Question
In a novel by this author, Plato realizes that he’s an INTJ and becomes addicted to searching things on the Internet. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this pop-philosophy author who created a series of dialogues imagining Plato’s response to the modern world in the 2014 novel Plato at the Googleplex. Her other philosophical novels include The Mind-Body Problem.
ANSWER: Rebecca Goldstein [or Rebecca Newberger Goldstein]
[10e] Goldstein has written a biography of this mathematician, focusing on his “proof and paradox.” Characters like Achilles and the Tortoise appear in a Douglas Hofstadter book titled for this man, an artist, and a composer.
ANSWER: Kurt Gödel [or Kurt Friedrich Gödel; accept Gödel, Escher, Bach]
[10m] This philosopher and novelist also used Plato as a character in Acastos and defended his banishment of the poets in The Fire and The Sun. This member of the “wartime quartet” wrote The Sovereignty of the Good and Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals.
ANSWER: Iris Murdoch [or Dame Jean Iris Murdoch]
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror | 05/31/25 | N | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 80% | 0% |
| 2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror | 07/13/25 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror | 08/10/25 | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 83% | 17% |