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The Mythos
100

This life landmark happened to Orin on March 2, 2024.

What is engagement?

100

This British folk-rock duo, known for their haunting and theatrical sound, is Orin's favorite band. 

Who is The Amazing Devil?

100

This duck-named Robin is considered the third Robin of all of Batman's Robins. 

Who is Tim Drake?

100

This book is the longest of the Harry Potter series.

What is Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix?

100

This greek myth is one of Orin's favorites, so much so that it became an online nickname for him, and he has a reference tattooed on his arm. 

What/Who is Icarus?

200

"Queer Spaces in Rural Places", a show Orin used to host, is this type of media. 

What is radio?

200
Orin and Maddy went to see this band perform in Chicago in October.

Who is Twenty One Pilots?

200

What organ did Tim Drake lose to Ra's Al Ghul?

What is his spleen?

200

This queer author prefers their name not to be capitalized.

Who is bell hooks?

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Who is adrienne maree brown?

200

This sword is owned by King Arthur, enchanted by Merlin, and held by the Lady of the Lake.

What is Excalibur?

300

This person helped host Orin's 21st birthday party before turning around and stabbing him in the back like Julius Caesar. 

Who is Sawyer?

300

This country band wrote the song "Stuck Like Glue" and were Orin's first concert. 

Who is Sugarland?

300

Tim Drake is known for dating two blondes. Name one of them.

Stephanie (Spoiler) or Bernard

300

This is the name of a book about a curious redheaded orphan who is adopted by Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert.

What is Anne of Green Gables?

300

In The Odyssey, this sorceress, who turns Odysseus' men into pigs, later aids him in his journey by providing guidance and advice on how to navigate the dangers of the underworld.

Who is Circe?

400

In his sophomore year, Orin coordinated a group of people to attend this conference, that turned out to be a mess of medical issues and interpersonal drama. 

What is MBLGTACC?

400

This song based around a mythological reference has been Orin's favorite song for the last two years.

What is Achilles Come Down?

400

What hero name did Tim Drake take up after Robin?

What is "Drake"?

400

In Discipline and Punish, Foucault introduces this concept based upon a model of a prison, to describe the ways in which modern societies regulate and control behavior through subtle surveillance, rather than through overt punishment.

What is a "panopticon"?

400

This knight of the Round Table was known for his quest to find the Holy Grail, and his purity made him the perfect candidate to embark on the sacred journey. 

Who is Sir Galahad?

500

This harmonic Minnesotan was my roommate, then partner, now ex, and cheated on me with Daniel Davern.

Who is Lyric?

500

This is the song that Orin quoted on his high school graduation cap.

What is Battle Cries?

500

Tim Drake was the first Robin to be explicitly shown as having an affinity for technology and hacking, a trait that he used to help Batman in the Identity Crisis storyline. This specific invention, which he used to track his enemies, was designed with his keen intellect and technological prowess in mind.

What is the "R.T." or Remote Tracking Device?

500

This book by absurdist theorist Albert Camus is Orin's favorite theory book.

What is The Myth of Sisyphus?

500

This book is a queer retelling of one of Orin's favorite greek myths and is one of his favorite fantasy books. (He has a tattoo for this pairing.)

What is The Song of Achilles?

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