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Trivia question of the day — Feb 27, 2026

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QUESTION OF THE DAYFRI 27 FEB
DIFFICULTY 55 · HARDLITERATURE

Which ancient thinker's claim that tragedy needs a highborn hero did Keyes set out to test with Charlie Gordon?

  1. Socrates
  2. Epicurus
  3. Seneca
  4. Aristotle
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Answer

D. Aristotle

Aristotle's Poetics says a tragic fall needs a great height, so Keyes raised a 'lowborn' man to genius before taking it all away.

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