A Trivial Showdown: Volume 5

By Instant Apple Pie and kevinrocks. Art by Bummer.
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We're back! We had to take a short break, as one of our question-making devices malfunctioned. Not to worry, because we bought another from a shady man by our local Panda Express. It doesn't pump out questions as fast, though, so from now on this article is going to be in every other issue. But I guess this will give you time to cool off your brain from the previous issue.

Before you dive head first into these questions, I would like to give kevinrocks a big welcome to the team, since I forgot to do it last issue. I still don't know his true identity, but he taped a letter to my door that reads:

People like to begin with me most,
When the fall colors fade away.
However, down below there is grass to mow and the heat has just begun.
At this time one tier is mine and the people come to play.
They come to battle but get the exact opposite.

I'm still trying to decipher it. Well, anyway, let's get on with it!

Welcome to the fifth installment of A Trivial Showdown! Basically, answer as many of the questions given below as you can, and once you think you've got them, PM your solutions to The Player on Smogon. Correctly answered Easy questions are worth 1 point, Medium questions are worth 2 points, Hard questions are worth 3 points, and the Bonus question is worth 5 points. We'll announce the winners (the three people with the most points) when the next issue of The Player rolls around. Prizes will be given out to the winners. Good luck and have fun!

Last Issue's Winners

anto - 45 points
Weebl - 34 points
Jessilina - 33 points

Thanks to everyone who participated! As always, the three finalists will be receiving tokens, which can be exchanged for prizes! The shop and the other features can be viewed by accessing The Player's information tab. If you would like the answer key or your score from last issue, feel free to shoot The Player a PM. We wish you luck in solving the following questions!

Trivia

Easy

  1. This is the name of the bot that is staff in most rooms.
  2. The command "/dt" is a shortened version of this command.
  3. There is a total of this many rules on the PS rules page.
  4. This command can be used to save a replay in a PS battle.
  5. This is the only human being present in any of the PS default backgrounds.

Medium

  1. This is the only move that Zarel's Pokémon on the main page of PS can use.
  2. This room won the second installment of Pokémon Showdown Premier League.
  3. This Global Voice has the shortest name.
  4. This Pokémon's cry has the largest file size on PS.

Hard

  1. According to PS, if you are feeling lucky for over this amount of time you should see a doctor.
  2. Of the four moves that show up in the move slots while the PS Damage Calculator is loading, only this one was ever an actual Pokémon move.
  3. This user was battling Zarel in the picture on the front page of PS on the 25th of September, 2012.

Puzzles

Question: Hint

Easy — Hangman. Fill out the rest of the word according to the hint.

  1. _ _ _ i _: PS public room.
  2. _ _ _ _ i _ _: PS Global Voice.
  3. _ a _ _: PS Global Driver.
  4. _ _ i _: PS Global Moderator.
  5. _ _ i _: PS Global Leader/Administrator.

Medium — Portmanteaus. Connect the clues together with two or more letters overlapping. (ex. [Generation 3 Fire-type Pokémon][Generation 5 Psychic-type Pokémon][Generation 4 Water-type Pokémon] would be numelgyempoleon)

  1. [PS Global Driver][PS Public Room][PS Global Voice][PS Public Room][PS Global Voice][Generation 3 Grass-type Pokémon].
  2. [PS Leader][PS Global Moderator][PS Global Voice][PS Public Language Room].
  3. [PS Global Driver][PS Global Mod][PS Global Driver][Real Full Name of a PS Contributor].
  4. [PS Global Driver][PS Global Mod][PS Global Driver][Former PS Global Moderator].

Hard — "Psywaves" Questions. Use the clues to find synonyms that complete the full word. Be careful because this type of question is based on pronunciation. For example, when a clue is "A Letter," the letter may be "R" but spelled "ar" in the word. (ex. "Onomatopoeia + Hole + A Letter" would be Pupitar. Pew + Pit + Ar)

  1. Backbone + Simplicity: PS public room.
  2. Load: PS global staff member.
  3. Pit + Letter + Dark: Former PS global staff member.

Bonus Question!

We hope you enjoyed the fifth installment of A Trivial Showdown! Please PM your full answer list to The Player. Even if you think you got some wrong, try your luck; it won't hurt to try! If your brain is aching, we've done our job well, so be sure to take some aspirin and keep an eye out for the next installment of A Trivial Showdown!

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