Climbing
The friends of the boys
anime was a mistake
Philosophy
Chess speaks for itself
100
Alex Honnold is known for having free soloed this vertical rock formation. Name this granite monolith.
El Capitan
100
This individual is a PhD student in biology and holds the all-time record for the number of visits back to Amherst as an alumnus.
Steven Yu
100
Who is incorrectly attributed to saying "Anime was a mistake?"
Hayao Miyazaki
100
This philosopher and public intellectual, perhaps better known for his use of obscene jokes and his documentary film The Pervert's Guide to Cinema than his scholarship about Lacanian psychoanalysis, may be regarded as a modern-day Diogenes.
Slavoj Zizek
100
Considered to be one of the greatest chess players of all time, this player had a peak FIDE chess rating of 2851 and was famously defeated by the supercomputer Deep Blue.
Garry Kasparov
200
This climber operates a very successful YouTube channel with 2.26 million subscribers, in which he recently climbed with the Youtuber PewDiePie. He also has a video where he free soloed with the person from the 100 point category, and recently returned to competitive climbing.
Magnus Mitdbo
200
This individual is an up-and-coming lawyer and a certified sigma male. He is passionate about music and comics in his free time, and cosplayed as Bruno Bucciarati for Halloween a few years ago.
Pantho Sayed
200
Which American congressman made a parody of Attack on Titan in which he is playing the part of Eren Yeager lunging toward Joe Biden, who is depicted as a Colossal Titan?
Paul Gosar
200
Considered to be one of the most attractive famous philosophers, this philosopher was known for his work on Christian love, subjective and objective truths, and the knight of faith.
Soren Kierkegaard
200
In the best known system of assigning relative value to chess pieces, how many points are knights and bishops worth?
3 points
300
Sometimes in rock climbing, one goes completely airborne while jumping from one hold to another. What is the term for doing such a dynamic movement?
Dyno
300
This individual taught English in Aomori prefecture and is also an author on a Japanese textbook for grade schoolers. They are currently working in Mexico doing translation work for a Japanese air conditioning company.
Emiliano Reyes
300
Akihiko Kondo is a 40 year old man who is known internationally for marrying a (16 year old) fictional character during a wedding ceremony, and has given lectures about his relationship. Please name the fictional singer in question, who performed live at Coachella last month.
Hatsune Miku
300
Arthur Schopenhauer conceived this metaphor for the interactions of humans and how they inevitably lead to mutual harm. This metaphor is also the title of the fourth episode of the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Hedgehog's dilemma
300
Which professional chess player embroiled in a cheating scandal is referenced in the following sentence: "The beads speak for themselves."
Hans Niemann
400
A famous YouTube video depicts a certain type of animal scaling a vertical dam wall in Italy just to lick salt off of it. What are these animals?
Ibexes
400
This individual is known for having coined, among other terms, "mussy muncher".
Victor
400
This member of one of the most important dynasties in European history had this to say about the 2021 film Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time: "Only place you can still find beautiful classical animation today..." He also liked a picture where the character Gold Ship from Uma Musume was wearing the marshal's attire in the reign of Joseph I. Please name this dynasty.
The Habsburgs
400
This philosopher established a school of thought that emphasized universal love, in contrast to the Confucian conception of benevolent love, and the will of heaven. He was also known for his carpentry skills.
Mozi or Micius
400
Which manosphere influencer's father was a chess international master?
Andrew Tate
500
Considered the leading climber of his generation, what Czech rock climber is known for his ability to "flash" difficult climbing routes, i.e., to complete them first try?
Adam Ondra
500
This colorful individual is known for his self-proclaimed impressive member. David is the Bishop in his "royal court".
King Naga
500
The screenwriter for Pulp Fiction, Roger Avary, gave this animated movie 5 stars. He remarked that watching this movie was "easily one of the best experiences in a cinema I’ve ever had. I would go as far as saying it’s the reason cinema was invented." Please name the series Avary is referencing.
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shikufuku wo!: Kurenai Densetsu (Konosuba)
500
This philosopher, known for her work "Gravity and Grace", graduated from the Ecole Normale Superieure and was affiliated with the Bourbaki group of mathematicians, as her brother Andre was a member.
Simone Weil
500
The YouTuber MoistCritikal famously performed the scholar's mate on XQC in an exhibition chess match. How many moves does the scholar's mate take to perform?
4 moves