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Who Wants To Win A Million Tarn Pieces?

100 Pieces

University from which Tarl graduated:

  1. Harvard c. Cambridge
  2. Oxford d. M.I.T.

 

200 Pieces

How often yearly do fairs occur at the foot of the Sardar Mountains?

  1. 4 times c. once
  2. 2 times d. 3 times

 

300 Pieces

Tarl poured one of the items below into the Thassa.

  1. Bosk milk c. Water
  2. Handful of copper tarsks d. Ka-la-na

 

500 Pieces

What was one of Tarl’s aliases?

  1. Kuurus c. Tarn
  2. Gladium of Cos d. Redhaired Bosk

 

1,000 Pieces

How many well placed arrows must a bowman place within a Gorean ehn in an area the size of a man-sized target to be consider skilled?

  1. 6 c. 19
  2. 12 d. 24

 

2000 Pieces

What City does not recognize Free Companionship, simply calling the free women in that city as the women of their men?

  1. Tharna c. Port Kar
  2. Brundisium d. Ar

 

4000 Pieces

It can take years to learn this.

  1. How to ride a tarn c. How Goreans think and Gorean ways
  2. How to tie a signature knot d. How to use a sword

 

8,000 pieces

Mintar’s caste in ‘Tarnsman of Gor’

  1. Slaver c. Assassin
  2. Scribe d. Merchant

 

16,000 pieces

What was the real name of Mip, the TarnKeeper?

  1. Melius of Tharna c. Marlenus
  2. Melipolus of Cos d. Tarl, the Elder

 

32,000 pieces

Who did Ho-Torl die in devotion to?

  1. Sereena c. Sura
  2. Talena d. Phyllis

 

64,000 pieces

Who said "I see him, I see him, and his wings are like showers of gold"?

  1. Kazrak c. Half-Ear
  2. Mother d. Tarl

 

125,000 pieces

When speaking to the slave girl Elinor, who said, "Do not stain my honor."

  1. Tarl Cabot c. Samos
  2. Thurnock d. Rask of Treve

 

250,000 pieces

One of the common practices of the Initiates:

  1. Wear white hoods over their hair c. Do not speak
  2. Do not eat beans or meat d. Drink only water

 

500,000 pieces

What is ‘its’ in the following quotation: ‘Perhaps to stand occasionally in its presence is sufficient."

  1. Honor c. Shadows of Sardar Mountains
  2. Ar d. Truth

 

1,000,000 pieces

Who are not weak, intolerant of genocide, non-permissive and rational?

  1. Priest Kings c. Alars
  2. Tuchuks d. Red Savages

LIFELINES: 50/50 AND ASK THE AUDIENCE

50/50

100 Pieces: a) and b)

200 Pieces: a) and c)

300 Pieces: c) and d)

500 Pieces: a) and b)

1000 Pieces: a) and c)

2000 Pieces: a) and c)

4000 Pieces: b) and c)

8000 Pieces: b) and d)

16000 Pieces: a) and b)

32000 Pieces: c) and d)

64000 Pieces: b) and d)

125000 Pieces: a) and d)

250000 Pieces: a) and b)

500000 Pieces: c) and d)

1000000 Pieces: a) and b)

 

Ask The Audience:

Question

a)

b)

c)

d)

100 Pieces

28%

36%

16%

20%

200 Pieces

80%

0%

18%

2%

300 Pieces

10%

4%

43%

43%

500 Pieces

46%

38%

4%

12%

1000 Pieces

24%

33%

33%

10%

2000 Pieces

23%

28%

33%

11%

4000 Pieces

0%

75%

22%

3%

8000 Pieces

13%

35%

32%

20%

16000 Pieces

16%

46%

31%

8%

32000 Pieces

14%

4%

47%

35%

64000 Pieces

22%

25%

30%

23%

125000 Pieces

56%

4%

2%

38%

250000 Pieces

34%

32%

0%

34%

500000 Pieces

9%

13%

36%

42%

1000000 Pieces

50%

40%

0%

10%

Answers are at the bottom of this page

 

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The meaning of Gor     by `sara

 

The Battles Within the Walls of Gor
To find who is and isn't more
Of a perfect person which each defines
Who will rise up to the standards set so high
With always searching for what is wrong
Sometimes forgetting in what they belong
They fight to live in the freedom of what they believe
All too often - what is found is not to be received
By others that take -pretending what they are not
Always falling short, and eventually their real selves turned out.
Why? Do you say, do these people try?
To live what others would be calling a lie
A question which the answer lies within you
Every choice, every thing that you do Will always be seen as a representation of Gor
- Honor, Truth, Integrity, Principles, Moral, Codes, Emotions, Love, Binding, Survival, Instinct, Rightness, Bravery, Exhilirating, Trust, Powerful, Ardent, Ethical, Strength, Weakness, Determination, Need, Desire, Happiness, Pride, Loyalty, Painfilled, Decisive, Judgement, Defining, Passionate, Driven, Structured, Controlled, Life, Individuality, Togetherness, Sanctuary, Home.

Fight well to make sure you make the right choices, show the right things and bring others into the knowledge of what Gor really is. A few of the quotes sara collected for this. The meaning of Gor:

Master Earnur: Gor means life, sara. It is the natural life, true to the nature of our species, as opposed to a life of denial. Being Gorean means to live one's life in control of one's own destiny, to stand for honor and integrity, and to live according to the nature of our species, a true and fulfilling life.

 

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Mistress Temione: It enthralls me, captivates my every thought. I wonder, when I do things now... Is that in keeping with gorean ideals? I look around me since discovering Gor and I see things more clearly. I always knew the sky was blue... but that deep...unending, azure thats up there now. Was that always there? Gor is having the strength to stand by your morals and ethics. Goodness knows I have failed in the past to do so... but I strive daily now to improve. Gor is love, sara. Did you know that?

`sara: Yes, Mistress.

 

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Master Thorn: The essence of gor is or are the kajirae. Gor really exixts. To allow girls to find themselves and their center, sara. Gorean are very individualistics, which is why they often cannot get along. We always get into "my Gor is better than your Gor" bullshit arguements.

 

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Master |LionHeart: Bottom line; natural morality, understanding it, living it.

`sara Would that be the same as the meaning of Gor to you, Master |LionHeart?

Master |LionHeart: Why, yes, in a nutshell, but I don't know if it explains very much. People usually freak when they see the word 'morality'. I think it's because people are afraid to lose thier relativism, sara. They're afraid to lose thier 'right' to do as they please, consequences be damned, to satisfy thier own needs and cravings at any expense. Selfishness, irresponsibility

 

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alasen{DD}: To alasen, Gor means home, a place she can learn, a place she can hopefully be pleasing, a place where she isn't teased or mocked in her beliefs, a place where Men are Men and not morons ...... guess that's as short as alasen can say it, sara.

 

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Anonymous: "Everyone doesn't have the same philosophy even though they have read the same books. So "my" conception of it and yours may be two totally different things. Each person opens a book with their own set of valuse, history, life, morals...etc... so they read things from a different view than someone with other morals, history, etc.

 

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Master JarlsAxe: Gor is a place to interact with other similar minds, and to enjoy the natural order of things

`sara Anything else you wish to say, Master?

Master JarlsAxe: that all FW on irc Gor should submit.

`sara You want sara to quote you on that, Master?

Master JarlsAxe: well, sure, go ahead sara.

`sara Yes, Master. (Please note that sara only quotes and do not kill her

 

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Master Iron`Bear: The meaning of Gor to me is that it is the cornerstone of a feeling that I have where my Bretheren and I can act, feel, and be men, as a man should be. Strong, proud, unyeilding in our beliefs, our high standards, our inner soul that has cried out to us all of our life but never really new what it was until we fell upon this place. Gor is a place where men are men, and women are women. "A sword is only a tool, it is the Man that is the weapon. The Man who welds these four swords, is truly a Master." There are four "swords" that you will find in Gor and in them lays the meaning of the place called Gor Honor - Loyalty - Duty - Respect

 

 

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ANSWERS:

100 Pieces b) Oxford

200 Pieces a) 4 times a year

300 Pieces c) Water (Hunters of Gor, page 73)

500 Pieces a) Kuurus

1000 Pieces c) 19 (Raiders of Gor, page 2)

2000 Pieces c) Port Kar

4000 Pieces c) How Goreans think and Gorean ways (Rogue of Gor, page 312)

8000 Pieces d) Merchant

16000 Pieces b) Melipolus of Cos (Assassin of Gor, page 360)

32000 Pieces c) Sura

64000 Pieces b) Mother

125000 Pieces d) Rask of Treve (Captive of Gor, page 357)

250000 Pieces b) Do not eat beans or meat (Marauders of Gor, page 26)

500000 Pieces d) Truth (Tribesmen of Gor, page 256)

1000000 Pieces a) Priest Kings (Beasts of Gor, pages 7-8)

 

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