Ready player one quiz 11-16
What are Parzival's conditions?
$50 million when he finds the Egg, he wants Sorrento's job (to be #1), and wants Sorrento fired.
What shows up on the NORAD screens at the end of the movie?
A new riddle.
What does Parzival purchase on an illegal data auction site?
A series of access procedures and passwords for the USCR, where he was able to change his identity to Bryce Lynch.
What is Aech afraid that I-rOk will do?
Brag that he knows Parzival and Aech, and connect the dots that the key is on Ludus.
What does Sorrento offer Parzival?
Chief oologist (#2 behind himself), relocate to Columbus, a team, weapons, technology, $2 million/ year plus bonuses, a $25 million bonus if he finds the Egg.
How are points awarded for the first key and gate?
Clearing the first gate awards 100,000 to all players, but the value awarded for the key drops by 1,000 points each time.
What does Aech want to do in the Basement?
Have a meeting of the "High Five."
How did Sorrento gain his information?
He bribed the principal to get his school records.
What does Wade do with his first endorsement payment?
He buys a one-way ticket to Columbus.
What does Sorrento say that really scares Parzival?
He calls him "Wade;" he knows his true identity.
What were the "rules" of the game?
He couldn't make a mistake more than twice in a row, and if he performed seven actions or recited seven lines in a row correctly, he would receive a "Cue Card Power-Up" which acted as a teleprompter in case he forgot lines.
How did the Quatrain affect Wade's schoolwork?
He focused more on it than anything else.
How did James Halliday feel about Kira?
He had a massive crush on her.
Where does the First Gate take Wade?
He has become Matthew Broderick's character in the movie "WarGames."
What did Wade decide to do with Sorrento's offer?
He prepped, and agreed to meet.
Why does Aech feel he's safe from IOI?
He stays mobile.
How did Wade feel about his endorsement offers?
He took full advantage, and earned enough to move out of the stacks for a year.
What happened during the scenes he wasn't a part of?
He was able to watch third-person.
Describe Wade's dream.
He was wearing paper armor, holding a glass egg, and the armies of the enemies came after him and tore him to shreds and took the egg.
How has Aech responded to IO's emails?
He's been ignoring them.
Who now fills the remaining spots on the scoreboard?
IOI employees, with Sorrento at the #6 spot.
Why did the police quit investigating the explosion in the stacks?
IOI planted drug paraphernalia to make it look like a meth lab explosion.
Why is it important for the High Five to find the Jade Key before the Sixers?
If the Sixers get there first, they'll barricade it like the Tomb of Horrors.
What is Flicksyncs?
Immersive interactive games from old movies and TV shows that GSS created once they learned about it.
What did the Sixers do on Ludus?
Installed two force fields to prevent any other gunters from entering.
Describe Wade's apartment.
It's a one-room efficiency apartment modified to meet the needs of a full-time gunter. Low rent, high security, reliable
What is the good part of the Tomb of Horrors being on Ludus?
It's not a PvP zone, so at least they can't kill the gunters.
Who was Kira?
Ogden Morrow's girlfriend, a geek girl who he invited to his weekly Dungeons & Dragons session.
Why do Aech's comic books fall?
Possibly a glitch, but Wade is paranoid and suspects a spy.
What became of Kira?
She was killed in a car accident.
What does Wade do once he gets back to Ludus?
Sleeps
Why was Ludus 2 created?
So that school could still be held despite the influx of avatars on Ludus.
What happens to the Stacks?
Sorrento blew them up, attempting to kill Wade, and effectively killing Alice, Rick, and the rest of his neighbors.
What does Ogden Morrow remind Parzival and Art3mis to do?
Stay anonymous.
What did Wade learn when he woke up from his 12-hour nap?
That Art3mis had also cleared the gate.
What does Edgar Nash assume about Parzival and Art3mis?
That they are working together.
What news does Aech have?
The Sixers are invading Ludus.
Where is Aech when Wade finally calls him back?
The Tomb of Horrors.
How does IOI feel about the counter-offer?
They accept it, but then Parzival declines.
How do Shoto and Daito feel about forming an alliance?
They are offended and leave.
How had Daito and Shoto located the Tomb?
They believed the rumors about Aech and Parzival going to school together, and decided to look on Ludus.
What was unique about Daito and Shoto's clearing of the First Gate?
They both cleared it fifteen minutes apart.
How did the gunters disarm the Sixers?
They pooled their resources to buy and launch two antimatter bombs simultaneously.
Where did the Morrows go when they left GSS?
They retired to Oregon.
How does IOI plan to change the OASIS if they win?
They want to charge a monthly user fee, increase advertisements, more filters and guidelines.
What does IOI want from Parzival?
They want to either recruit him, or pay for information on how to get the Copper Key and clear the First Gate.
How is a chatlink different from a chat room?
They were more expensive to host, your avatar was almost a hologram, and you could interact with your surroundings in a limited way.
How do the Sixers operate?
They work together and take over areas based on their skill - they pool all of their resources/ giftings/knowledge.
What is the task in this Gate?
To act out and correctly quote the dialogue from the movie.
What does Wade vow to do?
To find the Easter Egg and win the contest
Why did Sorrento choose a chatlink instead of a chat room?
To give Parzival the full experience of what I01 has to offer.
Why does I-rOk email Parzival and Aech?
To try to blackmail them into telling him where the key and gate are; he ended up posting that they were students on Ludus.
What does Mr. Morrow think the Sixers will do?
Use every dirty trick they have to learn the location of the Copper Key and First Gate.
What is a Daisho?
Wearing the short "shoto" and long "daito" swords together.
