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Roundabout Trivia (Pi Day, Thursday, March 14th)


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I'll just post here since no one replied to me on a chat that doesn't exist:


LF People to geek out with me on Pi Day!

 

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Date/Time: Pi Day, Thursday, 14th March

                     15:00 PDT | 18:00 EDT | 22:00 UTC 

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Location: Channel 3

 

Explanation: A Host will post a Pokemon related trivia question in Channel Chat at the beginning of each round. The first player to answer correctly will win the prize for that round.

                     3 levels of difficulty: Easy, Medium & Hard.

                     14 questions in total (6 Easy, 4 Medium and 4 Hard questions)

 

Prizes:

Easy: 100,000 Pokeyen

Medium: 150,000 Pokeyen

Hard: 200,000 Pokeyen

 

And, since it's Pi Day, I'm throwing in a bonus radial prize for whoever wins the most rounds:

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GIFT Jumpluff

Your choice of nature, four moves, with IVs 3x31 & 3x30

Yup, you get a chance to win a Pokemon that's four whole circles!

 

Rules:

  • Event-related information will be shared via Channel Chat.
  • The first player to post the correct answer in Channel Chat will win the round.
  • Answers must be given in English language and with correct spelling to be accepted as valid.
  • In the event of a tie for the highest score, rounds of higher difficulty will be weighed more than rounds of lower difficulty. If players are still tied, there will be a tiebreaker question.
  • Any players found to be exhibiting disruptive or inappropriate behavior will be barred from using channel chat for the duration of the event.
  • Any attempt to cheat in any way will result in disqualification from the entire event.

No signups/registration are required, so just turn up and participate!

 

Hosts: Dibz, Linfanz

GM: Jerryzoo 

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Thank you so much for playing this event, I'm so happy so many of you came and played!!! I hope all of you enjoyed it as much as we did hosting it ^_^ 

Thank you again, I genuinely had a great time. Happy Pi Day you QTπ's! 

 

 

And here are our winners!

 

Easy: 

ClassyDragon

PotatoApol

Tikdatnekkiedoor

@CharaLaCucharaah

Pingomon

@BoltBlades12

Regular:

@cacot

Macicboy

BrunoMarin

@CharaLaCucharaah

 

Hard:

@MightyBoxer

ClassyDragon

Tikdatnekkiedoor

@SerpentLord

 

And our overall champion that won the tiebreaker and took home the radi(c)al prize: ClassyDragon!

 

Congratulations again, winners. And thank you everyone for playing! Also, a special thanks to @Jerryzoo and @Linfanz for helping me host this, and @Bearminator for his cameo. ♥

 

Happy Pi Day, nerds. Looking forward to geeking out with all of you again ^_^

 

If anyone's interested in the questions we asked, here they are, along with the answers and sources to them:

Spoiler

Low Difficulty

 

Question 1:

What was the first Pokemon ever designed?
A: Rhydon

Source

 

Question 2:

What is the only Pokemon in PokeMMO other than Zigzagoon that can keep the Pickup ability when they evolve?
A: Aipom

Source

 

Question 3:

What were the first two legendary Pokemon that weren’t genderless?
A: Latias and Latios

Source

 

Question 4:

Name the two slowest Pokemon in PokeMMO according to their base speed.
A: Shuckle/Munchlax [both of them have base speed of 5]

Source (sort by speed)

 

Question 5:

There are two types that have more weaknesses than any other type of Pokemon. Can you name one of them?
A: Grass or Rock [each of them has 5 weaknesses, yet a grass/rock dual-type would have 3 weaknesses #FunFactsWithDibz]

Source

 

Question 6:

What currently implemented type combination in PokeMMO has 0 weaknesses?
A: Dark/Ghost [Sableye is currently the only Pokemon with that combo]

Source (very last entry)

 

Regular Difficulty

 

Question 1:

 

In the main games prior to Gen 6 (and currently in PokeMMO), there is a Pokemon that sometimes changes gender when it evolves. What is it? 
A: Azurill [A female Azurill has a 1/3 chance of evolving into a male Marill]

Source (PokeMMO mechanic confirmed by testing, though it might change in the future to keep up with current mechanics)

 

Question 2:

Does Hoothoot have one or two feet?
A: Two [Despite most sprites showing just one foot. Hoothoot's Pokedex entries say it usually stands on one foot at a time and switches between them too fast for the human eye.]

Source 1Source 2

 

Question 3:

Name one of the lightest Pokemon ever, according to the Pokedex:
A: Gastly/Haunter [I would've also accepted Flabebe, Cosmog or Kartana]

Source

 

Question 4:

When a confused Pokemon hurts itself, is causes damage as if it were attacking itself using a physical move with a base power of what?
A: 40

Source

 

High Difficulty

 

Question 1:

There are two Pokemon who have base stat totals of 360 because of their relation to circles. Can you name (one of) them?
A: Spinda, Whirlipede

SourceSource 2 (last line)

 

Question 2:

Roughly how many variations of patterns can there be on a Spinda in main series games? (approximation of either answer is correct)
A: 4 billion [4,294,967,295 to be exact (not counting shinies)]

Source

 

Question 3:

What is Brock's last name?
A: Harrison

Source

 

Question 4:

If there was a Pokemon that was somehow a combination of all 18 existing types, it would still have one weakness. What type would still be super effective against it? 
A: Rock type

Source (easy to work out on your own from a type effectiveness chart too)

 

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See you a-round!

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