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World's Most Dangerous Quiz VIII

A continuation of the Most Dangerous quizzes, we then strive to make most common things less esoteric to thee.

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
91,004

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
837

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Riddle: "There was neither non-existence nor existence then; there was neither the realm of space nor the sky which is beyond. What stirred? Where?" Hint

Absolute

Sky

Nothing

Underworld

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Question 2 of 10

2. Philosophy: Pythagoras believed he was the reincarnated personage of ___________? Hint

Achilles

Zeus

Paris

Euphorbus

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Question 3 of 10

3. Music: What is called the "devil in music"? Hint

tritone

polyphony

symphony

12-tone

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Question 4 of 10

4. Etymology: What activity does the term "noon" come from? Hint

loud trucks

drunks

clergy prayers

lugubrious singers

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Question 5 of 10

5. Bible: Who was the monk that inaccurately calculated the birthday of Christ by 4 years? Hint

Hippolytus

Boethius

Dionysius Exiguus

Pope Hyginus

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Question 6 of 10

6. Biology: What bacteria was transgenetically inserted into: corn, cotton and potato genes, enabling these plants to create strong toxins to kill insects and other pests? Hint

B. acidophilus

B. commoniensis

B. perilio

B. thuringiensis

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Question 7 of 10

7. People: Who was the Greek philosopher that bit his tongue off and threw it at Nearchus, while being tortured? Hint

Plato

Parmenides

Democritus

Zeno

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Question 8 of 10

8. History: Who founded the "House of Wisdom" in Baghdad? Hint

Caliph al Mamum

Caliph al Khowarizmi

Mohammed

Calipj al-Sunya

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Question 9 of 10

9. Myth: Kali, the Mother Goddess, adorns a necklace with fifty skulls. What is this lovely necklace called? Hint

Askhara

Sbda

Varnamala

Cheke

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Question 10 of 10

10. Deaths: How old was Socrates when he drank Hemlock? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Riddle: "There was neither non-existence nor existence then; there was neither the realm of space nor the sky which is beyond. What stirred? Where?"

Answer: Nothing

From the Rg-Veda.

2. Philosophy: Pythagoras believed he was the reincarnated personage of ___________?

Answer: Euphorbus

Euphorbus was a hero from the Trojan War.

3. Music: What is called the "devil in music"?

Answer: tritone

The Medieval monks dubbed the ratios of the thirds as the devil music, because it did not harmonize well...but, Pythagoras believed dividing tones into 2/5 and 3/5 and plucking simultaneously evoked the most powerful tones in the cosmos. He believed that ratios were the elements in understanding the Universe. He classified these ratios into 10 "harmonic means".

4. Etymology: What activity does the term "noon" come from?

Answer: clergy prayers

Noon comes from the term "none".

5. Bible: Who was the monk that inaccurately calculated the birthday of Christ by 4 years?

Answer: Dionysius Exiguus

Christ's real birthdate was 4 B.C.

6. Biology: What bacteria was transgenetically inserted into: corn, cotton and potato genes, enabling these plants to create strong toxins to kill insects and other pests?

Answer: B. thuringiensis

7. People: Who was the Greek philosopher that bit his tongue off and threw it at Nearchus, while being tortured?

Answer: Zeno

Zeno was being tortured by Nearchus. Even with his tongue nearly bitten off, he coaxed the tyrant to come over so that he could whisper into his ear. Zeno bit Nearchus' ear and refused to let go, so they killed this famous philosopher of the "Achilles and Tortoise" paradox.

8. History: Who founded the "House of Wisdom" in Baghdad?

Answer: Caliph al Mamum

This library became the most important library of the Eastern world, comparable to the library of Alexandria. It was here that the great mathematician Al-Khowarizmi wrote a treatise on al-jabra, or algebra.

9. Myth: Kali, the Mother Goddess, adorns a necklace with fifty skulls. What is this lovely necklace called?

Answer: Varnamala

Each of the skulls represents a letter of the Indian alphabet. Taken together they represent a speech (sabda). These magic letters of Sanskrit also represent the primordial force of the Universe and the cosmic energy. Kali is the Aum., the sound of the Universe.

10. Deaths: How old was Socrates when he drank Hemlock?

Answer: 71

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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