16373 Hard Trivia Questions
16373 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which French philosopher wrote 'Man a Machine'?
Answer
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
Which German philosopher wrote 'Jerusalem, or on Religious Power and Judaism'?
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Moses Mendelssohn
What term describes the international community of Enlightenment intellectuals exchanging ideas?
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Republic of Letters
Which French baron and atheist philosopher hosted a famous Enlightenment salon in Paris?
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Baron d'Holbach
Which Italian philosopher wrote 'The New Science' (Scienza Nuova)?
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Giambattista Vico
Which French noblewoman wrote a treatise on physics entitled 'Institutions de Physique'?
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Émilie du Châtelet
Which 1746 work by Diderot was condemned by the Parliament of Paris and publicly burned?
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Philosophical Thoughts
Which Italian philosopher wrote 'On Crimes and Punishments'?
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Cesare Beccaria
Who wrote 'The Fable of the Bees'?
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Bernard Mandeville
What is the original French title of Voltaire's 'Candide'?
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Candide, ou l'Optimisme
Which French philosopher wrote 'System of Nature'?
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Baron d'Holbach
What personal item of Napoleon was captured after the Battle of Waterloo?
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his carriage
What was the name of the farm used as Napoleon's headquarters at Waterloo?
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Belle Alliance
Which Renaissance astronomer formulated the Tychonic system?
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Tycho Brahe
Which Italian humanist rediscovered Lucretius's 'De Rerum Natura'?
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Poggio Bracciolini
Which Renaissance composer wrote the 'Missa Papae Marcelli'?
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Which Renaissance physician wrote 'De Humani Corporis Fabrica'?
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Andreas Vesalius
Which Renaissance philosopher was burned at the stake for heresy in 1600?
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Giordano Bruno
Which Italian historian wrote 'History of Italy' (Storia d'Italia)?
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Francesco Guicciardini
Which Italian female Renaissance painter was a court portraitist?
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Sofonisba Anguissola
Which French Renaissance composer was known as 'Prince of Music'?
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Josquin des Prez
Which Italian humanist proved the Donation of Constantine was a forgery?
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Lorenzo Valla
Which Flemish painter created 'The Garden of Earthly Delights'?
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Hieronymus Bosch
Which Renaissance sculptor created the bronze statue 'Perseus with the Head of Medusa'?
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Benvenuto Cellini
What is the name of the ancient Chinese military treatise written by Sun Bin?
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Sun Bin's Art of War
Which Chinese dynasty first made Luoyang its capital?
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Eastern Zhou dynasty
What is the name of the ancient Chinese text written on bamboo slips discovered in a tomb in 281 AD?
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The Bamboo Annals
Which Han dynasty battle in 119 BC decisively defeated the Xiongnu?
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Battle of Mobei
What is the name of the mythical geography text 'Classic of Mountains and Seas'?
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Shan Hai Jing
Which Han dynasty inventor created the first seismoscope?
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Zhang Heng
Which Zhou king defeated the Shang at the Battle of Muye?
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King Wu of Zhou
Which foundational text of traditional Chinese medicine is attributed to the Yellow Emperor?
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Huangdi Neijing
What was the name of the semi-legendary first dynasty in Chinese history?
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Xia dynasty