The branch of philosophy concerned with reality and being
Metaphysics
The painter known for Guernica
Pablo Picasso
The force opposing motion
friction
The pop star whose 2022 album Renaissance centered ballroom culture
Beyonce
The empire ruled by Augustus
Roman Empire
A word meaning fear of enclosed spaces
claustrophobia
The term for conditioned learning via rewards
Operant Conditioning
The belief that humans lack free will
determinism or illusionism
The art movement associated with geometric abstraction
Cubism
The molecule that carries genetic information
Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)
The artist who popularized “hyperpop” aesthetics alongside SOPHIE and A.G. Cook
Charli xcx
The document signed in 1215 limiting royal power
Magna Carta
Trivia Question: What substance are nails made out of?
anguish, despair, melancholy, misery, grief, heartbreak, woe, and despondency,
The theory dividing personality into id, ego, and superego
Sigmund Freud's structural model of the psyche
A philosophical razor favoring simplicity
Occam's razor or law of parsimony
The artist famous for soup cans
Andy Warhol
The smallest unit of an element
an atom
The viral app known for short-form video trends
TikTok
The war that followed the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
World War I
A word meaning capable of being touched
palpable, tangible, tactile, and simply touchable
The tendency to favor information that confirms beliefs
confirmation bias
The study of how we should reason
Logic
The cathedral painted by Monet repeatedly
Rouen Cathedral
The process by which liquids become gas
vaporization
What comes after "Road Work Ahead?! _______"
"Yeah I sure hope it does"
The civilization known for cuneiform writing
Sumerian civilization
A word meaning fear of crowds
enochlophobia, also known as ochlophobia or demophobia
The psychological term for fear responses
The psychological term for fear responses
The question of what makes actions morally right
Consequentialism/Utilitarianism
The sculptor of David
Michelangelo
The gas most abundant in Earth’s atmosphere
Nitrogen
The term for a photo, video, or text that spreads rapidly online, often humorously or ironically
Meme
Victorians once used what to predict the weather?
Leeches.
A word meaning lack of emotion
stoic, apathetic, impassive, emotionless, indifferent, and phlegmatic
The condition involving persistent low mood
Persistent Depressive Disorder (PDD)
The view that knowledge is innate
Innatism
The movement that emphasized emotion over reason
Romanticism
The part of the brain regulating balance
The cerebellum
The movie that reignited fascination with pink-ish aesthetics in 2023
Barbie
The trade route linking East and West
Silk Road
A word meaning unclear or vague
ambiguous, hazy, obscure, nebulous, indistinct, uncertain, and indefinite
Often shaped by internal dialogue and past experiences, it is the mental "blueprint" or internal picture a person holds of themselves.
Self-Concept or Self Image
The philosophical study of beauty
Aesthetics
The artist who painted The Persistence of Memory
Salvador Dalí
The type of energy stored in bonds
chemical energy
what is this?
Holding Space
The ancient wonder located in Babylon
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
A word meaning love of solitude
Isolophilia
The disorder characterized by compulsions
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
The view that reality is fundamentally mental
Idealism
The museum home to The School of Athens
Vatican Museums
The wave type responsible for sound
longitudinal wave
Finish the sentence "It is Wednesday ________"
"My dudes"
The year the French Revolution began
1789
A word meaning talkative
Chatty
The phenomenon of perceiving patterns where none exist
Apophenia