The FIFTH Great, Big, Pain-in-the-Butt, Shadows-of-Amn Trivia Quiz!!!

[Barren F.]

Yay, I have finally been able to register!

Anyway, Six... I take it that you didn't receive my entry either? So, about the quiz... The true or false questions were easy, Fun Visuals were a pain as usual, and the "who said that" part was hell! Kudos Six, with this, you're leaving the quizzing scene in beauty!

[SixOfSpades]

Originally posted by Illumina Drathiran'ar: I was having a conversation with Alex/Arledrian earlier regarding the quiz, and he said something along the lines of how the questions were so obscure, and jokingly demonstrated: "What is the name of the witch in the horrid Calcutta section of the Bridge district?" And I put my head in my hands and cried, because I knew the answer.

Well, I like to put in a nice mix of questions, from the rather easy to the really obscure.....but if I wanted to get really nasty, I would ask you to "Give the name of the only named person in the party of adventurers that you can meet after handling the witch in the the horrid Calcutta section of the Bridge District in a Lawful way." See, it could always be worse. [img]smile.gif[/img]

On the whole, people are doing well, I think: Everybody gets most of the noses right, which I find surprising. Almost all of the questions have been answered perfectly--I think #s 7, 18, 22, 24, and 25 are the only ones that have so far evaded being completely pinned down. Yes, you heard that right, 2 of the people who have taken the Quiz know what item Trueblood toted around, and somebody even knew who fights for a place at the side of Gith.

I'm not happy with the Lich question--I really should have worded it differently, but it's too late now. There was one Lich that, should you list it, would cost you a point (the question's marked in red, you see), but a lot of people seem to be confused by my question, so I'm ignoring that Lich entirely. Listing it will not affect your score either way, and I went back and reinstated any points I had previously dinged for that Lich--which made at least one score (Dundee's) jump up a rank.

One person accused me of editing the images; specifically, horizontally flipping Nose B. Makes me wonder if the european version of the game alters the portraits or something.

Originally posted by Dundee Slaytern: It always worries me that I get such depressingly low scores in the Trivia Quizzes.

Given a military stint that has effectively grounded you from BG for a few months now, I'd call your score quite understandable. Besides, look who the other Yaga-Shuras are: Barren Fischa, the "Crazed BG2 Researcher" of Unfinished Business, and UserUnfriendly, author of the Cheese Guide. One could certainly pick less renowned experts on the game to have for one's neighbors. [img]smile.gif[/img]


Yes, I have recieved everybody's Emails....I just don't get to the Net every day.

TODAY'S CROP OF UBERGEEKS:
Bjorn = Illasera
Armen = Illasera
Neo the Warrior Cat = Gromnir Il-Khan
Leslie = Gromnir Il-Khan
Saturos = Gromnir Il-Khan
Sir Goulum = Sarevok
SpongeBobTheDestroyer = Sarevok
Link = Sarevok
Dundee Slaytern = Yaga-Shura
Barren Fischa = Yaga-Shura
UserUnfriendly = Yaga-Shura
JrKASperov = Sendai
JayS = Sendai
Shadow015 = Sendai
Imrahil = Sendai
Illumina = Bathazar

[ 08-19-2004, 12:56 AM: Message edited by: SixOfSpades ]

[Barren F.]

I'm reknowned? Yay!

About the lich question: who exactly were you talking about?

(Oh, and: Strachan Fireblade)

[ 08-20-2004, 12:05 AM: Message edited by: Barren F. ]

[Userunfriendly]

Yaga-shura's RULE!!!

urm, six, sorry, i pulled it up on shadowkeeper after reading this, and you're pic is correct, my memory is off...

darn it, barren, i forgot about that one..

[SixOfSpades]

Barren, it's not exactly the wisest policy to post possible answers in the forum while the Quiz is still going on. Some people have yet to take the Quiz (including Alson, just saw his name in the SoA forum, yipee!), and can only benefit from your benevolence. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Okay, if obscurity is your cup of tea, have a "Sez Who?" question: "And just what are you looking at? A woman has to make a living."
The answer is among the names in the Quiz's 'Sez Who' section.

[Barren F.]

Bah, anyone who reads two pages about the quiz has probably already taken it... Besides, if someone wanted to cheat, they could just use IE or somesuch. But I edited my post anyway. (Just make sure to elaborate on this when you post the answers!)

[Assassin]

Originally posted by Barren F.: Bah, anyone who reads two pages about the quiz has probably already taken it... Besides, if someone wanted to cheat, they could just use IE or somesuch. But I edited my post anyway. (Just make sure to elaborate on this when you post the answers!)

I haven't. The reason why I read the thread is because I want to see how other people did, and also to see if SoS had to make any changes to the quiz.

[Dragonshadow]

Originally posted by Dundee Slaytern: It always worries me that I get such depressingly low scores in the Trivia Quizzes.

You want depressing? I had my sister saying over my shoulder "no taht's not right..."

Sent in my answers. Is it possible to get negative?

Liked the nose question, BTW

[Barren F.]

Your sister? Not that bad... If your grandmother starts giving you advice, it's probably time to start worrying though!

[Shadow015]

Hey, just as long as your dog doesn't start grading your answers, you're alright.

EDIT) "Okay, Cerberus, give me one bark for yes, two for no, and a bite on the shin for 'what the heck are you thinking?!'"

[ 08-22-2004, 02:55 PM: Message edited by: Shadow015 ]