A Trivial Showdown: Volume 3

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Welcome to the third 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:

Gleeb - 49 points
Trickster - 48 points
kevinrocks - 48 points

Thanks to everyone who participated. We have a new prize system! It will work with tokens; 1st place gets 3 tokens, 2nd place gets 2 tokens, and 3rd place gets 1 token. You can use these tokens to buy different prizes at our shop, which can be found in The Player's information tab. Last issue's winners have also received tokens. If you would like the answer key or your score from last issue, feel free to ask The Player in the PM where you submitted your answers. We wish you luck on answering the following questions!

Trivia

Easy

  1. This rank on PS is represented by a star (★).
  2. This user won a poll for coolest PS custom avatar.
  3. This is the PS Writing room's official bot.
  4. A featured PS replay with user Shuckie in it was in this tier.
  5. The made-up currency used by the PS Game Corner bot.

Medium

  1. This PS Admin's original username color was bright pink.
  2. This word is an alias to Arceus when entered in /dt.
  3. This user created the 2nd most viewed thread in the PS forum on Smogon.
  4. This user was the original spriter for the Diggersby B/W sprite on PS.

Hard

  1. This Smogon user made the PS April Fools sprite for Celebi.
  2. There are this many PS public rooms devoted to Other Metagames.
  3. This Player article has the most co-illustrators excluding the Staff Interviews.

Puzzles

Question: Hint

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

  1. _ _ a _ _ _ _ _: PS global staff member.
  2. _ _ _ _ _ _ a _ _ _ _: PS public room.
  3. _ _ a _ _ _ _ _ _: Former PS global Mod.
  4. _ _ _ a _ _ _ _ _ _: PS public room Owner.
  5. _ _ _ a _ _ _ _ _: Former PS Leader/Admin.

Medium - Anagrams. Switch around the order of the letters to receive a PS-related answer (ex. Need Hug Gun would be Hugendugen).

  1. A Repent Blob Flutist: PS user and a room he/she owns.
  2. Tent Glob Dots: PS user and a room he/she is a Mod in.
  3. Luck Lie Due: Pokémon and the ladder on which it was #1 in usage in December 2014.
  4. Airplane Bed: PS global Mod and a Pokémon in his/her custom avatar.

Hard - "Psywaves" Questions. Use the clues to find synonyms to 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 be spelled "ar" in the word. (ex. "Onomatopoeia + Hole + A" Letter would be Pupitar. Pew + Pit + Ar)

  1. Street + Hill + Ones: Battle format on PS.
  2. Two + Preposition + Religious symbol: Former PS global Mod.
  3. Limit + Expert + Throw: PS public room.

Bonus Question!

We hope you enjoyed the third installment of A Trivial Showdown! Please PM a full answer list to The Player. Even if you think you got some wrong, try your luck, we don't judge! The winners will be announced in the next issue of The Player. If your brain is aching, that means 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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