I was bored and creative enough today to come up with this little idea. It's a quiz. It's a hard quiz. It will require brains. There is no prize but glory.
I don't think there's a soul here who hasn't played Ocarina of Time, and I'm sure most of you have played Master Quest as well, so I have included some MQ bits as well, but not much.
There is no multiple choice. And, much like when Navi turns green, I'll tell you that one of the questions is a trick, but I obviously will not say which. Also, keep in mind that if the answer seems obvious, it's probably wrong.
There is a possible score of 100 points, each question being 5 points. Send me the answers via PM. Playing the game for reference is permitted.
Good luck!
#1: What is the name of the lost dog you seek in the Market?
#2: Where is the game's only shark? #3: In Master Quest, there is one moblin not in the Lost Woods. Where is he? #4: What item makes Stalchildren ignore you? #5: Of the twelve main Ocarina tunes, nine of them have something in common that the other three do not share. Which three are they, and why are they different?
#6: Which character dreams of a knight in shining armor?
#7: Which Sage is not named after a town in Zelda II?
#8: How many ReDeads occupy the Market?
#9: If you got every heart piece, started with full life, had four fairies and the double defense boost, how many hits would it take from a Keese to bring up the Game Over screen?
#10: How many dungeons must you complete in order to be able to obtain every Gold Skulltula? (Note: For the purposes of this question, I refer only to dungeons that you obtain either a Spiritual Stone or Medallion from.)
#11: As an adult, there is a Cucco in Kakariko Village that requires the Longshot to see. Where is it?
#12: Adult Malon wears a symbol depicting a famous Nintendo character. Which character is this?
#13: One character has eighteen Triforce pictures in his room. Who is he?
#14: What item makes Keese ignore you?
#15: What two items can make Fairies appear?
#16: How many Rupees do you need to buy every Magic Bean?
#17: How many Rupees are in the Hyrule Market Gatehouse?
#18: How much does Blue Fire cost?
#19: What is the name of the secret fish near Lake Hylia?
#20: What is the maximum number of bottles you can possibly carry?
BONUS!
+5 points: How did I get Ocarina of Time originally, and when? (month/year)?
SCORES!!
1. Dark Jaguar:80/100 2. Geno: 55/100 3. Lt. Boris Grisjenko: 50/100 4. DMiller:45/100 5. EdenMaster: 25/100 6. Darunia 15/100
Don't tell me to find a FAQ. Just answer this simple question:
In Super Mario Bros., level 7-4 is a castle that never ends. It just keeps repeating until you run out of time and die. Nothing changes; it just...repeats into infinity. Surely one of us knows how to break the cycle; what to do to beat it...
I hope America never gets so liberalized that we're faced with this situation, though it does seem like we're getting close sometimes.
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PARIS - France's fight to keep religion out of schools has entered new — and some say absurd — territory. Teachers and some religious leaders fumed Wednesday over a government minister's call to ban beards and bandannas from classrooms along with Islamic head scarves, Jewish skullcaps and Christian crosses.
Muslim leaders were divided, with some denouncing a curb on facial hair as "total delirium." Others said street protests against the planned law had rattled the government and provoked a crackdown.
Le Monde newspaper devoted its front-page cartoon to the subject, showing a teacher inspecting a student's beard with a magnifying glass, as veiled women with big smiles looked on.
The latest twist in France's controversial plan to ban religious symbols from classrooms came Tuesday, when Education Minister Luc Ferry said the planned ban on religious symbols could also cover facial hair and bandannas, sometimes worn as a discreet alternative to the traditional Muslim head scarf.
Ferry made the comments during a parliamentary debate, where lawmakers questioned whether the wording of the bill was tough enough. They asked if the ban should cover "visible" religious symbols, rather than "conspicuous" symbols, as the draft law states.
Ferry said the existing wording would allow for a broader interpretation of the law.
And so, "if a beard is transformed into a religious sign it will fall under the law," Ferry said. Likewise, a bandanna "will be banned, if young girls present it as a religious sign."
This came as a shock to many in France, particularly to teachers who will be at the front line of policing the new law, expected to be in place for the next school year in September. Lawmakers begin debating the bill Feb. 3.
"Beards? Bandannas?" asked Daniel Robin, national secretary of France's largest union for high school teachers. "What next?"
"This exercise has become absurd. Totally absurd," he said in a telephone interview.
How will teachers identify religious facial hair? Would they reprimand a "religious" bandanna but allow it as a fashion statement?
"I don't know how to respond to these questions," said Robin, who added that boys too lazy to shave never were punished in the past. "Beards were never a problem before. Let's not create new problems."
The Education Ministry did not respond to calls asking for clarification of Ferry's remarks.
Ferry declined to speak to reporters as he left a Cabinet meeting Wednesday. Government spokesman Jean-Francois Cope spoke on his behalf, saying only that the new law would be applied "with discretion."
President Jacques Chirac says the law's goal is to protect France's secular underpinnings. However, it also is seen as a way to hold back Islamic fundamentalism in the nation's Muslim community, at an estimated 5 million the largest in Western Europe.
Last weekend, up to 10,000 people — mostly Muslim women in head scarves — marched in Paris to protest the planned law.
The march was organized by the Party of Muslims of France, a small group known for its radical views. The group's president, Mohamed Latreche, called banning of facial hair "total delirium."
"This law has become a farce," he said by telephone. "It's not up to the government to tell us if we can grow beards.
"It proves what we've been saying all along — that this law is anti-Muslim," Latreche said.
Dalil Boubakeur, president of the French council of the Muslim religion, had discouraged Muslims from attending the protest, saying the rally would exacerbate the anti-Muslim climate.
"Now, you see the repercussions," Boubakeur said, adding that a ban on bandannas or beards showed "the government was toughening its position."
"I told people not to demonstrate. I told them they'd scare French people — and this fear would result in France closing the door."
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