Sam Altman does NOT agree with which of the following statements?

Everything will get more expensive every year

Korea’s administrative capital

Why was the Yellow Crane Tower destroyed?

Fires and wars in the Ming and Qing dynasties

What was the main issue with cryonics?

It’s expensive and unsustainable to operate

Ezra Klein would most agree with what statement?

Donald Trump's issue is not his age

Which poem does the line “When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi // Troubles my sight” come from?

William B. Yeats - The Second Coming

Which one of these is an example of how volcanoes form?

Continental plates going under one another

A faith healer and close friend of Czar Nicholas II

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1
What would you need for ornithomancy?
A goblet
Grain
Birds
Dreams
2
Sam Altman does NOT agree with which of the following statements?
We are in the middle of a technological revolution
Everything will get more expensive every year
Taxing income will become inappropriate with AI
A nation-wide equity fund is a good idea
3
Which of the following is MOST an example of a diviner who is thought to be a portal for the gods to speak through?
Oracle
Fortune teller
Shaman
Soothsayer
4
What is Sejong?
An RPG action-adventure game
Korea’s administrative capital
The tomb of Emperor Balhae
A Korean divination ritual involving rats and seagrass
5
Why was the Yellow Crane Tower destroyed?
The structure was unstable and it was going to collapse anyway
The Mongols thought it was a military base
Fires and wars in the Ming and Qing dynasties
Christian settlers burned it down
6
Who wrote the poem that contains this excerpt? "What the hand, dare seize the fire?"
Linda Hogan
William Blake
Yves Klein
Forrest Gander
7
Which of these poets would be most interested in Greek Mythology?
Mary Shelley
Kalidasa
Isaac Asimov
Alfred Tennyson
8
Which of the following is NOT a type of fire needed for Zoroastrian fire?
From a volcano
From a baker
From a fakir
From a brewer
9
Which one of these musical pieces was written for a musical drama?
The Firebird
Magic Fire Music
The Origin of Fire
Winter Bonfire
10
Jan Griffier painted about…
The burning of the Library of Alexandria
Japanese burial rites
Viking burial rites
The Great Fire of London
11
What was the main issue with cryonics?
Nobody wanted to do it
It’s expensive and unsustainable to operate
The machinery was unstable
The freezing process always failed
12
Ezra Klein would most agree with what statement?
Having a lot of children is irresponsible
Donald Trump's issue is not his age
We need to break the cycle of negativity in the media
The Netherlands has a good food system
13
Which poem does the line “When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi // Troubles my sight” come from?
William B. Yeats - The Second Coming
Robert Frost - Fire and Ice
Emily Dickinson - The Future–never spoke
Horace - Ode I. 11
14
Which one of these is an example of how volcanoes form?
Continental plates going under one another
Mountains hollow in and reveal the lava underneath
The buildup of heat and ash underground
The overheating of stone and water
15
Who was Callinicus?
Ancient architect that died in the Great Fire of London
The creator of Greek fire
The person who discovered napalm
Poet who wrote odes to fire
16
If you were a Viking warrior who died in battle, where would you most likely go in the afterlife?
Valhalla
Samsara
Jigoku
Helheim
17
Who was Rasputin?
A German Pop Star in the post WWII era
A faith healer and close friend of Czar Nicholas II
The leader of the Soviet Union
A romance writer from the 18th century

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