Thursday, June 4, 2026

Jesse Day 13

4/6

1. Killing the Nemean Lion and capturing Cerberus, the guardian of Hades, were the first and last of a set of labors undertaken by what hero?
Correct Answer: HERACLES/HERCULES
Your Answer: Heracles
Points Assigned: 1

I read the Stephen Fry series of mythology books and have been playing a ton of Hades 2. 

2. Critics of René Descartes have claimed that trying to infer an independent reality solely from one's internal experiences produces an unwelcome consequence: the doctrine that "I alone exist." This doctrine has what name, from the Latin for "alone" and "self"?
Correct Answer: SOLIPSISM
Your Answer: soloexistensilism
Points Assigned: 3

I always forget that word. 

3. The Got Talent television show format, which spawned Britain's Got Talent, America's Got Talent, Australia's Got Talent, and countless others, was created by a company called Syco Entertainment, which was founded and owned by what British executive and entrepreneur?
Correct Answer: SIMON COWELL
Your Answer: Simon Cowell
Points Assigned: 1

I knew he was the face of the franchise. 

4. The small city that was founded in 1728 under the name Godthåb was long known by its native population by what other name, which is now the city's official designation?
Correct Answer: NUUK
Your Answer: Somewhere in Greenland
Points Assigned: 2

I could not pull the name. I have never been to Greenland. 

5. Name the woman who served as U.S. ambassador to Ghana from 1974 to 1976 and, during that time, was very likely the most famous person in the entire U.S. ambassador corps.
Correct Answer: SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK
Your Answer: Shirley Temple
Points Assigned: 2

I knew she was a diplomat. 

6. The terms "any%", "glitchless", "100%", and "blindfolded" are categories for the practice of completing a video game (or a defined portion of it) as fast as possible. This practice is most commonly known by what name, which has also been used for a TikTok trend in which participants film themselves rushing through Church of Scientology facilities as far as possible before getting stopped?
Correct Answer: SPEEDRUNNING
Your Answer: Speed Running
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie? 

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