Nelly the Smol's Philosophy quiz

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Nelly the Smol is a philosopher who is trying to teach the history of philosophy. Sadly she is illiterate as she is a small dog in a toga. You need to use the loosely connected images and identify the philosophers she is trying to describe.
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Question 1

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How to take the test: Use the picture as a reference to guess the hint that Nelly the Smol dog is trying to teach you. Usually it is a rhyme with the philosopher's name, but sometimes it is a reference to their work.
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  • I understand and anyone who clicks the other answer is doing it wrong
  • Dog

Question 2

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Kǒng Qiū (Confucius)
  • Yo-yo
  • Yo-yo Ma

Question 3

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Gautama Buddha
  • Dumpling man
  • Winston Churchill

Question 4

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Pythagoras of Samos
  • Two dudes staring at an island
  • John Christopher Depp playing Captain Jack Sparrow in The Pirates of the Caribbean

Question 5

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Epicurus
  • Epipen
  • An elephant dressed up as a human pretending to be a businessman

Question 6

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Socrates
  • Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
  • Keanu Charles Reeves

Question 7

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Plato
  • Pluto the Dog
  • Walter Elias Disney

Question 8

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Aristotle
  • A map
  • Neil Alden Armstrong and Edwin (Buzz) Eugene Aldrin Jr.

Question 9

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Seneca the Younger and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
  • A big honkin red flag
  • Julius Caesar

Question 10

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
  • A crown
  • Elizabeth Alexandra Mary II

Question 11

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • René Descartes
  • A deck of cards
  • Cardi B

Question 12

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Baruch (de) Spinoza
  • A spinning wheel
  • Rumpelstiltskin and Sleeping Beauty (the crossover)

Question 13

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Gottfried Wilhelm (von) Leibniz
  • Calculus
  • A bunch of nerds

Question 14

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Thomas Hobbes
  • William (Bill) Boyd Watterson II, author of Calvin and Hobbes
  • Dwayne Douglas Johnson playing Luke Hobbs in the Fast and Furious franchise spinoff Hobbs & Shaw

Question 15

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • John Locke
  • A lock
  • Aquatic serpent of Loch Ness

Question 16

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • David Hume (nee Home)
  • A big kitty cat
  • Uma Karuna Thurman

Question 17

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • PM Justin Pierre James Trudeau
  • Maple leaf

Question 18

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Immanuel Kant
  • A bonsai tree
  • Ash Ketchum, Pokémon Trainer

Question 19

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Johann Gottlieb Fichte
  • A centipede
  • Tom Six director and producer of The Human Centipede

Question 20

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
  • Bagels
  • Snoopy the Beagle

Question 21

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Søren Aabye Kierkegaard
  • Sora from Kingdom Hearts
  • God

Question 22

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
  • A lychee berry
  • You are really reaching with these rhymes

Question 23

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Albert Camus
  • Camel
  • Pamela Denise Anderson

Question 24

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir
  • Simone Arianne Biles
  • Gymnastics

Question 25

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre
  • A door
  • Dumbledoor

Question 26

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein
  • Hand
  • Thing from The Addams Family series

Question 27

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Avram Noam Chomsky
  • Gnome
  • Daniel Michael DeVito Jr.

Question 28

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Paul-Michel Foucault
  • Apple Core
  • Eve

Question 29

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Identify the philosopher that Nelly is symbolizing here.
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  • Jacques Derrida
  • A deer
  • Dame Julie Andrews (nee Julia Elizabeth Wells)
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