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The Demon-Haunted World Quiz

Carl Sagan
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The Demon-Haunted World Quiz

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1)

What percentage of people has experienced a vivid hallucination? (from Chapter 6)

Approximately 50%.
30-40%.
5-9%.
10-25%.
2)

How is the name 'Spee' pronounced? (from Chapter 24)

Su-peh.
Shpay.
Spea.
Phee.
3)

In a society that believes in ghosts, how are reports of ghost sighting received? (from Chapter 8)

With approval, even prestige.
With disdain, and some suspicion.
Without any investigation whatsoever.
Without the slightest hesitation.
4)

Witches were burned because the 'Church abhors ____________.' (from Chapter 7)

Satan.
Witches.
The winter.
Bloodshed.
5)

According to popular myth, what do Satanists do with babies? (from Chapter 9)

Give them to aliens.
Sacrifice them.
Eat them.
Raise them to be Satanists.
6)

How many Americans believe in reincarnation? (from Chapter 12)

50%.
25%.
10%.
13%.
7)

In what year was the Alien and Sedition Act created? (from Chapter 24)

2002.
1942.
1812.
1798.
8)

How did Thomas Jefferson describe himself? (from Chapter 25)

A politician.
A genius.
A scientist.
One in a million.
9)

According to one letter writer, science has become _____________________. (from Chapter 11)

The 'judge, jury, and executioner.'
The 'way to know truth.'
The 'New-Age-New-World-Order.'
The 'magic that works.'
10)

Ronald Reagan confused reality with the plot from which movie? (from Chapter 8)

Saving Private Ryan.
The Dirty Dozen.
A Wing and a Prayer.
A Bridge Too Far.
11)

How long did it take for history to pass from god-driven to human-driven? (from Chapter 18)

One hundred thousand years or more.
Just a few decades.
A couple thousand years.
A few hundred years.
12)

What did Carlos and his manager do to the host of the Australian Today Show? (from Chapter 13)

All of the below.
Put a curse on him.
Throw water at him.
Leave the set of his show.
13)

What percentage of American women were sexually abused during childhood? (from Chapter 9)

One in eight.
One in four.
One in twenty.
One in ten.
14)

What did the United States have in its early years? (from Chapter 21)

One of the highest literacy rates in the world.
A serious problem with crop circles.
A sprawling entertainment industry.
The largest economy on the planet.
15)

What happened to those who criticized witch-burning? (from Chapter 7)

They were imprisoned.
They were given a special forum.
They were exiled.
They were burned.
16)

According to Sagan, what is the skeptical movement's main weakness? (from Chapter 17)

An 'US vs. Them' idea.
A lack of understanding of popular media and human nature.
A small membership.
Conceitedness.
17)

What can diminish a child's ability to understand and learn? (from Chapter 21)

Poor nutrition.
Parental drug use.
Television.
Physical abuse.
18)

When was Miles Phillips brought before the Spanish Inquisition? (from Chapter 15)

1745.
1447.
1574.
1754.
19)

What fields did Maxwell make enormous contributions to? (from Chapter 23)

Mechanical engineering.
Astronomy and physics.
Chemistry and astrology.
Biology and quantum physics.
20)

Where are we likely to find torture, famine, and criminal governmental irresponsibility? (from Chapter 25)

Democratic governments.
Tyrannical governments.
Monarchies.
Pre-industrial governments.
21)

What belief does Carl Sagan think is absurd? (from Chapter 11)

That God does not exist.
That the Universe is not infinite.
That we are not alone in the Universe.
That humans are the only intelligent form of life in the Universe.
22)

What does SDI stand for? (from Chapter 16)

Strategic Defense Initiative.
Stealth Death Initiator.
Solar Density Inhibitor.
Star Destroyer Interdictor.
23)

What does Paul the Apostle counsel us to do? (from Chapter 13)

'Be credulous unto miracles.'
'Question not the word of God.'
'Prove all things.'
'Have faith.'
24)

What phrase does Robert Anton Wilson use to describe skeptics? (from Chapter 17)

The 'Bold Aggressors.'
The 'Unfaithful Few.'
The 'New Inquisiton.'
The 'Young and the Restless.'
25)

What word means 'knowledge' in Greek? (from Chapter 7)

Demon.
Alien.
Angel.
Plato.
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