[War] Season 5: Trivia

[Incongruity]

[WaR] Trivia Section

Ah, every year or so, the WaR (which as we all know, stands for We Abhor Ryan) comes up, and every year, there's a silly section which offers a quick point or two to the ultra war-crazy freak with a few minutes on his (yes, his) hands to do the arduous task of searching Google.

So essentially, a typically easy section, right? Google skills, look up some articles in Wikipedia, reference basic pokemon sites... Quick point for the obsessive competitor who is willing to do the mundane.

Cracka please! Would I ever do something like that? This season, I'll be testing not only your knowledge of pokemon (general, TCG, anime, games, maybe even manga, etc), but also common knowledge that anyone above the age of three should have, in the form of questions concerning Literature, Mathematics, the Sciences, History, and the Fine Arts. Of course, there will also be various Pot Pourri-type questions.


Team Leaders or Designated Members may PM me with the answer. A Team Leader may designate as many (or as few) members as he/she wishes. Beware, each team, no matter how many designated members it has, may only submit ONE attempt. Yes, ONE attempt per week.

In order to designate a team member, the team leader must appoint him or her. This can be done at any time. All one needs to do is PM me, clearly saying that a certain team member is designated.



PM Format: (for the weekly answer)


Subject: [WAR] Trivia; Week One (1)
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Team Name
Final Answer: Insert Final Answer Here

The answers are due by Saturday, 1:00 PM BST (8:00 AM EDT, 5:00 AM PDT) of any given week. Any answers given beyond that time will not be considered.

The question of any given week will be posted either late Saturday or sometime Sunday.

Whichever team submits the CORRECT Final Answer FIRST wins. If more than one team obtains the final answer, ONLY one team will win (obviously, the team that sent it first).

If you cannot find the Final Answer, you may give me the farthest answer you were able to reach (in the format, [Letter]: _________). However, this will only matter if nobody is able to reach the final answer. If that situation arises, I will see if anyone obtained the correct answer to the 2nd to last part. Then the 3rd to last. And so forth. If you answer a section further along than another team, but you get it wrong, and the other team got their easier question right, they win. If both of you answer the same section correctly, the team which PMed me first wins. Ah, a dilemma, no? Try for the next section? Or just submit the one you have now? Yes, you may only submit ONE section in your single attempt. You may not submit parts A->N and the final answer. If you do, no matter how correct A->N are, I will only look at whether or not the final answer is correct.

Ah, and now, for a little fun. If you answer a section other than the final answer correctly, and it's the farthest that any team got, and you submitted it first, you get a point.

HOWEVER! If nobody achieves the final answer for a given week, one point will be deposited into the "point bank." A team will only be awarded the contents of the "point bank" if they answer the FINAL answer correctly (and are the first team to answer it correctly). Thus, on the first week, the maximum point value is obviously 1, since no additional points are in the "point bank." However, if nobody gets the final answer for week 1, then one can potentially get TWO points for week 2 (the point for winning & the point from the point bank), and ultimately upto 5 points for week 5 (assuming nobody gets the final answers, ever). However, at least one point WILL be awarded each week; for example, if nobody gets the final answer, the next-closest team will always get that single point, just not the ones in the "point bank."

To HKim: This means that at max, I'll distribute 9 points over 5 weeks (one for the first four weeks if nobody gets the final answer, and 5 for the last week), but that is highly unlikely that nobody will get the final answer for 4 weeks straight (unless a team is deliberately not giving the final answer... oooooh)

Note: It is possible (albeit rather difficult) to get the final answer WITHOUT doing all of the parts, but this requires good reasoning skills, so if you manage to succeed, you deserve the point anyway.

[i]!! Sabotage/espionage is allowed; it's their fault for not hiding their progress, or allowing a spy to see what they have. However, this of course could be abused by feeding false info to a suspected spy. I guess it would be best just to stick to your own team. Unless of course, the spy on your team is pretending to be smart and instead feeding you false logic. Ooooooh. Mindfuсk.

[Incongruity]

Current Point Bank: 3 (Max Potential Points: 4)

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Week Three
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I'm not here this week. This week's trivia lasts for one week, but if nobody obtains the final answer this week, the deadline will extend to next week. Continue to send answers to me.

Oh, and hopefully, this week will be mindbogglingly hard, to make up for last week's pansy ass questions. Still basically the same section though. Read all of the questions, then find the answers, then PM.

Part A:
1. Once, when Misty was talking to Professor Oak by visual phone, Pikachu came knocking, but was revealed to be beaten to a pulp.
2. The Elite Four one time attempted to recruit Red, partially for his skill and partially for his knowledge concerning Giovanni.
3. Ruby's first pokemon was Mudkip.
4. One of the professors has a Sentret.
5. Gold apologizes to Silver for his accusation that Silver stole his backpack.
6. Crystal has a special ability that activates great potential in any egg that hatches in her hands.
7. Norman, Sapphire's father, is rather cold at times, and can seem to be harsh in his apparent disapproval of his child's interest in pokemon contests.
8. Blue has a surprising ability which lets her be excellent at healing pokemon.
9. Ruby envies Wally, as he has what Ruby so desires: freedom from family pressures.
10. Silver asks where Eusine will go, to which he replies that as the Suicune Hunter, he will go wherever Suicune goes.
11. When fighting Deoxys, Red takes command of Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise in an attempt to reach victory.
12. Brock is not only a gym leader but a security guard as well.
13. Lance once used a fire blast from Dragonite on Yellow.
14. Brock found Red frozen in Mt. Moon.
15. Red once accused Surge of stealing pokemon.
16. Before Gold leaves the Daycare Center, he receives a King's Rock.
17. Roxanne and Brawly once attempted to battle Groudon on Route 121
18. Juan once commanded Kingdra to use a water pulse on a Castform.
19. Bill tries to stop the inhabitants of the Sevii Islands from crucifying Green for all their problems.
20. Steven rescues Sapphire from a potentially fatal encounter with Mawiles
21. Yellow is a man.
22. Lance laughs at Blue's defensive strategy.
23. Crys is initially suspicious of Yellow and her feats.
24. Blaine is the captain of the Kanto team during its exhibition match with Johto.
25. Hank once used his pokegear to contact Tabitha and Courtney.
26. Red is somewhat embarassed when Misty kisses him before they enter Mt. Moon.
27. Erika compliments both Red's caring heart and his skills.
28. One tactic that Giovanni used against Lance was secretly rolling a pokemon with Beedrill directly under Lance.
29. Team Rocket once tried to cut off and sell Slowpoke tails.
30. Bill invented the PokeNav.
31. At the lake of Rage, Gold and Silver witness several Magikarp evolving into dangerous Gyarados.
32. Emerald borrows most of his pokemon.
33. A tactic Emerald once used was to secretly launch a leech seed without his opponent knowing.
34. Once while riding on his bike, Wally was chased by a wild Shuppet, a Duskull, and a Gastly.
35. Mr. Stone asks Wally to deliver a letter to his son, Steven.
36. Steven and Wallace once controlled a Regice.
37. Drake used a Dragonite and Shelgon at the same time in one battle.
38. Juan is the guardian of the Cave of Origin.
39. Juan has a Sealeo.
40. Blue, Silver, Ken, Cart, Will and Karen were the original six children kidnapped by the Mask of Ice.
41. Koga had a Zapdos, but released it later on.
42. Team Rocket's network even included more than half of the Kanto gym leaders.
43. When Bugsy and Sabrina are chosen to battle eachother, Bugsy attempts to be courteous but is treated coldly by that ***** Sabrina.
44. Briney believes that wild pokemon are very in tune with nature.
45. When the main characters team up with former TR executives, spoons are used to pick partners.
46. Eusine was once fooled by a Suicune which was really a transformed Ditto.
47. Brinca has all three fully evolved versions of the Johto starter pokemon.
48. The Pokemon Fan Club President of Kanto once had a pokemon stolen by Team Rocket.
49. When Ruby is looking to catch a Milotic, he is infuriated as Jack constantly throws back multiple Feebas.
50. When in a lifeboat, Wally's Kirlia psychically stabilizes it against the giant waves.
51. Bill was once attacked by a Fearow while in Rattatta mode.
52. Red once got an idea as a wild Rattatta trotted past him.
53. Red once told Snorlax to use a Megapunch against Green.
54. Gold was once immobilized by an Ariados.
55. Apricorns are delicious when combined with the right ingredients by a talented chef.
56. While on Route 115, Sapphire hoped to run into Steven so she could give him the letter.
57. Red is a scrub among the hundreds of pokemon trainers in Pallet Town.
58. Steven can use his Metang to levitate.
59. A Machamp-like troll named Pillowpants is the guardian of the sacred Pokemon Palace that several trainers have tried but failed to reach.
60. Gold sometimes acts like a fruit and uses a billiard cue during battle.
61. Daisy Oak is hot. How oak has a granddaughter like her while having that fugly chud Green is incomprehensible. Jk. Disregard this one completely

Instructions for this section can be found here (http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/9866/instructwt2.gif)

Part B: Here is a cropped portion of a famous painting: http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/812/paintdt6.jpg . It is only cropped. Unrotated, unflipped, undistorted. Let b be the year in which this piece was created.

Part C: Here is a horrible bridge design: http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2782/badbridgede2.jpg . All of the members are numbered. Assuming that all members are solid, of equal diameter, and of identical material, add up the numbers of the members under the 1st, 7th, and 11th highest compression forces (relative to the strength of their respective members). Let this sum be c

Part D: Let d be equal to the greatest integer less than or equal to (a * b * c)^(4/5)

Part E: img156.imageshack.us/img156/4316/dpx3.jpg

The above is an incomplete URL. Replace the d in the url with the actual value of d. Look at the picture. There is a prominent organism there. Look at only the prominent organism. Let e be this organism's genus and species, except all in lower-case letters and without the space in between.

Part F: img98.imageshack.us/img98/9355/efm2.jpg

The above is an incomplete URL. Replace the e in the url with the actual value of e. Look at the picture. There is a prominent organism there. Look at only the prominent organism. Let f be this organism's genus and species, except all in lower-case letters and without the space in between.

Part G: img146.imageshack.us/img146/745/fyw5.jpg

The above is an incomplete URL. Replace the f in the url with the actual value of f. Look at the picture. There is a picture of someone. That person was obviously born somewhere. Let g be this person's birthplace.

Part H: img91.imageshack.us/img91/9193/gca2.jpg

The above is an incomplete URL. Replace the g in the url with the actual value of g. Look at the picture. It's a cropped portion of a pokemon card. However, unlike the other pictures, this one has been modified (hey, we're up to H, what do you expect?). Let h be equal to ( ((Sum of the power of all attacks) * (card no.) * (HP) + (weight in lbs.) + (card no.)) * c )

Part I: img63.imageshack.us/img63/5182/hrs4.jpg

The above is an incomplete URL. Replace the g in the url with the actual value of h. Look at the picture. It is a screenshot of a pokemon episode. According to Serebii, this is Japanese episode i

Part J: Imagine a circle of radius i + 3. In this, two chords that are 2i units long intersect at an imaginary point. This point is (i-3)/2 units from the center. These two chords divide the circle's interior into 4 separate regions. Of these, two are bordered by segments of different lengths, and the area of either could be expressed uniquely as xπ - y(z)^(1/2) where all variables are positive integers, and z isn't divisible by the square of a prime number. Let j = x + y + z

Part K: Let k be equal to j once converted to base 6

Part L: Let l = a + b + c + d + (the number of letters in e) + (the number of letters in f) + (the number of letters in g) + h + i + j + k

Part M: Let m be equal to l once converted to base 4

FINAL ANSWER: The question can be found at: img162.imageshack.us/img162/3459/mkt6.gif

[Pika57]

OMG.

THANK YOU!!!

You've gotten me so hyped up about this category.

[HKim]

OMG.

THANK YOU!!!

You've gotten me so hyped up about this category.


Yeah, it's interesting and definitely difficult. SK is the perfect judge for this category.

[Matt]

I'm going to say straight up right now that you will recieve no answer sk.

[Nasty Plasty]

I'm going to say straight up right now that you will recieve no answer sk.
I am determined to find an answer.

[Incongruity]

I'm going to say straight up right now that you will recieve no answer sk.
I wish I could laugh and say that it's easy, and it's no problem, and that anyone should be able to get it.


But I can't. I mean, if I was working on it on my own with no help at all, Parts A, B, M, and Final Answer would take me several hours to completely figure it out. (If I figured it out at all that is).

Of course, you guys have a week to do it, with several team members, as well as wonderful resources such as Google and Wikipedia (and while they may not give you a direct answer, you may be able to figure it out with instruction)

[Matt]

I think I will fly through it once I crack the code.

[Finch]

I think I will fly through it once I crack the code.
The code's the tricky part, really. How are you supposed to get a picture out of that?!

[Pika57]

The code's the tricky part, really. How are you supposed to get a picture out of that?!

I think i'm near cracking the code... I just need a certain something.

[paperfairy]

Have fun with Part M.

[Incongruity]

Seems pretty easy, guys.
Lol Happy Man. You're completely right. Why didn't I see that before???

Speaking of Happy Men, or to put it another way, Gay Men, the answer (however far you have) is due in like 13.5 hours.

1:00 PM BST (8:00 AM EDT, 5:00 AM PDT)

[Pika57]

Lol Happy Man. You're completely right. Why didn't I see that before???

Speaking of Happy Men, or to put it another way, Gay Men, the answer (however far you have) is due in like 13.5 hours.

1:00 PM BST (8:00 AM EDT, 5:00 AM PDT)

I concede.

But I will be back next week...

[Incongruity]

Lmfao. I received one answer. And that answer, while creative, was completely off.

Good try to all of you though.

Current Point Bank: 2 (Max Potential Points: 3)

Special EDIT!! I specifically remember that Harry alotted me a maximum of 10 points over 5 weeks, and currently I'm only using 9 max. However, since I didn't give out any points at all this week (since nobody entered), I'm upping the point bank to 2. Which means, the max potential points for next week is 3. (This still means that the maximum amount of points I give out is 9. Reason it out if you want ;P)

Next week's is coming soon!

[Surly Professor]

Just tell me one thing.

What was the movie trilogy?

[Incongruity]

Just tell me one thing.

What was the movie trilogy?
Lol fine surly. It was Poltergeist.

[Finch]

? What was the code?

[Incongruity]

? What was the code?
105 (Marowak) was the value of a

[Incongruity]

Okay, I don't know if it's only Pika57 that didn't notice this, but just in case, this week's Trivia section was already posted. Don't search for it. It's right there. Second post.

[Matt]

I saw it. Gah, I have everything set up, except I'm second guessing my step A.

[Incongruity]

I saw it. Gah, I have everything set up, except I'm second guessing my step A.
As team leader and not as trivia judge, I can tell you to work w/ your teammates. Pidge, VT, and PF seem to be going far. Surly would probably be able to help too.


And yes, this week's was far too easy. I've already begun next week's, and it's monstrously hard.

[Matt]

Already happenin'.

[Incongruity]

Good job to everybody who tried. La Res got the furthest, but apparently got stumped at the final answer. They still got M correct though, so they get a point. But only one. The point bank is at 3 right now. Which means max next week is 4.


Just for the curious. the final answer. you had to go to frame 25, take out the background white, take out the scribble white, then you get another scribble. IT says MEW, not MCW. Then, if you flip it 180 degrees, it turns into Muk.

[Surly Professor]

Just for the curious. the final answer. you had to go to frame 25, take out the background white, take out the scribble white, then you get another scribble. IT says MEW, not MCW. Then, if you flip it 180 degrees, it turns into Muk.
Maybe if I had been able to see it in the first place...
This category should be about how stacked your brain is, not your computer. :sad:

[MystiKal]

Lol I agree with Surly.

Also, I looked in ImageReady but I never would have thought of changing the background color.

[Incongruity]

Maybe if I had been able to see it in the first place...
This category should be about how stacked your brain is, not your computer. :sad:
You know what they say, the best brain is the one inside your computer.

Speaking of what they say, Week 3 is up!

[paperfairy]

You made Section A just for me - and I knew all of those off the top of my head.

= D

[Surly Professor]

You know what they say, the best brain is the one inside your computer.
That doesn't apply to me for 3 different reasons.

[Crossfire Chaos]

I want to know two things. Who is DARK's representitive in Trivia and why has Week 4 not come out yet?

[DaRkUmBrEoN]

SK was going to a camp this week, iirc.

[We Taste Pies...]

SK was going to a camp this week, iirc.

It's not like anyone would get the answer anyway:tongue: