Philosophy and Philosophers
This Greek thinker, known today for his eponymous "method," apparently supported himself as a stonecarver
Who is Socrates?
The original 2 chains, it's thin, it's chainlike & its found in every living cell on Earth
What is DNA (or RNA)?
For La Paz, Bolivia, it's over 11,900 feet, tops for any capital city in the world
What is elevation?
The Godfather (1972)
Who is Marlon Brando?
General term for the official monetary unit of a nation
What is currency?
In his 1762 treatise "The Social Contract", this Swiss-French philosopher made a case for civil rights
Who is Rousseau?
You give me this bone, the head of which forms a ball-&-socket joint with the hip
What is the femur?
You can attend the Sun City Music Festival out in this West Texas town
What is El Paso?
Blade Runner (1982)
Who is Harrison Ford?
It's the feature that populates online forms with your birthdate, phone number etc. when you put in your name
What is autofill?
In ancient philosophy, the 4 basic constituent elements of the physical world
What are fire, water, earth, and air?
The science of naming & classifying organisms is called this, though the IRS has little to do with it
What is taxonomy?
Found on the North Saskatchewan River, this petroleum & meatpacking city was established as a fort in 1795
What is Edmonton?
Raging Bull (1980)
Who is Robert de Niro?
DAILY DOUBLE: when a lumbering lineman talks to the referee before a play, he may be making himself this, able to legally catch a pass
What is eligible?
Look! It's this advanced ideal being described in the works of Nietzsche
Who is the Superman (or Übermensch)?
This, the beginning of growth for a seed, requires 3 basic elements: water, oxygen & the right temperature
What is germination?
A partly enclosed coastal body of water where river water mixes with sea water
What is an estuary?
The Pianist (2002)
Who is Adrien Brody?
Type of complete breakdown that's in the name of a bee colony disorder
What is collapse?
This German, the "philosopher of pessimism", had such a gloomy outlook that even his own mother disliked him
Who is Schopenhauer?
DAILY DOUBLE: Latin for "whip" gives us the name of this hairlike appendage, used for locomotion by most bacteria
What is flagellum?
It's the longest river of Spain
What is the Ebro?
Annie Hall (1977)
Who is Diane Keaton?
You may think of data as words & numbers, but digital images are also data, & this term can mean information about an image
What is metadata?