Ever since 3047, the Inner Sphere has seen a comeback in games that are played on a 'board that is either laid flat on a table or the floor. Games of this type have not had this sort of popularity since way, way back in the 20th Century. So we here at BattleTechnology thought we'd give you a preview of some of the questions from the next edition of probably the hottest 'board' game in known space, Trivial Quest, so you can test your knowledge. These questions are divided up into two parts. Thefirst part, Common Knowledge, containsthe easy question, questions only a Bandit King couldn't answer. The second part, Experts Only, asks the tougher questions. Even the great Thelos Auburn might have had trouble with these. Good Luck! Common Knowledge 1) Name the Star League general who left the Inner Sphere with three-fourths of the Star League Defense Forces. 2) What hand is the Steiner Mailed Fist? 3) What Periphery Realm is famous for its pleasure circuses? 4) How many BattleMechs are in a standard company? 5) What famous mercenary regiment arrived in the Inner Sphere in 3005? 6) What planet is the capital of the Federated Suns? 7) What Successor State is famous for its Warrior Houses? 8) What great event began in 3028 and ended in 3030? 9) Who was the founder of ComStar? 10) What is the name of the man who killed First Lord Richard Cameron and caused the downfall of the Star League? Are you warmed up? Okay, here comes: Experts Only 1) Name the date and the year of Kerensky's Exodus. 2) Who was the first MechWarrior? 3) Who was Chancellor of the Capellan Confederation during the Amaris Crisis? 4) Name the wife of First Lord Ian Cameron. 5) Give the date and year that the five Council Lords dissolved the High Council of the Star League. 6) True or False: Lyran commandos stole the plans of the BattleMech from the Terran Hegemony. 7) Which direction does the Free Worlds Eagle look? 8) Who issued the peace proposal of 3020? 9) Who is the head of the ISF? 10) How many children have Theodore and Tomoe Kurita? 11) Who assumed the Captain-Generalcy after Janos Marik died? 12) At what age did Urizen Kurita retire from the position of Coordinator of the Draconis Combine? 13) Name the Periphery area that is a private hold to the Inheritor philosophic movement. 14) What mercenary unit defends the Terran system? 15) On the ComStar clock, between which numbers is New Avalon located? 16) On the ComStar clock, which numbers is Tharkad between? 17) What corporation is the backbone of House Steiner's defense industry? 18) What year did Sian become the capital of the CapelIan Confederation? 19) What was the highest award a person could receive from the Star League? 20) What year was the BattleMech created? Well, how did you do? If you got over half of them correct, consider yourself pretty fluent in Inner Sphere history. If you got twenty or more right, stop watching the education holovids, and catch a few more episodes of the Immortal Warrior. If you got all the questions correct, then you probably should get out more. The new edition of Trivial Quest should be available to most planets in the Inner Sphere within the next few months. It could be longer for certain areas of the Periphery and the Capellan Confederation. Trivia Answers Back to BattleTechnology 15 Table of Contents Back to BattleTechnology List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1992 by Pacific Rim Publishing. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com