Famous Tricksters
When Pandora was created in Greek Mythology, Hermes, the god of travelers and thieves, gave her the gift of crafty words and dubious character, which are definitely present in the story of this 2010s conwoman, whose recent documentary has headlined stories.
Who is Elizabeth Holmes
This traditional dish, also known as Rocky Mountain Oysters, are packed with high amounts of protein
What are bull testicles
This fourth novel in the wizarding world and the second novel in Panem are both young adult classics
What is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Catching Fire
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King in Chinese Mythology, is famous for his pursuit of immortality for his followers, similarly to this conman who claimed that his religious practices could cause followers to find “Total Freedom”
Who is L. Ron Hubbard
This nutty deep antibiotic injection is given to US military recruits in basic training
What is the “peanut butter” shot
Loki, the Norse god, is famous for taking different forms to trick others, much like this famous fraudster who assumed multiple false identities to evade capture, inspiring his own movie and musical
Who is Frank Abagnale
Hippocrates, the renown “father of medicine”, is credited with the practice of humorism, traditionally based around the balance of these 4 humors
What is blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm
The spider Anansi of West Africa is known for his building of webs, using sweet-smelling food to lure his meals into traps, similar to how this cryptoscammer lured a million users to invest, before the company collapsed in 2022
Who is Sam Bankman-Fried
These brothers developed their famous breakfast food company with the goal to improve the health of the average American, although both had their own eccentricities, such as Arabian horse breeding, promotion of eugenics, and yogurt enemas
Who are the Kellogg brothers
This Charles Dickens classic based around infidelity and a court case that destroys the family’s estate and this famous epistolary horror novel about a family’s labyrinthine home are both mystery novels that play with perspective
What is Bleak House of Leaves
Raven, from pacific northwestern Native American mythology, famously stole the sun to share with the world, similar to this famous Indian fraudster who “sold” government buildings to rich foreigners, dispensing the money across his home village
Who is Natwarlal
While a great source of selenium, benefiting heart and brain health, this nut named after a South American country is critically endangered