Saturday, October 24, 2026
Sortie! answer for October 24, 2026
Oct 24’s Sortie! hints
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Reveal the answer
2. Name a perfect square from 1 to 399. — Best: 361 (19 root); also strong: 324 (18 root).
3. Name a Super Bowl halftime performer. — Best: University of Arizona Symphonic Marching Band (196,701 year); also strong: Grambling State University Marching Band (196,701 year).
4. Name a country in Asia. — Best: Qatar (4,204 percent); also strong: Kuwait (4,042 percent).
5. Name a Steven Spielberg movie. — Best: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (99 RT); also strong: Schindler's List (98 RT).
6. Name a Pixar film. — Best: Toy Story (199,511 year); also strong: A Bug's Life (199,811 year).
Why this is the answer (spoilers)
This daily ran six prompts, each scored by a measured rule rather than by rarity. On “Name a Wes Anderson film.”, the winning answer was The Grand Budapest Hotel at 9 nominations, ahead of Fantastic Mr. Fox at 2 nominations. On “Name a perfect square from 1 to 399.”, the winning answer was 361 at 19 root, ahead of 324 at 18 root. On “Name a Super Bowl halftime performer.”, the winning answer was University of Arizona Symphonic Marching Band at 196,701 year, ahead of Grambling State University Marching Band at 196,701 year. Naming mattered too: The Grand Budapest Hotel is also accepted as Grand Budapest Hotel, which helps if you only know the short form. The counterintuitive one was “Name a Super Bowl halftime performer.”, where less recent performances, the higher you fly — so University of Arizona Symphonic Marching Band outscored the more famous picks. Magnitudes and sources are the game's own, as listed in its archive notes for this date.