Forum:SH Archive/Stump the Wookiee

Stump the Wookiee will be an offficial Wookieepedia event on the Fan Stage at C4.


 * 1) I need a "snappy description for the program book." That means pronto, please. Creative and funny suggestions by tomorrow would be awesome, and just think, it will most likely appear in the C4 program book.
 * 2) We need trivia questions. "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" style. ABCD choices. Increasing difficulty. 15 questions per "set" of questions. Please give as many as you can.

A PowerPoint-like presentation will go alongside this. If you feel creative and want to design a logo or something specifically for this, feel free to do that to. You can leave questions here, on my talk page, or e-mail me. Thank you VERY much! —Xwing328 (Talk) 04:23, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Description suggestions
Make it brief, descriptive, creative, funny.
 * Constantly perusing the HoloNet? Know more about the dark side than Halagad Ventor? Know who Halagad Ventor is? If so, then consider pitting yourself against the Wookieepedia experts in this game of Star Wars trivia. Kuralyov 04:47, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I like this one. --  Riffsyphon  1024 04:57, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * As do I. Here are some more. —Xwing328 (Talk) 05:34, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Courtesy of 4dot:
 * "Stump the Wookiee: Because just being here isn't nerdy enough."
 * "Mate, if you can stump a panel of people who write this stuff all day, you need to get out more. Oh, wait, so do we."
 * I say tack on 4dot's first one to the end of Kuralyov's.  Gonk  ( Gonk! ) 11:47, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Holonet Code - DS613HK50 - Priority Signal: Please report to the Wookieedia's Stump the Wookiee for a chance to test your Star Wars trivia knowledge. Payment is negligible. Geeks, nerds, and freaks are welcome. (Please do not play with the rancor monster) Thank you.
 * Hey Gonk. Good suggestion. That's what I sent to Mary Franklin a few weeks ago :P Of course, it appears she went with the name: "Wookieepedia Trivia - Let the Wookiee Win!" instead of "Stump the Wookiee," but whatever. —Xwing328 (Talk) 17:55, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Questions
Questions removed to maintain contest "integrity."

Comments

 * Just want to say, for the sake of fairness/spoilers, let's try not to include anything from recently-released sources, or anything too 'shocking.' Also, if you need help with the PowerPoints, I'd be willing to do something. Kuralyov 04:48, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Also, questions that are only EU/only movie might be a good idea. Kuralyov 05:01, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks Kuralyov. We have until the show to work on the PowerPoint. If you want to work on one, feel free. Ozzel has also offered his help. Hopefully, we can get some artwork together for use in it. —Xwing328 (Talk) 05:36, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * A note on our questions and answers: someone might be reading this page before the event and would try to give themselves an advantage, so we could keep that to IRC or private messages. --  Riffsyphon  1024 05:00, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Good job everybody! Please keep them coming! Wookiee-Cookiees may be in your future. —Xwing328 (Talk) 05:16, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Man if there has never been a Stenax Sith Lord, they need a bunch of the wicked looking dudes. --  Riffsyphon  1024 06:53, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Umm, should we be posting the questions out in the open? jSarek 08:08, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think we should find some other place to put them. Some off-site location. -- Ozzel 08:12, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Gee, I said that earlier. --  Riffsyphon  1024 21:16, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I removed the answer tags. Anyone who wants 'em (or wants to propose an offsite location to store them) should find me in IRC. Also, some admin should probably do something about this page's history, since it'll still show the tags, presumably.  Gonk  ( Gonk! ) 11:41, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd get rid of any questions where the right answer is debatably the wrong answer, like the clone numbers. -- Darth Culator  (Talk) 11:29, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Or stuff like the Kyle Katarn/Raygar questions. Come on people, this is serious. Kuralyov 13:35, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * If you do have questions you don't want to submit here, email me as Ataru has already done. I'll eventually find a place to post them that we can discuss in IRC. —Xwing328 (Talk) 14:50, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Get rid of the clone and Kyle question. There not funny, just exasperating by now. This quiz looks pretty good though. I'll add a few questions. Where should I post them? Chack Jadson 19:02, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Don't have a sense of humor? --  Riffsyphon  1024 21:16, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Nah, not really ;) Chack Jadson 00:07, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Impressive.... most impressive,Darth Blight 20:52, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * This is for Celebration 4? Interesting. These are pretty challenging too. And I like #10. Darth Krayt! I wish^_^. Great idea! I'll see if I can come up with anything. Hobbes15 ( Tiger Headquarters ) 04:33, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * We've been moved to the Behind-The-Scenes Stage, where we should get even more exposure. This thing still has a long way to go before we're ready though. —Xwing328 (Talk) 04:27, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I've created a template of a Power Point presentation that I think would work great with the what we are trying to do. All I really need is to get a list of questions and add some Star Wars backgrounds and such. Also I'll try and set something up so that we can "pre-screen" contestants by asking them 10 or so Star Wars questions. We have plenty of time to narrow down the number of contestants to a number that we feel will be knowledgable enough to actually compete.--Taybo20 19:38, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Are these questions too easy? Although I'm far from the most knowledgeable geek on this database, there were only two questions I couldn't answer. Of course, most Wookieepedians are rather intensively immersed in the G.F.F.A. Do you think the average fan will feel challenged? I suppose that's the really important thing. Now, if we were trying to stump Abel G. Pena, we'd be dead... Grand Admiral Sean8
 * I think they're pretty hard. Remember, most fans who don't use Wookieepedia actually know little about Star Wars. I certainly would not be knowledgable without this website. No offense to them, but most fans don't own the hundreds of books, comics, video games, etc. that are covered here. These questions might be too hard, actually. Chack Jadson 19:52, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I would personally like at least 40% of the question to deal with the movies; stuff said and seen on screen. The movies is what most people will know the most about... That way we give them a little bit of a chance...--Taybo20 21:48, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Remember, with the lifelines, they'll have an opportunity to search through the site (assuming everything goes to plan and we'll have enough time to scramble to get the internet up by Monday). --  Riffsyphon  1024 07:31, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
 * That's true. There is just so much media out there between the tv series', comics, books and such that it would be extremely hard to know all of that. Part of that will have to do with us picking certain questions, and then also our process of picking contestants.--Taybo20 13:04, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey, how about Wookieepedia lifelines become "Wookiee life debts." :-D -- Ozzel 07:57, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I liked it on IRC, I like it now. - Lord Hydronium 08:14, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Nice...btw, we are going to have 3 "life debts" right? Should one be "Ask a wookieepedian"? Instead of having all 3 just allow the person on to wookieepedia. Maybe we could have a "wookieepedian panel" in which 2 or 3 of you could answer a question if asked.--Taybo20 13:04, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * 50 is a bit speculative, methinks. Is her name confirmed? I thought she would have used an alias in entering the Alliance. Or I could be not as well read as I should be. Atarumaster88  17:42, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Assuming these aren't too hard (which they are for me), we should have enough to work with. Of course, it would be nice if those handy  things were still there. Now I might have to look up all the answers myself, which I really don't have time for. If anybody gets this within an hour or two, some questions for you: I plan on running the tech. aspect of this, since I can't ask questions at the same time, so do we want Doug Steves (the MC) to ask the questions, or do we have a Wookieepedian good enough and willing enough to act like Regis Philbin for an hour?  —Xwing328 (Talk) 18:08, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Ataru: She was identified as Shira Brie in an Imperial database in Marvel, and you can see here too. Xwing: I can provide the answers for all the ones I added, if you want me to send them to you. I can help with others too, if you need them. - Lord Hydronium 18:46, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * We removed the answers so that no outside stumble onto this. I still think we need to move the questions ASAP to an off-site location; also, I think we still need some more lower level questions so that people can work their way up. And, like I was telling X in the chat, since testing people with quizzes before the contest would eliminate people who just show up on Monday to enter, we could instead ask a fairly hard question to the crowd and then have the MC pick someone and, if they answer right, they get to "come on down" and sit in the hotseat. Also, we might could do that in a few levels, and build up a small pool of people answered a few correctly, and then draw contestants from them. -- Ozzel 18:48, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I like those ideas Ozzel. Chack Jadson 18:50, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I can help look up answers too. People showing up just on Monday though would be kinda odd, being that it is the last day and the shortest day. I still think we should get a few contestants from the first few days. We can always add people. It might take up too much time if we try to pick contestants during our hour. Xwing, we might as well just use Doug being that all he will have to do is read a question and converse with the contestant. If we wanted a Wookieepedian, than I wouldn't mind doing it. I have lots of stage experience so it wouldn't be a problem.--Taybo20 19:01, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * What I meant by people showing up Monday was... people showing up just attending the trivia contest and wanting to participate who didn't stop by the booth in the days before because they didn't know about it. -- Ozzel 20:27, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay yeah that makes sense. That would be nice for people who didn't already know about it.--Taybo20 22:38, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * OK. Updated plan: Doug Steves MC's and asks the questions. We'll have fairly difficult "screening" questions to get decent contestants to "come on down" one at a time and sit in the hot seat. Answering at least one question right gets them a t-shirt, and all 10 gets them an LFL prize (no idea what it is, but we have 6 of them). He'll start with an intro to our site, then go straight in to the trivia. We have plenty of questions with those listed here and others (hopefully they won't be too hard). Thank you all very much for your help compiling these! Tentative "Wookiee Life Debts" (aka lifelines): 1) Ask the audience, 2) Phone a friend or Ask the Wookieepedians, and 3) 50/50. If we have extra time or shirts, we can have some fun with the audience asking random questions, giving out the shirts, etc. —Xwing328 (Talk) 03:04, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
 * If they decide to Ask the Wookieepedians, how many of us would be in the panel and would we cycle through? --  Riffsyphon  1024 05:29, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I would think 2 or 3 of you. Kinda like the Super Millionaire version of the show where they had the 3 geniuses. That way you could confer on an answer.--Taybo20 12:26, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Once celebration 4 is over why don't we post these questions on the trivia game page? Bonko 15:14, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Good idea Scorch/Bonko. Also, I like the panel idea Taybo. We could have the few of us there, maybe 3, discuss it or each give an answer to the person, so it's not just a freebie. —Xwing328 (Talk) 01:07, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Man, I wish I could go! It sounds so exciting! Chack Jadson 01:10, 23 May 2007 (UTC)