Multiple-Choice Trivia II

[Farren]

D.

Black Mages are available immediately; Ninjas and Knights are available through class change.

[Farren]

I'll yield the question to someone else.

[Farren]

I'm going to guess A. Reasoning: both A and B seem to be ... more descriptive, I think, than C and D. And I'd expect something described as an

automaton

to act without thinking; interpreting context requires thinking. (Plus, Nancy guessed B, so I can't.)

[Farren]

In

Factorio

, which of these would a player expect to accomplish by utilizing the

kovarex process?

A: The kovarex

annihilation

process launches a series of rockets at a designated target, destroying everything within a 20-tile radius.
B: The kovarex

automation

process creates assembler machines, capable of manufacturing a wide variety of materials and products without human intervention.
C: The kovarex

enrichment

process refines uranium-238 into the harder-to-find uranium-235, needed for nuclear power.
D: The kovarex

logistical

process is an inside joke, referring to transporting resources primarily via logistical robots, even when other methods would be more efficient.

[Farren]

B is incorrect. While assembler machines are very much an important part of the game and behave exactly as described, there is no "kovarex automation process."

[Farren]

C is correct!

There are rockets in the game that can blow things up (including atomic bombs), but none of them are tied to the kovarex process. Atomic bombs use U-235 and thus benefit from having kovarex researched, but the process is not named the annihilation process, and it doesn't directly make the bombs.

The inside joke is completely fictional.

The kovarex enrichment process is primarily used to refine U-238 into U-235; researching it directly allows the production of nuclear fuel and is practically necessary to run nuclear power (which runs on U-235 - good luck getting enough without kovarex).

Nancy, you're up!

[Farren]

I'm going to guess C.

Keys generally grant access to things, and if a boss can only be defeated once, removing the ability to collect the key needed to reach it again is no big deal. Terraria's a crafting game; removing access to gear (the yo-yo, the shield) doesn't sound like something it'd do.

[Farren]

Apparently my logic was just flat-out wrong, if Terraria has no qualms about locking boss B behind *not* killing boss A.

It's been ages since I played; I didn't recognize the Moon Lord at all. I did recognize the Wall of Flesh, although I would have been at a loss to guess which item its death sealed.

[Farren]

I'll guess D.

A and B seem too early for movies in general, other than maybe silent films? (And I wouldn't put any money on that; cinema history is not my strong suit.)