Order of the Stick Trivia XXIV: What do I need a twenty for, anyway?

[Ron Miel]

This is the 24th edition of the Order of the Stick Trivia thread.
How does the Order of the Stick Trivia thread have a 24th edition?

Here are the rules for any newcomers:

Quiz originally started by Hilbert,
Rules originally drafted by Forbiddenwar, and extended by various contributors.

1. The first player to answer a question correctly, asks the next one.
2. If that player doesn't have a question immediately in mind, then state "Open Question" ("OQ") and let someone else ask.
3. Questions have to have an answer that is demonstrated by at least one, and no more than three, canon online strips. (No bonus material, either online or in the books.)
4. No counting questions with more than 3 parts. For example, "How many times has Roy said 'the'?" violates this rule.
5. If the answer given is not the answer expected, but still technically answers the question, allow it. You can rephrase and ask your question again later.
6. There's a difference between rephrasing—finding a different, more precise way to word the question so it has a smaller number of possible answers—and just simply rewriting to rule out the last answer. Don't do the latter. (If you are unsure, just ask.)
7. If an answer is given that in no way is correct, then players can call attention to the fact. At that point, there may be 2 questions occurring at the same time. The 1st question that was incorrectly answered is the valid question. The second question may be answered, but for no prize (aka asking the next question).
8. If your response is ninja'd, that is if someone beats you with the correct answer, please edit your post stating, "ninja'd, please answer above question".
9. After 24 hours without an answer, please provide a hint. After an additional 24 hours pass, please provide the answer and take pride that you have stumped us all. If you won't be around to provide a hint (hiking Mt. Everest or doing some other activity without internet), rot-13 is a good way to hide your hint so you can post it in advance.
10. Recognize that this is a game. It is supposed to be quick and fun. If a question seems to go beyond the rules, assume that the author is not familiar with the rules, and point them out. If the author affirms that the question is allowable within the rules, then continue with the game. If the question turns out to be not allowable, it becomes an open question. Groan and move on.
11. Questions along the lines of "when was the first time X happened/was mentioned" are not allowed because to prove that they never happened before, one would have to link to every strip before it, which is unreasonable and would break the no-more-than-three-strips rule. They are permitted if the answer is in the first three strips, however.

Spoiler: Version History

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XXIII. Order of the Stick Trivia XXIII: 50% More Entertaining than Speculating About MitD!
XXII. Order of the Stick Trivia XXII: Find Me An Original Question
XXI. Order of the Stick Trivia XXI: Find Me an Epic Thread!
XX. Order of the Stick Trivia XX: Naturally
XIX. Order of the Stick Trivia XIX: It's Always the Demon Roaches
XVIII. Order of the Stick Trivia XVIII: Yay! Three Sixes
XVII. Order of the Stick Trivia (Edge of) XVII Just like the Blackwing dove
XVI. Order of the Stick Trivia Millennium Edition
XV. OOTS Quiz part XV
XIV. OOTS Quiz part XIV
XIII. OOTS Quiz XIII
XII. OOTS Quix XII
XI. OOTS Quiz XI
X. OOTS Quiz X
IX. OotS Quiz IX
VIII. OotS Quiz VIII
VII. Oots Quiz VII
VI. Oots Quiz VI
V. OotS Quiz V
IV. OotS Quiz IV
III. OOTS Quiz III
II. OOTS Quiz II
I. OOTS Quiz Come in and know me better man

Spoiler: List of OotS Trivia threads with dates

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2006-12-10 OOTS Quiz: Come in, and know me better, man.
2007-02-20 OOTS Quiz II
2007-05-25 OOTS Quiz III
2007-08-06 OotS Quiz IV
2008-01-16 OotS Quiz V
2008-08-08 Oots Quiz VI (56 pages)
2009-05-23 Oots Quiz VII
2009-09-14 Oots Quiz VIII
2010-01-12 OotS Quiz IX
2010-05-14 OOTS Quiz X
2010-09-28 OOTS Quiz XI
2011-02-24 OOTS Quix XII
2011-08-30 OOTS Quiz XIII
2012-06-17 OOTS Quiz part XIV
2013-03-29 OOTS Quiz part XV (48 pages)
2015-08-01 Order of the Stick Trivia: Millennium Edition (Quiz Part XVI)
2016-11-12 Order of the Stick Trivia (Edge of) XVII: Just like the Blackwing dove...
2018-03-09 Order of the Stick Trivia XVIII: Yay! Three sixes!
2018-11-16 Order of the Stick Trivia XIX: It's Always the Demon Roaches
2019-06-30 Order of the Stick Trivia XX: Naturally
2021-02-05 Order of the Stick Trivia XXI: Find Me an Epic Thread!
2021-09-03 Order of the Stick Trivia XXII: Find Me an Original Question
2022-07-14 Order of the Stick Trivia XXIII: 50% More Entertaining than Speculating About MitD!

We are starting this edition an open question. Feel free to post one of your own.

[Rogan]

We are starting this edition an open question. Feel free to post one of your own.

Okay, I'll bite:

Find me two situations where the name Greg appears.

[Ruck]

Okay, I'll bite:

Find me two situations where the name Greg appears.

An alternative name for Vampire!Durkon, and a cheeky reference to a certain initiative.

OQ for now-- if you have something ready, take it; I'll look for something in the meantime.

Who's a centaur? (More accurately, this person literally says "I'm a centaur!")

[whitehelm]

An alternative name for Vampire!Durkon, and a cheeky reference to a certain initiative.

OQ for now-- if you have something ready, take it; I'll look for something in the meantime.

Who's a centaur? (More accurately, this person literally says "I'm a centaur!")

Sick Belkar. OQ.

[Tzardok]

Something easy: Who's called a nitpicker by their colleague?

[ZhonLord]

Show me a non-cleric trying to use cleric class abilities.
Edit: whoops. Go with Tzardok's first.

[b_jonas]

Tzardok: Purple IFCC member in #634 3rd panel. (I don't have to know their names and alignments because it's hard or impossible to match them without a print-only bonus strip.) ZhonLord can ask a question.

ZhonLord: I was thinking of Thanh turning undead in #514 7th, but on reflection I don't have proof that Thanh isn't multiclassed to Cleric. The actual answer is Kudzu in #1107 6th panel. OQ.

[Tzardok]

Right strip, but the correct answer is the yellow one.

[Peelee]

What do law-abiding citizens do?

[H_H_F_F]

What do law-abiding citizens do?

Turn themselves in

[Beni-Kujaku]

Turn themselves in

I may be in error, but I believe the appropriate proclamation is : "I'm on an adventure!" Bitch!

[ZhonLord]

What are three games that explicitly involve throwing?

[Tzardok]

Three little halfing games.

OQ

[Peelee]

Find me an electrical cable.

[Lord Torath]

Find me an electrical cable.

Here're four! (Always cut the red one, right?)
Edit: Well, five if we also count the curly black one.
Edited Edit: The three are technically six, for a total of eight!

Who got hit in the face with a rope?

[H_H_F_F]

Here're four! (Always cut the red one, right?)
Edit: Well, five if we also count the curly black one.

Who got hit in the face with a rope?

Felt like that's something that should've happened on the Mechane, but if it did - I didn't find it.

[Lord Torath]

Hint:

Felt like that's something that should've happened on the Mechane, but if it did - I didn't find it.

You may have given up too easily.

[enq]

You may have given up too easily.

Feels like I've been through every Mechane strip twice and panel 3 here is as close as it gets. Which, is not particularly close.

[H_H_F_F]

Feels like I've been through every Mechane strip twice and panel 3 here is as close as it gets. Which, is not particularly close.

I didn't even register that as something happening to Elan's face. Is that it?

[enq]

As I said, it's the closest I could find. At best you could argue that Elan gets squeezed between the mountainside and the rope. Was just throwing it out there in case Torath considered it the answer.

[H_H_F_F]

As I said, it's the closest I could find. At best you could argue that Elan gets squeezed between the mountainside and the rope. Was just throwing it out there in case Torath considered it the answer.

Yeah, sorry, "is that it" was directed at Lord Torath.

[b_jonas]

Find me a speech balloon whose border is thicker than those of the usual speech balloons.

[enq]

Find me a speech balloon whose border is thicker than those of the usual speech balloons.

thog's balloons always thicker edge.

But if you want something less common...

Stop!

OQ.

[ZhonLord]

And because third time's the charm, I GOT A 4!!!

Who tried to warn someone else about the dangers of name choices?

[Metastachydium]

Who tried to warn someone else about the dangers of name choices?

Appendix Steve. Didn't do much good for Brainy Pete.

[Peelee]

If half-elves have one pointy ear, do half-orcs have only one tusk/fang? Either way, find me that person.

Broken ones don't count.

[b_jonas]

If half-elves have one pointy ear, do half-orcs have only one tusk/fang? Either way, find me that person.

Therkla is a half-orc who has tusks only on the bottom. This is tricky because when an orc's mouth is closed you can only see the bottom tusks anyway, so you have to look at panels with the mouth open. Some orcs in #522 appear to have only one tusk, the bottom one closer to the camera, but it's always hard to be sure if they really don't have the other lower tusk or if it's just not visible to the camera. Perhaps you could tell from the printed books, but we can't use those as evidence in the trivia threads per their rules. In any case, they're not half-orcs so they're not the answer. The orc bodyguard with orange boot also seems to have only one lower tusk in #998 1st, but that too is probably just in this view. Although she appears a few more times, this is the only time we see her mouth: funnily in #999 29th she appears with a round mouth that obscures her tusks completely. If she were the answer then OQ. I know most of this because I asked something similar in the trivia thread.

[enq]

Oooo, is it time to talk about stalactusks again?

[Lord Torath]

Feels like I've been through every Mechane strip twice and panel 3 here is as close as it gets. Which, is not particularly close.

Sorry, I overslept yesterday, and then spaced that I had an ongoing question. That was, indeed, my intended answer.
I interpreted that as him getting flung into the rope by the bump/turn, and didn't even see the "hit by part of the mountain" interpretation.

I... guess we're waiting verification of Mungu's tusk being the answer to Peelee's question?

[Peelee]

Some orcs in #522 appear to have only one

That is correct.

Sorry, I overslept yesterday, and then spaced that I had an ongoing question. That was, indeed, my intended answer.
I interpreted that as him getting flung into the rope by the bump/turn, and didn't even see the "hit by part of the mountain" interpretation.

Yeah, that's the same rope hed been on snd you can see thr mountain shard he scrapes against, along with debris that gets knocked off.