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Quiz about Philosophers and Their Oddities

Philosophers and Their Oddities Quiz

Thought that it might be fun to look at what some famous historical figures got up to in their spare time. Hope you have fun!

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

Author
pavr

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
111,549

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
855

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. This highly renowned philosopher one day decided that as he was pronouncing on the state on mankind, perhaps he ought to leave his home town and see what was outside! He lived in Koenigsberg, Prussia (today Kaliningrad, Russia). Who was he? Hint

Wittgenstein

Kant

Nietzsche

Marx

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which Austrian genius was originally an engineer, but decided that philosophy interested him so much, that he traveled to Cambridge and after only an essay and interview, was accepted to study there? Hint

Hume

Marx

Wittgenstein

Kierkegaard

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which brilliant Cambridge professor, known primarily for his excellence in philosophical logic, was also recognised both as an anti-Communist and anti-Fascist - and as a pacifist? Hint

Russell

Hume

Locke

Descartes

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Question 4 of 10

4. This devout Christian, who did not believe in the existence of a physical world, is generally accepted as the basis for Karl Marx's work on communism. Who was he? Hint

Locke

Kierkegaard

Hegel

Hobbes

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which radical German philosopher, studied today as much for his literary genius as for his philosophy, worshipped French culture and advised people to drink tea rather than coffee in the morning? Hint

Hegel

Wittgenstein

Nietzsche

Kierkegaard

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Question 6 of 10

6. This Austrian Jew studied music at advanced level, and almost chose it as his 'profession'. However, he chose philosophy, leaving his homeland for England in the 1930s and became a highly influential philosophical figure. Who was he? Hint

Popper

Kuhn

Freud

Wittgenstein

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Question 7 of 10

7. This philosopher spent his mornings at school in bed, contemplating the world. He moved to Holland and eventually to Sweden where he instructed Queen Christina, where he died. Who was he? Hint

Locke

Hume

Mill

Descartes

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Question 8 of 10

8. This German existentialist fought during the first and second wars against the allies. He was denounced by a French post-war tribunal for his involvement with the Nazis, had a nervous breakdown as a result. Who was he? Hint

Schopenhauer

Nietzsche

Heidegger

Sartre

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Question 9 of 10

9. This extraordinary man traveled and taught in Egypt, Greece and Italy in his 20s and 30s. He fought the Germans and was imprisoned in a Nazi war camp, later worked with the French resistance movement, and despite his Communist sympathies he denounced Stalin. Who was he? Hint

Russell

Palin

Kuhn

Sartre

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Question 10 of 10

10. And finally, an easy one - which philosopher according to the Monty Python team was "permanently pissed"? Hint

Socrates

Kant

Plato

Aristotle

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Kant

He never ventured more than few miles from his native city.

Answer: Wittgenstein

He also worked as a hospital porter in London during the war, but also spent much of his life in the Norwegian fjords, which he loved.

3. Which brilliant Cambridge professor, known primarily for his excellence in philosophical logic, was also recognised both as an anti-Communist and anti-Fascist - and as a pacifist?

Answer: Russell

Not only a sexual liberal - due to his peace activism during WW1, he was banned from certain areas of Britain, and was convicted and fined for airing anti-war views.

4. This devout Christian, who did not believe in the existence of a physical world, is generally accepted as the basis for Karl Marx's work on communism. Who was he?

Answer: Hegel

Hegel was a Lutheran Christian, and parts of his work on logic remain obscure to analysis even today.

Answer: Nietzsche

Despite his disdain for German culture, Nietzsche was later regarded as one of the intellectual forerunners of Nazism, due in part to his writings on morality.

Answer: Popper

Popper died in 1994, and was also a cabinet maker and school teacher before embarking full time on his philosophical works.

7. This philosopher spent his mornings at school in bed, contemplating the world. He moved to Holland and eventually to Sweden where he instructed Queen Christina, where he died. Who was he?

Answer: Descartes

He unfortunately contracted pneumonia one cold February while in Stockholm, probably due to fact that he had to brave the weather at 5am in order to teach the Queen.

Answer: Heidegger

The tribunal restricted him from teaching in 1945, due to support for the Nazi regime - he collapsed, but was rehabilitated two years later and died a highly respected figure.

Answer: Sartre

He was also awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1964, but he declined the award in protest of the values of bourgeois society.

10. And finally, an easy one - which philosopher according to the Monty Python team was "permanently pissed"?

Answer: Socrates

I quote: "There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach ya
'bout the raising of the wrist. Socrates, himself, was permanently pissed ..."

Source: Author pavr

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