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             ANSWERS TO THE INFOCOM TRIVIA QUIZ
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Continued from last issue

I.    Identify the following:

     1.    (Floyd's real "name" in PLANETFALL)
     2.    (Destroyed mansion in ENCHANTER)
     3.    (Language that the button instructions are written in
           in ZORK II)
     4.    (Company that Topaz worked for as a cover in
           BORDER ZONE)
     5.    (Soccer team in A MIND FOREVER VOYAGING)
     6.    (Where the clue jewels came from in SHERLOCK)
     7.    (Steve Meretzky's moniker in PLANETFALL and
           SORCERER)
     8.    (What the Freezone explosive is made of in
           STATIONFALL)
     9.    (Main characters in all 4 of Meretzky's ZORK
           DECISION BOOKS)
    10.    (Ancient religion from ZORK 0)
    11.    (Orange potion in SORCERER that obviates need for
           breathing)
    12.    (Passage from the black book in ZORK 1)
    13.    (Starting point of your expedition in INFIDEL)
    14.    (Platypus princess in WISHBRINGER)
    15.    (Inscription on Jamison's ring in PLUNDERED
           HEARTS
    16.    (A business in the sample database in
           CORNERSTONE)
    17.    (Friendly scientist in BATTLETECH: THE CRESCENT
           HAWK'S INCEPTION)
    18.    (Topaz's Frobnian cover identity in BORDER ZONE)
    19.    (English pub in THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE
           GALAXY)
    20.    (One of Dimwit Flathead's counselors from ZORK
           ZERO)
    21.    (Female character in QUARTERSTAFF: THE TOMB
           OF SETMOTH)
    22.    (Wood from Venus used to build the Hickory Dickory
           Dock in LGOP)
    23.    (L.A. suburb where THE WITNESS takes place)
    24.    (Character in Craig Shaw Gardner's WISHBRINGER
           novel)
    25.    (Giant Spider in STARCROSS, also the merchant in
           ZORKQUEST 1)
    26.    (Non-existent character mentioned in PLANETFALL
           InvisiClues Book)
    27.    (Another name for King Arthur in ARTHUR: THE
           QUEST FOR EXCALIBUR)
    28.    (Your London home in PLUNDERED HEARTS)
    29.    (The rescue ship in PLANETFALL)
    30.    (Guildmasters who speak at the beginning of
           SPELLBREAKER)
    31.    (Your hotel in CUTTHROATS)
    32.    (Real name of Chuckles, the kidnapper in
           BALLYHOO)
    33.    First resident of Mars in LEATHER GODDESSES OF
           PHOBOS
    34.    (Body of water near your lab in SEASTALKER)
    35.    (Characters in the cartoon on the back of all four
           INFOCOMICS)
    36.    (Site of the "Eat Your Words" portion of NORD AND
           BERT)
    37.    (Name of the Gold Machine in ZORK III)
    38.    (Cookie's real name in Plundered Hearts)
    39.    (Villain in BUREAUCRACY)
    40.    (Cough medicine in cabinet in DEADLINE)
    41.    (Title of the paperback book in TRINITY)
    42.    (Winners of the Solar Series in LANE MASTODON
           VS. THE BLUBBERMEN)
    43.    (A Portuguese Priest in SHOGUN)
    44.    (Freeman Linder's company in THE WITNESS)
    45.    (Home of Mr. Anderson, from the matchbook cover in
           ZORK 1)
    46.    (Buddy Burbank's lost film masterpiece in
           HOLLYWOOD HIJINX)
    47.    (Owner of Zork's white house in ZORK: THE FORCES
           OF KRILL novel)
    48.    (A drink in THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE
           GALAXY)
    49.    (Friendly wizard in JOURNEY)
    50.    (Oz-like land in BEYOND ZORK)
    51.    (Vital component of the Super-Duper-Anti-Leather
           Goddesses of Phobos Attack machine in LEATHER GODDESSES
           OF PHOBOS)
    52.    (Site of the pet store in MOONMIST)
    53.    (Random wandering denizen in FOOBLITZKY)
    54.    (Favorite treat of night gaunts in ZORKQUEST I)
    55.    (Security Guards for the LEATHER GODDESSES OF
           PHOBOS)
    56.    (Nickname of Bozbarland in SORCERER's
           Encyclopedia Frobozzica)
    57.    (Genetic component of the Snark in SEASTALKER)
    58.    (Owner of the gold coffin in ZORK 1)
    59.    (Veronica Ashcroft's horse show entry in SUSPECT)
    60.    (Biological metaphor for the pyramid's function in
           STATIONFALL)
    61.    (A comic strip in Zork 0)
    62.    (Number of leaves in Zork I and Leather Goddesses of
           Phobos)
    63.    (Name on the crypt in TRINITY)
    64.    (Previous central brain in SUSPENDED)
    65.    (A silver coin worth less than 1 zm, in THE LOST CITY
           OF ZORK novel)
    66.    (Craige's client in INFIDEL)
    67.    (Junk food in THE LURKING HORROR)
    68.    (Perelman's partner in A MIND FOREVER VOYAGING)
    69.    (Foreman of the Frobozz Magic Cave Company in
           ZORK II)
    70.    ("Predict weather w/50% accuracy" spell in Bailey's
           ENCHANTER novel)
    71.    (Password to return to the endgame area in ZORK III)
    72.    (Legendary sword of Entharion from ZORK ZERO)
    73.    (Makers of the Boysenberry computer in
           BUREAUCRACY)
    74.    (Medicine used to treat accelerated heartbeat in
           SHERLOCK
    75.    (Brand of beer in the mayor's house in NORD AND
           BERT)

II. General questions:

    76.    LGOP, Starcross (documentation), Wishbringer
           (arcade game), and LANE MASTODON VS. THE BLUBBERMEN
    77.    Orcs of Zork, according to SORCERER's infotater.
    78.    Interlogic games.
    79.    MOONMIST, Green Variation. On the computer in the
           office.
    80.    Frotz me. This will make it impossible to find the
           proper portrait in the gallery.
    81.    Belwit the Flat, on the coin included with THE ZORK
           TRILOGY.
    82.    THE WITNESS.
    83.    Twelve. Zork 0, Zork 1, Zork 2, Zork 3, Beyond Zork,
           Enchanter, Sorcerer, Spellbreaker, Wishbringer,
           Starcross, Planetfall, and Stationfall. The last three
           are included because they feature Grues, which ONLY
           appear in the Zork Universe.
    84.    In SUSPENDED.
    85.    In INFIDEL.

III. Locations:

    86.    (SUSPECT)
    87.    (THE WITNESS)
    88.    (INFIDEL)
    89.    (DEADLINE)
    90.    (LEATHER GODDESSES OF PHOBOS)
    91.    (A MIND FOREVER VOYAGING)
    92.    (TRINITY)
    93.    (HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE, MOONMIST, and ARTHUR)
    94.    (TRINITY and SHERLOCK)
    95.    (SHOGUN)

IV. First sentences:

    96.    (BEYOND ZORK)
    97.    (BUREAUCRACY)
    98.    (HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE)
    99.    (HOLLYWOOD HIJINX)
   100.    (LURKING HORROR)
   101.    (PLUNDERED HEARTS)
   102.    (SORCERER)
   103.    (SUSPECT)
   104.    (SUSPENDED)
   105.    (THE WITNESS)

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