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Great Minds Through History Trivia Quiz

This quiz is about a variety of people in a variety of fields. They have one thing in common: brilliance.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
17,833

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
3863

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. This scientist is given credit for the idea that the earth revolves around the sun. Hint

Kepler

Galileo

Copernicus

Brahe

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Question 2 of 10

2. Darwin's voyage to the Galapagos Islands was historic. Name the ship on which he sailed. Hint

Pequod

Beagle

Graf Spee

Hood

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Question 3 of 10

3. Thomas Edison accomplished great things, but suffered from this unfortunate handicap. Hint

Inability to speak

Blindness

Deafness

Confinement to a Wheelchair

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Question 4 of 10

4. In 'The Divine Comedy', Dante is guided through Purgatory and Hell. Who is one of his guides? Hint

Esther

Dulcinea

Beatrice

Helen

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Question 5 of 10

5. Einstein and Newton were both actively involved in this field. Hint

Transmission of Sound

Optics

Aviation

Biochemistry

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Question 6 of 10

6. All of these men were giants in the field of Law EXCEPT: Hint

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Emile Durkheim

Nathan Cardozo

Learned Hand

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Question 7 of 10

7. Edgar Allan Poe wrote about all of these characters EXCEPT: Hint

George Webber

Inspector Dupin

Lenore

Fortunato

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Question 8 of 10

8. This individual was a master in philosophy and mathematics and a number of other fields. He was also a tutor for Alexander the Great. Hint

Socrates

Plato

Aristotle

Ptolemy

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Question 9 of 10

9. Sigmund Freud describes this process as the re-direction and re-channeling of instinctual impulses into acceptable areas? Hint

Pleasure Principle

Repression

Sublimation

Transference

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Question 10 of 10

10. This individual is considered to be the quintessential example of Renaissance Man: brilliant in both art and science. Hint

Leonardo da Vinci

Rubens

Raphael

Caravaggio

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This scientist is given credit for the idea that the earth revolves around the sun.

Answer: Copernicus

The so-called 'heliocentric theory' has the sun, rather than the earth, at the center. A huge step forward for science.

2. Darwin's voyage to the Galapagos Islands was historic. Name the ship on which he sailed.

Answer: Beagle

'The Voyage of the Beagle'. Another huge step.

3. Thomas Edison accomplished great things, but suffered from this unfortunate handicap.

Answer: Deafness

Edison did a lot more than just develop the incandescent light. He did, however, suffer from this affliction.

4. In 'The Divine Comedy', Dante is guided through Purgatory and Hell. Who is one of his guides?

Answer: Beatrice

Some consider him to be second only to Shakespeare.

5. Einstein and Newton were both actively involved in this field.

Answer: Optics

Both were giants in that {field;} both were geniuses.

6. All of these men were giants in the field of Law EXCEPT:

Answer: Emile Durkheim

Holmes is legendary. Cardozo and Learned Hand are also well-respected. Durkheim's claim to fame is in the field of sociology.

7. Edgar Allan Poe wrote about all of these characters EXCEPT:

Answer: George Webber

Is Poe the best example of 'tortured genius'? Lenore is immortalized in 'The Raven' as a lost love. Dupin is one of fiction's first detectives: he appears in 'Murders in the Rue Morgue'. Fortunato is prominent in the short story 'The Cask of Amontillado'. Webber is the protagonist of Thomas Wolfe's 'You Can't Go Home Again'.

8. This individual was a master in philosophy and mathematics and a number of other fields. He was also a tutor for Alexander the Great.

Answer: Aristotle

Brilliance in many, many areas.

9. Sigmund Freud describes this process as the re-direction and re-channeling of instinctual impulses into acceptable areas?

Answer: Sublimation

This is a cornerstone principle of his theory. Has anyone's thought influenced 20th century man more than Freud's?

10. This individual is considered to be the quintessential example of Renaissance Man: brilliant in both art and science.

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci

All are famous artists, but only Leonardo is also recognized for his forays into scientific areas.

Source: Author robert362

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