesarea was later condemned for certain speculations, including a form of universal restoration.
Who is Origen?
What is the Battle of Mohi?
This thought experiment features a cat in a sealed box to illustrate quantum superposition and measurement
What is Schrödinger’s cat?
This 1958 Duane Eddy instrumental showcases his signature “twang” and shares its title with a dance.
What is “Rebel-’Rouser”?
This fallacy assumes that because two events are correlated, one must have caused the other.
What is the correlation-causation fallacy?
Nicknamed “The Theologian,” this Cappadocian father profoundly shaped Nicene-era Trinitarian language.
Who is Gregory of Nazianzus?
This 1757 battle in India became a turning point for British control in Bengal and the East India Company’s rise.
What is the Battle of Plassey?
This performance technique runs instructions before it’s certain they’re needed, and it’s also infamous in modern CPU security discussions.
What is speculative execution?
What is “Tutti Frutti”?
In classical Trinitarian theology, this term refers to the Son’s being eternally begotten of the Father.
What is eternal generation?