 A history quiz for the reality impaired, And so it came to pass... |
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 Nov 5 2007, 10:06 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 704 Joined: 20-November 06 From: The seemingly unknown area of land between Seattle and Idaho. Member No.: 9,910  |
I hope all you runners payed attention to Fastjack's history lesson because it is pop quiz time. The answers can be found in Fastjack's lesson or in the and so it came to pass sections. Now no copying!
1: By what name is Daniel Coleman better known by? 2: What team stopped the 2029 virus? 3: In the New York food riots that led to the decision to allow corporations to have private paramilitary forces, what was the name of the company that owned the medical waste truck? 4: What was the name of the Great Dragon that came out of the DC astral rift? 5: In what year was the East Coast Stock Exchange relocated from Boston back to New York? 6: What was the name of the first Great Dragon to appear in the modern age? 7: What does ASIST stand for? 8: In what year did the Sixth World begin? Bonus: Who orchestrated the nanosecond buyout? Edit: sorry about the numbering |
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Nov 5 2007, 10:20 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Do you actually want people to put up answers to these. They are not very difficult or obscure questions.
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Nov 5 2007, 10:49 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
i could answer half to two thirds of this without thinking about it . . the other questions concern things that just did not really interest me O.o
known: 1, 2, 3(dragon), 5, 6, bonus . . 6 of 8 questions just like that . . |
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Nov 5 2007, 11:11 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 184 Joined: 29-August 03 Member No.: 5,553 |
Bonus Questions:
(1) Name two languages that the character "Drivin' Mona Lisa" is likely to speak. (2) Cite an argument for the claim "Great Demons do exist on the prime material." (3) Have there ever been rumors about the sex lives of members of the Corporate Court? If so, who? Edit: I know - these aren't exactly 'history questions.' So sue me. |
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Nov 5 2007, 11:15 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
:grinbig:
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Nov 6 2007, 06:30 AM
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Deus Absconditus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,742 Joined: 1-September 03 From: Downtown Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 5,566 |
Orient's #2 is the winner here.
Bonus: What does listening to heavy metal do to you? |
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Nov 6 2007, 12:32 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,978 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New Jersey, USA Member No.: 500 |
Rot your brain?:)
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Nov 6 2007, 03:33 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
We'll see if I can do this OTOH. Fortune doesn't wanna play 'cause he's a curmudgeon. ;) [ Spoiler ] Man that was terrible. /me puts on his dunce cap :D |
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Nov 6 2007, 03:54 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
[ Spoiler ]
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Nov 6 2007, 06:49 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,978 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New Jersey, USA Member No.: 500 |
Ediolon is wrong: The answers:
1. Howling Coyote 2. Echo Mirage 3. Seretech 4. Ghostwalker 5. It never was. 6. Ryumyo 7. Artificial Sensory Induction System Technology 8. 2011 Bonus: David Gavilan, better known as Damien Knight. |
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Nov 6 2007, 08:15 PM
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Grand Master of Run-Fu Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,840 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Tir Tairngire Member No.: 178 |
#3 is Shiawase. As in the Shiawase deecision, that led to coproate extraterriotriality.
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Nov 6 2007, 08:19 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 640 Joined: 8-October 07 Member No.: 13,611 |
Nope. It was Seretech.
Shiawase had the nuclear reactor. The ECSE went back to NYC after Crash 2.0, so I'm going to guess 2064/5. |
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Nov 6 2007, 08:23 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 232 Joined: 7-October 07 Member No.: 13,604 |
Unless you're still playing 3rd edition, it was. [ Spoiler ]
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Nov 6 2007, 09:00 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
No, I didn't answer because I wasn't really sure what the point of the thread was, and didn't want to spoil things for others? Besides, they were pretty easy, 'second grade' type questions, after all. :P :D |
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Nov 6 2007, 09:02 PM
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Mystery Archaeologist Group: Members Posts: 2,906 Joined: 19-September 05 From: The apple tree Member No.: 7,760 |
5 late 2064 or 2065 after Crash 2.0 (November 4th? 2064)
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Nov 6 2007, 09:03 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Second Crash was in '64, so it couldn't have been before that. ;) |
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Nov 6 2007, 09:09 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 232 Joined: 7-October 07 Member No.: 13,604 |
Sorry. I went looking for a date for the second crash in the book and it never quite said. It said they were planning on going wireless in 64 anyway, but that the Renraku problem started in 59, which I thought was the reason for the second crash.
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Nov 6 2007, 09:14 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
Hey, I had 5 of them. :P And I got them pre-coffee sans-research. :D
I can't blame you. "Fun" is a pretty absent concept around here a lot of the time. ;) |
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Nov 6 2007, 09:20 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 141 Joined: 12-August 05 From: Helsinki Member No.: 7,552 |
Please someone answer Orient's questions. :)
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Nov 6 2007, 09:29 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
True, and I didn't want to spoil anyone else's 'fun' inadvertently. |
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Nov 6 2007, 09:29 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 184 Joined: 29-August 03 Member No.: 5,553 |
The second of my questions is the only one of the three that will lead to amusement, I think.
8) |
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Nov 6 2007, 09:39 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Makes you a much better person. :) |
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Nov 6 2007, 09:50 PM
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Deus Absconditus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,742 Joined: 1-September 03 From: Downtown Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 5,566 |
As a hint, consult a first edition or first-print run 2nd Ed. Grimoire, and browse the pictures.
You may have to squint. |
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Nov 7 2007, 12:18 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 573 Joined: 17-September 07 Member No.: 13,319 |
Uh, the members of the Court are corporations, right? So, Shiawase is family-oriented; Horizon flirts with everyone; Wuxing knows tantra; Evo has a thing for nonhumans; Neonet is the result of necrophilia by Erika and Transys on the body of Fuchi. BBB says "Ares is sitting pretty after swallowing a big chunk of former AAA Cross Applied Technologies", so the shorthand rumor is that Ares swallows. Knight Errant plays rough; so does Saeder-Krupp. As for Aztech, I cast "Protection Against Rule 34". DO NOT WANT! |
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Nov 7 2007, 03:59 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 830 Joined: 3-April 04 From: Columbus, Ohio Member No.: 6,215 |
I don't want to search Google for blood spirit porn. Suffice to say, there are no exceptions to rule 34. Edited because I forgot to mention that the "members of the corporate court" might refer to the actual reps, and if I remember my Corporate Shadowfiles correctly, there were rumors of people fooling around up on Zurich Orbital. But we all know rich people don't get lonely like the rest of us. |
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