BlueRenCon 2017: Book or Screen

[E James Todd]

Hello all!  Welcome to the BlueRenCon game...

 

Book or Film!

 

Where you, the wonderful participants are to figure out whether the facts we give here are from the written or silver-screen adaptation of a story.

In this game your knowledge of trivia is put to the ultimate test, in a series of questions across all fandoms that ask you to simply identify the source of a particular detail.

 

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How to Play

 

Every day there will be five questions, ranging from Star Wars to Star Trek, from Lord of the Rings to Narnia, and everything in between.  A sixth question will be posted in red, worth three points.

When you've determined the answer to the questions, send me a private message with the tag "Book or Screen," and your score will be recorded and updated.

At the end of the week, the scores will be tallied and the top three announced as the Sovereigns of Storytelling.

 

Let the game commence!

[E James Todd]

Alright, contestants!  For the first round of questioning, you must determine the source of these facts.

 

1) In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Ron and Harry know their polyjuice potion is wearing off because of the resurgence of Ron's red hair and Harry's scar.

2) In the Star Wars universe, the name of Han and Leia's son is Jacen.

3) In Fellowship of the Ring, the dwarf Gimli is saved when Aragorn grabs him by the beard.

4) In A Game of Thrones, Benjen Stark enters for a feast with the Lannisters and House Stark later than everyone else.

5) In Sherlock Holmes lore, Holmes is described as having an air of alertness and decision.

 

6) In The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, after boarding the ship Lucy gets her sea-boots in Narrowhaven.

[Adella]

[Songstress]

I would love to play this, in theory... but there are far too many of these that I haven't either watched the adaptation or read the book, in some cases both, and in the case where I am familiar with both, it's been long enough that I've forgotten

[E James Todd]

Thank you for those of you who participated in the first round of questioning! Now for the next set:

 

7) In A Wrinkle in Time, Fortinbras is a greyhound that lives with the Murrays.

8) In The Chronicles of Prydain, the Horned King is a champion of Arawn Death-Lord.

9) In The Lord of the Rings, a malevolent person by the name of Sharkey conspired against the Shire.

10) In The Dark is Rising, Will is a young American boy whisked away to fight a nameless evil.

11) In The Hunger Games, the Everdeens have an old television in their home.

 

12) In the Star Wars universe, Senator Sheev is an opportunistic politician that uses the political turmoil to gain some personal power.

 

Next set of questions will be out a tad sooner tomorrow.

[Adella]

Side-bar, the Dark Is Rising is something I read like 15 years ago, and I found it again thanks to Goodreads! The only problem is I now can't find a copy of it anywhere

[Adella]

Back on topic, post here if you're playing!!!

[thehumantrashcan]

Playing!!!

[Songstress]

Side-bar, the Dark Is Rising is something I read like 15 years ago, and I found it again thanks to Goodreads! The only problem is I now can't find a copy of it anywhere

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/bookseries/B00CKCVTQ0/ref=st_afs_B00WTJNU3E

 

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Back on topic, post here if you're playing!!!

 

Tooooooo much I don't know, too frustrating!

[Adella]

I meant specifically from a brick and mortar store, sorry, need to learn that people can't read my mind.

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Guessing is allowed, right? 

[Lessa Nikia]

Playing!

[E James Todd]

Guessing is absolutely allowed! After all, there's a 50% chance you'll get it right.

 

Players, please ready yourselves for the next round of qurstioning which begins momentarily.

[Daruya]

I don't know as many in the 2nd round . . .

[E James Todd]

Alright contestants, here's the next round of questions! The action is starting to heat up! There's neck-and-neck competition! The audience is riveted to their seats! Someone made the mistake of leaving a whole pizza in my fridge!

 

-looks up from suddenly empty pizza box- ....err, let's get on with the questions!

 

13) In Divergent, the character Four is twenty-four years old.

14) In A Series of Unfortunate Events, baby Sunny plays with the Deadly Viper.

15) In The Hobbit, Gandalf mentions "his good cousin Radagast" to Beorn.

16) In Star Trek, Delcara sets out on a vendetta against the Borg to destroy them with a Planet Killer.

17) In Serenity, Inara Serra leaves the crew to instruct companions.

 

18) In Lord of the Rings, Frodo overhears Strider singing of Beren and Lúthien on the way to Amon Sûl.

[E James Todd]

-coughs loudly, leans on the date/time stamp to completely obscure it- Players, I hope you're all ready for the penultimate round of questions, released on this Wednesday day and totally not any other day.

 

19) In Eragon, Saphira is a blue-grey dragon with feathers.

20) In Game of Thrones Sam gives Gilly a thimble.

21) In The Chronicles of Narnia, the Pevensies never witness the bombing of London.

22) In Star Wars, the iconic call sign given to Luke was Blue 5.

23) In Dune, Bene Gesserit are bald women with telepathic abilities.

 

24) In Harry Potter, Hogwarts appears as a dilapidated building with a "KEEP OUT: Dangerous" sign in front of it.

 

Unrelated question: What fandoms do you feel you know the most trivia about?

[Daruya]

I probably know the most about Harry Potter.

[thehumantrashcan]

Star Wars or narnia

[Lessa Nikia]

LotR, Merlin, Harry Potter, Narnia

[E James Todd]

Alright everyone, gather one, gather all!  It's time to announce the answers to the questions and declare our official winner of the Book or Screen™ competition!

 

(An apology to everyone for the tardiness and/or missing round of questions; things got hectic, as things are wont to do.  But that's no excuse!)

 

So first off, let's begin by announcing the answers to the questions and fill in the gaps of trivia.

 

 

1) In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Ron and Harry know their polyjuice potion is wearing off because of the resurgence of Ron's red hair and Harry's scar.  Film; in the novel, the only indication we know the polyjuice potion is wearing off is because of Ron's red hair and his prominent Weasley nose.

2) In the Star Wars universe, the name of Han and Leia's son is Jacen.  Book; in the films, we learn that their son's name is Ben.

3) In Fellowship of the Ring, the dwarf Gimli is saved when Aragorn grabs him by the beard.  Film; no such event occurs within the books, and Tolkien portrays Gimli as quite the stoic character.

4) In A Game of Thrones, Benjen Stark enters for a feast with the Lannisters and House Stark later than everyone else.  Film (screen); in the books, Benjen is already seated with the rest of House Stark by the time of the feast.

5) In Sherlock Holmes lore, Holmes is described as having an air of alertness and decision.  Book; in the screen adaptation, when John Watson remarks that what Sherlock does is extraordinary, Sherlock replies that it's "not what people normally say."

6) In The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, after boarding the ship Lucy gets her sea-boots in Narrowhaven.  Book; in the film, Lucy has a set of clothing that fits her perfectly as soon as they are hauled aboard.

 

7) In A Wrinkle in Time, Fortinbras is a greyhound that lives with the Murrays.  Book; in the film, he becomes Fort the German shepherd.

8) In The Chronicles of Prydain, the Horned King is a champion of Arawn Death-Lord.  Book; in the film, the Horned King is the primary antagonist.
9) In The Lord of the Rings, a malevolent person by the name of Sharkey conspired against the Shire.  Book; this is the moniker Saruman takes after he is ousted from his tower.  In the film, Saruman dies at Orthanc.
10) In The Dark is Rising, Will is a young American boy whisked away to fight a nameless evil.  Film; in the books, Will is a British youth.
11) In The Hunger Games, the Everdeens have an old television in their home.  Book; in the film, they have a projector.
12) In the Star Wars universe, Senator Sheev is an opportunistic politician that uses the political turmoil to gain some personal power.  Film; Sheev is the first name of Emperor Palpatine.  In the book, Palpatine is described as a somewhat power-hungry civil servant that tried to protect the people under his reign, but ended up being controlled by his lackeys who were his only source of information.

 

13) In Divergent, the character Four is twenty-four years old.  Film; in the book, Four is eighteen years old.

14) In A Series of Unfortunate Events, baby Sunny plays with the Deadly Viper.  Film; in the books, while Sunny has a friendly relationship with the Deadly Viper, it is instead used as a distraction for Violet to prove Stephano is Count Olaf.
15) In The Hobbit, Gandalf mentions "his good cousin Radagast" to Beorn.  Book; in the film, Radagast shows up as a part of the main plot.
16) In Star Trek, Delcara sets out on a vendetta against the Borg to destroy them with a Planet Killer.  Book, though the events in this are said to be the catalyst for events within the show proper.
17) In Serenity, Inara Serra leaves the crew to instruct companions.  Book and film; this event does not change between either version of the story.
18) In Lord of the Rings, Frodo overhears Strider singing of Beren and Lúthien on the way to Amon Sûl.  Film; in the book, no such interaction takes place on the way to Weathertop; though it is a hauntingly beautiful moment.

 

19) In Eragon, Saphira is a blue-grey dragon with feathers.  Film; in the books, Saphira has the appearance of a more traditional Western dragon.
20) In Game of Thrones Sam gives Gilly a thimble.  Film/Screen; this scene does not occur in the book.
21) In The Chronicles of Narnia, the Pevensies never witness the bombing of London.  Book; in the film, the Pevensies witness the bombing of London firsthand.
22) In Star Wars, the iconic call sign given to Luke was Blue 5.  Book; in the film, they changed the color to make the iconic call

 This was one of the most universally-missed questions >.<

23) In Dune, Bene Gesserit are bald women with telepathic abilities.  Film; there is no such description of the Bene Gesserit in the books.
24) In Harry Potter, Hogwarts appears as a dilapidated building with a "KEEP OUT: Dangerous" sign in front of it.  Book; there is no such description in the films.

 

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And now it's time to name the winners of the game!

 

In third place, with 19 points, we have:

Sooh!

In second place, with 22 points, we have:

Lesser Nikia!

And in the lead, winning this game with 24 points, we have...

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Daruya!

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you all so very much for playing!  I hope you all had fun playing.  Feel free to leave comments if you want, or discuss the trivia.

[Lessa Nikia]

Second place? That's awesome!

 

Congrats Daruya!!!!

[Songstress]

All you smartypants!

 

Congratulations Dar!

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Awesome game! 

 

Congrats to the top three! 

[Sooh]

Cool game

 

 

Congrats to Lessa and Dar!

[Daruya]

  Oh, my!  I won?  "Just shows to go you" that guessing works! LOL!

 

Congrats to Lessa and Sooh!  Thanks, James, for a fun game!