Existential Crisis
Existential crises are inner conflicts characterized by the impression that life lacks meaning and confusion about one's this.
Personal Identity
This dystopian novel by George Orwell explores the dangers of totalitarianism and the manipulation of truth.
1984
The study of heredity and variation in living organisms is known by what scientific term
Genetics
This code is used to acknowledge a response or message.
10-4
14th
This is the most well-known existential crisis often sets in around the age of 40 and can be triggered by the impression that one's personal growth is obstructed.
mid-life crisis
This dystopian series by Suzanne Collins follows the story of Katniss Everdeen, who becomes a symbol of rebellion against a tyrannical government.
The Hunger Games
This gas is essential for respiration and is transported by red blood cells.
Oxygen
Only in California is this code used for murder.
187
The total number of amendments to the Constitution is this.
27
One approach to resolving an existential crisis is this which involves denying that there is actual meaning. It consists in accepting the meaninglessness of life and learning how to deal with it without the illusion of meaning.
nihilism
The character of Sherlock Holmes was created by this Scottish author.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The process by which a cell divides into two identical daughter cells is called what
Mitosis
Cops use 10-56 to denote a suspected intoxicated person while a 10-55 is use to denote this instead.
This amendment made slavery illegal in the United States.
13th
This philosopher/author suggested that the death of God—the loss of collective faith in religion and traditional morality—created a more widespread existential crisis for the philosophically aware.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” is set in a theocratic society known as this.
Gilead
The process by which plants release water vapor into the atmosphere is called what
transpiration
Officers use a 10-27 to check if a vehicle is this. It ensures the vehicle has no outstanding issues and helps them verify the vehicle’s ownership and history.
registered
This amendment is best known as the "double jeopardy law"
5th
In the 19th century, this author wrote of how the loss of faith in God results in an existential crisis which he called the "Centre of Indifference", wherein the world appears cold and unfeeling and the individual considers himself to be without worth.
Thomas Carlyle
Agatha Christie’s detective Hercule Poirot often solves mysteries with the help of his “little grey cells” in this fictional country.
Belgium
This type of rock is formed from the cooling and solidification of molten lava
igneous rock
10-20 is the code officers use to share this when they are on scene.
Their Location
The 27th Amendment became law in 1992 and prohibits Congress from changing this until after the mid-term election.