Questions & Answers
Browse all 10 questions from the
Geographic Dimensions of Parapsychology study set below.
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1
Which Duke University psychologist established the first permanent laboratory for parapsychological research in the United States in 1935?
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A
J.B. Rhine
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B
William James
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C
Gardner Murphy
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D
Karlis Osis
2
The Society for Psychical Research, which conducted the famous Census of Hallucinations, was founded in 1882 in which city?
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A
New York
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B
London
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C
Paris
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D
Berlin
3
In 1972, the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in Menlo Park, California, began high-profile remote viewing experiments funded by which US government agency?
4
Which European city hosted the 1923 International Congress for Psychical Research, marking a major turning point in the institutionalization of the field?
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A
Vienna
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B
Warsaw
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C
Prague
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D
Budapest
5
The 'Ganzfeld' experiment, a technique used to test for telepathy, was refined significantly at the Psychophysical Research Laboratories located in which US state?
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A
New Jersey
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B
Oregon
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C
Massachusetts
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D
Florida
6
Which famous Hungarian-American illusionist and skeptic, who famously debunked many claims of parapsychology, was born in Budapest?
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A
James Randi
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B
Harry Houdini
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C
Uri Geller
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D
Ted Serios
7
The Parapsychology Foundation, a major non-profit organization supporting research, was established in 1951 in which city?
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A
Geneva
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B
New York City
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C
London
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D
Toronto
8
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union conducted classified research into 'biolocation' and psychotronics at secret facilities primarily located in which city?
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A
Novosibirsk
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B
Moscow
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C
St. Petersburg
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D
Kiev
9
The 19th-century 'Fox Sisters,' whose events in Hydesville, New York, sparked the Modern Spiritualist movement, practiced in which state?
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A
Pennsylvania
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B
New York
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C
Ohio
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D
Vermont
10
The Rhine Research Center, which continues the legacy of Duke University's early parapsychology department, is currently located in which city?
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A
Durham
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B
Raleigh
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C
Chapel Hill
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D
Charlotte
