Quizzening: Sidekick Special

Radiant · Fri 02/06/2006 10:14:42

As discussed here and here, there seems to be sufficient interest in having a Trivia Quiz. Hence, I'm going to post some questions to get people going.

The Rules (tm)
* This is a quiz about adventure gaming trivia. Each installment has about a dozen questions with a common theme, about well-known adventure games, either classics or from the more famous "indie" games. Suggested themes include but are not limited to inventory items, music, easter eggs or forest creatures.
* Each question is worth two points if correct, one for a partial answer, and three if you have a better answer than the person who made up the question.
* This thread is for hints and feedback, as well as noting your participation. Please send answers by PM to prevent people from peeking. The quizmaster will post all answers when the quiz ends.
* As with most activities, the winner of this quiz will be the quizmaster of the next one. In case of a tie, the person who submitted earlier is considered the winner.
* I'm setting a deadline of a week, then give me a few days to look over all answers, and give the winner a few days to come up with something new. The result should be a biweekly quiz, or thereabouts.

This week's Quizzening: Sidekick Special
I'm naming twelve sidekicks (and I use the term loosely, although they all more-or-less help you during a game) and twelve attributes. Match each sidekick to the corresponding attribute, and to the game it appears in.

Example: Cedric -- you have to rescue him twice but he never helps you -- KQV

The sidekicks:
1.Charlie
2.Hetchell
3.Jake
4.Keith
5.Marty
6.Roget
7.Participle
8.Spike
9.Sushi
10.Ted
11.Trottier
12.Xavi

The attributes:
A.Always wrapped up
B.Bedside companion
C.Chain smoker
D.Green-skinned
E.Found among trash
F.Hard of hearing
G.Just hangs around
H.Long lost sibling
I.Old foster parent
J.Partner who lets you do all the work
K.Purple-skinned
L.Scared scholar

Anym · Fri 02/06/2006 16:27:40

Hmmmm, this looks hard. I think I can only name one or two from the top of my head. I'll have to think about it over the weekend.

Other than that, I think you should state the deadline explictly and there should be a rule against using search engines. Sure, you can't enforce it, but cheaters would have to live with their conscience. Unless, of course, you're confident that your quiz is Google-proof and want people to try.

Radiant · Fri 02/06/2006 18:11:08

Good point. Scanning the web for walkthroughs is cheating (although I doubt that these names are particularly locatable through google).

Last day for entries is Sunday, June 11th (giving people some more time because of the festivities this weekend).

If more people think this is hard, I'll post some hints in a day or two (the names of the games in question would help, I suppose).

Steel Drummer · Fri 02/06/2006 18:41:12

dang! I've never heard of any of those characters

Khris · Fri 02/06/2006 18:56:45

[ot]You forgot to mention that the graphics of radiant's post are bad, and that yours were horrible too, but you've improved a lot.[/ot]

Hmm...4/12, thats 33% for me. This doesn't justify a PM

Really hard, but also a very nice idea.

Hammerite · Fri 02/06/2006 22:08:11

Quote from: KhrisMUC on Fri 02/06/2006 18:56:45
[ot]You forgot to mention that the graphics of radiant's post are bad, and that yours were horrible too, but you've improved a lot.[/ot]

lol!

sergiocornaga · Sun 04/06/2006 05:29:55

Where's Joey?

Radiant · Tue 06/06/2006 22:36:13

Okay, since this turns out to be harder than I expected, here's the list of games involved...

Day of the Tentacle
Gold Rush
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
King's Quest VI
Larry Vales
Loom
Monkey Island II
Police Quest II
Quest for Glory II
Space Quest 0: Replicated
Space Quest V
Zak McKracken

Five of the sidekicks are human.
Three are somewhat human, but not entirely so.
Four are animals, only one of which actually exists irl.

Radiant · Wed 07/06/2006 08:53:22

KhrisMUC and Redwall, thanks for your reactions.

Radiant · Mon 12/06/2006 08:26:48

Okay, that concludes this Quizzening. The winner is KhrisMUC with thirteen points. That means he gets to make up the next one. I think this one was a bit on the hard side, that may be a recommendation for the future.

And here are the answers...

1.Charlie
J.Partner who lets you do all the work
From Larry Vales; he's Larry's partner who spends all day in the hotel room and casino.

2.Hetchell
I.Old foster parent
Dame Hetchell is Bobbin's caretaker in LOOM.

3.Jake
H.Long lost sibling
Jerrod Wilson's brother in Gold Rush.

4.Keith
C.Chain smoker
Sonny's police partner in Police Quest II, who frankly isn't all that useful either.

5.Marty
F.Hard of hearing
Maaaad Marty, the laundry man in Monkey Island II.

6.Roget
D.Green-skinned
Roget the Saurus, your trusty companion (and lost prince) from Quest for Glory II.

7.Participle
G.Just hangs around
The Dangling Participle from King's Quest VI.

8.Spike
E.Found among trash
The acidic alien critter from Space Quest V.

9.Sushi
B.Bedside companion
Zak McKracken's dear little gold fish.

10.Ted
A.Always wrapped up
Dead Cousin Ted, from Day of the Tentacle (and also from Maniac Mansion, although he doesn't help you in that game).

11.Trottier
L.Scared scholar
In Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, he's the French guy who owns one of the disks.

12.Xavi
K.Purple-skinned
The alien babe from Space Quest Zero.

Khris · Mon 12/06/2006 15:36:33

Cool, I'll think of something. Expect the thread to appear within the next two days.