And That's Why the Chicken Crossed the Road

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1. Q: "Why did the chicken cross the road?" Which author, best known for his 'trilogy' of five books ('The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy') would have answered: "42"? David Eddings Ray Bradbury Piers Anthony Douglas Adams

2. Q: "Why did the chicken cross the road?" Which Classical Greek philosopher, founder of the Academy in Athens, and student of Socrates would have answered: "For the greater good"? Plato Sophocles Aristotle Damascius

3. Q: "Why did the chicken cross the road?" Which fifteenth century Inquisitor General of Spain, and Grand Inquisitor from 1483 to 1498, would have answered: "Give me ten minutes with the chicken and I'll find out"? Alonso de Hojeda Miguel de Morillo Pedro González de Mendoza Tomas de Torquemada

4. Q: "Why did the chicken cross the road?" Publishing over 60 children's books, which American writer and cartoonist would have answered: "Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed it, I've not been told!"? Theodore Seuss Geisel Mark Twain Enid Blyton Hans Christian Anderson

5. Q: "Why did the chicken cross the road?" Known for his theory of evolution, which English naturalist would have answered: "Chickens, over great periods of time, have been naturally selected in such a way that they are now genetically disposed towards crossing roads"? Thomas Henry Huxley Bobby Henderson Charles Darwin Herbert Spencer

6. Q: "Why did the chicken cross the road?" Which American philosopher, essayist and poet, known his formulation and expression of Transcendentalism in his 'Nature' essay (1836), would have answered: "It didn't cross the road; it transcended it"? Sarah Margaret Fuller Walt Whitman George Ripley Ralph Waldo Emerson

7. Q: "Why did the chicken cross the road?" Which 'tough-guy' actor, born as Laurence Tureaud and appearing in the film 'Rocky III', would have answered: "If you saw me coming you'd cross the road too!"? Jean-Claude Van Damme Sylvester Stallone Mr T Mel Gibson

8. Q: "Why did the chicken cross the road?" Which Greek philosopher, teacher of Alexander the Great and student of Plato, would have answered: "To actualise its potential"? Socrates Epicuris Lucretius Aristotle

9. Q: "Why did the chicken cross the road?" Elected to the position of Secretary to the second Chancery of the Republic of Florence in 1498, which Italian philosopher would have answered: "So that its subjects will view it with admiration, as a chicken which has the daring and courage to boldly cross the road, but also with fear, for whom among them has the strength to contend with such a paragon of avian virtue? In such a manner is the princely chicken's dominion maintained"? Jean-Jacques Rousseau Leonardo da Vinci Machiavelli Desiderius Erasmus

10. Q: "Why did the chicken cross the road?" Creating his own philosophy of science, 'Radical Behaviourism', which American psychologist would have answered: "Because the external influences which had pervaded its sensorium from birth had caused it to develop in such a fashion that it would tend to cross roads, even while believing these actions to be of its own free will."? Henry David Thoreau BF Skinner Noam Chomsky Anthony Burgess