ScaledCon pub quiz answers

Questions...

Answers! Did you do better than the winning score of 22 1/2?

RPGs

1: Dungeons & Dragons and Critical Role present the Explorer’s Guide To... where?
Wildemount

2: The second edition of Cyberpunk is set in the futuristic year 2020. When is the first edition set?
2013

3: The ALIEN RPG describes two game modes in the core rules. One is Campaign and the other?
Cinematic

4: Paris and The Wars are the first two of the four settings for which Gumshoe RPG?
The Yellow King

5: These character playbooks appear in which game - Cutter, Hound, Leech, Lurk, Slide, Spider and Whisper?
Blades In The Dark

6: True or false: the Shadowrun Sixth World Beginners Box contents list includes “And of course, handfuls of D6s”?
True


Board, Card and War Games

1: Scoundrel, Brute, Cragheart and Mindthief are characters in which tile-based adventure game?
Gloomhaven

2: The latest sanctioned Magic: The Gathering set is Theros – Beyond Death. What is the latest set?
Unsanctioned

3: Which wargame setting is home to Blackstone Fortress?
Warhammer 40,000 (though the gameline Warhammer Quest, so would also accept that)

4: In Cluedo, in 2016 Mrs. White was replaced by (a) Ms. Lily (b) Dr. Orchid or (c) Mamselle Mauve?
(b) Dr. Orchid

5: Which of these is not a Codenames game? Disney Family Edition, Harry Potter, Marvel, or Star Wars?
Star Wars

6: The Scots Guards, 6th Caledonian Infantry Regiment are a unit in the Ariadna faction in which SF wargame?
Infinity


Film and TV

1: This year’s Doctor Who season premiere shares its name with which card game?
Spyfall

2: Terminator: Dark Fate discounts every film since Terminator 2. How many is that?
Three

3: In The Mandalorian, who plays IG-11?
Taika Waititi

4: Who voices Detective Pikachu?
Ryan Reynolds

5: In Stranger Things, the kids called the first monster Demogorgon. What did they call the lead monster in Stranger Things 2?
The Mind Flayer

6: In Avengers Infinity War, a poster in Edinburgh’s Husnu takeaway offers to deep fry... what?

Books and Comics

1: The Shadow Saint is the follow-up to Gareth Hanrahan’s first novel. What is it called?
The Gutter Prayer

2: What is Kamala Khan better known as?
Ms. Marvel

3: James S. A. Corey, creator of The Expanse, is actually how many writers?
Two

4: N. K. Jemisin’s first collection of short stories is How Long Till... when?
Black Future Month?

5: When 2000 A.D. launched in 1977, Judge Dredd was initially set in which year?
2099

6: Malorie Blackman’s alternative history novel, adapted by the BBC, is named after which game?
Noughts And Crosses


And They Call It... The Internet!

1: Which GURPS book led to Steve Jackson Games being raided by the Secret Service as suspected hackers?
Cyberpunk

2: The Virtual Adepts are a Tradition in which World Of Darkness game?
Mage: The Ascension

3: After Batgirl, Barbara Gordon took on a new alias as a hacker, what was it?
Oracle

4: Which card game moved setting from Cyberpunk 2020 in its first version to Android in its second?
Netrunner

5: Which band provided the soundtrack for Tron Legacy?
Daft Punk

6: In Buffy The Vampire Slayer, who accidentally released Moloch the Corrupter onto the internet?
Willow

1: Starfinder
2: The Fall Of Delta Green
3: Trinity Continuum
4: Tales From The Loop
5: Spire: The City Must Fall
6: Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play