Logic Literature & Writing
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100

Who is know as the “Father of English Literature?”

Geoffrey Chaucer

100

What does the formula “c squared=a squared plus b squared” describe?

Pythagorean Theorem

100

What issue were the early Christians frighting over in the Iconoclast Controversy? 

Idolatry

100

Who wrote Oedipus Rex?

Sophocles

100

What phase of the viral cycle is it when it hijacks the host's cellular machinery to make lots of copies of itself until the host cell bursts?

Lytic

100

Where was Thomas Becket murdered?

Canterbury Cathedral

200

List the FANBOYS.

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

200

What does 5! mean?

5*4*3*2*1 or 120

200

What are the 3 tenses of the perfect system?

Perfect, pluperfect, future perfect

200

In The Eumenides Athena institutes the first __________ in a criminal trial.

Jury

200

What is the probability that event A does not occur?

1 - P(A)

200

Which emperor of Rome, famous for persecuting Christians, likely executed the Apostle Paul?

Nero

300

In The Old Man and the Seas, who is Santiago’s hero?

Joe DiMaggio

300

Why is the top layer of a leaf darker than the bottom?

More chlorophyll

300

In which year did Martin Luther nail his 95 theses on the Wittenberg church door? 

October 31, 1517

300

Define the Latin noun veritas.

Truth

300

This 17th century theologian and physicist gave us the three laws of motion we continue to observe in experiments today:

Sir Isaac Newton

300

What did the ‘Rule of St. Benedict’ do for monasteries?

Codified / wrote down, standardized rules for monasteries

400

What is the purpose of an Invective essay?

To attack someone or something.

400

What is a monomial?

A polynomial with only one term.

400

Translate the Latin sentence: Respondēre tímeo.

I am afraid to respond.

400

What philosophical and literary movement unites Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, and Camus?

Existentialism

400

What is the difference between kinetic and potential energy?

Kinetic energy is energy in motion. Potential energy is stored energy.

400

What is the Monroe Doctrine?

Statement warning European powers to refrain from seeking any new territories in the Americas.

500

At the end of The Grapes of Wrath, Ma explains to Pa that some people live “in jerks,” while others live in “all one flow.” This is her way of describing an essential difference between which two groups?

Men and women

500

What is it called when a bacteria gets new genetic information from a dead (non-functional) donor bacteria?

Transformation

500

President Theodore Roosevelt represented what popular American ideological movement?

Progressive Movement

500

What does the Greek word ἀγάπη mean?

Love

500

What is FICA?

The Federal Insurance Contributions Act is a federal payroll tax.

500

What are the 6 major Worldviews according to Myers and Noebel in their book, Understanding The Times?

Secularism, Marxism, Postmodernism, New Spirituality, Islam, and Christianity