Marcus LL109 Match Day 13 -- Confirmation

all in my wheelhouse today

Player: BrowningM

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: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

gimme

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: Solopsism
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

i like philosophy and know some latin

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
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

more of a gimme in the UK perhaps ?

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: Nuuk
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

spent a lot of time reading about Greenland when Trump was invading …

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
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

classic pub quiz nugget

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: Speedrunning
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

the kids used to talk about this