Thursday, October 8, 2026

Sortie! answer for October 8, 2026

Oct 8’s Sortie! hints

Hint 1

The six prompts today cover movies, geography and music. One well-known name per prompt is all you need.

Hint 2

Read the rule under each prompt: 5 reward the bigger number today, 1 reward the smaller or closer one.

Hint 3

For the first prompt, the best answer starts with “P” and beats the runner-up by 0 screen min.

Reveal the answer

1. Name a character from the Harry Potter movies. — Best: Percy Weasley (5 screen min); also strong: Sybil Trelawney (5 screen min).
2. Name a mammal. — Best: Bowhead whale (200 years); also strong: Human (72 years).
3. Name an Olympic host city. — Best: Paris (3 Games hosted); also strong: London (3 Games hosted).
4. Name a capital of a European country. — Best: Vatican City (461 pop); also strong: Monaco (645 pop).
5. Name a fruit. — Best: Fig (1,000 seeds); also strong: Dragon fruit (1,000 seeds).
6. Name a Billboard Hot 100 song that spent at least ten weeks at #1. — Best: Choosin' Texas (24 weeks at #1); also strong: All I Want for Christmas Is You (22 weeks at #1).

Why this is the answer (spoilers)

This daily ran six prompts, each scored by a measured rule rather than by rarity. On “Name a character from the Harry Potter movies.”, the winning answer was Percy Weasley at 5 screen min, ahead of Sybil Trelawney at 5 screen min. On “Name a mammal.”, the winning answer was Bowhead whale at 200 years, ahead of Human at 72 years. On “Name an Olympic host city.”, the winning answer was Paris at 3 Games hosted, ahead of London at 3 Games hosted. Naming mattered too: Percy Weasley is also accepted as Percy, which helps if you only know the short form. The counterintuitive one was “Name a character from the Harry Potter movies.”, where less screen time, the higher you fly — so Percy Weasley outscored the more famous picks. Magnitudes and sources are the game's own, as listed in its archive notes for this date.

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