Books & authors
The “Non-fiction and popular science” quiz — Books & authors. It has 25 questions in five categories: Mind & Brain, Living Planet, Physics & Cosmos, History & Society, Lives in Their Words. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
Which Nobel laureate wrote Thinking, Fast and Slow about intuitive and deliberate thought?
Which neurologist collected unusual patient histories in The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat?
Lisa Feldman Barrett argues…
In the gameWho wrote Behave, tracing…
In the gameSteve Silberman's NeuroTribes won…
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Which naturalist published On the Origin of Species in 1859?
Who wrote Silent Spring, warning readers about the ecological cost of pesticides?
What profession gave Peter…
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In the gameWhich 2015 Pulitzer-winning book…
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Which Stephen Hawking bestseller explores black holes, the big bang and the nature of time?
Which astrophysicist wrote Astrophysics for People in a Hurry?
Carl Sagan's Pale Blue…
In the gameWho wrote The Elegant…
In the gameWhich physicist's Hyperspace explores…
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Which bestseller by Yuval Noah Harari spans human history from evolution to capitalism?
Which historian wrote The Gates of Europe, a sweeping history of Ukraine?
Which Pulitzer-winning book by…
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In the gameWhich book by Caroline…
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Whose memoir is Becoming, tracing a path from Chicago to the White House?
In I Am Malala, the author defies the Taliban to defend girls' right to what?
In Educated, Tara Westover…
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In the gameIn When Breath Becomes…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.