UnCon ISRP Trivia Challenge: Friday!

[WizO_Trelian]

So you've been coming to the ISRP areas for six months now, or even six years, and you think you know your way around? Prove it! Come test your knowledge against the ISRP Trivia Challenge! Even if you are not up for the contest, come anyway and find out some interesting tidbits about the site.

Time and place is Friday, September 17th from 5-7pm Pacific Time in the ISRP Lobby.

Contest Rules and Procedures

1) The game is 2 hours long. There may be a break half-way through.

2) Trivia questions will be posted one at a time with about 1-2 minutes to answer the question. After that time the correct answer will be posted openly by one of the WizOs and the question will no longer count for points.

3) Answers must be sent via private message (PM) to both of the two WizOs acting as receivers. One will act as scorekeeper, the other will clarify any issues and let newcomers know what's going on, but this may switch during the game.

4) The room will not be hushed. Any answer (whether right or wrong) posted openly to the room will disqualify that question for everyone. A second answer posted to the room by the same user will disqualify that user.

5) You only get one guess per question but some answers may count for partial credit.

6) There will be no talking during the actual contest. Please save chatter for before, after, and during any breaks. Procedural questions may be sent to one of the WizOs by PM.

7) In the event of a tie, the tied parties will have a run-off with 5 questions.

8) The person with the highest score at the end of the game is the winner with their choice of either "Races of Stone" (the golems picked this one out!) or a TSR 30th anniversary poster signed by Todd Lockwood. The person with the second highest score will receive the remaining prize. Instructions for claiming the prizes will be given to the winners.

Please send any questions to trelian@wizo.wizards.com or pounamu@wizo.wizards.com.

Wizards Online hosts and Wizards of the Coast employees are NOT eligible to play, but welcome to come watch.

Hope to see you there!

- Trelian and Pounamu

 

[WizO_Pounamu]

Questions and Answers

Thanks for everyone who took part. The quiz was slow to start off, but built into a fun event for banter and jokes.

Here are the questions, answers and scoring used. In most multiple part answers, 1 point was avaliable for each part.

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1) What are the three House Rules of the CrossRoads Tavern?
No Blood on the Floor, No Damage to the House, Staff Only behind the Bar.
3 points.

2) Can you dock your pirate ship near the CrossRoads Tavern?
Yes you can. There's a harbour on the river, which is close to the Tavern in Ford Keep.
1 point.

3) In which setting is slavery illegal: Emporium or CrossRoads Tavern or both?
CRT, Ford Keep/Greyhawk.
1 point

4) What lies outside the South gate of the Emporium?
Juxta City. Locations within Juxta City accepted.
1 point.

5) Fizzlestick, the cook at the CrossRoads Tavern, is of which race?
Gnome.
1 point.

6) You're in the CrossRoads Tavern and bored and want to throw something. What's already set up for this?
Dart board and dagger target board.
2 points.

7) Moonbeam Adepts are like minor WizOs and have official authority. True or False?
False. They are an official group, but for fun. No authority.
1point.

8) The Clearing is immediately outside the CrossRoads Tavern's door. True or False?
False. It's to the north, just outside of Ford Keep.
1 point.

9) What is Harry the Otyugh's job?
Cleaning the toilets of the CRT.
1 point, half point for waste disposal.

10) Although the sky of Juxta looks like a pool of liquid mercury, there are sharp shadows at noon. How many?
6.
1 point.

11) If you want to be an Emporium merchant, what's the largest size area you can have for your stall or shop?
12ft x 12ft.
1 point, 1 point extra if you got the height (no more than 35ft).

12) Which Juxta balancing force affects and injures flying creatures larger than man-size?
The Sonic Attack
1 point.

13) Can you sit and climb on the rafters of the CrossRoads Tavern?
No, the only beams are holding up the floor above.
This question was nulled by someone answering out loud.

14) Officially, how do you figure out the bounty on a wanted fugitive? (Setting the amount)
It's 50% of the fugitive's fines.
1 point. Half mark for "look it up on the bounty board".

15) Where is the Thorn Tree located in-character? Where out-of-character?
In the Garden in the Emporium of Juxta IC, on the message boards OOC. Setting required for IC.
2 points.

16) What are the concerns of the four main in-character laws of Juxta?
Freedom of Destiny, Theft, Murder and Destruction of Property.
4 points.

17) This place was originally a temple to Ysgard before being abandoned and then put to another use. What place?
CRT.
1 point.

18) The Guildhall on Juxta is on which side of the Emporium?
The North.
1 point.

19) If you're thrown in the river by the bar staff of the CrossRoads Tavern, which river is it?
Selintan
1 point.

20) You lay on your back in the grass of the Emporium and watch the twinkling lights up in the night sky. Can you?
Yes. (Reflected lights from the city.)
1 point.

21) In the Emporium and the CrossRoads Tavern, what was the in-character meaning of TSRO?
"True Souls Retaining Order" society
1 point.

22) In the Emporium and the CrossRoads Tavern, what is the in-character meaning of WizO?
There isn't one. WizO is purely an OOC title.
1 point.

23) The people on Juxta eat spam. True or False?
True. (Spam don't vanish when they die, so the only form of fresh meat.)
1 point.

24) What is the coin limit on tabs at the CrossRoads Tavern?
0. there are no tabs in the CRT.
1 point.