Hey Four I's! I'd Like a Word With You (Part 5) Quiz

Answer: Incapable of suffering

Impassibility is the quality of being inaccessible to pain, injury or suffering. It derives from the Latin impassibilis meaning "incapable of passion." The word has a theological meaning, relating to God, referring to God's unchanging nature, that divine emotions are not subject to external forces.

Answer: Minimalistic

A minimalistic art style focuses on simplicity and the reduction of forms to their most essential elements, usually with geometric shapes and neutral colors. Agnes Martin's abstract landscape paintings and grid structures were minimalist and also emotional; Frank Stella's "Black Paintings" are stark and focused on form; Donald Judd's geometric sculptures and installations focus on simplicity and form.

Answer: Criminalization

The Eighteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution enacted Prohibition, which involved the criminalization of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors. It was proposed by Congress on December 18, 1917, ratified on January 16, 1919, and officially began on January 17, 1920.

Answer: Seraphic

Dispiriting means causing someone to lose hope, to cause a disheartening, gloomy feeling. So, plangent IS synonymous with that as it means characterized by a mournful sound expressing sorrow; tenebrous is also synonymous as it means conveying a sense of gloom, and dolorous also indicates grief and sorrow.
Seraphic however, is definitely NOT synonymous with dispiriting, as it expresses angelic joy or bliss; it is heavenly.

Answer: Pathfinder

A recidivist is someone who tends to relapse into a previous behavior or condition, especially criminal behavior. A recidivist for example repeatedly or habitually commits crimes, even after perhaps being punished in the past for committing crimes.

A pathfinder is someone who forges a new, usually positive path in their life, a direction likely that is distinct from previous negative behaviors.

Those other words/terms are people who are recidivists: Old Lag is a historically colloquial term describing someone who has been in prison and is likely to return. A reversionist is someone relapsing to an earlier state or condition, with the implication being in a negative way. An âme damnée is a toady devoted to someone onerous, and carrying out disreputable tasks for that person over and over again. The term comes from the French, meaning "damned soul."

Answer: Inquisition

"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" is the famous catchphrase from the British comedy group Monty Python, from their sketch featured in the TV show "Monty Python's Flying Circus." In the sketch, Michael Palin plays Cardinal Ximénez, and whenever a character is taken by surprise by the over-the-top entrance of the inquisitors, Palin would triumphantly exalt, "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" Palin would continue to list the Inquisition's weapons: "surprise," "fear," and "ruthless efficiency." The inquisitors then produce one of their tools of physical punishment and they always wind up being comically inefficient for torture, such as "comfy pillows".

Answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) was an essayist/philosopher/poet who wrote about individualism and critical thinking, criticizing the pressures that society and conformity place upon people. In "Self-Reliance" he wrote "Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist," emphasizing his belief that individuality is a strength of character, not a weakness.

Answer: Invariability

Invariability is used to describe scientific laws and principles that hold true under specific conditions, such as the laws of physics. The idea applies very aptly to Einstein's theory of relativity, in which he states that the laws of physics are invariant "in all inertial frames of reference." Inertial frames are reference points in which an object either "remains at rest or moves at a constant velocity unless acted upon by an external force." So then, no matter how fast an observer is moving or in what direction they are moving, the fundamental laws of physical phenomena remain consistent.

Answer: False

Zinssatz is specific German term for an interest rate, expressed as a percentage that the borrower pays for the use of borrowed capital.

Signification is derived from the Old French significacion, which in turn was derived from the Latin significātiō, meaning a signifying, indication, or marking of something. The Latin root is formed from the past participle significātus of the verb significāre, which means "to make known."

Answer: Irving Babbit

The academic Irving Babbitt was making a point about socio-political movements, such as imperialism and peace; he was saying that movements stem from the character and intentions of individuals behind them. He means that the moral and philosophical temperaments of individuals is significant in forming broader societal phenomena. The dichotomy between the opposing forces of imperialistic aggression and peaceful harmony, are linked through the actions of individuals.

Raymond and Charlie Babbitt were played by Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise in the film "Rain Man." George F. Babbitt was the title character of the Sinclair Lewis novel, "Babbitt."