Logic Literature & Writing
Who is know as the “Father of English Literature?”
Geoffrey Chaucer
What does the formula “c squared=a squared plus b squared” describe?
Pythagorean Theorem
What issue were the early Christians frighting over in the Iconoclast Controversy?
Idolatry
Who wrote Oedipus Rex?
Sophocles
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
Where was Thomas Becket murdered?
Canterbury Cathedral
List the FANBOYS.
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
What does 5! mean?
5*4*3*2*1 or 120
What are the 3 tenses of the perfect system?
Perfect, pluperfect, future perfect
In The Eumenides Athena institutes the first __________ in a criminal trial.
Jury
What is the probability that event A does not occur?
1 - P(A)
Which emperor of Rome, famous for persecuting Christians, likely executed the Apostle Paul?
Nero
In The Old Man and the Seas, who is Santiago’s hero?
Joe DiMaggio
Why is the top layer of a leaf darker than the bottom?
More chlorophyll
In which year did Martin Luther nail his 95 theses on the Wittenberg church door?
October 31, 1517
Define the Latin noun veritas.
Truth
This 17th century theologian and physicist gave us the three laws of motion we continue to observe in experiments today:
Sir Isaac Newton
What did the ‘Rule of St. Benedict’ do for monasteries?
Codified / wrote down, standardized rules for monasteries
What is the purpose of an Invective essay?
To attack someone or something.
What is a monomial?
A polynomial with only one term.
Translate the Latin sentence: Respondēre tímeo.
I am afraid to respond.
What philosophical and literary movement unites Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, and Camus?
Existentialism
What is the difference between kinetic and potential energy?
Kinetic energy is energy in motion. Potential energy is stored energy.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Statement warning European powers to refrain from seeking any new territories in the Americas.
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
What is it called when a bacteria gets new genetic information from a dead (non-functional) donor bacteria?
Transformation
President Theodore Roosevelt represented what popular American ideological movement?
Progressive Movement
What does the Greek word ἀγάπη mean?
Love
What is FICA?
The Federal Insurance Contributions Act is a federal payroll tax.
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