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3 Nethack quizzes and 40 Nethack trivia questions.
1.
  "Nethack" From a Wizard's Perspective    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
This quiz contains various questions from beginning to end of the free computer game "Nethack", www.nethack.org . Warning: Spoilers ahead.
Tough, 20 Qns, kirlin, Mar 31 06
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kirlin
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  "Nethack" for PCs    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The PC game of Nethack. This quiz is for newbies to the game and tending to deal with the first couple levels and monsters for people who have yet to reach Dungeon Level 10.
Tough, 10 Qns, kinglink, Jun 28 11
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kinglink
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  The Messages of "Nethack"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I will list some common messages that appear in "Nethack," the classic computer game for DOS, and you tell me what they mean. These might occur if you quaffed a potion, read a scroll, or performed a number of other actions.
Difficult, 10 Qns, efvie, Jun 13 08
Difficult
efvie
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trivia question Quick Question
Descending into Gehennom, you fight past demons and eventually come to Orcus's level. Which item is Orcus guarenteed to have?

From Quiz ""Nethack" From a Wizard's Perspective"





Nethack Trivia Questions
1. "You feel like someone is helping you." Why?

From Quiz The Messages of "Nethack"

Answer: you have just read a scroll of "remove curse."

This is the message that appears when you read a scroll of "remove curse". This is very helpful to know if you accidentally got an axe welded to your hand, or a helmet stuck on your head. A scroll of identify, of course, identifies itself in the message when you read it. "This is a scroll of identify." No mysteries there. :)

2. The first and perhaps most famous first level creature is this? Also known for only having a single point of experience gained when killing it?

From Quiz "Nethack" for PCs

Answer: Grid Bug

The grid bug is the most famous animal in the early levels. The biggest joke is to be killed by a grid bug (though it happens). Kobolds and Jackals tend to appear after the first level and the Lichen are four exp points. The newts would be suitable but no an option.

3. "You hear the rumble of distant thunder..." What has happened?

From Quiz The Messages of "Nethack"

Answer: you killed your pet

This message appears if you willfully kill your pet. If your pet is killed fighting something else, you get a different message. If you pray when your god is mad at you, you are likely to be punished much more directly...like being demoted a level, having a ball and chain attached, etc. A scroll of earth drops a bunch of boulders on/around you.

4. This is the object of your desire in Nethack?

From Quiz "Nethack" for PCs

Answer: The Amulet of Yendor

This shouldn't be a big problem for most people. The head of Vlad is not even an object. Each character needs a quest object but it isn't what your aiming for. A Rabbit's foot also doesn't exist in the game, but The Amulet of Yendor is what your god has requested.

5. What is the first branch in the Dungeon of Doom?

From Quiz "Nethack" for PCs

Answer: The Gnomish Mines

The Gnomish Mines happen from 2 to 4. Sokoban is after the Oracle at around 6 to 10. The quest level are from 11 to 14 and Vlad's Tower is way deep at 34 to 42.

6. What are the two prices for minor and major consultations from the great oracle?

From Quiz "Nethack" for PCs

Answer: 50 and it varies per level.

The exact formulat is 50 for the minor consultations and 500 + 50 times your experience level for a major consultation.

7. Back to the sinks. What does it mean when you quaff from a sink and get the message "Some dirty water backs up in the drain"?

From Quiz The Messages of "Nethack"

Answer: you've already found a ring in this sink

Foocubi (succubi or incubi) can be summoned by kicking the sink. These are demons that can seduce you and steal your items, along with being a real pain to kill. They will either be an incubus, which seduces female characters, or a succubus, which seduces male characters.

8. "Touching the ________ corpse was a fatal mistake." What type of corpse have you touched that killed you?

From Quiz The Messages of "Nethack"

Answer: cockatrice

If you touch a cockatrice corpse, you die. This can happen if you try to eat it or pick it up. Unfortunately, if you are blind and walk over an object, you will automatically try to "feel what's on the floor here." Should you happen to walk over a cockatrice corpse, that counts as touching it, and you die.

9. Deeper in the Mines, you witness a gnome jump onto a polymorph trap and transform into a mind flayer! What is the minimum level polymorph traps can be generated on?

From Quiz "Nethack" From a Wizard's Perspective

Answer: 8

Polymorph traps are one of the biggest hazards of the lower Mines, as they can generate severely out-of-depth monsters such as mind flayers, major demons, and dragons.

10. What are the two possible items are at the end of Sokoban?

From Quiz "Nethack" for PCs

Answer: A Bag of Holding and the Amulet of Reflection

There is two possible items to be gotten a wonderful Bag of Holding and the equally useful Amulet of Reflection. The Artifact weapons are usually gotten from sacrificing and the Grey Dragon Scale Mail is a rare and usually wished for item.

11. What color will your weapon glow if you read an uncursed scroll of enchant weapon?

From Quiz The Messages of "Nethack"

Answer: blue

"Your [wielded weapon] glows blue briefly." A cursed scroll will make your weapon glow black. Amber is the color of the flash a blessed item will make when you drop it on an altar.

12. What is the most dangerous thing to be released from a fountain? (beware this one is tricky)

From Quiz "Nethack" for PCs

Answer: Water Demons

The Water demons are definitely the most dangerous, though the Water Moccasin is sometimes scarier for new characters. Water Nymphs are deadly for low level characters but simple to deal with with throwing weapons. Water elementals can't be summoned through the fountains, only through a sink can they be gotten.

13. What type of scroll will give you this message? "Your hands begin to glow red."

From Quiz The Messages of "Nethack"

Answer: confuse monster

If you are not wielding a weapon when you read a scroll of enchant weapon, "You have a strange feeling for a moment, and then it passes." A cursed remove curse scroll will attach a ball and chain to you. When you have teleport control and read a scroll of teleportation, the game will ask you if you want to teleport.

14. What is the best way for a low level character to try to identify a wand?

From Quiz "Nethack" for PCs

Answer: Engraving in the floor.

Engraving is the prefered method. Zapping a wand is dangerous if it bounces and while can instantly identify a wand it can lead to undesired effects. Reading a scroll of identify is a waste for a low level character. Breaking the wand over your head is a great way to take a large amount of damage and not be able to identify a wand.

15. What scroll have you read if your message says, "You hear maniacal laughter in the distance"?

From Quiz The Messages of "Nethack"

Answer: scare monster

Confuse monster makes your hands glow red, while detect food shows food on your level. Genocide will ask what kind of monster you wish to genocide, but this should only be used in extreme circumstances...it reflects badly in your attributes, and can annoy your god.

16. What intrinsic does eating a floating eye give?

From Quiz "Nethack" for PCs

Answer: Telepathy

The floating eye allows the player to gain Telepathy, combined with a towel or blindfold, this ability is very valuable.

17. "You feel self-knowledgeable..." What have you just done?

From Quiz The Messages of "Nethack"

Answer: quaffed a potion of enlightenment

When you quaff a potion of enlightenment, the game gives you this message, followed by your attributes, which can be handy if you need to know how your god feels about you, among other things. It can also list many other things, like whether or not you are lucky. Luck does play a big part in this game, so this information might influence whether or not you attempt actions that are largely based on luck, such as kicking a sink or quaffing from a fountain. Thanks for playing, and good luck getting to the Amulet of Yendor!

18. Past Medusa's level, you reach a large stronghold. What item is guarenteed to appear in this stronghold?

From Quiz "Nethack" From a Wizard's Perspective

Answer: a wand of wishing

The castle will always contain a wand of wishing hidden in one of the towers. It also has several storerooms in which good equipment may appear, and a number of monsters including dragons and liches may be generated there if they haven't been genocided.

19. Past the stronghold, you come to the Valley of the Dead. Which creature's corpse would be most beneficial to eat here?

From Quiz "Nethack" From a Wizard's Perspective

Answer: wraith

Wraith corpses will grant you a level when eaten. The chance of them leaving a corpse in the Valley is very low, however. The corpses of most undead should not be eaten, as they will be tainted.

20. Descending into Gehennom, you fight past demons and eventually come to Orcus's level. Which item is Orcus guarenteed to have?

From Quiz "Nethack" From a Wizard's Perspective

Answer: a wand of death

The demon prince Orcus has a wand of death, but it won't be very effective if you're properly equipped with magic resistance.

21. After defeating the Wizard of Yendor, you reach the proper location to perform the invocation. What is the proper order the invocation artifacts should be used in?

From Quiz "Nethack" From a Wizard's Perspective

Answer: Candelabrum, Bell, Book

Although it doesn't matter whether you light the Candelabrum or ring the Bell first, the Book of the Dead must be read last. The usual reminder phrase is, "Make some light to read by. Ring the bell, to get the attention of the audience. Finally, read the book."

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