The Gorean Voice - February 2000 - Vol II Issue 8

ANSWERS - February 2000

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Logic Problem Solution:

Sarpedon paid 32 (4). Sarus didn't pay 30 (3), 34 (5), or 36 (3,4); he paid 38. Samos paid 34 (3). Bosk didn't pay 36 (4); Thurnock paid 36 and Bosk paid 30. Sarus bought Tina (3). Bosk wasn't the man who purchased Hura (1); Thurnock was. Samos bought Sheera (5). Bosk didn't buy Vicka (6); Sarpedon did. Bosk bought Mira. Mira was from Lydius (6). Hura was from Ar (4). The girl from PortKar wasn't bought by Samos or Sarus (2); she was bought by Sarpedon. The girl from Laura wasn't bought by Sarus (1); she was bought by Samos. Sarus bought the girl from Cos

In summary:

Bosk, Mira, Lydius, 30 tarns
Thurnock, Hura, Ar, 36 tarns
Samos, Sheera, Laura, 34 tarns
Sarus, Tina, Cos, 38 tarns
Sarpedon, Vicka, PortKar, 32 tarns

Kryptoquizz Solutions:

Krypotquizz 1 Codekey:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Q W R A J O E V P Y F K S U G D H I B Z X M N T L C

Answer: The Gorean slave, in the eyes of Gorean law, is an animal, with no legal title to a name. (page 15-16)

Krypotquizz 2 Codekey:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
K G V J F R M E T P A W C I N H Y Q O B S X L U Z D

Answer: Goreans care for their world. They love the sky, the plains, the sea, the rain in the summer, the snow in winter. (page 119)

Kryptoquizz 3 Codekey:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
M V G K L Z O X T U Y F P S Q J C I E R W B H A N D

Answer: "There is a saying among Panther Girls", she said, "that any girl who permits herself to fall to men desires in her heart to be their slave". (page 133)

Category Solutions:

Names of FW     Verna    Grenna   Mira    Sheera    Tina
Locations       Vosk Delta   Gor  Marshes  Sardar   Treve
Foods           Vulo     Grapes   Melon   Sa-Tarna  Tarsk
Caste     Vart Trainers   Guardsmen   Merchants  Slavers    Tarnsmen
Animals         Vosk Gull   Gim   Marsh Gant   Sleen  Tarn

Trivia Answers:

ONE CUP OF BLACKWINE NEEDED:

1) Cabot wore the robes of the merchant. Name the colors. What other color did he wear?

1) White and Gold for the Merchants; He wore beneath it the scarlet of the Warriors. (page 7)

2) One of the greatest shames a man can know.

2) Being enslaved by a woman (page 12)

3) The four most common places a male slave serves.

3) Mines, Farms, Galleys, and Wharves (page 32)

4) Merchant Magistrates wear the same caste colors as merchants, with one difference. What is the difference?

4) Purple stripe on their robes (page 49)

5) Destroying a Gorean forest might result in what retribution?

5) Being tracked down and burned to death (page 119)

TWO OR THREE CUPS OF BLACKWINE NEEDED:

1) Describe the universal gesture for trading.

1) Hand gesture showing giving something then taking something (page 19)

2) The three items Bosk poured into Thassa were what? What did he say before he poured them?

2) Salt, Wine, and Oil; “Ta-Sardar-Gor, Ta-Thassa” (page 73)

3) For what reason did Bosk search so diligently for Talena?

3) He wished the power having an Ubar’s daugher as his FC would bring (page 84)

4) Name the stops Bosk made along his route (up to chapter 11), in order of stop.

4) Exchange point of Arn (page 18), Exchange point of Sheera (page 27), the side of the river to collect urts (page 37), Lydius (page 59), The forest above Laura (page 82, 85)

5) The first plan of Bosks men to capture the Panther Girls failed. What was their second plan, and what caused it's failure?

5) Plan 2 was to wait for the Panther Girls return, hidden in their camp. It failed because they drank drugged wine and were captured themselves. (page 121-126)

HOOK UP THE I.V., THESE ARE TOUGH!

1) The name of the ship which took Cabot from Port Kar to the Forests.

1) Tesephone (page 19)

2) Bosk tells how Panther Girls hate women. What is his final comment regarding the subject in the passage he discusses their hatred?

2) That he did not much understand these things (page 28)

3) Bosk's ship had 4 sails. Name them.

3) Fair weather, Tarn, Tharlarion (smaller Tarn sail), Storm (page 33)

4) A Gorean slave trap differs from a sleen or larl trap because of one distinctive feature. What is it?

4) It requires a key to open it (page 126)

5) Talena was disowned by Marlenus, what did he do showing the disownment?? Justification for her disownment is found where?

5) Marlenus swore her disownment with one hand on his sword, the other on the medallion of Ar.Justification is found in the codes of the Warriors, and the rites of the city of Ar. (page 131)

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