INTRODUCTION

Aquiziam.com derives its name from “A Quiz I Am” and the team has made every effort to make it so by including quizzes, mystery, strategy, psychology, behavior, body language and mind art in the content.

The word quiz is believed to have originated when a Dublin theatre proprietor by the name of Richard Daly made a bet circa 1836 that he could invent a word that would be absorbed into the English language within 48 hours.  His strategy was to give his staff a card with the word “quiz” written on it and they where to write it on walls across the city.  However the truth is that the inquisition (in quiz ition) and the term  inquisitive ( in quiz a tive ) both predate the Richard Daly event.  The word quiz is most likely a derivation of these terms. Either way all these terms have always meant “to seek the truth” and that is the strategy of this website.

Aquiziam or “A Quiz I Am” has been designed for people with an above average intelligence and is not for the everyday person. Within this website you will find all manner of content that challenges and explores the strategy of the human mind.

THE QUIZ CHALLENGES

At the heart of this site is a series of intellectual quizzes presented online to test your quiz solving mental agility, lateral thinking ability and staying power.   Each quiz challenge screen contains a mystery, a series of visual and verbal clues that you will need to study until the solution to the quiz becomes clear and the answer is discovered.

An Aquiziam challenge is not easy and screens will vary in difficulty as you progress from quiz challenge to quiz challenge.  Peer into the darkness of each image and decipher the body language and psychology of their creation. The real question is – do you have the psychology to beat the game?

Each Aquiziam challenge has a theme that represents a journey of discovery.  For those who are interested in the deeper quest for self insight this will offer a mirror to the way you see the world … for others this strategy built into the quiz pages will be wholly unnoticed.

Anyone can play the single session quiz practice screens and these will change from time-to-time.  However, to play a full quiz challenge (when this becomes available) where the stake is beating the best clue setting minds, you will first need to become a member if you want to win the prize.

MYSTERIES

Dedicated to the greatest of the unsolved mysteries of the world from the missing city of Atlantis to the assassination of J F Kennedy, this section explores the facts and fables.  Aquiziam mysteries are well documented and form of quiz in their own right.  Has the mystery of the death of Princess Diana ever been answered fully, has the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle ever been truly explained?  Here you can decide for yourself. 

STRATEGY

The value of the strategy information contained in the Aquiziam website will depend on how it is used.  The real value of strategy and tactics is in the way you apply them to achieve what you want.  Tactics are one of the main tools of the strategist.  This section provides a strategy list ranging from the works of Sun Tzu the mystery savant of China to the insights of Niccolo Machiavelli and the Medici princes.

Throughout history there have been people who have refined and recorded their ability to understand and use strategy.  Aeneas Tacticus, Aelianus Tacticus, Alexander the Great, Sun Tzu, Musashi, Julius Caesar, Niccolo Machiavelli, Napoleon, Carl von Clausewitz, and Winston Churchill.  A comprehensive study of their works as well as those from some less well known strategy specialists can be found here.

CITYSCAPE

Cities are perhaps the most remarkable and enduring creations of the human mind.  Our world still displays the mysteries of Alexandria, Rome and Athens.  Today’s cities are just as exotic and interesting.  Aquiziam’s city section of this website concentrates on the lesser seen side of these incredible places. 

BODY LANGUAGE

The mystery of body language is explained.  Aquiziam’s strategy is to demystify body language by using few words and clear images.   

“Body language is a term for communication using body movements or gestures instead of, or in addition to, sounds, verbal language or other communication. "(Wikipedia 2007)

Body language is a product of both genetic and environmental influences. Blind children will smile even though they have never seen one.  Crossing your arms is body language, winking at a girl is body language, scratching your nose when you lie is body language.  This often ignored mirror to the truth is plain and simply body language. 

Understanding the mystery of body language means you have to recognise the signals or “tells” that give away a persons true feelings.  This is why Aquiziam uses so many images to help you see it for yourself.

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BEHAVIOR

In this section we explore the mystery of the human mind, the psychology of human behavior.  Why is one person attracted to another, why do brothers so often fight?  The psychology of human behavior holds the answer. 

“Psychology is one of the behavioral sciences - a broad field that spans the social and natural sciences. Psychology attempts to understand the role human behavior plays in social dynamics while incorporating physiological and neurological processes into its conceptions of mental functioning. Psychology includes many sub-fields of study and application concerned with such areas as human development, sports, health, industry, law, and spirituality.”  (Wikipedia 2007)

SUBMIT A QUIZ, MYSTERY, STRATEGY OR BODY LANGUAGE STUDY

Aquiziam’s development strategy is to encourage users of this website to submit their own comments and images on the understanding that all work provided is original and that the provider is the legal owner of such works.  From examples of classic body language, through psychology to ruins of mystery we would like to hear from you. 

THE "A QUIZ I AM" TEAM

Aquiziam, (A Quiz I Am) is managed and developed by a team fascinated by the mystery of the human mind and the day-to-day psychology of people.
 
“As the Aquiziam team our strategy is to challenge you to the very edge of your intellectual ability.” 

As experts and students in psychology, strategy, body language, design, quiz systems and world mysteries the team wants to share these insights in a way that is accessible to all people.

MEMBERSHIP

As the website develops, many mysteries, strategies, body language studies and quiz challenges will be added.  The time may come when in order to access this content membership will be required.