Human Society & Thought Trivia

1) What 1997 international treaty committed industrialized nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the UNFCCC framework?

2) What cognitive bias describes the tendency to search for, interpret, and recall information in a way that confirms one’s preexisting beliefs?

3) What is the holiest city in Hinduism, situated along the banks of the sacred Ganges River in Uttar Pradesh?

4) What statutory law sets the maximum time after an event within which legal proceedings may be initiated?

5) What 1910-1920 multi-factional civil war and social upheaval fundamentally transformed Mexican politics and society?

6) What philosophical question asks whether something is good because God commands it, or whether God commands it because it is good?

7) What paradox by Zeno of Elea states that a swift runner can never overtake a slow tortoise given a head start because the pursuer must always reach the point the tortoise just left?

8) What personality classification system categorizes people into nine interconnected interconnected personality types represented by a star polygon?

9) What collection of sayings and teachings attributed to the Chinese philosopher Confucius is a foundational text of Confucianism?

10) What form of government is governed by military law or direct military administration during an emergency?