I Think, Therefore I Get Confused Quiz

Answer: Plato

Plato, the philosopher may have died circa 347 BC, but he is still considered one of the most influential people to have ever lived. He was part of the great trio of ancient philosophers, along with his teacher, Socrates and his pupil, Aristotle. Circa 387 BC, Plato founded The Academy, considered by many to be the first university in the Western world.

Jason Plato first drove in the BTCC (British Touring Car Championship) in 1997, for the Williams Renault team. He switched to Vauxhall in 2000 and won his first championship in 2001 driving the Astra and beating Vauxhall team mate Yves Muller. In 2010, he was a championship winner for the second time, this time driving a Chevrolet Cruze, when he beat Honda Civic driver Matt Neal.

Answer: Dewey

Philosopher, John Dewey held an unshakeable belief in democracy, believing that it extended far beyond allowing people the vote. He advocated complete and honest communication between the electorate and the elected and strongly believed that politicians should be accountable for all policy decisions.
He worked tirelessly in education, always maintaining that a curriculum should be relevant to students' lives and that a school should be representative of a student's social environment.

Librarian, Melvil Dewey initiated his Dewey Decimal Classification system for library books in 1876. Under the system, books can be placed in order according to subject, with the digits after the decimal point allowing for a breakdown of the main subject into smaller sub categories.
The system is used in over 130 countries worldwide.

Answer: Socrates

Socrates is viewed by most as the founding father of Western philosophy and was known for questioning everything and anything. He is perhaps best remembered for inventing the teaching practice of pedagogy, whereby a teacher questions a student in such a manner that it draws out the correct response.
Despite all of his fame, historians are faced with what is commonly known as the Socratic problem. Socrates never wrote anything down and all works attributed to him come from his students. This means there is no certainty that details regarding him are fact, and further begs the question of whether he actually existed or whether he was an imaginary character invented by students in order to explain their philosophy.

Socrates the football player was something of a rarity within the sport as while playing the game at the highest level, he also earned a bachelor's degree in medicine, which he used after retiring when he became a doctor in the Brazilian city of Ribeirao Preto.
As a player, he turned out for Brazilian teams Botafogo-SP, Corinthians, Flamengo and Santos as well as spending a season at Italian side Fiorentina.

Answer: Marx

German philosopher Karl Marx, along with fellow countryman and philosopher Friedrich Engels published "The Communist Manifesto" in 1848. In this they put forward the case for socialism as a natural result of the friction caused by the capitalist system. Marx moved to London in 1848, where he lived the rest of his life and published "Das Kapital" in 1867, in which he spoke of the self destructive nature of capitalism.

Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo, and Zeppo, collectively known as the Marx brothers were an American comedy act, with the siblings being a hugely successful vaudeville draw. They made 13 films together, the best known of which, "Monkey Business" (1931), "Horse Feathers" (1932), "A Day At The Races" (1937), "A Night At The Opera" (1935) and "Duck Soup" (1933) were all included on the list of the 100 Greatest Comedy Movies from the American Film Institute in 2000.

Answer: Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes was something of a polymath, having influence on history, geometry, the physics of gases, theology, ethics, political science and modern political philosophy, of which he is considered one of the founding fathers. In his book 'Leviathan' (1651), Hobbes put forward his ideas that all citizens within the structure of society must relinquish some rights for the sake of protection. This protection would be provided by an absolute monarch with no separation of powers for civil, military, judicial, and ecclesiastical matters.

"Calvin And Hobbes", from the pen of cartoonist Bill Watterson follows the adventures of six year old Calvin and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes. The comic strip was first published in 1985, through Universal Press Syndicate, in 35 newspapers in USA. It was an instant success and soon was appearing in over 250 newspapers, both in North America and throughout the world.
The final "Calvin And Hobbes" comic strip ran in 1995, following Watterson's decision to end the run as he felt he had achieved all that he could with it.

Answer: Rawls

John Rawls is considered by many to be the most influential American philosopher of the twentieth century. His magnum opus of political philosophy, "A Theory Of Justice" (1971) set forward standards for a fair society in the form of just two principles, The first of these is that a society would protect the strongest set of civil liberties and personal rights compatible with everyone else having the same rights, and the second is that a just society would tolerate economic inequalities only if they improved the situation of the poorest and most marginalized.

Lou Rawls achieved his first hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in USA in 1966 with "Love Is A Hurtin' Thing" and followed it with further top 20 hits, "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)" (1969) and "A Natural Man" (1971). He is best remembered though for "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" (1976) which reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as giving him his biggest UK hit when it peaked at number ten.

Answer: Russell

Bertrand Russell was a founder of modern analytic philosophy, also called linguistic philosophy which concerns the study of language and the logical analysis of concepts is emphasised.
Russell was also highly influential in the fields of computer science, artificial intelligence and philosophy of mathematics, writing "Principia Mathematica" which was published in three volumes in 1910, 1912 and 1913.

Although Marilyn Monroe is remembered for her performance in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953), it was actually Jane Russell who had top billing. Russell was a talented actress, appearing in movies such as "The Outlaw" (1943) and "The Paleface" (1948), in which she starred as Calamity Jane opposite Bob Hope. She was also a talented singer, releasing several songs but will always be remembered for impressive cleavage and the sex symbol status this brought her.
Bob Hope once introduced her as "the two and only Jane Russell", while also saying that, "Culture is the ability to describe Jane Russell without moving your hands." Russell's figure was so well known that in the 1970s, she became an advertising icon when she agreed to appear in TV commercials for the Cross-Your-Heart Bra from Playtex.

Answer: Foucault

French philosopher, Michel Foucault was also involved in history and politics, to such an extent that France's most prestigious university, the College de France created a post for him, titled "professor of history of systems of thought".
Foucault studied social change and the shift of power, particularly in France during the country's transition from a monarchy to democracy during the French revolution.

Quebec native David Foucault actually started his professional career with the Carolina Panthers of the NFL. He spent two years with the team before being waived in 2016 and joining the BC Lions in 2017.
Teaming up with running back John White and receiver Bryan Burnham, gave the Lions a formidable offensive line and there can't have been many opposition players who would have enjoyed coming up against six foot eight inch (203 cm) Foucault.

Answer: Bacon

As a founder of modern scientific inquiry, Francis Bacon argued that rather than by using logic-based arguments, the laws of science can only be discovered by gathering and analysing data, collated from experiments and observations.
Bacon also served as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England and in 1597, when Queen Elizabeth I made him her legal advisor, became the first person ever to be awarded the title Queen's Counsel (QC).

At the start of his movie career, Kevin Bacon had roles in films such as "National Lampoon's Animal House" (1978) and "Friday the 13th" (1980), but it wasn't until he starred in "Footloose" (1984) that his career really took off. He went on to star in movies such as "Hollow Man" (2000), "Mystic River" (2003) and "The Woodsman" (2004) as well as "Apollo 13" (1995).
He is also a talented musician, playing guitar and sharing vocal duties with brother Michael in the band, The Bacon Brothers, who have released several albums.

Answer: James

American philosopher, William James helped psychology become accepted as a formal discipline. As a pragmatist, James believed that thought does not exist to describe or mirror reality, but instead both words and thought are tools for problem solving and action.

Jesse James was the leader of the infamous James-Younger gang, which was one of the most feared and most wanted gangs in USA in the late 19th century, having robbed banks, stagecoaches and trains in at least 11 states.
James was unarmed when he was shot in the back of the head by fellow outlaw, Robert Ford, who along with brother Charley was eager to claim the large reward that had been offered for James.