"Look it up!" nerdsholmferret 10/7 '26

What is the first name of Fidel Castro's brother, who succeeded him as President of Cuba?

What brand of personal lubricant was invented for NASA to improve the heat transfer in the cooling system of the shuttle?

What French sculptor created The Thinker?

Who is the titular hero of a Babylonian epic poem about a king of Uruk?

What lake was created by flooding Glen Canyon on the Colorado River?

What city hosts the Tower of the Americas, built for the 1968 World's Fair?

What is the oldest Major League Baseball mascot, introduced in 1964?

What National Hockey League team plays in Little Caesars Arena?

What are the three types of sword used in fencing?

What was the original name of Caesar Augustus before he became emperor?

What word for a type of dog was the title of a 2010 FX comedy-drama about unlicensed private investigators?

What animal is the subject of a joke referenced in the title of a book by Lynne Truss: "Eats, Shoots & Leaves"?

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Raúl; Astroglide; Auguste Rodin; Gilgamesh; Lake Mead?



swords: foil, epee, saber



original name: Octavius



animal: panda
rone
All good except Lake Mead, which is behind Hoover Dam, aka Boulder Dam, not aka Glen Canyon Dam. We didn’t get that one either.
nerdsholmferret
Oxford comma
Kate McDonnell
The title actually uses an ampersand, for which Chicago Manual of Style suggests omitting the Oxford comma.
nerdsholmferret
And it isn't an animal, either.
Kate McDonnell
Ugh, I blanked on Rodin's name despite personal experience of the Rodin Museum on the Philadelphia Parkway.

Nevertheless, I did surprisingly well on this list, given my usual performance.
Thomas Boutell
Just imagine the Thinker being sculpted by a giant pteranodon. With his wings!
nerdsholmferret