Philosophy & Theology
The heresy that St. Athanasius fought against
What is Arianism?
The powerhouse of the cell
What is the mitochondria?
Odysseus' wife
Who is Penelope?
"The source and summit of the whole Christian life"
What is the Eucharist?
Aristotle's book on how to live a virtuous, fulfilling life
What is the Nicomachean Ethics?
The astronomical model in which the sun is at the center of the solar system
What is heliocentricism?
A despotic Roman emperor known for persecuting Christians before he retired to grow cabbages
Who was Diocletian?
Two or more simultaneous lines of music with different rhythms
What is polyphony?
An ethical stance underlying Machiavelli's The Prince, in which goodness is determined by material outcomes
What is utilitarianism?
Avogadro's number
What is 6.02 x 1023?
Dante's muse who acts as his guide in Paradiso
Who is Beatrice?
The outermost liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops during the Mass
What is a chasuble?
What is liturgy?
The last (and most crucial) step in any physics problem
What is boxing your answer?
An essential quality of a paterfamilias
What is gravitas?
The five parts of the Ordinary of the Mass
What are the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei?
A minor Socratic school whose adherents believed that pleasure is evil and lived in pots
Who were the Cynics?
One of the kinematic equations
What are
d=1/2(vi + vf)t
vf=vi + at
d=vit + 1/2at2
vf2=vi2 + 2ad?
The original 13 colonies
What are New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia?
The names of all 7 O Antiphons (in Latin or English)
What are O Sapientia, O Adonai, O Radix Jesse, O Clavis David, O Oriens, O Rex Gentium, and O Emmanuel (or O Wisdom, O Lord, O Root of Jesse, O Key of David, O Dawn, O King of the Nations, and O Emmanuel)?