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Ancient History
post Jul 1 2004, 04:32 AM
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You get five points for correct answers. Totals at bottom. Deduct one point each time you have to reference a book. Answers in spoiler tags. Most are gimmes, especially for you old people. I managed all of these off my head, alas.

1. What prosthetic has Ehran the Scribe worn in the past?
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2. Name the two canon characters with six fingers on their left hand.
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3. What is Dr. Halberstam's full name?
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4. True or False: you must be an initiate to use metamagic.
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5. True or False: Metacows, Awakened Silverfish and Heath Spirits have all been mentioned, but not given stats.
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6. True or False: There have been exactly two explicit Lovecraft references made in Shadowrun.
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7. What is the cost for a Lone Star Thaumaturgy License?
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8. What items were left out of the Revised Street Samurai Catalog?
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9. Which books contain memorials to Nigel D. Findley?
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10. What booklet accompanied each edition of the SR GM screen?
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11. What is the name of the street samurai associate of Nathaniel Edward Fortescure, Doctor of Thauamturgy?
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12. "Drak's Drek" and Power Armor appeared in what FASA SR publication?
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13. Take the highest initiate grade in an SR module. Subtract the highest spell force in an SR module. Add the highest focus force in an SR module. What number do you have?
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14. What is the last name of the detective in Missing Blood and 2XS?
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15. Who trusts Kibo?
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16. Ambrose made his first, and last, appearence in what book?
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17. True or False: The Midnight Thorns is described in both the first and second Grimoire.
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18. How long fo you have to wait before you can use the "Turn spirit to guacamole" focus?
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19. What novel has been called "Secrets of Power Vol. IV"?
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20. True or False: the series of paintings described by Nigel D. Findley in "House of the Sun" hanging in the Telestrian office actually exist.
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*Bonus* What magazine contains a reference to the Weeping Stoen of Ta'Bel?
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Points Score List:

0-10 Points: Grasshopper

11-30 Points: You need to pad your collection

31-60 Points: What is all this old shit? Where's the Fanpro love!?

61-70 Points: You had to refer to stuff before your time

71-89 Points: Scholar

90-100 Points: Master

105-110 Points: Grand Master

111 Points: Me.

112+ Points:
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post Jul 1 2004, 04:33 AM
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:please: at the score list.
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Ancient History
post Jul 1 2004, 04:35 AM
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You may bitch when you write your own crappy quiz, smart-ass.
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post Jul 1 2004, 05:54 AM
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You forgot an answer to number 8
Because 3 things were removed from the catalog in 2nd ed.

Now how do I use spoilers on this thing...?
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post Jul 1 2004, 06:00 AM
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You also misspelled Neddy's last name.
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post Jul 1 2004, 06:11 AM
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And made me feel like a tard.
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post Jul 1 2004, 08:07 AM
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I've seen something similar on the fanpro forums. We did Shadowrun trivia, basically picking out book references, which gets to be more difficult that you think based on the differences between the English and German books. Maybe we could do something like that.

Be warned though, the thread is at about 44 pages, IIRC.

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post Jul 1 2004, 12:24 PM
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QUOTE (TimeKeeper)
You forgot an answer to number 8
Because 3 things were removed from the catalog in 2nd ed.

Extended clips if I recall correctly. And no, they didn't updat all of the guns to carry them - the HK MP5-TX should have a 30 clip in that case.

I have to admit though, despite my perchant for the Old Stuff some of those questions are really out there in Fan Boy territory.

Now, where's Trivial Pursuit, Sixth World Edition?
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post Jul 1 2004, 12:30 PM
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70 points for me. What's a Heath spirit? A metaphysical representation of a candy bar?

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post Jul 1 2004, 12:33 PM
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Heath, as in moorland. Quite common in Europe, essentially an upland area cleared of old forest for grazing and since left to grow wild again. classsic example would be Dartmoor, Exmoor and Bodmin Moor.

As for Canon reference - Germany Sourcebook.

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post Jul 1 2004, 01:02 PM
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I think my force 6 candy bar spirit friend would like to disagree. May I introduce you to the dreaded, "Mr. Goodbar."
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post Jul 1 2004, 01:10 PM
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*summons a Force 6 Great Form Wonka Bar* I'd like to use my first service to use your Search power to find a golden ticket...

Sorry, couldn't resist once I'd thought of it :P

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post Jul 1 2004, 01:10 PM
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If there's a shaman of Toaster, there could well be a candybar shaman.

I'd strangle the player who tried to pull that in my game, though. With his own intestines.
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post Jul 1 2004, 02:03 PM
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But that sounds like fun.
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post Jul 1 2004, 02:06 PM
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With his own intestines.
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post Jul 1 2004, 02:19 PM
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Nice one Ancient. BTW- You can add a "subquestion" to number two too.

Who's the other canon character who should have six fingers but only has five...
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post Jul 1 2004, 02:19 PM
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QUOTE (TinkerGnome)
With his own intestines.

What's up with the intestines fetish?
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post Jul 1 2004, 02:56 PM
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Sweet Jesus. Despite my massive Shadowrun collection, I still ended up with a pathetically low score. Talk about obscure. :) Maybe if I had read some of this stuff over again more recently I'd have done better.
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post Jul 1 2004, 02:57 PM
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Just some Penny Arcade style dry humor ;)

A classic. (with dirty words)
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post Jul 1 2004, 03:48 PM
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Do we get extra points for knowing the right answers to the question(s) that the spoilers have incorrect answers to? :-)
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post Jul 1 2004, 03:53 PM
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I made a few booboos,s ince I was going from memory, yeah. I didn't think I was being too obscu...okay, maybe Dr. halberstam's name and the two six-fingered ones. The thaumaturgy license was a bit anal. The Power armor was damn obscure. Only GMs should get #13. The bonus was strictly for the compulsive types like me.

[/edit] If you had the right answer to a question that had an incomplete answer, give yourself two bonus points each.

[/edit][/edit] And anyone with more than 111 points because of knowing those answers may proudly bear the title of Adam.

But hey, I got a good cross-sampling of material, eh?
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post Jul 1 2004, 03:55 PM
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The answer to 12 is just plain wrong, not obscure. :)
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post Jul 1 2004, 03:57 PM
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111 Points: Me.

There can be no mistakes. For he is beyond the Grand Master of all things Shadowrun.
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post Jul 1 2004, 03:58 PM
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Okay, I should have said powered armor, and it was Sword of the Knight publications, not FASA. Picky, picky.

[/edit] There are /always/ mistakes. I'm only a room full of monkeys, y'know.
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post Jul 1 2004, 04:26 PM
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Now, where's Trivial Pursuit, Sixth World Edition?


Well there ya go AH. That project ought to keep you busy for a year or so. :)

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