# Weekend Feud: Gods, Heroes and Monsters by brownie55 \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 26, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-feud-gods-heroes-and-monsters-by-brownie55-game-over/478781 "2008-12-26T22:03:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-feud-gods-heroes-and-monsters-by-brownie55-game-over/478781/41 "2008-12-27T12:28:33Z")
:smack: Sisyphus! Prometheus! Why could I not think of either of them?!? ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-feud-gods-heroes-and-monsters-by-brownie55-game-over/478781/42 "2008-12-27T13:47:32Z")
1. Quetzalcoatl 2. Athena 3. Vishnu 4. Odin 5. Jupiter 6. Odysseus (Ulysses) 7. The Gorgon 8. Killing the Hydra 9. Prometheus 10. Hero #10: There are two pop songs named “Hero” that come to mind, by Mariah Carey and by Enrique Iglesias. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-feud-gods-heroes-and-monsters-by-brownie55-game-over/478781/43 "2008-12-27T13:52:27Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Apparently the “Puff-Daddy” of Aztec Culture. I’m impressed that everyone’s spelled it correctly so far. Well, almost everybody; **JustAnotherGeek** seems to have lost a letter in there, but then again, also had trouble spelling “jukebox”, though I think a Jutebox might sell rather well in Denmark. ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-feud-gods-heroes-and-monsters-by-brownie55-game-over/478781/44 "2008-12-27T14:05:19Z")
> [@robardin](#): > > I’m impressed that everyone’s spelled it correctly so far. Well, almost everybody; **JustAnotherGeek** seems to have lost a letter in there, but then again, also had trouble spelling “jukebox”, though I think a Jutebox might sell rather well in Denmark. Me kno spel sew gud. BTW, I think that challenge for #1 is to name anyone other than [del]Quetzel[/del].. [del]Quot[/del]… [del]Qet[/del]… the Big Q. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-feud-gods-heroes-and-monsters-by-brownie55-game-over/478781/45 "2008-12-27T14:51:43Z")
1. Quetzocoatl 2. Zeus 3. Shiva 4. Thor 5. Jupiter 6. Achilles 7. Minotaur 8. Clean the Augean Stables 9. Tantalus 10. I Need a Hero ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-feud-gods-heroes-and-monsters-by-brownie55-game-over/478781/46 "2008-12-27T15:03:38Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Name a god/goddess from the Aztec tradition. > 2. Name a god/goddess from the Greek tradition. > 3. Name a god/goddess from the Hindu tradition. > 4. Name a god/goddess from the Norse tradition. > 5. Name a god/goddess from the Roman tradition. > 6. Name a hero from the Iliad or the Odyssey. > 7. Name a monster from mythology, any mythology. > 8. Name one of the Seven Labor of Hercules. > 9. Name someone who got in trouble with the gods. > 10. Name a song that has “Hero” in the title. (Don’t use quotation marks, please!) 1. Huitzilopochtli 2. Zeus 3. Shiva 4. Thor 5. Jupiter 6. Odyseuss 7. hydra 8. Slay the hydra 9. Icarus 10. Billy, Don’t Be a Hero ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-feud-gods-heroes-and-monsters-by-brownie55-game-over/478781/47 "2008-12-27T15:46:13Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > 1. Name a god/goddess from the Aztec tradition. > 2. Name a god/goddess from the Greek tradition. > 3. Name a god/goddess from the Hindu tradition. > 4. Name a god/goddess from the Norse tradition. > 5. Name a god/goddess from the Roman tradition. > 6. Name a hero from the Iliad or the Odyssey. > 7. Name a monster from mythology, any mythology. > 8. Name one of the Seven Labor of Hercules. > 9. Name someone who got in trouble with the gods. > 10. Name a song that has “Hero” in the title. (Don’t use quotation marks, please!) 1. Quetzalcoatl 2. Zeus 3. Shiva 4. Thor 5. Jupiter 6. Odysseus 7. Minatour 8. Killing the hydra 9. Prometheus 10. Working Class Hero Notes: 10. by John Lennon ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-feud-gods-heroes-and-monsters-by-brownie55-game-over/478781/48 "2008-12-27T16:13:39Z")
1. Olmec 2. Zeus 3. Shiva 4. Loki 5. Apollo 6. Odysseus 7. Cyclops 8. Kill the Hydra 9. Sisyphis 10. Heroes ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-feud-gods-heroes-and-monsters-by-brownie55-game-over/478781/49 "2008-12-27T17:03:43Z")
1. Quetzalcoatl 2. Zues 3. Vishnu 4. Odin 5. Jupiter 6. Odysseus 7. Minotaur 8. Hydra 9. Prometheus 10. Heroes - Bowie ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-feud-gods-heroes-and-monsters-by-brownie55-game-over/478781/50 "2008-12-27T17:31:07Z")
1. Quetzalcoatl 2. Zeus 3. Vishnu 4. Odin 5. Venus 6. Odysseus 7. Dragon 8. Killing the Hydra 9. Prometheus 10. Holding Out for a Hero ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-feud-gods-heroes-and-monsters-by-brownie55-game-over/478781/51 "2008-12-27T19:11:10Z")
1. Quetzalcoatl 2. Zeus 3. Shiva 4. Thor 5. Mercury 6. Achilles 7. Minotaur 8. Defeat the hydra 9. Odysseus 10. Jukebox Hero ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-feud-gods-heroes-and-monsters-by-brownie55-game-over/478781/52 "2008-12-27T20:26:34Z")
1. Quetzlcoatl 2. Zeus 3. Rama 4. Thor 5. Jupiter 6. Odysseus 7. Dragon 8. Cleaning the Aegean stable 9. Promentheus 10. We Can Be Heroes ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-feud-gods-heroes-and-monsters-by-brownie55-game-over/478781/53 "2008-12-27T20:56:07Z")
Er, can my “Jove” be counted as “Jupiter”? Jove IS another word for Jupiter. Grrr. Too much “I, Claudius.” ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-feud-gods-heroes-and-monsters-by-brownie55-game-over/478781/54 "2008-12-27T21:56:09Z")
1. Quetzlcoatl 2. Zeus 3. Vishnu 4. Thor 5. Jupiter 6. Odysseus 7. Minotaur 8. Augean stables 9. Hercules 10. Heroes ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-feud-gods-heroes-and-monsters-by-brownie55-game-over/478781/55 "2008-12-28T00:11:55Z")
1. Quetzalcoatl 2. Apollo 3. Vishnu 4. Thor 5. Zeus 6. Odysseus 7. Minotaur 8. Cleaning out the stables 9. Prometheus 10. Billy, Don’t be a Hero ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-feud-gods-heroes-and-monsters-by-brownie55-game-over/478781/56 "2008-12-28T01:24:14Z")
Thinking hard about the Labor of Hercules, I am sorry for any confusion. I believe I have an explanation: When I was young there were indeed Seven Labors that we were taught. Inflation during the intervening years has caused that number to creep up until it is now seven. Thanks for playing. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-feud-gods-heroes-and-monsters-by-brownie55-game-over/478781/57 "2008-12-28T02:59:28Z")
1. Quetzalcoatl 2. Zeus 3. Kali 4. Thor 5. Jupiter 6. Achilles 7. Cerberus 8. Killing the hydra 9. Prometheus 10. Holding out for a hero 11. My money’s on Shiva really (as far as feud popularity goes), but Mahakali’s way cooler. 12. Errr, weren’t there TWELVE of those ? Maybe he cut the heads off 7 and ended up with 12…😉 13. Damn you, now that stupid song is stuck in my head. Na na naniiiinNAN ! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-feud-gods-heroes-and-monsters-by-brownie55-game-over/478781/58 "2008-12-28T03:15:02Z")
> [@brownie55](#): > > Thinking hard about the Labor of Hercules, I am sorry for any confusion. I believe I have an explanation: > > When I was young there were indeed Seven Labors that we were taught. Inflation during the intervening years has caused that number to creep up until it is now **seven.** > > Thanks for playing.[bolding added] Damn, you’re a stubborn cuss, ain’t ya? ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-feud-gods-heroes-and-monsters-by-brownie55-game-over/478781/59 "2008-12-28T03:19:56Z")
Well, obviously Seven = Twelve in 2008 Labors. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-feud-gods-heroes-and-monsters-by-brownie55-game-over/478781/60 "2008-12-28T04:27:14Z")
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