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Subject: Video games, board games, other games, etc.Packet by Anderson Wang and Josh Alman1. In one game, a battle is fought at this location right after defeating 30 purple polyhedra. During that battle, many colored lines move through this location’s background, and that background becomes a purple fog when the enemy is down to 200 HP. In another game, this stage can be unlocked by defeating Ganondorf, Mewtwo, and (*) Giga Bowser in the 51st event match. One video about this location contains a stick figure surfing the web and another jumping out of the screen and screaming, “No bookmarks. No plugins. Firefox only.” Reaching this location in under 9 minutes with difficulty set to at least Hard in Brawl’s Classic Mode will allow the player to fight a “Crazy” version of the boss usually seen on this stage. For 10 points, name this extremely flat stage in the Super Smash Bros. series where Master Hand is fought.ANSWER: Final Destination2. One part of this game has the player circle around haystacks to make them glow blue while moving between street lamps at night, and another involves activating wind turbines during a sunset. One stage in this game contains metal structures with red lights that can electrify the player but are harmless after turning white. ?This game’s level selection screen is an apartment window looking out at a city, and selecting a picture frame on the windowsill after beating the other six levels plays through this game’s credits. This game was developed by a company led by (*) Jenova Chen that also produced Flow and Journey. Pushing any button blows the wind harder in this game, and tilting the controller is used for steering. For 10 points, name this PS3 game created by thatgamecompany in which players control the wind to blow around and gather petals.ANSWER: Flower3. In one game, this action can be performed with modifiers such as Boomerang, Tornado, Dizzy, and C450. In that game, scoring 96 percent on this action gives you a grade of one star, while 100 percent is required for a quad star, and hitting a mine subtracts six points. In another game, this action can be done in Oni Mode, and this action is graded on (*) stream, voltage, air, chaos, and freeze. This action is performed in the games Pump it Up and In the Groove. In a Konami game, this action’s difficulty can be categorized as Beginner, Light, Standard, or Heavy, and based on the timing, the player can receive feedback of Miss, Almost, Good, Great, or Perfect. For 10 points, name this action performed while playing Stepmania or DDR, which involves hitting arrows laid out in a cross pattern with your feet.ANSWER: dancing [accept equivalents; accept In the Groove, Stepmania, or Dance Dance Revolution before mentioned]4. In a game with this object in the title, the player finds winged shoes and a pickaxe, and then has to escape from a cave in 7 minutes while mining as much gold as possible. Messhof created a game called “You found the” this item. In Terraria, crafting this object with 3 Vines and 12 Jungle Spores results in an Ivy Whip. In Phantom Hourglass, this object is used on two of four pegs to reflect balls of fire and ice during the Gleeok fight. Opening a parachute while using this device performs a slingshot in Just Cause 2. In another game, this object is used on Valoo’s tail to defeat Gohma, the boss of (*) Dragon Roost Cavern, and it can be equipped on the King of Red Lions to salvage treasure chests. Medli gives this object to Link after he rescues her in The Wind Waker, and it should not be confused with a similarly named item found in the Wind Temple, the Hookshot. For 10 points, name this device commonly used in games to latch on to things and pull the player towards them.ANSWER: grappling hook [prompt on “hook”; do not accept or prompt on “hookshot” or other wrong answers]5. A remix of this song appears with tracks by Fred Deakin, Paul Hartnoll, Markus Schulz, Moby, and Philip Glass on the Windows version of Chime. This song is the only free DLC released for Rock Band: Unplugged. In another game, radios set to the frequency 85.2 FM play a samba version of this song. An update introduced the achievement “Transmission Received”, which required the player to transport those radios playing this song to specific areas as part of an (*) alternate reality game. In this song, the singer states “I think I prefer to stay inside” and “I’m being so sincere right now”. The singer also jokes “HA HA. FAT CHANCE,” when wondering if Black Mesa would help you, and this song’s counterpart in the sequel is “Want You Gone”. This song performed by Ellen McLain begins with the lyrics “This was a triumph. I’m making a note here.” For 10 points, name this song written by Jonathan Coulton which GLaDOS sings to Chell in the credits of Portal.ANSWER: “Still Alive” [prompt on “the credits song in Portal” or similar answers]6. The Vilani, Zhodani, and Solomani are all of this race in the Traveller RPG. In Epic Munchkin, this race’s epic feat is called “Pets Rock”, and this is also the only race that can equip the Bad-Ass Bandana in Munchkin. The warrior deity Sigmar united tribes of this race to form The Empire in Warhammer Fantasy lore. In the Pathfinder RPG, this is the only race which receives a bonus feat as well as an extra skill rank at first level. Members of this race start in (*) Northshire Valley, and Varian Wrynn is the leader of Stormwind, a kingdom of this race, in World of Warcraft. In Dungeons & Dragons, half-elves are the offspring of elves and this race, which is also the only playable race in RuneScape. For 10 points, name this race which may have evolved from Australopithecus, whose scientific name is Homo sapiens.ANSWER: humankind [accept equivalents]7. In the Facebook version of this game, the protagonist evolves into a panda, followed by a wolf, gorilla, sabretooth tiger, and dragon. The song used in this game has a music video in which a guy in a red mask throws a marble that turns into a giant snowball, trapping a man and his lover inside. That song also states “Melting the ice for me/Jump into the ocean” and asks “When it’s cold outside/Am I here in vain?” Another version of this game uses a Blind Guardian song titled (*) “Battlefield” and is subtitled Heavy Metal. Dolphins first appear on the screen when the player reaches 5000 points, and this game’s menu notably states “Press Z to make your wishes come true”. Points may be scored by collecting pixies or destroying pink stars by dashing through them. For 10 points, name this Adult Swim flash game featuring a mechanized one-horned mythological beast.ANSWER: Robot Unicorn Attack [accept Robot Unicorn Attack: Evolution, prompt on partial answers]8. In this game, a beast called a “murderous winged devil” is behind 4 doors of progressively smaller size, but it turns out to be a parrot. One character says “I’m Bobbin. Are you my mother?” after being shot out of a cannon in exchange for 478 gold pieces. To make a voodoo spell in this game, the protagonist mixes together ingredients including cinnamon sticks, gunpowder, four breath mints, and a rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle. One character in this game disguises himself as Sheriff (*) Fester Shinetop and kidnaps Elaine Marley. Locations in this game include the Scumm Bar, Captain Smirk’s Gym, and Stan’s Previously Owned Vessels. In this game, Carla the Sword Master is defeated in the activity of insult swordfighting. For 10 points, name this LucasArts game which begins on Mêlée Island and features LeChuck and Guybrush Threepwood, the first game in the Monkey Island series.ANSWER: The Secret of Monkey Island [prompt on “Monkey Island” before mention; do not accept any other titles]9. In this country, the USK is responsible for video game content ratings. Bigpoint Games is centered in this country, and another developer from this country made Far Cry as well as a game in which Prophet steals the Nanosuit 2 and commits suicide to give it to Alcatraz. The board game Thurn and Taxis involves building post office routes in this country. One chess player from this country sacrificed a bishop, both rooks, and his queen to checkmate Lionel Kieseritzsky in the (*) Immortal Game. The company Crytek, which developed Crysis, is centered in this country. This is the home country of the enemies fought by B.J. Blazkowicz in Wolfenstein 3D. In general, tabletop games which emphasize strategy and minimize chance are called this country-”style” board games. For 10 points, name this country that hosts the world’s largest show for board and card games, Spiel, which is held in Essen.ANSWER: Germany10. This man created a tactical shooter in which it is possible to enter powerups and enemies to change their attributes. As part of a challenge to create a game that could be a religion, this man designed a Minecraft mod contained in a flash drive called Chain World. This guy also created a storytelling game titled Sleep is Death. In a different game by this man, the player controls a pixellated blue-eyed guy who plays catch with his blonde daughter and can have his head catch on fire. In another low-res game by this designer that lasts exactly 5 minutes, the player can receive points by walking or by opening chests with blue stars in them, and gradually (*) moves across the screen when progressing from childhood to old age and death. For 10 points, name this man known for his art games like Gravitation and Passage.ANSWER: Jason Rohrer11. The 2010 World Championship of this was held in Philadelphia and won by Jan Mrozowski. Variations of this include Thermometer, Arrow, and Kropki, and the Samurai version contains five interconnected ones. Winners of the U.S. Championship in this include Wei-Hwa Huang and Thomas Snyder. Techniques used for this include Swordfish, (*) X-Wings, and Naked Pairs. In 2012, Gary McGuire showed that doing one of these is impossible with less than 17 givens. These things were famously published by Nikoli under a name that literally means “the digits must be single”. It is similar to KenKen in that both have a Latin square constraint. For 10 points, name this kind of logic puzzle which consists of filling in a grid so every row, column, and three by three box contains all digits from 1 to 9.ANSWER: sudoku puzzles [accept anything involving sudoku]12. Jak receives this ability after using his hoverboard to collect 18 floating symbols in the Monk Temple, and this ability is activated by pressing L2 and square while as Light Jak. Amaterasu uses this ability by drawing two horizontal lines to perform the Veil of Mist technique in Okami. In God of War II, the player activates this ability by pressing L1 and R1 while standing near a statue with a green crystal on top. In Dishonored, upgrading this ability to level two requires a whopping eight runes. By making a well-timed dodge, (*) Bayonetta can activate this ability. In another game, using this ability requires adrenaline, which is measured by an hourglass symbol. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, using the Shadow the Hedgehog assist trophy will cause him to perform Chaos Control, which activates this ability. For 10 points, name this ability used by both Max Payne and Neo from The Matrix to dodge bullets.ANSWER: slowing time [accept equivalents; be nice and accept freezing time, stopping time, or equivalents; accept bend time; accept bullet time; accept witch time; prompt on “time manipulation” or things like that; do not accept or prompt on “reversing time” or similar answers]13. Playing this sport is the only way to acquire the Jupiter Sigil, which is used to upgrade the World Champion celestial weapon. One famous technique in this sport has “Mark III” in its name because that technique’s creator wanted the crowd to “come back every night expecting to see Mark I and Mark II”. Other techniques in this sport include Venom Shot, Wither Pass, and Drain Tackle. The overdrives Element Reels and Attack Reels can be won as prizes from this sport. Jassu, Botta, Datto, and Letty all play this sport for the (*) Besaid Aurochs. During a tournament of this sport in Luca, the stadium is attacked by a ton of fiends, but they are all owned when Seymour summons his aeon, Anima. Both the protagonist and his father, Jecht, were star players of this sport for the Zanarkand Abes. For 10 points, name this underwater sport notably played by Wakka and Tidus in Final Fantasy X.ANSWER: blitzball14. One boss in the shape of this object can be defeated by throwing Knik-Knaks into its mouth and is named Belcha. In one game, rockkrocs can only be defeated with the Stop & Go type of this object, and checkpoints are these things with white stars painted on them. Kremlings which wear this object are known as Klobbers and attempt to ram the player. The TNT kind of this object is used to kill both Dogadon and Army Dillo in an N64 game. ?In that game, after jumping inside one of these objects, the player can switch between characters like (*) Lanky or Chunky. In an arcade game, a blue one of these objects hits an oil drum, causing it to catch on fire and spawn living fireballs. Driving into a cannon shaped like this object shoots the player to the top of a volcano in a Mario Kart: Double Dash!! stage. These objects are thrown at Jumpman in the 25m stage of the original Donkey Kong. For 10 points, in the Corneria stage of Star Fox 64, Peppy instructs Fox to perform what kind of “roll”?ANSWER: barrels [accept barrel roll]15. One game in this series contains a fifteen puzzle that doesn’t need to be touched unless a trident is under the statue below it. Mini-games in this series include one where your drawings appear in the clouds, and Costume Catastrophe where you need to find the odd shrimp out. In another game in this series, you can only talk to Horst after trading for a phrase book, which yields a (*) Shim-Sham-Jimmety-Jam-Clapper-Gapper. It features characters like Phineas McFinn, Saltwater Stella, and Calico Catfish. Created by the makers of Backyard Baseball, Humongous Entertainment, the first game in this series opens with the player bringing flowers to Grandma Grouper, whose treasure chest of kelp has been stolen! For 10 points, name this series in which the small green Luther helps the title yellow fish to solve mysteries.ANSWER: Freddi Fish series of games [be lenient and accept “Freddi Fish and the Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse” or ?“Freddi Fish 2” before “drawings appear in the clouds”]16. They should be kept asleep in Barrel Peril and Sneak ‘n Snore, and they are invincible in Jungle Hut. Two points are earned if one eats a ball after being pelted by a bomb at Wario Factory, and the player must outrun one before fighting Wario at Wario’s Carnival. You can receive one in Vaati’s palace to help fight other Links. Francis from Super Paper Mario has a pet one of these, and red ones are initially ranked second in the (*) Glitz Pit before the Great Gonzales overtakes them. They stun at least one enemy when used in Super Mario Strikers. A wheel named for them is a battle stage in Mario Kart Wii, they run in zig-zag patterns in Mario Kart 64’s Rainbow Road, and can be used exclusively by the babies in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. One that can be dazed but not killed appears in the first level of Super Mario 64. In Super Mario Galaxy, they freely roll around, defying half of their name. For 10 points, name these common Mushroom World enemies that look like a ball with teeth on a chain.ANSWER: Chain Chomps17. In a game with this title, U-Bahn and Park ‘n’ Ride are the 11 cost cards, and some cards contain symbols with cars, fountains, or shopping carts. The August 2012 expansion to 7 Wonders is known by this word, and one expansion to Bang! is called Dodge this. In Carcassonne, this feature can contain pennants and gives 2 points per tile and pennant if it is completed during the game. In another game, this card is upgraded as supply piles run out, giving +2 cards, +2 actions, +1 coin, and +1 buy when two piles are empty. In Settlers of Catan, making one of these costs 3 ore and 2 grain, and they give 2 (*) victory points. Thief: The Dark Project is set in a world known by this name, while Resident Evil takes place in “Raccoon” this and Grand Theft Auto IV takes place in “Liberty” this. For 10 points, name these entities, real world examples of which are San Francisco, Paris, and Philadelphia.ANSWER: the city [accept cities; do not accept or prompt on “town” or “settlement” or other synonyms]18. Christophe Andreani made a game named for a Bubble one of these for the Atari ST. A game named for a Master of them has a final level which is only playable in the US in Steam and Good Old Games releases. Slim Bankshot and Sue Pea are examples of these creatures in one game. In another game, players in multiplayer matches whose kills are attributed to (*) The Guardians, most likely caused by network problems, are called by this term. Angus Mengsk was killed by number 24601 of these. A vehicle by this name’s standard model is the type-32 RAV. Their abilities can be researched at a Covert Ops in Starcraft. Many racing games have a time trial mode where this kind of car races against you. The Covenant’s standard rapid attack vehicle, which is purple and skims above the ground when being used in Halo, shares its name with, for 10 points, what creatures that are vacuumed in Luigi’s Mansion and hunt Pacman?ANSWER: ghosts19. The boss in the flash game You Have to Burn the Rope is called the “grinning” this. A Halo 2 stage of this name contains a long corridor in the center with a gravity lift at one end and an overshield and some giant windows at the other. One character who attempts to defeat these creatures can also eat the tails of white-tailed lizards to increase his stamina gauge. This word’s adjective form is the first word in the title of an adventure game which introduced the word xyzzy and contains the line “You are in a (*) maze of twisty little passages, all alike”. In another game, these creatures have sigils on their bodies that indicate weak points, and the horse Agro helps the protagonist in finding and slaying sixteen of these creatures, the only enemies in the entire game. For 10 points, give this name for the creatures that Wander defeats in a 2005 PlayStation 2 game titled Shadow of the this.ANSWER: colossus [accept colossal or colossi; accept grinning colossus; accept Colossal Cave Adventure; accept Shadow of the Colossus]20. The Game Boy version of this game contains a level in which the player must outrun the Wicked Wurm’s brain in a zigzagging tunnel, and bosses include the Darkling and Sergeant Slaughter. This game’s protagonists enlist the help of Billy and Jimmy Lee to destroy a spaceship in a crossover of this game and Double Dragon. Bosses in this game include Big Blarg and Robo-Manus. One stage in this game involves rappelling down a hole containing ravens and venus flytraps, where it’s possible to turn into a wrecking ball, and another involves riding on snakes that make 90 degree turns. In another stage, the player must outrun a rat by dropping through platforms to defuse a bomb at the bottom. Locations in this game include Wookie Hole, Volkmire’s Inferno, and (*) Turbo Tunnel. In this game, the Dark Queen kidnaps Princess Angelica, and the title characters are Pimple, Rash, and Zitz. For 10 points, name this extremely difficult NES platformer featuring three amphibians.ANSWER: Battletoads21. This song begins with a voice humming the notes G D C B, after which a shaker starts playing. This song’s composer also recorded “Coronation”, which plays during the introduction of the game this song appears in. Both of those songs are the first music Firaxis Games has outsourced. This song appears right before “Mado Kara Mieru” and features the Soweto Gospel Choir as the first song on the album (*) Calling All Dawns. One scene in this song’s music video sees a futuristic spaceship turn into a cave painting. The word “Amina” is sung several times in this song, whose lyrics are taken from the Lord’s Prayer, and this song’s title means “Our Father” in Swahili. At the 2011 Grammy Awards, this Christopher Tin song notably became the first video game piece to ever receive a Grammy. For 10 points, name this menu theme in Civilization IV.ANSWER: “Baba Yetu”1. Rare Ltd. made a lot of good games for the N64. Name some of them, for 10 points each:[10] This platformer contains worlds like Clanker’s Cavern, Freezeezy Peak, and the incredibly annoying Rusty Bucket Bay. The two title characters, a bear and a red bird, collect musical notes and jigsaw pieces, and try to rescue Tooty from Gruntilda.ANSWER: Banjo-Kazooie[10] In this game’s first level, Joanna, an agent of the Carrington Institute, infiltrates Lucerne Tower, the global headquarters of the dataDyne corporation. This game’s multiplayer mode is dubbed the “Combat Simulator” and contains scenarios like “Hold the Briefcase” and “Pop a Cap”.ANSWER: Perfect Dark[10] In this game, the player must free every single Tribal and find 12 parts of a spaceship. This game’s title group consists of Juno, Vela, and Lupus, who try to defeat Mizar.ANSWER: Jet Force Gemini2. One devastating combo in this game involves having a hand of only King’s Court, Goons, and Masquerade. For 10 points each:[10] Name this card game set in medieval times where players try to get the most victory points, which can be done so by buying Estates, Duchies, and Provinces.ANSWER: Dominion[10] This most recent Dominion expansion has an option to replace the starting estates with Shelter cards instead. This expansion also introduces a Ruins pile and a Knight pile.ANSWER: Dominion: Dark Ages[10] This card, released in Dark Ages, is the only one for which there are twenty copies in the supply pile, as opposed to the usual ten. Playing this card makes you gain another copy of this card and trash a card from your hand that is different from this card.ANSWER: Rats3. Name some things about the Evo 2012 tournament, for 10 points each:[10] In the tournament of the “Super” version of the fourth game in this series, Infiltration beat GamerBee in the grand finals. Characters in this series of fighting games include Guile and Ryu.ANSWER: Street Fighter [accept Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition][10] In the Street Fighter top 8, Poongko, who plays this character, lost 2-0 to Xiaohai, which was somewhat disappointing given that in 2011, Poongko used this character to completely destroy Daigo in winner’s semis. This character has the lowest hit points of any playable character in Super Street Fighter IV.ANSWER: Seth[10] At the Evo pre-tournament show, Floe played a “Gaiden” version of this game designed by Kayin O’Reilly. This platformer contains many unfair elements like apples that fall up, and bosses in this game include Mecha Birdo and Kraidgief.ANSWER: I Wanna Be the Guy [or IWBTG]4. In the past year, quite a few famous game developers have been using Kickstarter as a method of funding. Name some things about crowd-funded games, for 10 points each:[10] Double Fine Productions, which was founded by this man, used Kickstarter to raise over 3 million dollars for the game Double Fine Adventure, becoming the most successful project at that time. This man also designed Grim Fandango and Psychonauts.ANSWER: Tim Schafer[10] Andrew Hussie used Kickstarter to fund a video game based on this webcomic on MS Paint Adventures. This webcomic begins with John Egbert receiving a copy of the game Sburb.ANSWER: Homestuck[10] This other Kickstarter-funded game has the player control a spaceship through eight sectors while trying to stay out of rebel space. Ships in this game include the Kestrel and the Osprey.ANWER: FTL: Faster Than Light5. This character has stolen the entire fishing fleet of Iceland, the Eiffel Tower, and the Mason-Dixon Line. For 10 points each:[10] Name this leader of V.I.L.E., the main villain in a series of educational computer games, one of which is titled Where in The World is this person.ANSWER: Carmen Sandiego [accept either][10] Br?derbund, the company behind the Carmen Sandiego games, also created a game about these things whose feet can consist of pink shoes, roller skates, wheels, propellers, or a spring. In one puzzle, these things must make pizzas with toppings that will satisfy three trolls named Arno, Willa, and Shyler.ANSWER: Zoombinis[10] Br?derbund also published this point-and-click adventure game in which the player explores a deserted island and travels through different Ages. This game has sequels subtitled Riven, Exile, Revelation, and End of Ages.ANSWER: Myst6. In one game, this accessory acts as the second player and can move spinning tops to press the A and B buttons, which lowers red and blue gates. For 10 points each:[10] Name this accessory which is only usable for two games: Gyromite and Stack-Up.ANSWER: R.O.B. [or Robotic Operating Buddy][10] R.O.B. is an accessory for this console. Other games for this console include Excitebike, Ice Climber, and Super Mario Bros., and this console was succeeded by a “Super” one.ANSWER: Nintendo Entertainment System [do not accept “Super Nintendo Entertainment System” or “SNES”][10] This other NES accessory can be worn on the player’s arm, and using it requires three ultrasonic sensors placed around the TV. In the film The Wizard, Lucas notably states that he loves this accessory and “It’s so bad”, which was funny because this accessory was actually really terrible.ANSWER: Power Glove7. In one game, this man gives Solid Snake some rations, Sniper Wolf’s handkerchief, and a ketchup bottle which Snake uses as fake blood. For 10 points each:[10] Name this lead engineer on the Metal Gear REX project whose nickname comes from his fondness for anime.ANSWER: Hal Emmerich [accept either; accept Otacon][10] Hal Emmerich received a PhD from this university, which was also where Mei Ling was enrolled. Another graduate from this university is the protagonist of the Half-Life series, Gordon Freeman.ANSWER: Massachusetts Institute of Technology[10] In Metal Gear Solid 4, Hal Emmerich creates a miniature Metal Gear, dubbed Metal Gear Mk. II, to help Snake. One of its uses is to carry weapons between Snake and this gun launderer. This man owns a monkey named Little Gray and loves drinking Narc soda, and weapons can be bought from him with his namesake points.ANSWER: Drebin 8938. Name some board and card games about space exploration, for 10 points each:[10] During every turn in this card game, players simultaneously choose one of five phases: Explore, Develop, Settle, Consume, or Produce, and all chosen phases are carried out. Expansions for this game include The Gathering Storm and Rebel vs. Imperium.ANSWER: Race for the Galaxy [accept RftG; prompt on “Race”][10] In this board game, players use a common set of component tiles including cabins, engines, lasers, shields, and batteries to build ships. During flight, players try to earn cosmic credits while attempting to avoid hazards like meteors and pirates.ANSWER: Galaxy Trucker[10] This board game has the expansions Shattered Empire and Shards of the Throne. During each turn, players choose from strategies like Initiative, Diplomacy, or Political, and must complete public and secret objectives to earn victory points.ANSWER: Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition9. Iron-bellied eaters battle it out to see who can slurp down the most Hotfish and Negg Stew every day at 2 pm NST in Warf Wharf. For 10 points each:[10] This takes place at Food Club, one of the minigames in this online game universe.ANSWER: [or Neopia][10] In Food Club, Gooblah the Grarrl’s favorite foods are in this category. In Kingdom of Loathing, this serves as the currency, and in a game with this kind of food in its name, the namesake character has to rescue Bandage Girl from Dr. Fetus.ANSWER: Meat [accept Super Meat Boy][10] This is the course that Scurvy Dan the Blade most often wins with at Food Club. In one Pokémon Stadium minigame, Lickitungs race to eat as many of this type of food as they can.ANSWER: Sushi [accept sushi-go-round]10. One way to encounter this Pokémon is by talking to the old man in Viridian City and then flying to Cinnabar Island and surfing along its coast. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this glitch Pokémon.ANSWER: Missingno.[10] A glitch in Super Mario 64 allows the player to perform this technique which makes Mario slide extremely quickly. This technique allows the player to reach the top of the endless staircase with less than 70 stars.ANSWER: backwards long jump [accept BLJ, prompt on partial answer][10] This arcade game uses a 1-byte level counter, so its 256th level is impossible to beat due to a glitch occurring from the overflow. As a result, a perfect score in this game is 3,333,360 points, which was first achieved by Billy Mitchell, though David Race currently holds the record for fastest time to achieve that score.ANSWER: Pac-Man11. For 10 points each, name these Maxis games.[10] This Maxis game is the best-selling PC game in history. It has expansions including House Party, which lets you hold parties and gatherings, and Unleashed, which lets you keep pets. In the Unleashed expansion, cats and dogs are treated like the namesake characters, while other pets are just objects.ANSWER: The Sims [accept The Sims: House Party or The Sims: Unleashed, do not accept “The Sims 2” or other sequels][10] This game was released by Maxis for free. In one Ctrl-Alt-Del comic, the narrator plays this in the first panel, and then in the last panel, encounters some oversized genetalia as a result of another player breaking the game’s terms of service. ANSWER: Spore Creature Creator [begrudgingly prompt on “Spore”][10] In this racing-combat game, you can explore the cities you made in SimCity 2000. Missions in the game include Zippy’s Courier Service, and Granny’s Wild Ride, in which Granny discovers plans for an alien invasion of your city. This game was one of the few Maxis games that Will Wright did not work on.ANSWER: Streets of SimCity12. This character sees Sunny bullied while in the Chunky Burger, and when Joe Chin bursts in, this character thinks “I need to become a hero, too!” For 10 points each:[10] Name this character who later learns lessons from Chop Chop Master Onion, Instructor Mooselini, and Prince Fleaswallow in order to impress Sunny Funny. This character’s motto is “I gotta believe!”ANSWER: PaRappa the Rapper[10] PaRappa learns how to make one of these objects by watching Cheap Cheap’s cooking show. In Portal, Chell is repeatedly promised one of these objects after completing the test chambers, but it turns out that this object “is a lie”.ANSWER: cakes[10] In PaRappa the Rapper, the player’s performance is rated as Awful, Bad, Good, or this highest ranking which is only achievable by freestyling. It’s not “attractive”, but this adjective also appears in the title of a point-and-click adventure developed by TellTale games and starring Strong Bad.ANSWER: cool [that game is Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People]13. In one game, this character attempts to find the six Chaos Emeralds on South Island. For 10 points each:[10] Name this extremely fat scientist, the antagonist in almost every game featuring Sonic the Hedgehog.ANSWER: Doctor Ivo Robotnik [accept Doctor Eggman][10] In this game, Doctor Robotnik convinces Knuckles that Sonic is trying to steal the Master Emerald. Locations in this game include Icecap Zone and Hydrocity Zone. The events in this game take place right before Sonic & Knuckles.ANSWER: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 [accept Sonic 3, do not accept or prompt on any other Sonic game][10] It is likely that Michael Jackson helped compose music for Sonic 3, even though he is not explicitly credited anywhere. One piece of evidence is that the Sonic 3 credits song is very similar to this Michael Jackson single which mentions an “armageddon of the brain” and notes that “happy days will drown the pain”.ANSWER: “Stranger in Moscow”14. Minty and Gloyd are the fastest racers in this game, in which the Frosty Rally courses have cherry bombs lining both sides of the track. For 10 points each:[10] Name this 1997 game that was first released at Litwak’s arcade, in which fourteen girls might race against Turbo, described as “the most hyperactive drive of your life.”ANSWER: Sugar Rush[10] This bad guy of the 1982 arcade game Fix-It Felix Jr. visits Sugar Rush to help the Sarah Silverman-voiced Vanellope in a recent namesake Disney movie.ANSWER: Wreck-it Ralph[10] In the movie, Ralph steals two cherries from Pac-Man, and gives one of them to the namesake character of this game. The goal of this real 1982 arcade game is to change the color of every cube in a pyramid while avoiding the Coilys, Uggs, Wrong-Ways, Slicks, and Sams.ANSWER: Q*bert15. This game has a staggering 989 worlds, and a funny terrain in this game known as Cake Land replaces followers with mice trying to set a tablecloth. For 10 points:[10] Identify this 1989 game developed by Bullfrog Productions and designed by Peter Molyneux in which the player acts as a deity who can shape the terrain. The goal is to have your followers defeat those led by an evil deity.ANSWER: Populous[10] Peter Molyneux also helped design this 2004 action RPG set in Albion, in which the Hero of Oakvale attempts to defeat the Jack of Blades. One notable feature in this game is that the player has many choices to do good or evil, and the player’s actions affect his alignment, in turn affecting his reputation and appearance.ANSWER: Fable[10] Lionhead Studios, which developed Fable, was acquired by this company in 2006. This company also established 343 Industries after splitting with Bungie.ANSWER: Microsoft Game Studios16. The soundtrack to this game was composed by Magnus Palsson and contains songs like “Passion for Exploring” and “Pressure Cooker”. For 10 points each:[10] Name this platformer by Terry Cavanagh in which Captain Viridian loses his crew when his ship teleports to an alternate dimension. One part of this game is referred to as “Veni Vidi Vici” and is notoriously difficult because it involves moving up and down through six screens, all filled with spikes.ANSWER: VVVVVV [be lenient and accept anything that has to do with the letter V][10] In VVVVVV, this is the total number of trinkets in the main game. In completely unrelated news, this is also the number of sides on a die which is commonly used in Dungeons and Dragons to resolve actions.ANSWER: 20[10] This other Terry Cavanagh game begins and ends with a man standing at a grave during a rain shower. This flash game is based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.ANSWER: Don’t Look Back17. Levels in this game include Around the World in 80 Bites, where you compete in the Duff Ultimate Eating Challenge, and Mob Rules, where you form mobs to fight against the new violent video game, Grand Theft Scratchy. For 10 points each:[10] Name this 2007 game, named after the television series it comes from, in which the title characters learn they have super powers from reading the game’s manual, and travel to parodies of other games to obtain key cards.ANSWER: The Simpsons Game [prompt on partial][10] In this other game, Mr. Burns has purchased all the buses in the city and converted them into hazardous nuclear-powered vehicles, and the citizens of Springfield need to raise a million dollars to stop him. SEGA sued the game’s creators, since the game is a patent infringement of Crazy Taxi.ANSWER: The Simpsons: Road Rage[10] This character drives the Sedan in The Simpsons: Road Rage, and all the orcs in the NeverQuest level of The Simpsons Game look like him.ANSWER: Moe Szyslak [accept either] 18. Name some things related to trolling in World of Warcraft, for 10 points each:[10] One way to troll involves performing this action on a boss to bring it to a heavily populated city, hilariously causing many unsuspecting players to die. This action involves keeping the boss at a distance while luring it in the player’s direction.ANSWER: kiting [accept kite][10] In a famous video, this person shouts his name really loudly and charges into a chamber, causing his party to wipe. At the end, he says, “At least I have chicken.”ANSWER: Leeroy Jenkins [accept Ben Schulz; accept LEEROOOOOOOOOOOOY JEEEEENKIIIIIIIIIIINS][10] In a namesake incident, it was discovered that this debuff spell could be taken out of the Zul’Gurub instance by giving it to a hunter pet. Because this plague periodically inflicts damage and can spread between players, many trolls spread it around large cities.ANSWER: Corrupted Blood [accept Corrupted Blood incident]19. Alvin and Dexter can cause cities to be in chaos in one expansion of this game. For 10 points each:[10] Name this transportation-related board game, other expansions of which include one which replaces cards with dice, and three Map Collections.ANSWER: Ticket To Ride [accept Ticket To Ride: Alvin & Dexter or Ticket To Ride Dice Expansion][10] You slide cars and trucks around in this game played on a 6 by 6 grid, in which the goal is to let the red car escape.ANSWER: Rush Hour[10] The battleship, wheelbarrow, thimble, and top hat are some tokens in this game, although everyone’s favorite method of getting to Boardwalk is, of course, the car.ANSWER: Monopoly20. Taipei Assassins won the Season 2 World Championship in this game. For the stated points:[10] For 10 points, name this multiplayer online battle arena game inspired by DotA and developed by Riot Games. Players in this game are known as Summoners.ANSWER: League of Legends[5 or 10] There are four items in League of Legends that give +5 gold per 10 seconds. Name any three for 10 points, or name one for 5 points.ANSWER: Avarice Blade, Heart of Gold, Philosopher’s Stone, Kage’s Lucky Pick[10] For 10 points, after the Shadow Isles patch, the most powerful monster on the Twisted Treeline map changed from this monster to Vilemaw. This dragon is also known as the “Terror of Zaun”.ANSWER: Ebonmaw ................
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