[Hairul Hafis]

Welcome to the Oblivion Quiz Thread

Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgment,
the manner in which information is collected and used.
- Dr. Carl Sagan
Rules

1. Only one question should be asked at a time.

2. The first person to answer correctly will be responsible for providing the next question.

3. If you know that you will not be able to stay to validate a response to your question within 30 minutes, either please don't ask or someone else should ask another question to keep the quiz flowing.

4. Be patient. It can take time to come up with a good question. If you answer a question correctly, you will have 10 minutes to come up with your own question. Your time will start when your answer is validated. After that time someone else may take over.

5. Please base you questions on things that are to be found in unmodded Oblivion, Shivering Isles and the DLCs. Try not to include questions that involve lore that cannot be found in game, or rely only on the Construction Set or console codes to answer.

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8. Please let the person who asked the question say which answer is correct, unless that person is offline and has been for 20-30 minutes. Then anyone else may ask the next question.

[Krystal Wilson]

Question:
What shape does the Avatar of Akatosh take?

[Farrah Lee]

Lorca1 currently has the floor for correctly answering retrov's question.

Start us off!

EDIT: @Vum - a Dragon

Lorca has the floor.

EDIT2: A sufficient amount of time has passed. The floor is open.

[DAVId MArtInez]

Lazy question: Other than Big Head and M'aiq, name an Oblivion character who has the same name/race as Morrowind.

[gemma]

Lazy question: Other than Big Head and M'aiq, name an Oblivion character who has the same name/race as Morrowind.

Elante of Alinor.

[Michael Korkia]

Yep! :turtle:

[Justin]

Yep! :turtle:

What does the Dark Chest of Wonders contain, and where is the Dark Chest of Wonders found?

[Steph]

What does the Dark Chest of Wonders contain, and where is the Dark Chest of Wonders found?

Xirethard, Ring of the Oceanborn.

Edit; other way round; contains Ring of the Oceanborn, found in Xirethard.

[ezra]

Xirethard, Ring of the Oceanborn.

:turtle:

I love Nightwish!

[koumba]

I'll cede my go and throw the floor open to the next poster.

[Mistress trades Melissa]

Alrighty, let's give this thing a kick in the pants.

On average, how tall are Golden Saints?

[Charity Hughes]

I seem to remember them being just shorter than my Altmer, although I could be off there.

[Chica Cheve]

I seem to remember them being just shorter than my Altmer, although I could be off there.

Female Saints are the same height as both male and female Altmer; males are, of course, shorter.

The proper answer to the question is a measurement, though. Not a comparison.

[CRuzIta LUVz grlz]

Pfft, how tall are Altmer? About 6'5"?

[Jeff Turner]

Just throwing this out there, but males are 1.0 and females are 1.1, so the average would be 1.05.

Those are CS values, though. Not sure if that's what you're looking for.

If it is, give the Turtle to Lorca, since he said 'Altmer-height'. Which is true, for the females.

[Yvonne]

Just throwing this out there, but males are 1.0 and females are 1.1, so the average would be 1.05.

Those are CS values, though. Not sure if that's what you're looking for.

If it is, give the Turtle to Lorca, since he said 'Altmer-height'. Which is true, for the females.

The answer to the question can be gleaned in-game, and it's in Earth units. It has nothing to do directly with CS stuff. However, if the in-game information is actually correct with relation to CS stuff, then it could be used to determine the actual height of Oblivion actors in comparison to real life, which may be mildly interesting to some. :read:

[Taylor Bakos]

Ehh, no one?

I need to go to bed, so I'll have to cede the floor.

But I'm not ceding the question. Quite Frankly, I'm Disappointed. No one could even venture a guess? I already divulged that the answer is an Earth-based number; that ought to narrow things down considerably.

Honorary Turtle to anyone who comes up with the correct answer while the floor is held by someone else.

If I regain the floor before the question is answered, it shall be Zombified.

Carry on.

[Marcus Jordan]

Hmm... One sec... Something around 6'3 perhaps? 6'2? I'm guessing it's actually in-game, but I can't check it...

[Heather Kush]

Hmm... One sec... Something around 6'3 perhaps? 6'2? I'm guessing it's actually in-game, but I can't check it...

Yeah, I've officially ceded the floor for now... but you're attempting to answer my question, so...

Sorry, that's incorrect.

[Kelvin]

I searched everywhere. The WIKI, the book about these guys and the CS.
Couldnt find the height. Anywhere, so im taking a wild guess.

1.05

[Wanda Maximoff]

I searched everywhere. The WIKI, the book about these guys and the CS.
Couldnt find the height. Anywhere, so im taking a wild guess.

1.05

1.05 of... what?

(Yeah yeah, I said I was going to bed. I can't sleep. Sue me.)

[^~LIL B0NE5~^]

1.05 of... what?

(Yeah yeah, I said I was going to bed. I can't sleep. Sue me.)

Well, when you read about how speed is calculated, it says, high elves are the fastest because of their height, which is (iirc) 1.01. Doesnt say the scale, just the number.
Lets call it "Oblivion meters" or something

[Luis Longoria]

Well, when you read about how speed is calculated, it says, high elves are the fastest because of their height, which is (iirc) 1.01. Doesnt say the scale, just the number.
Lets call it "Oblivion meters" or something

He said there was an in-game reference.

I already suggested the CS values (Altmer are 1.1, not 1.01 btw).

If nobody has found the answer by the time I get off work, I shall do some delving when I get home.

[Stefanny Cardona]

1.1 Nirnometres

[Jon O]

TIL has nothing to say on the subject either, that I can find anyway. UESP and many here have noted that Altmer are 10% taller than Imperials, and just taller than Nords/Orcs.

Average male height in the U.S. is 176.3 cm. Add on 10% and it is 193.93, or 6' 4.4", so my guess is 6'4". I'll be interested to see where this RL measurement appears in game.