Order of the Stick Trivia XIX: It's Always the Demon Roaches

[Grey_Wolf_c]

But that's not the answer?

It's the answer to the previous question, posted late.

Grey Wolf

[Ron Miel]

Only about 15 minutes late, though.

For the current question, Belkar wants the names of strip clubs he won't be thrown out of.

OQ.

[Potatopeelerkin]

Only about 15 minutes late, though.

For the current question, Belkar wants the names of strip clubs he won't be thrown out of.

OQ.

Who eats spaghetti and human-balls?

I mean human meatballs. Get your mind out of the gutter.

[vegetalss4]

Who eats spaghetti and human-balls?

I mean human meatballs. Get your mind out of the gutter.

Boss Monster

OQ

[b_jonas]

Belkar wants to find what kind of entertainment place?

Choose one: finding a hooker for Roy in Sandsedge; asking the Oracle of Sunken Valley for a recommendation in strip clubs; tracking down a strip club in the forest in #154 first panel. Ron Miel was answering the previous question by Lord Torath by the way.

Update: How ironic. Now I've answered the previous question too.

[Potatopeelerkin]

Boss Monster

OQ

What costs 1000 GP?

[Jasdoif]

What costs 1000 GP?

That is the book-listed price for a spyglass, after all.

OQ.

[martianmister]

Find a reference to a british sci-fic novelist.

[Caerulea]

Find a reference to a british sci-fic novelist.

Does Frankenstein count as sci-fi?

What sort of relationship is Elan in?

[Potatopeelerkin]

Does Frankenstein count as sci-fi?

What relationship is Elan in?

...One with Haley. But I'm sure that's not what you meant.

[Caerulea]

...One with Haley. But I'm sure that's not what you meant.

It is not. I will change the post to be more clear.

[Werbaer]

What sort of relationship is Elan in?

A long distance, no-communication one

Who talks about cloths, wands, boys, and bitches?

[Ruck]

A long distance, no-communication one

Who talks about cloths, wands, boys, and bitches?

Julia Greenhilt and her friends.

Speaking of low-level arcane-related conversations: Who discusses how "totally awesome" it would be to have 2nd-level spells?

[Jaxzan Proditor]

Julia Greenhilt and her friends.

Speaking of low-level arcane-related conversations: Who discusses how "totally awesome" it would be to have 2nd-level spells?

The mage’s “guild”.

OQ

[martianmister]

Find a reference to a 20th century british sci-fic novelist.

[martianmister]

Hint: It's a reference made by V.

[Ron Miel]

V inverts Clarke's Third Law in panel 2 of this strip.

Not sure if magic trains is a reference to any specific author or work.

OQ.

[Caerulea]

V inverts Clarke's Third Law in panel 2 of this strip.

Not sure if magic trains is a reference to any specific author or work.

OQ.

I believe it is a reference to some other rpg, maybe Exalted?

Find ears that belong to a human.

[ti'esar]

I believe it is a reference to some other rpg, maybe Exalted?

Eberron, whose creator Keith Baker has/had a friendly (?) rivalry with the Giant.

Find ears that belong to a human.

Nale's wildly inaccurate police sketch.

OQ

[Caerulea]

Eberron, whose creator Keith Baker has/had a friendly (?) rivalry with the Giant.

I knew (suspected) that it was something with an E.

OQ

Since that didn't take long,

Find a non-humanoid surrounded by concentric circles.

[Lord Torath]

Find a non-humanoid surrounded by concentric circles.

The Creature in the Darkenss might be non-humanoid. I'll need a future strip to confirm.

What would Belkar enjoy less than being stabbed?

Hint (because with the weekend coming, I might forget to post it):

Spoiler: Do not open before 7:33 am MST (GMT-7) Jan 19th

Show

Spoiler: Seriouly, wait until the right time!

Show

Spoiler: I really mean it, you know!

Show

Spoiler: This is your final warning!

Show

It's kind of surprising that he'd rather be stabbed than submit to this experience, especially considering how secure he apparently is in his manhood.

[Larre Gannd]

It’s been more than 48 hours. I think it goes to OQ

[b_jonas]

Yeah, that question by Lord Torath is hard. I couldn't solve it even after the hint. I decided to give it some extra time because it was weekend, and it's not a bad question. But yes, the question has expired now so I'll ask a new one.

New question. Someone (not Belkar) suggests to Vaarsuvius to snap someone else's neck. Whose neck is that, and in which strip?

[Lord Torath]

Oops! Sorry for not following up

What would Belkar enjoy less than being stabbed?

Wearing eyeliner.

Now to find someone telling V to break a neck...

Found it. Inkyrius's neck in 642: Choice.

Next Question: What's a funny thing about brains, according to one member of the Order of the Stick?

[b_jonas]

Lord Torath: oh, that eyeliner is a clever one. Thank you. In retrospect, the lesson I should learn from that one is that if a trivia question is so difficult that I fail to solve it even after reading the hint and trying to cheat by searching the transcripts, I should search the trivia thread archives, because many questions have been asked before. If I used the same text keyword searches as I used on the transcripts, I'd have found https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?p=23400385, which asks the same question. I'd like to note that this usually doesn't work for my own questions, because I'm already specifically using the trivia archive to try to ask new questions.

Now to find someone telling V to break a neck...

Correct! The three soul splices provide for lots of cryptic trivia puzzles, but I'll probably have to wait several pages before I can ask the next one so that it's less obvious.

Update:

Next Question: What's a funny thing about brains, according to one member of the Order of the Stick?

Wait, I think I know this one. That was something Durkon said to Greg about how memory works, probably in the strip with the memory of fighting the giant frog. #963? Nope, darn it. That's not the solution. Sorry, false alarm.

[Fyraltari]

I'm starting to suspect that b_jonas is actually some kind of highly specialized self-teaching trivia-asking algorithm.

[Caerulea]

I'm starting to suspect that b_jonas is actually some kind of highly specialized self-teaching trivia-asking algorithm.

Set on "verbose" mode. Also, I've been meaning to build one of those.

Next Question: What's a funny thing about brains, according to one member of the Order of the Stick?

They just stop working.

Find a squirrel, holding an acorn.

[b_jonas]

I'm starting to suspect that b_jonas is actually some kind of highly specialized self-teaching trivia-asking algorithm.

Nah, it's much easier. I already told the trick earlier in the thread. I downloaded the past trivia threads (940 pages with generally 50 posts each), then extracted almost all the references to OOTS strips. Then I listed which strips have few references. I look at the strips with zero or one references (in this case, #642 had one reference), see if I can make an interesting trivia question about that strip (for many of the strips, I can't, because of selection effect), then if I can, I check the one past reference to make sure it's not about the same question I'm trying to ask (nope, it's about Inkyrius's hair tie), then ask away.

[Lord Torath]

Nah, it's much easier. I already told the trick earlier in the thread. I downloaded the past trivia threads (940 pages with generally 50 posts each), then extracted almost all the references to OOTS strips. Then I listed which strips have few references. I look at the strips with zero or one references (in this case, #642 had one reference), see if I can make an interesting trivia question about that strip (for many of the strips, I can't, because of selection effect), then if I can, I check the one past reference to make sure it's not about the same question I'm trying to ask (nope, it's about Inkyrius's hair tie), then ask away.

Where as I use a random number generator to determine a strip, and then search for something in that strip that might make a decent trivia question. And then rack my brain trying to remember a squirrel with an acorn....

[Ruck]

Where as I use a random number generator to determine a strip, and then search for something in that strip that might make a decent trivia question. And then rack my brain trying to remember a squirrel with an acorn....

Yeah, that's what I usually do unless I have one in mind already.