<font color=gold size=4><center>THE <font color=red>2nd</font> EDITION OF THE GREAT, BIG, PAIN-IN-THE-BUTT, SHADOWS-OF-AMN TRIVIA QUIZ!!!</center></font>

Since I know that none of us has anything better to do on a Friday night or this weekend, it's time to make you all hate me again. You will probably find this version substantially easier than the first Quiz, due to the expanded multiple-choice and true-false sections.....but note that I said easiER, not easy.

All of the questions herein have their answers contained within the game of Shadows of Amn itself, with the sole exception being the final question, which deals with Throne of Bhaal and is extra-credit anyway. This quiz assumes that
A) You have installed the official and BaldurDash patches, and
B) You will ignore ToB and any MODs you might have (such as Solaufein, etc).

Since this is a trivia quiz, all answers must be supplied out of your own head. I can't tell if you cheat, but you sure can.

All questions will state how many points are awarded for a correct answer, but some will allow you to earn additional points by explaining why you chose that answer. This was done most frequently in the True/False section, to discourage random guessing. These additional points are NOT extra-credit.

Don't cheese your answers: For instance, if I asked, "List all recruitable NPCs who can make themselves invisible in some manner, without resorting to a Ring or a Potion," and you replied with a list of every single recruitable NPC in the game, I will penalize you 1 point for every NPC that cannot Stealth, or cast Sanctuary, etc.

DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWERS BY REPLYING TO THIS THREAD. To do so would very quickly make this thread an extremely long read, and at the same time display your hard-thought-out answers for all the world to copy off you. Either send me your answers via a PM, or send me an Email at: sixospades@yahoo.com. I repeat, DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWERS BY REPLYING TO THIS THREAD.

<center><font color=gold>Let the games begin! (Again.)</font></center>

<center><font color=gold> - - - SECTION ONE: True or False - - - </font></center>

1. Nalia can wear a *Cloak* of Protection in conjuction with her de'Arnise Signet Ring, but NOT a *Ring* of Protection.
[1 point, explain for +1]

2. Once upon a time, you could enter the Slums-District Sewers directly, without going through the Copper Coronet or the Slaver Ship.
[1 point, explain for +3]

3. The Spectral Harpists are an easy kill.
[1 point, explain for +1]

4. The best method of keeping Yoshimo (meaning, he loses the least amount of EXP) involves having him *in* the party, but *dead,* at the moment when Irenicus reveals himself in Spellhold.
[1 point, explain for +3]

5. After defeating the Shade Lord, one can walk directly down to the rest of the Temple Ruins map, without having to go back through the dungeon.
[1 point]

6. If you do not actually have the Silver Sword Blade (or the Silver Sword itself) in your possession, Simyaz and his fellow Githyanki show no hostility toward you when you speak to them after leaving the Illithid City in the Underdark.
[1 point, explain for +1]

<center><font color=gold> - - - SECTION TWO: Matching - - -</font></center>

7. Match the names of the Underwater City hierarchy to the titles they hold. [1 point each]
1. King =
2. Prince =
3. Baron =
4. Royal High Priestess =
5. High Priestess =
6. Senior Priestess =
7. Captain =
Select the names from the following list: Feerlattiys, Ixilthetocal, Sallinithyl, Senityili, Thelokassyil, Tlyysixxous, Villynaty.

<center><font color=gold> - - - SECTION THREE: Multiple-Choice - - - </font></center>

8. Which of the following creatures has the best weapon immunities? (Can only be hit by +? weapons) [3 points, explain for +3]
a) the Werewolf in the Temple Ruins
b) the Demi-Lich in the Docks District
c) the Adamantite Golem in Suldenesselar
d) the Lesser Demon Lord in the Underdark
e) the Dragon in Hell

9. Which of the following can you NOT offer the Demon in your dream? [3 points]
a) I give of my might and my strength of arms.
b) I give of my youth, sacrificing my agility of movement.
c) I give of my health, becoming less hardy.
d) I give of my mind and my capacity to learn.
e) I give of my wits and the wisdom I have learned.

10. How do you spell the names of the fishy folk? [3 points]
a) Kou-Toa and Shaughin
b) Koa-Toa and Saghuain
c) Kao-Toa and Shaghuin
d) Kuo-Toa and Sahuagin
e) Kua-Toa and Sauhgain

11. In the "Loading Area" screens, you are shown five mosaic pictures, each of which happens to depict the Stronghold of one (or more) of the various classes. Which classes' strongholds are shown? [2 points]
a) Ranger, Monk, Thief
b) Barbarian, Cleric, Mage
c) Bard, Mage, Paladin
d) Fighter, Ranger, Druid
e) Sorcerer, Thief, Bard

12. Who is the leader of the Illithid's Human slaves in the Underdark? [2 points]
a) Sir William of Thorpe
b) Khan Zahraa of Calimshan
c) Gont of Riatavin
d) Camaris Highcastle of Myratma
e) Lady Tandolan of Um

13. Which of the following is NOT an unfinished quest (or miniquest) that was only partially implemented into the game? [5 points]
a) Haer'Dalis's deal with the Storekeep in the Bridge District (Black Lotus, anyone?)
b) Jan's quest to destroy Vaelag
c) Arrest Ti'Vael for the burglaries in the Government District
d) Valygar's quest to avenge Suna Seni
e) Find the missing Priest of Helm, Guardian Herolde

14. How many scrolls of Freedom can you buy/steal from the Duergar Encampment in Chapter 5? [3 points, explain for +3]
a) 0
b) 1
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5

<center><font color=gold> - - - SECTION FOUR: Short Answer - - -</font></center>

15. How many Female Wizards can you have in your party at the same time? Name them. [1 point each]

16. In what map area can you find *TWO* Male Halflings, both named Stanet? [2 points]

17. How many quests, in Chapters 1-3, can earn you a boost to your Reputation? List as many individual Rep. points as you can. [1 point each]

18. From whom do you get the "There's a WHAT in their chicken?" quest? [2 points]

19. The Council of Six is a powerful governing body; they have even legislated an entire map area in Athkatla where it *NEVER* rains. Where? [3 points]

20. How many enchanted Bucklers are there in the game? [2 points]

21. Where in the game can you always find a single pile of exactly 666 gold pieces? [4 points]

22. List all NPCs of True Neutral alignment. [1 point each]

23. List all of the NPCs (if any) who can naturally use the Crom Faeyr, but require magical aid to use the Hammer of Thunderbolts. [1 point each]

24. What is Jan Jansen's middle name? [2 points]

<center><font color=gold> - - - SECTION FIVE: Extra Credit Bonus ToB Question - - -</font></center>

25. ToB contains references to two famous works of 19th-century literature. The more obvious one is American and worth 4 points, while the deeper one is of European origin and worth 10 points. Identify and explain. [14 points if you get both]

[ 02-07-2003, 04:55 PM: Message edited by: SixOfSpades ]

<font color=gold><center>THE SCORES SHALL BE GRADED AS FOLLOWS:</center></font>

Goodness, that was hard!

quite hard indeed.
now, when can we expect the answers? (including explanation)

That was about as hard as the first one, in my opinion. for some reason i have a bad feeling about this one though :( ...

That was very hard...

/me bangs head on keyboard.

Wejoooo I dont even wanna start making that one :D .... and people call this *easier* :( ... [img]smile.gif[/img]

Wow... What an effort. I [ think/hope ] i did fine. Section four was the hardest by far. :( The first quiz was certainly easier, though.

I am a self-proclaimed chinchilla!

Weimer! I see you in the namelist! ;) [img]tongue.gif[/img] Come and try this quiz!!!!

Man, I only know the ToB Extra credit and a few.

Well, i am new to this forum and i just did the test, maybe i can make a good impression on you people by getting at least a yaga-shura

<font color="gold">Hmm? How can you call yourself a newbie when you registered over a year ago? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Anyway, I'll be sending in my answers by tomorrow. I'm too tired to think clearly now. [img]tongue.gif[/img] </font>

<center>THE FIRST CROP OF ANSWERS:</center>

Kaltia: Chinchilla
Ar-Cunin: Illasera
SpongeBobTheDestroyer: Sarevok
Raistlin Majere: Sarevok
Galadriel: Sarevok
Tancred: Yaga-Shura
Dundee Slaytern: Yaga-Shura
Alson: Sendai

Plenty of Sarevoks this time around....a nice change, considering that there weren't any after the first Quiz. Alson, you were only one point away from being an Imoen, but I don't know if telling you that will please you or just irritate you. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Alson said, in reference to the Underwater City question:
Now, people, I may be cruel, but there's no way that I'm THAT cruel. :D

A few people were worried about their answer to #18, the "There's a WHAT in their chicken" quest. Don't fret, you don't have to know the person's name: A clear indication of where they are is enough to prove that you're talking about the right person.

On the negative side of the balance, though: I noticed a few people were hurting their scores by listing too many quests in their response to #17 (the Reputation quests). I warned of this in my opening post: Listing wrong answers can cost you points.

Back on the positive side: 2 people have answered the ToB Extra Credit question with different work of literature than the one that would fit the most correct answer. This different work is, in fact, from the 19th Century, but only just barely, and from an author who was very much American, not European. Still, though, there is a reference to it in ToB (not as strong as the reference to the "correct" answer, but there nonetheless), so they did recieve partial credit.

Dundee: Take a chill pill after answering quizzes like this, OK? ;)

You weren't kidding. That's okay, chinchilla's are cute. ;)

btw exxon, i may have registered a long time ago, but i havent been on these boards for a very long time

Six, what exactly are you looking for when you say "explain"?

In particular number 8.

The latter. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...ons/icon17.gif [img]tongue.gif[/img] Just kidding... Sendai is just fine. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Now, people, I may be cruel, but there's no way that I'm THAT cruel. :D </font>[/QUOTE]LOL! I find Dragons names tougher to spell, though. Placing the apostrophes in the right places is nearly impossible, especially for a non-native-english-speaker like me.

Phew... /wipes sweat

That would be me, i assume.

[ 02-02-2003, 05:44 AM: Message edited by: Alson ]

Allow me to refer you:

those questions make me feel about as smart as Minsc........

Damn those were nasty! As for the naming the characters in the underwater city, there was only one name I was sure of :( . I think I kicked ass on the reputation question though, I got 11 quests I was sure of.

11?!

And I felt proud about listing 6 Reputation quests :mad: :D

I thought I was good with 4....

I thought I was good with 4....</font>[/QUOTE]I listed 2 - went on with the questions - and forgot to return to add more before pm'ing [img]graemlins/awcrap.gif[/img]

Sigh... only Yaga-Shura. :/

I can think of three extremely easy points I missed out on already. And damn that literature question! The American answer was all I could think of...

<center>IN THIS BATCH:</center>

Kaltia: Chinchilla
Link: Illasera
Ar-Cunin: Illasera
Sir Goulum: Gromnir Il-Khan
SpongeBobTheDestroyer: Sarevok
Raistlin Majere: Sarevok
Galadriel: Sarevok
Tancred: Yaga-Shura
Dundee Slaytern: Yaga-Shura
Rataxes: Yaga-Shura
Sir Exxon: Yaga-Shura
Alson: Sendai
Jim: Imoen

Indemaijini, are you gonna send your completed answers back? ;)

Dundee, what's wrong with being a Yaga-Shura? I certainly liked him one heck of a lot better than Illasera or Sendai, or even Abazigal. At least Yaga had some real personality.

As far as the literature question goes, I have edited the Quiz post to show the number of points awarded for each reference.

On a more important note, however, <font color=red size=4>I AM A DRACOLICH!!!!</font> THE COOLEST AVATAR IN THE FORUMS IS ***MINE!!!*** HAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!! Now I just have to figure out a way to remain a Dracolich *permanently*.....Hey, the "Rules & Regulations" page states that flaming or excessive spamming can result in being penalized posts & rank....so after I jump up a notch, I'll kick myself back down! Sweet! :D

<font color="gold">I became Yaga-Shura? :eek: And I was expecting no more than an Oris! [img]smile.gif[/img] </font>

Next time.. I'll crush you all with my fabulous knowledge of BGII!!! MUHAHAHA! [img]graemlins/evillaughter1.gif[/img] Well.. that is, if Six won't test us again for half a year.. :D

Eeekh! I honestly thought I'd do better than Yaga-Shura. :mad: :D I counted the answers I was mighty sure of, to at least a Sendai rank. Well, I'll do better next time!

I'll have to get around to beating ToB sometime soon as well. Never got further than the fire giant palace, thus had no clue about the last question :(

[ 02-04-2003, 10:31 AM: Message edited by: Rataxes ]

Six, I sent you my answers

That was a pretty tough one, I found myself guessing alot; hopefully they were good ones!

Also, how'd this get to page 2? *bump*

I am in awe of Jim. [img]tongue.gif[/img] Oh well, he was one of the few people I expected to score high in this quiz. [img]smile.gif[/img] I mean... he bloody soloed a Kensai on Insane Difficulty through Improved Ilynich. [img]tongue.gif[/img] This guy knows what he is doing. :eek:

You weren't kidding. That's okay, chinchilla's are cute. ;) </font>[/QUOTE]Dude...if *I*'m a chinchilla, then they rule. Totally trust me on this. :D

Well I did okay on the last one, but I'm not even going to attempt this one! But SoS, I'd really like to know the answers from the last one? Maybe you could pm me with them if you don't want to post them [img]smile.gif[/img]

LOL ah sheesh! [img]redface.gif[/img] You're trying to embarass me now aren't you! Seriously though, there's still loads of room for improvement. My score range cannot of exceeded something like 56-62% so I could have done loads better. As for being Imoen, I wanna be Sarevok...he's truly awesome, my favourite character in the BG series.

Yeah, I'm in the process of creating a post about the solo Kensai, it was a stressful time! Need to get some images sorted, so hopefully will have the post up by the weekend.

<center>TODAY'S POST:</center>

Kaltia: Chinchilla
Link: Illasera
Ar-Cunin: Illasera
Sir Goulum: Gromnir Il-Khan
SpongeBobTheDestroyer: Sarevok
Raistlin Majere: Sarevok
Galadriel: Sarevok
Olorin: Yaga-Shura
Tancred: Yaga-Shura
Dundee Slaytern: Yaga-Shura
Rataxes: Yaga-Shura
Sir Exxon: Yaga-Shura
Indemaijini: Sendai
Alson: Sendai
Jim: Imoen

Sorry about the delayed response, but I had to go and check the location where Olorin said he found 666 gold pieces. Actually, Olorin, that particular container holds 6666 GP. Very impressive anyway--I gave you 3 out of 4 on that one. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Indemaijini, don't you answer your PMs? I am forced to assume that you don't want your extra points for explaining your answers, and I'm posting your score anyway. You could probably take the top spot if you sent in your justifications.

To Everybody: After thinking about it, I've decided that this quiz really isn't all that difficult. I say this because, if you put your heads together, you would get just about *everything* right. With the exception of the Literature question, <font color=white>every single question</font> has been answered correctly, with an accuracy of 75-100%. Even the Reputation question was aced. Most of you know how to spell the fishy folk (when I don't).....and that one question that I thought *everybody* would miss? I was shocked at how many people knew it. Jan's middle name? Indemaijini knew it. The 666 gold pieces? Tancred got it.

(Hey, maybe that'll convince Aelia Jusa to try her skills on *this* quiz, too.)

And where the heck is pcgiant? He practically blew the first Quiz out of the water, why hasn't he spoken up on this one?

The correct answers will be posted after this thread goes ignored for 2 days straight. (Posts that bump the thread for the sole purpose of bumping the thread will be ignored.) I will also go back to the First Quiz's thread, and post the answers for that one, too, so *everyone* can relax. [img]smile.gif[/img]

(And then, I'll combine both Quizzes into one, toss in a couple of additional questions, and mail it to Weimer. :D )

[ 02-06-2003, 06:43 PM: Message edited by: SixOfSpades ]

Believe it or not, I only just noticed this thread. I can't understand why it had evaded me for over a week! Darker forces at work, perhaps?

I will do the quiz later on tonight if possible, my Grandfather has unexpectedly turned up and since I haven't seen him for years I am going to spend some time with him.

Quick comment: Six, you're a sucker for hidden easter eggs, aren't you? [img]graemlins/1dizzy.gif[/img]