Subject: The nerd trivia challenge. 495 views

[Shiv]

(Read in angry army sergant voice)

Right, listen up you maggots! This is how it'll go down. You post one question, related to our nerdy hobbies. And the next person answers it. Correctly.

Once the correct answer has been given, the one who got it right gets to ask another question! If no one has succeded in answering a question for a couple of days, you may posts hints, or another question!

Any questions?! *pa-dum-tish*

Of course not! It's my turn right?!

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How many are the plagues of Nurgle? Their number is given in a very specific prayer to the dark gods.

[Racer Xonclar]

Twelve?...or Seven?

[Shiv]

Well, after the small MSN querry to make sure that you're not just guessing I'll give you a point for almost getting it right. The correct line I was looking for was:

By the 37 keys of Tzeentch,We open the way for our brothers,
By the 1000 whispers of Slaanesh we call to them,
By the 12 plagues of Nurgle we fell their enemies,
And by the mighty axe of Khorne we cut open the world for them!

- Ritual of Summoning, Recited by Amphion and Zethus Dark Sorcerers of the Deimos Peninsula,Kronos


For some reason I remembered them being seven as well. So Maybe that's another prayer . Your turn Racer.

[Racer Xonclar]

Hehe...that exact quote was in one of my 40k DM's signatures lol

Alright, since my concept has been highjacked by you both ( ) and Shiv said mine was too easy...I'll bump up the difficulty...a little

Commissar Section - Space Marine
What percentage of gene-seed is a Space Marine Chapter supposed to send back to the Adeptus Mechanicus for purity testing?

[Black_Hawk]

Having very little knowledge about SM specifics, i would say.... 10%?

[Shiv]

Google is my friend.

In the event of a Chapter suffering disastrous losses of its gene-seed, it may become necessary for the Apothecaries of the Chapter to use test-slaves (humans, usually the condemned criminals that are turned into servitors, who are kept inside an artificial environment; alive and conscious, but unable to leave their glass case). Needless to say, this is not ideal, and is regarded as a last option. This method is also used to create the large number of gene-seed necessary for the creation of a new Chapter since no existing Chapter could spare 1,000 copies of its gene-seed. However, as each chapter has to send 5% of its gene-seed away to Terra to be checked for purity, it is possible that Terra could build up a collection of gene-seed, and found new chapters that way.

(Interestingly, provided that the 5 year Progenoid gland can be reused, it would only take 10 years for 211 Marines using both the 5 year gland and the 10 year gland to become 1,000. They get 95% of seed rounded down, or 200 sets of seed in the first batch, giving 211+200=411 Marines. This 411 give a further 390 sets of seed after 5 years, with the first set replenishing the 5 year gland, and the new 200 Marines using it for the first time. together with 200 sets more coming from the 10 year gland. Taking this together, 211 + 200 + 390 + 200 = 1,001 Marines (with 43 sets of seed sent back to Terra) in 10 years by normal replacement with no losses.)

However these calculations do not include the losses that Chapters inevitably receive as well as eventual deaths or injuries that make the retrieval of the gene-seed impossible.
- warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Gene-seed


QUESTION:

A famous pirate was instrumental in destroying one of the splinter-fleets from hive-fleet kraken. Although he did not do so single handedly. What was his name?

[Shiv]

You fail att google

His name was Yriel. And he arrived in the nick of time to save the craftworld that had exiled him from the tyranids.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Eldar_%28Warhammer_40,000%29#Prince_Yriel

Right, I'll pass the torch on now. Hit me with your best question.

[Racer Xonclar]

Heh...I didn't even see the question before you answered it yourself


What is the daemonic name for the daemon child of Grandfather Nurgle which was described as erupting from bodies covered in mucus like sick parodies of newborn calves by a captain of the Wolfenburn Forest Vipers?

*polishes his fingernails*

[Racer Xonclar]

Is it true? Can it be? Have I bested the mighty Shivaverious and his faithful sidekick Google?! (yes, I fully plan to milk this for all it's worth)

To repeat for the last chance:
What is the daemonic name for the daemon child of Grandfather Nurgle which was described as erupting from bodies covered in mucus like sick parodies of newborn calves by a captain of the Wolfenburn Forest Vipers?

[Shiv]

Yeah I give up. Figuring out it was nurglings was easy, I mean the description was enough. I've been a WH player since the 2nd ED 40K and 3rd edition WH and I've never come upon a specific deamonic name for the little buggers.

The closest I get is the "Mites of Nurgle" but that is more of a nickname and not a proper "a horde of "Chraslugh" "-kind of thing.

[Racer Xonclar]

"Khan'gurani'i"

And for proof of it's existence on the web (however small), there's a forum board called "Papa Nurgle's" and they have "Khan'gurani'i" as the lowest post rank

Next, should be a little easier:
Which follower of the Martyred Lady set out on the fifth day of Bariel in the year 903.M41 tasked the duty of reconsecrating the site of a brutal Necron attack? It took 307 days for her to reach her location.

[Shiv]

Connoness Spehrian of the order of the martyred lady. Codex: Necrons (3rd Edition), p.22.

I'll ease up on the difficulty a bit and do questions that are possible to remember off the top of your head. I'll call them....mini-me's....no wait, maybe just "minis". You can google it, but you get exta nerd-cred for knowing right off.

1: What is Grom the pouches "claim to fame", and what distant country did he invade at the height of his power?
2: What is the name of the all female gang in necromunda?
3: How many types of players can a standard chaos team enlist in blood bowl?

[Racer Xonclar]

On those three I'm basically clueless. Six is my guess for #3

[Shiv]

1: Grom the pouch was a goblin who ate a troll. He cammanded a whaaaagh that crossed from the world edge mountins, moved from the badlands up to middenheim, cushing empire armies as he went, and then build a fleet and invaded Ultuan.

whfb.lexicanum.com/wiki/Grom_the_Paunch

2: Escher gang. www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1252019_99110599004_NecroEscherGangMain_873x627.jpg

3: The answer is 2. Chaos warriors and beastmen.

QUESTION!

What are the Saim'hann known for?

[Black_Hawk]

The Saim-Hann are known for their use of high speed units when on the battlefield. It is also a craftworld known for its looser interpretation of the code of the Eldar. Most of the other worlds see its practices as dangerous.

They are also known for killing the trivia thread for a couple months.