Ocarina of Time Trivia Contest

The ***Ocarina of Time* Trivia Contest** was an event hosted by Christian on the Miiverse *Ocarina of Time* Community. The event consisted of 100 questions about *Ocarina of Time* and *Ocarina of Time 3D*, and lasted 26 days (12 "in-game" days) from December 6, 2016 to January 1, 2017.

## Rules

The rules of this contest were styled after those of Termina Trivia. Each day of the quiz consisted of nine questions. Each question would have a certain point value, ranging from 1 point to 20 points, and the points for all nine questions would total 99 points. Participants would choose which questions to answer, and any question answered correctly would earn exactly that the amount of points. However, if they answered a question incorrectly, they would receive double points for that question (example: a wrong answer to a 5-point question would instead give 10 points). If on any given day a participant amassed more than 99 points, they forfeited all points on that day.

Question number 100 was in its own post and was worth a staggering (or Staggering... no?) 300 points as it was a very complicated question (the number of types of enemies in the game divided by the number of Gold Skulltulas a yard or nearer from water). No one arrived at the correct answer, as was expected, but the closest guess won the points. A little bit like catching a Golden Snitch.

## Question Categories

There was a different category for each of the twelve days of the *Ocarina of Time* Trivia Contest. They were, in order:

## Contestants and Results

* Ray: 1,424\*
* Nintendoer - 1,285
* Matthew - 881
* Justin86 - 879
* Brandon - 617
* Maguire - 584
* Jayse - 600
* Ed™ - 537
* Matteo - 172
* Isaiah - 102
* Katie - 0
* RPG - 0

\* = with 300 points from random lucky guess on overweighted bonus question #100

In addition to those listed, there were some participants that did not sign up to have their score recorded by Christian.

## Reception

There were some qualms with the point system, but the response was primarily positive.

*"With the exploits of earning a payload of points by picking and choosing a select few to intentionally get wrong, the focus strays from a quiz game a bit … The strategies of racking points with wrong answers were a bit too prevalent IMO. Other than that, it was fun! Simon lost!"*

 —Ed™

*"[T]he part about choosing your points was a bit of a novelty of this competition, and it did add a new spin, but receiving full credit not for the number of questions you get right but for calculating the right number to add up that you know you [c]an get wrong diverted it more from a serious trivia contest to a... shindig? Maybe that was part of the point."*

 —Ray

*"I really enjoyed this event Christian, it was a lot of fun! … [T]he point system incentivize[s you] to just get a bunch intentionally wrong. I fell behind very quickly because at first I was trying to get answers on the quizzes right … But again, I really had fun answering these questions. It was something I looked forward to every day!"*

 —Jayse

## Pertinent Miiverse Posts

* Organization post for the event

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