1 - Curiosity

Question 1

A Latin term that means “knowledge”

Answer 1

Curiositas

Question 2

What were two ancient activities that suggested bursts of human curiosity?

Answer 2

Fire making, Cave painting

Question 3

Specifically what book in the bible did the negative reception of curiosity come from?

Answer 3

Genesis

Question 4

In the bible age, curiosity was likened to _________, ______, and _________.

Answer 4

Original sin, guilt, disobedience

Question 5

A Christian missionary who came to Ephesus to share his faith

Answer 5

St. Paul

Question 6

A bible verse that tells how St. Paul convinced his followers to burn their books symbolic of their conformity to a newfound faith, and found fifty thousand pieces of silver.

Answer 6

Acts 19:19

Question 7

“The wisdom of the world is inappropriate”

Answer 7

St. Paul of Ephesus

Question 8

“Curiosity is a futile activity distracting mankind from the task of divine salvation”

Answer 8

St. Augustine

Question 9

“The lust for knowledge is a sinful appetite”

Answer 9

St. Thomas

Question 10

The proponent for Copernicanism and the Heliocentric Theory

Answer 10

Nicolaus Copernicus

Question 11

Copernicus’ work entitled ________________________________ involved objections against biblical passages that subscribed to a geocentric model, and where his own theory was emphasized.

Answer 11

On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

Question 12

The belief that the earth and other planets revolve around the sun and that the sun is the center of the universe

Answer 12

Heliocentrism / Heliocentric model

Question 13

The inventor of the telescope who saw a potential in Copernicus’ model.

Answer 13

Galileo

Question 14

After hearing his pursuit of heliocentrism, Galileo was accused by a religious figure of “spreading or causing attacks against the doctrine”. What crime is this?

Answer 14

Heresy

Question 15

What year was Heliocentrism and ORHS banned by the Church? Year ______ ( ____ years ago)

Answer 15

1616, 407 years ago

Question 16

Who was the pope who admired Galileo, elected in 1623?

Answer 16

Urban VIII

Question 17

Galileo’s work entitled “____________________________________” was published in ______ which had arguments about heliocentrism and geocentrism.

Answer 17

Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems, 1632

Question 18

What type of heresy was Galileo found guilty for in Rome?

Answer 18

Suspected heresy

Question 19

Which type of heresy would have you burned alive at a stake?

Answer 19

Formal heresy

Question 20

Which type of heresy would put you under house arrest and banning of your published material?

Answer 20

Suspected heresy

Question 21

A century which described curiosity to be negative, naive, and ignorant

Answer 21

17th Century

Question 22

A century that associated curiosity with strangeness, exploration, and travel

Answer 22

18th Century

Question 23

A century that marked curiosity as “bizarre, outlandish, or unique”, and a “divine gift of the human mind”

Answer 23

19th Century

Question 24

Which century did the Catholic Church lift the ban on Heliocentrism and Copernicus’ book?

Answer 24

19th Century

Question 25

Which centuries received fewer attacks against the concept of curiosity?

Answer 25

20th-21st Century

Question 26

What are the TWO things to consider in assessing curiosity?

Answer 26

Intention, Action

Question 27

T/F: Galileo was involved during the early development of Copernicanism

Answer 27

False - it was not until he invented the telescope when he saw the possibility of the heliocentric theory.

Question 28

In the first instance of heretic accusations, Galileo was _________________.

Answer 28

Investigated but not charged

Question 29

It is a sub-concept of heliocentrism which denotes and reinforces the heliocentric model’s contribution in challenging the prevailing geocentric narrative during the 16th Century.

Answer 29

Copernicanism (not to be confused with Heliocentrism, the astronomical model)

Question 30

Curiosity during the bible up to the 17th Century was perceived as _________.

Answer 30

Negative

Question 31

What is human’s innate exploratory behavior or the predisposition to investigate the unknown?

Answer 31

Curiosity