Firefly/Serenity Trivial Pursuit by ellydragon

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Firefly/Serenity Trivial Pursuit

POSTED BY: ELLYDRAGON
UPDATED: Thursday, September 15, 2005 10:33
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Wednesday, September 14, 2005 6:53 AM

Okay, I've gotten it into my head to make up some Firefly/Serenity Trivial Pursuit cards. The idea here would be that there would be the same number of categories, with the same colors etc. so that people can use whatever set they want for the pieces and then use the question cards like they would for any other set.

Here are the categories from Star Wars Trivial Pursuit, which I think we could adapt for Firefly/Serenity:

Star Wars Trivial Pursuit
• The Cantina: This section contains questions that pertain to all the scenes, aliens, cameos, and more that give the films atmosphere. This includes locations that are merely passed through and characters that are on screen for a very short time.
• The Force: This section contains questions about the cause and effect of major events in the saga, like who caused a memorable action or what happened at a specific location.
• Heroes, Villains & Scoundrels: This section contains questions that pertain to all main characters including leading characters such as Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, and Darth Vader, as well as key supporting roles such as C-3PO, Darth Maul, Leia, Jabba, etc.
• The Saga: This section contains questions that pertain to plot. For example, players will be asked questions like "Who says this line?" or "Who is missing from this scene?"
• A Galaxy Far, Far Away: This section contains questions that pertain to significant locations including planets, cities, specific buildings and features within them.
• Hyperspace: This is the wild card category where anything about Star Wars could be asked.

So, what do I need? Questions! I can come up with a bunch, but my brain only works the one way. So, I'm betting that I'd get a bunch of good ones from other fans. :) Also leave me a way to get ahold of you if you want to know where I post them when I'm done.

So far, this is only x-posted with the livejournal fireflyfans group. I know that the U-boards have been doing a trivia section on their website, but I can't find a way for me to get previous questions.

Thanks!

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Wednesday, September 14, 2005 9:43 AM

ODDNESS2HER

I'll be happy to start you off with a couple of easy ones:

Heroes, etc.: What is Mal's home planet? (Shadow)

The Force: On which planet did the Battle of Serenity Valley take place? (Hera)

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Wednesday, September 14, 2005 9:50 AM

BARCLAY

I'd suggest the following categories for Firefly/Serenity TP

Serenity: Questions about the ship and her crew.

Villians: Questions about everyone else in the Verse.

Vehicles and Technology: Questions about ships (other than Serenity), land vehicles, and the tech used in the Verse.

Locations: Questions about specific places and times in the Verse.

History: Questions about the Verse's (and the characters') past.

Can't Go Smooth: A Wild Card category where anything goes (production questions, perhaps?)

A sample card might look like this:

SER: Where do we first see Kaylee in the episode Out of Gas? (In the engine room)

VIL: Who did Niska kill to show his reputation was "solid"? (His wife's nephew)

VT: What was the name of the gun Saffron enlisted the crew of Serenity to steal? (The Lassiter)

LOC: What moon does Patience own half of? (Whitefall)

HIST: What rank was Malcolm Reynolds during the war? (Sargent)

CGS: Name both Executive Producers of Firefly (Joss Whedon, Tim Minear)

The best way to accumulate questions would be to name a category and have people post as many as they can from that category (with answers), then take the best.

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Wednesday, September 14, 2005 11:51 AM

STILLSHINY

You could pull some great advanced stuff from the commentaries.

How long did it take to write the train job?

Who was originally cast as Inara?

What book inspired Joss to write Firefly?

What is the continuity error with Jaynes hat in the Message?

Who was the first Joss Whedon hat trick?

What is Joss' nickname for the scene of River on the walkway in Objects in Space?

What was the unique request Joss made of Jewel Staite to cast her as Kaylee?

Who wrote the lyrics to "The Hero of Canton"?

What other Joss Whedon character had Nathan Fillion tried out for but was rejected?

"We had ties that could not be broken, except by the passing of time. Like a rock. A broken time rock. And you're very special to me, my broken time rock people." - Nathan Fillion

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Serenity is coming. 9/30/05

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Thursday, September 15, 2005 6:38 AM

ELLYDRAGON

Adding some info from comments I've gotten on the lj listing:

To answer some of the responses just in case people don't read through them:

I don't have any questions so far. :) Honestly, I was figuring I'd let people toss them up for a while and then fill in the areas that there aren't enough in when the time came. ;)

Feel free to flood comments! But, if you'd rather email them, you can send them to:

ellydragon(at)yahoo.com

I should probably add that answers to the questions would be great. :) Most of these I've known so far, but when we get into the harder ones, I'll have to at least check to make sure I'm right and going through all the episodes with questionaires would be trixy. :)

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I like those suggestions for categories, here's the other list I've gotten:

• Local Color
• Alliance & Browncoats
• Big Damn Heroes & Psychotic Lowlifes
• The Job
• The 'Verse
• The Black

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Thursday, September 15, 2005 7:16 AM

STILLSHINY

I'll have to research some of these, here's the ones I can remember off the top of my head.

You could pull some great advanced stuff from the commentaries.

How long did it take to write the train job?

Who was originally cast as Inara? - Rebecca Gayheart

What book inspired Joss to write Firefly? - The Killer Angels

What is the continuity error with Jaynes hat in the Message? - the straw

Who was the first Joss Whedon hat trick?

What is Joss' nickname for the scene of River on the walkway in Objects in Space? - the "batgirl" scene

What was the unique request Joss made of Jewel Staite to cast her as Kaylee? - to put on weight

Who wrote the lyrics to "The Hero of Canton"? - Ben Edlund

What other Joss Whedon character had Nathan Fillion tried out for but was rejected? - Angel

"We had ties that could not be broken, except by the passing of time. Like a rock. A broken time rock. And you're very special to me, my broken time rock people." - Nathan Fillion

Stillshiny's Shop - I'm thinkin we rose again

http://www.spreadshirt.com/shop.php?sid=4728

Listen to "The Signal" www.serenityfirefly.com

Serenity is coming. 9/30/05

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Thursday, September 15, 2005 9:52 AM

VISITINGMYINTENTIONS

Various questions, some easier than others:

What are the names/titles of Inara's named clients? (Atherton Wing, Fess Higgins, the counsellor.)

What is New Melbourne known for? (Fish and fish-related activities.)

What object propelled Nandi out of the Companions' Academy and off Sihnon? (A dulcimer.)

What does the councillor lend the crew in War Stories? (Dermal mender.)

Why doesn't Ruby talk? (She lived through her mother killing her sister.)

Whose ship is fitted with magnetic grapplers? (The Reavers').

From what movie were the soldiers' costumes taken for The Train Job? (Starship Troopers.)

Who helped Saffron's set up in Our Mrs. Reynolds? (Elder Gommen.)

What's the common name for a narcotic compound smeared accross the lips? (The goodnight kiss.)

How old was River when she entered the Academy? (14.)

What does River say in Our Mrs. Reynolds? (In the final cut, nothing.)

What does Kaylee find "thoughtful"? (The presence of boy whores in Nandi's brothel.)

What adjective does Inara use to describe Mal in Trash that drives him to using Saffron's plan? (Petty, or suoxi.)

What is wrong with Jayne's sister? (She has been ill.)
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Thursday, September 15, 2005 10:08 AM

WILDHEAVENFARM

StillShiny: Some of those questions are mighty hard, even for the true believers.

Mary
Always a beast, never a burden.

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Thursday, September 15, 2005 10:20 AM

STILLSHINY

Quote:
Originally posted by WildHeavenFarm:
StillShiny: Some of those questions are mighty hard, even for the true believers.

Mary
Always a beast, never a burden.

Like I said they are all based on the commentaries. And I'm not even sure if they say the "hat tricks" name they just say that he is.
I'm trying to come up with some more.

"We had ties that could not be broken, except by the passing of time. Like a rock. A broken time rock. And you're very special to me, my broken time rock people." - Nathan Fillion

Stillshiny's Shop - I'm thinkin we rose again

http://www.spreadshirt.com/shop.php?sid=4728

Listen to "The Signal" www.serenityfirefly.com

Serenity is coming. 9/30/05

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Thursday, September 15, 2005 10:23 AM

WILDHEAVENFARM

Your categories look good. Here are a few questions, for what they're worth.

From which settlement did Saffron board Serenity the first time? (Triumph)

What high-rated series once starred the guest star of "Objects in Space"? (Law & Order)

What caliber was the anti-arcraft gun Sgt Mal Reynolds operated in "Serenity"? (.50)

Which eye did Stich Hessian loose in his botched robbery with Jayne Cobb? (his right)

What corporate logo appeared on the shirt Jayne Cobb was wearing when River Tam slashed him with a kitchen knife? (Blue Sun)

How many takes were needed of Morrena Baccarin's [sic] spongebathing scene? (2)

What did actress Summer Glu ask show creator Joss Whedon during her nude scene? (Does this box make me look fat?)

What is River drawing a picture of at the end of "Ariel"? (Russian nesting dolls)

More later

Mary
Always a beast, never a burden.

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Thursday, September 15, 2005 10:28 AM

ELLYDRAGON

Yay! Thanks. :)

I'm not worried about questions being too hard for the most part, as long as there's a good mix in there.

One of the questions on the Star Wars Trivial Pursuit is 'How many TIE fighters follow the Millenium Falcon out of Cloud City' for Pete's sake.

Plus, if you throw in a couple really hard ones, it keeps somebody from going around the board and winning on their first turn. Not that I've ever done that or anything. *innocent whistle*

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Thursday, September 15, 2005 10:33 AM

STILLSHINY

more commentary based trivia

I'll post episode names to help out.

TRAIN JOB - Besides Tim Minear in what two ways is Angel connected with this episode?

SHINDIG - Where was the duel scene filmed?

SHINDIG - What unique animal is on Badgers coat?

THE MESSAGE - Who was late on the day they shot the post office scene in the Message?

I'll think of more later.

"We had ties that could not be broken, except by the passing of time. Like a rock. A broken time rock. And you're very special to me, my broken time rock people." - Nathan Fillion

Stillshiny's Shop - I'm thinkin we rose again

http://www.spreadshirt.com/shop.php?sid=4728

Listen to "The Signal" www.serenityfirefly.com

Serenity is coming. 9/30/05

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