Science
This famous scientist is known for jumping out of the bath and shouting Eureka!
Who is Archimedes?
The assassination of this archduke in Bosnia sparked World War I.
Who is Franz Ferdinand?
This famous psychologist conducted experiments on dogs by conditioning them to drool at the sound of a bell.
Who is Pavlov?
This popular series of thought experiments created by Judith Jarvis Thomson asks a person to consider ethical dilemmas of whether to sacrifice one person to save a larger number.
What is the trolley problem?
Solve this problem: 5 + 4 * 2 / (9 + 7) - 13
-7.5
Carbon’s atomic number is this.
What is six?
This king of England, brother to Richard Lionheart, is aptly named John ________ (Jean _____) because he lost the Duchy of Normandy /the remaining holdings in France that england had in 1204 CE.
Who is John Lackland/Jean Sansterre?
This phenomenon is what happens when nobody in a crowd steps in to help another person because they assume someone else will step in.
What is the bystander effect?
This famous concept of Frederick Nietzsche describes a person who rises above Christian values and morality to reach the human ideal.
What is the Ubermensch?
The principle coordinate system that we use for graphing is named this and named after this 17th century philosopher and mathematician.
Who is René Descartes?
Organelle where proteins and lipids are processed and then exported (the “post office” of the cell).
What is the Golgi apparatus?
This Chinese admiral of the early Ming dynasty (1368-1644, 15th century for this man) is often known as the greatest admiral in Chinese history. He is known for having commanded 7 massive naval expeditions almost a century before the Portuguese reached India by sailing around the southern tip of Africa.
Who is Zheng He?
The situation in this psychology experiment is that a group of participants are shown a picture of three lines and asked to report which is longest. All of the group are actors except for one, and the actors purposefully answer incorrectly to see if the participant will participate in this phenomenon (2 answers, experiment or phenomenon or both).
What is the Asch Conformity Study?
The Greek philosopher Aristotle is best known for this concept where a person finds virtue by finding a balance between two extremes.
What is the golden mean?
The sum of the first five prime number is this.
What is 28?
If a bug and car collide, which experiences the greater force?
What is they both experience the same amount of force?
This Renaissance polymath was the first to propose the heliocentric model of the universe.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
This phenomenon refers to a situation involving conflicting attitudes, beliefs or behaviors, which produces an inherent feeling of discomfort and leads to a change in either the attitude or behavior to eliminate discomfort.
What is cognitive dissonance?
Absurdism is a philosophical theory that the universe is irrational and meaningless and that human beings must remain conscious and revolt against it by exhausting life. Albert Camus established this theory through this Greek myth of a man who endlessly pushes a rock up a mountain only to have it fall to the bottom again.
Who is Sisyphus?
This famous geometric shape contains a detailed structure at arbitrarily small scales and can be zoomed in on infinitely?
What is a fractal?
Propane (C3H8) burns in the following reaction. Balance the reaction: __C3H8 + __O2 → __H2O + ___CO2?
What is 0, 5, 4, 3?
This Venezuelan also known as “El Libertador” is best known for freeing many South American countries from Spanish rule? (Hint: Bolivia is named after him?)
Who is Simón Bolívar?
This unsettling psychology experiment showed that participants were often willing to give fatal electric shocks to another human being if an authority figure told them to do so.
What is the Milgram experiment?
Henry David Thoreau is a transcendentalist who was known for escaping into the solitude of the woods of this pond in Massachusetts.
What is Walden pond?
This female mathematician is considered to be one of the first computer scientists as she recognized the potential for machines in pure calculations. Bonus: Her father is this famous Romantic poet.
Who is Ada Lovelace and Lord Byron?