A Trivial Showdown: Volume 4

By Instant Apple Pie and kevinrocks. Art by Bummer.
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Welcome to the fourth 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
kevinrocks - 44 points
GoodMorningEspeon - 44 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 on the following questions!

Trivia

Easy

  1. This user was in second place on the PS Scavengers room's oldest leaderboard when it ended.
  2. This user is the PS Global Moderator with the shortest name.
  3. This user made the Charizards background for PS.
  4. This user is the PS Administrator with the shortest name.
  5. This user was the main author of the PS Roomauth Guide.

Medium

  1. Avatar number 98 on PS depicts this Pokémon character.
  2. This user has had at least three custom avatars on PS, none of which featured a Pokémon.
  3. This word is used to signal the signup phase of a game in the PS Trivia room.
  4. This is the only move programmed into PS that doesn't have its max PP.

Hard

  1. This PS Global Moderator's Christmas avatar features Hatsune Miku.
  2. Of the BW-style animated sprites on PS, this Pokémon's sprite has the biggest file size.
  3. This user is the former PS Global Moderator with the most likes on Smogon.

Puzzles

Question: Hint

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

  1. _ _ _ _ L _ _ _ E _: PS public room.
  2. _ K _ _ _ _ _ _ _: Thanked on the PS Credits page.
  3. _ _ _ _ _ E _: Leader on PS.
  4. _ _ _ O _: Former Global Moderator on PS.
  5. _ _ X _ _ /_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _: Global Voice on PS.

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

  1. Laden Nerds: A room on PS.
  2. A Cleopatra Pen: An Other Meta.
  3. Hate Catnip: A global staff member on PS.
  4. Focal Waterpower: A PS Global Voice and a public room they own.

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. Center + Award: Battle format on PS.
  2. Impair + Letter: PS global staff member.
  3. Pronoun + Animal: PS Global Voice.

Bonus Question! - Combo Question. Follow the clues to reach a final answer!

1) Find the former PS Administrator/Leader with the fewest posts on the Smogon Forums and then find the user who posted the first VM on their profile. Take the National Pokédex number of the Pokémon in their avatar and add to it the TM number of Sleep Talk in Generation VI. Then find the Pokémon with the National Pokédex number of your result, and find the user who has that Pokémon in their PS custom avatar and whose name starts with a letter in the second half of the alphabet. Find the issue of The Player in which this user was interviewed and find the user whose name was mentioned the most in the Contributors section of that issue. Then multiply the number of times that user was mentioned by the number of votes that user received in the poll about the best custom avatar on PS. The final answer is the Pokémon whose weight in pounds is closest to that number.

We hope you enjoyed the fourth 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; we don't judge! 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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