Gorean Trivia Q&AWhat is every Gorean expected to do at least once in his life?
Visvisit Sardar Fairs before age 25
When Tarl was sentenced to the mines of Tharna, what was the name of the informant on his chain?
Ost
What annual event allows those sentenced to the mines of Tharna a brief relief to their existence?honey cakes and poor kalda on Tatrix birthday
Once a year, on the birthday of the Tatrix, they receive a small cake, made with honey and sesame seeds, and a small pot of poor Kal-da.
outlaw of gor
What keeps animals from entering the Sardar Mountains?
a force field that effects inner ear of animals
For what two reasons is a slave branded?
to show others she is owned and to impress her slavery upon her
All direction on Gor is calculated from: … (a) The North Pole; … (b) Ar; … (c) The Equator; … (d) The Sardar Mountains; … (e) Each Free Person’s perspective
The Sardar Mountains
Briefly, for those it might interest all directions on the planet are calculated from the Sardar Mountains, which for the purposes of calculating direction plau a role analogous to our north pole; the two main directions, so to speak, in the Gorean way of thinking are Ta-Sardar-Var and Ta-Sardar-Ki-Var, or as one would normally say, Var and Ki-Var; 'Var' means a turning and 'Ki' signifies negation; thus, rather literally, one might speak of 'turning to the Sardar' and 'not turning to the Sardar'
At a banquet in Turia, Kamchak gives Aphris a gift, What was it?
a five strand diamond necklace
What determines the women who stand at the stakes in the game of Love War?
only the most beautiful girls stand in games of the Love War
A girl might propose herself to stand, as had Aphris of Turia, but this would not guarantee that she would be chosen, for the criteria of Love War are exacting and, as much as possible, objectively applied. Only the most beautiful of the most beautiful could stand in this harsh sport."
---Nomads of Gor, page 117
Complete this Gorean proverb: Beware the sleen that seems to ____?
sleep
In Victoria, the Street of the Writhing Slave gets it name how?
the coin girls
Hair held in place with a bun in back is favored by Free Women of what caste?
scribes
There is a Gorean saying to the effect that any woman who relishes *what* is in her heart a slave girl?
a compliment
Slave girls relish compliments. Indeed there is a Gorean saying to the effect that any woman who relishes a compliment is in her heart a slave girl. She wants to please. Most Gorean men would not think twice about collaring a girl who responds, smiling, to compliments. A desire to please her Master. When she is complimented she knows she has pleased him.
Beasts page 17
What is said to lie between Cos and Tyros?
"WORLDS END"
True or false: In most cities, should a Free Woman submit herself as a slave to a specific man and be denied, she is immediately property of the city itself.
False in some Cities yes but not most it varies from City to City
Members of what caste converse amongst themselves in archaic Gorean?
Physicians
Lydius likes at the mouth of what river?
Laurius River
Port Kar is located on what gulf?
Tamber
A youth of the Wagon People's is taught what three things before their parents would consent to give him a name?
the use of the bow quiva and the lance
What happened to the body of Sarm?
The last sound I heard from Sarm's translator was --- "The pleasure."
Then in the last spasmodic throb of death Sarm's body broke free of the jaws of the Golden Beetle and reared up once more to its glorious perhaps twenty feet of height. He stood thusly on the walkway at the top of the vast blue dome beneath which burned and hissed the power source of the Priest-Kings.
One last time he looked about himself, his antennae surveying the grandeur of the Nest, and then tumbled from the walkway and fell to the surface of the globe and slid until he fell to the rubble belowA Gorean proverb states that scavengers come to feast on the bodies of what?
Tarnsmen
Haruspexes are readers of what?
the future
Various methods are used, 'for a piece of meat he would read the wind and the grass; for cup of wine the stars and the flight of birds; for a fat-bellied dinner the liver of a sleen or slave'. Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 27 and 28
. The Dorna is what kind of ship?
The Dorna, like most tarn ships, is a long, narrow vessel of shallow draft. a war ship
What was Telima's slave name before she escaped from Port Kar?
telima
What is the significance of the scarlet rug and the yellow cords?
Rite of submission used in Tharna before female dominance
The color yellow symbolized talendars, a sign of feminimity and love. The color red symbolized blood and possibly passion as well
"Weep, Free Maiden.
Remember your pride and weep. Remember your laughter and weep. Remember you were my enemy and weep. Now you are my helpless captive. Remember you stood against me. Know now you are my slave. Weep, Slave Girl."outlaw of gor
. Who won Bosk in the festival of the rence growers?
Telima
What was the year dated on the letter Matthew Cabot wrote to his son Tarl?
third of February, 1640.
What did Nar of the Spider People use to talk with Tarl?
translator
What other name is the Home Stone of Ar also referred by?
Ar's Luck
What Earth city did Tarl use after his name?
Bristol
What is one reason a girl that is not a pleasure slave might be belled?
Her Master doesnt trust her
Who was the richest woman in Turia?
Aphris of Turia
There are usually an ___ amount of seeds in a tospit, unless it is the rare long stemmed breed.
even
Who is the true Ubar of the Tuchuks?
Kamchak
Kutaituchik Father of Kamchak is said to be the True Ubar but the wily Tuchuk never tell Who is Really the "TRUE UBAR
What was Tarl seeking in his quest?
Last egg of the Priest Kings
What was Harold's tactic for getting by the guards when escaping with a girl from the Pleasure Gardens of Saphrar?
steal a tarn
His cavalier attitude as to his plans to get out of Turia cause Cabot to wonder seriously if there is an idiocy scar among the Wagon Peoples for Harold has not, upon entering Turia, formed his plan for escape. His solution to the problem of exiting Turia causes Cabot to speculate that the young man has completely taken leave of his senses, for he decides that they will steal tarns, the fierce saddle birds of Gor. Cabot, being a tarnsman, knows full well that riding a tarn is not something that just anyone can do for it is said that the tarn knows who is a tarnsman and will kill those who are not.
Harold’s cunning is in evidence again when he confronts the slave he intends to steal from Saphrar’s pleasure gardens. The slave, it might be mentioned, is the girl Hareena, raised by the Tuchuks to stand as a fitting prize in the games of love/war between the Wagon Peoples and Turia. She had tormented Harold before being won by a warrior of Turia and taken to the pleasure gardens. His plan to thwart her from giving them away shows the simple yet effective way this young Tuchuk operates.
The girl Hareena, not wishing to become Harold’s slave, informs him she will simply scream to summon the guards. With a smile, Harold tells her to put her plan into action. As soon as the girl lifts her head and opens her mouth to scream, Harold pushes one of three scarves he has brought deep within her mouth. Before the bewildered girl can understand what has happened, he has her bound hand and foot with the remaining scarves. Tossing her over his shoulder, he informs her that his counter plan is obviously superior to hers.
Who is famous for never purchasing a woman and branding women with his name after he used them?
Rask of Treve
Women, it was said, had special reason to fear Rask of Treve. It was said he had a gargantuan contempt, and appetite, for them. It was said that when he used a woman, he then branded her, with his name, as though she, once used, no matter to whom she might afterwards be given or sold, could truly belong only to him. It was also said that he would use a woman only once, claiming that he had, he, Rask of Treve, in once using her, emptied her, exhausted her, taken from her all she had to give, and that, thus, she could no longer be of interest to him. No man on Gor, it was said, could so humble, or diminish, a woman as Rask of Treve. And yet, it was said, there were few women on Gor, strangely enough to the fury of their own men, or guardians, who were not willing to be used, and branded and spurned by Rask of Treve, that young, audacious, ruthless warrior, only that they might helplessly know his touch.
Rask of Treve, it was said, had never purchased a woman. he would capture, and take by force, those that pleased him. Rask of Treve, it was said, like many Goreans warriors, preferred free women, enjoying the delicious agonies of his prey, as he reduced them to the utterness of the surrendered female slave. On the other hand, if is should please him, it was said he could take a girl who was already slave and make her more a slave than a slave.
Captives (pg. 192)Fill in the blanks. Each blank is the same word. "There is no justice until _________ creates it, establishes it, guarantees it, gives it substance and significance." "First _______ -- he said, then government - then law - then justice."
Marlenus was patient. "Before the sword," he said, "there is no right, no wrong, only fact-- a world of what is and what is not, rather than a world of what should be and should not be. There is no justice until the sword creates it, establishes it, guarantees it, gives it substance and significance." He lifted the weapon, wielding the heavy metal blade as though it were a straw.
"First the sword," he said, "then government-- then law-- then justice."--Tarnsman of Gor p. 155
Who was the one man Verna felt fear that he might enslave her, simply from looking at him?
Marlenus of Ar
How is a male slave marked when he has been captured and/or sold by Panther Girls?
Head shaved down the center
What does a talender in a slave's hair mean?
she craves Masters touch,silently begging slave rape
. Who did Marlenus wish for the Ubara of Ar?
Verna ,Leader of a Panther Band
From what area are slaves called "women whose belly lies beneath the sword"?
Torvaldsland
What does it mean to enter a bond-maid circle?
a woman that enters the bondmaid circle leaves it a bondmaid enslaved
What does the term "silk girl" mean?
a kajira from the south sort of an insult used by bondmaids to describe girls of the cities
True or false: Free women in the north have more power than in the south.
True
What was found in Torvald's chamber?
The War Arrow
What does a bondage knot mean when tied in a girl's hair?
another way for a girl to beg Masters use
Name 4 of the free islands in Thassa.
Farnacium, Hulneth and Asperiche, Teletus, Tabor, and Scagnar, Anango and Ianda
Who is First Slaver of Port Kar?
Samos
then thrust her from me, before the tables, that she might better please the guests of Samos, first slaver of Port Kar. She looked at me reproachfully, but, seeing my eyes, turned frightened to the men, hands over her head, to please them. Never in all this, of course, had she lost the music in her body. The men cried out, pleased with her beauty...
Tribesmen of Gor, page 08
"One who speaks of Home Stones should _____, for matters of honor are here involved…"
stand
There is a saying on Gor: "_____ has no caste."
gold or coin
There is a saying on Gor, "Gold has no caste." It is a saying of which the merchants are fond.
Nomads page 84
What is celebrated in Ar on the day preceding the Love Feast?
Kajuralia
"The Festival of Slaves", it is held in most Gorean cities (except Port Kar, where it is not celebrated at all) on the last day of the Twelfth Passage Hand (March 15th). In Ar, it is celebrated on the last day of the fifth month (August 12th), the day which precedes the Love Feast. Upon this day, slaves may take liberties which are otherwise not permitted them during the year, including the drinking of wine and liquor, the freedom to roam at will (provided of course they do not attempt to escape from their owners permanently), the freedom to choose their own sexual partners and to couch with slaves of the opposite sex whom they find attractive, temporary suspension of all work and duties, and even the opportunity to play (minor) tricks and practical jokes upon freepersons. After the twentieth ahn, however, they are expected to be back in their respective kennels and slave quarters to resume the services required by their imbonded status; slaves who "go renegade" during Kajuralia are typically punished severely if recaptured, and are often executed for such an offense.
Name the 3 statuses outside the caste system.
Societies outside of the Cities EG: The Wagon People,The Alar,Torvaldlanders,also slaves and outlaws male and female
Who is permitted only the Second Knowledge?
The Free
Who is the "Ox on which the Home Stone rests"?
The Peasants
Lawyers and Cartographers are members of which caste?
Scribes
What city is said to be founded by the first man of Gor who the Priest-Kings are said "to have formed from the mud of the Earth and the blood of tarns"?
Ar was founded by the first man of Gor; the Priest Kings say that he was formed from the mud of Earth and the blood of tarns. Ar’s citizens tend to be the most technologically developed and civilized of most Goreans, indeed the phrase for years past is ‘Constasta Ar,’ meaning ‘from the founding of Ar.’ The cultural center for most of Gor, setting the prevailing fashions in many other cities, it is a city of lofty cylinders, spires, towers, lights, and high bridges lit by lanterns connecting many of the towers.
Name the two slave houses in Ar that specialize in the renting, buying and selling of dancers.
There are two main slave houses in Ar, Kelsius and Aurelius, specializing in the renting, buying and selling of dancers.
Name the 4 major cities of Cos.
Telnus Jad Selnar Temos
What occurred on the 25th of Se`Kara?
Port Kar defeated the joined forces of Cos and Tyros
What city does not recognize Free Companionship?
Port Kar
How much did Targo pay for Lara, Tatrix of Tharna?
45 pieces of gold
Out of the darkness came two men, warriors. Between them, face-stripped, was a woman, stumbling. Her arms, over her resplendent robes, were bound to her sides with a broad leather strap. She was thrown to the feet of Targo. I, and the other girls, crowded about, but the guards pushed us back with their spears. The woman struggled to her knees, but was not permitted to rise. Her eyes were wild. She shook her head, no. Targo then, piece by piece, from the leather pouch at his belt, handed forty-five pieces of gold to the chief of the two men. The girls cried out in amazement. It was a fantastic price. And he had not even assessed her! We realized then that she had been contracted for in advance. The two men took Targo’s gold and withdrew into the darkness.
CaptiveMen of Torvaldsland are fond of what kind of woman?
Most men in Torvaldsland prefer their slaves to have large breasts and large hips. Their hips are sometimes referred to as a "love cradle" and the best are "…well adapted to cushion the shocks of an oarsman's pleasure." (Marauders of Gor, p.125
What city is known as the "Tarn of the Voltai"?
Treve
Name 2 things the Wagon people will NOT trade to Turia.
a living bosk and a girl from turia
What is the capital of Tyros?
Kasra
What are the 3 standard/principle ingredients of Sullage?
golden suls ,red curled leaves of the Tur pah tree and blue roots of the kes shrub
First she boiled and simmered a kettle of Sullage, a common Gorean soup consisting of three standard ingredients and, as it is said, whatever else may be found, saving only the rocks of the field. The principal ingredients of Sullage are the golden Sul, the starchy, golden-brown vine-borne fruit of the golden-leaved Sul plant; the curled, red, ovate leaves of the Tur-pah, a tree parasite, cultivated in host orchards of Tur trees; and the salty, blue secondary roots of the Kes Shrub, a small, deeply rooted plant which grows best in sandy soil. -- p44-45, Priest-Kings of Gor
What color were Tarl Cabot’s eyes?
His eyes were clear, and blue, direct and honest
Page one Outlaw of gor {statement by Harrison Smith}
On the flag of Bosk of Port Kar, what did Bosk take the green bars to symbolize?
The color of Pirates on the Thassa
Name the true Ubars of all 4 Wagon Peoples.
Few outsiders know the identity of the true Ubars of the Wagon Peoples for all of the tribes conceal this fact from outsiders. The tribes engage in misdirection, pretending that someone else is the actual Ubar
The Kassars, also known as the "Blood People," are led by Conrad, their Ubar
The Kataii are blacks and they are led by Hakimba, their Ubar
Tolnus led The Paravaci "THE RICH PEOPLE"till he betrayed the Wagon People it is unknown Who succeeds Him
The Tuchuks, also known as the "Wily Ones," are led by Kamchak, their Ubar
.True or false? Tuchuk women, both slave and free wear tiny nose rings.
True
True or false? Sereem diamonds and opals are plentiful in the Tahari gem trade.
His greatest interest, apparently, lay in the sereem diamonds and opals. Both sorts of stones were rare in the Tahari gem trade. {Tribesman of Gor - 88} ...
It is said that the Wagon Peoples do what to strangers
slay them
Kazrak, in his disbelief that Talena may be of High Caste, suggests that she is probably the daughter of what
a goat herder
True or false? There are no paga taverns in Tharna.
true
How did Kamchak promise Aphris she would spend her first night with him?
For that," he said, smiling, "you will spend your first night in the dung sack."
Again Aphris laughed merrily and was joined by those of the banquet."
---Nomads of Gor, page 94-95
How did Tarl and Harold enter Turia?
through an underground well
"You will be slain in Turia," said Harold, finishing his meat and wiping his mouth in Tuchuk fashion on the back of his right sleeve.
"Perhaps," I admitted.
"You do not even know how to enter the city," he said.
"That is true," I admitted.
"I can enter Turia when I wish," he said. "I know a way."
"Perhaps," I suggested, "I might accompany you."
"Perhaps," he granted, carefully wiping the quiva on the back of his left sleeve.
"When are you going to Turia?" I asked.
"Tonight," he said.
I looked at him. "Why have you not gone before?" I asked.
He smiled. "Kamchak," he said, "told me to wait for you."
---Nomads of Gor, 15:187The Yellow Pool of Turia is: … (a) one of the public baths; … (b) a cesspool; … (c) a paga tavern; … (d) a monetary collection for the Caste of Builders; … (e) None of the above
(e) None of the above
housed in a magnificent chamber in the House of Saphrar is a marble basin filled with a brilliant, yellow fluid. Beneath it's oddly shifting surface is a collection of threads and granules in a transparent bag of intertwined, writhing filaments and spheres, imbedded in a darkish, yellow jelly and walled in by a translucent membrane. The pool is a living, breathing monster that slowly digests it's victims. The Yellow Pool was destroyed by Kamchak after he conquered Turia
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 202-213 and 322-323
"What woman could respect a man who is not strong enough to _______."
__lash her_____."
. "Perhaps it should only be added that the Gorean Master, though strict, _______." cruel
"Perhaps it should only be added that the Gorean Master, though often strict, is seldom cruel. The girl knows, if she pleases him, her lot will be an easy one. She will almost never encounter sadism or wanton cruelty, for the psychological environment that tends to breed these diseases is largely absent from Gor. This does not mean that she will not expect to be beaten if she disobeys, or fails to please her Master."
~Outlaw of Gor, Page 53~"Goreans, as the men of Earth commonly do not, celebrate intelligence_____(two things)_____wit in a girl."
What is more personal, the brand or the collar?
the collar
the brand is impersonal;the collar is intensely personal; the brand marks her property; the collar proclaims whose property she is, who it is who has either, or paid for, her; that the brand is an impersonal designations of an absence of status in the social structure in perhaps another reason why masters do not often brand their own girls; the brand relationship to the free man is institutional; the collar relationship, on the other hand, is an intensely personal one; it is not uncommon for masters to pride themselves on the depth with which they know their slave girls..."
Tarnsmen of Gor; page 42.
"It is said, in a Gorean proverb, that a man, in his heart, desires ___(a)___, and that a woman, in her belly, yearns for ___(b)___."
"It is said, in a Gorean proverb, that a man, in his heart, desires a slave___(a)___, and that a woman, in her belly, yearns for a Master___(b)___."
. "One of the great pleasures in owning a girl is ______ to her."
talking
True or False: - - - A man to be a man must have mastered a woman.
false must Master Himself
"A girl in a collar is not permitted ______."
inhibition______."
"I looked down upon her. "You are a wanton slave," I said. She looked up at me laughing, "A girl in a collar is not permitted inhibitions," she said. It was true, slave girls must reveal their sexual nature, totally. Do they not do so , they are beaten."
Page 278 - Marauders of Gor
"The absolute truth must be spoken to a Gorean master. It is forbidden to a girl to ______."
It is forbidden to a girl to hide anything from Him______." Page 346 - Captive of Gor
The talender, fixed in her hair, is a slave girl's wordless confession that she ______.
craves her Masters touch
True or False - - - Slaves have pride.
true
What is the "slave belly"?
yearning to please
Other than the left thigh, name at least three common brand sites.
Where are we branded?" She asked.
"A girl is commonly branded on the left or right thigh," I said, "sometimes on the lower left abdomen."
~Beasts of Gor, page 229~penalty brands on cheek
The words "Three beats of a slave’s heart" appear how many times? … (a) Never; … (b) 1 time; … (c) 3 times; … (d) 26 times
A
Black wine served ‘Second Slave’ is ______?
black ______? except in the Tahari
The origin of 'first slave' and 'second slave' is derived as to how the beverage is normally served, and often these terms amongst river towns and cities, especially of the north. Black wine is normally served by two slaves; the 'first slave' being the girl that puts down the cups, takes the orders and sees that the beverage is prepared according to the preferences of the one being served and the 'second slave' being the girl who carries the vessel of black wine and pours into the cups. The term 'second slave' is used even if only one slave is serving to indicate that it is to be served black." -- Guardsman of Gor page 245."To share the kettle of a friend is to dine with a ______."
Ubar______."
What does it mean if one is sitting "below the salt"?
Salt, in its bowls on the tables, divided men into rankings. Those sitting above the salt were accorded greater prestige than those sitting below it. If one sat between the salt and the high seat, one sat "above" the salt; if one sat between the salt and the entrance to the hall, one sat "below" the salt. At the high-seat table, that at which the high seat sat, all counted as being "above the salt." Similarly, at the tables parallel to the high-seat table, smaller tables flanking the long fire on both sides, the tables nearest the high seat counted as being above the salt, those farthest away being below the salt. The division, was made approximately at the third of the hall closest to the high seat, but could shift, depending on the numbers of those in attendance worthy to be above the salt. The line, so to speak, imaginary to be sure, but definitely felt as a social reality, dividing those above from those below the salt, was uniformly "drawn" across the width of the hall. Thus, it was not the case that one at a long side table, who was above the salt, would be farther away from the high seat than one at one of the center tables, who was "below" the salt. In Ivar Forkbeard’s hall, incidentally, the salt distinctions were not drawn; in his hall all being comrades in arms, all were "above the salt." Svein Blue Tooth’s holdings, on the other hand, were quite large and complexly organized. It would not have seemed proper, at least in the eyes of Svein Blue Tooth and others, for a high officer to sit at the same table with a fellow whose main occupation was supervising thralls in the tending of verr.
MaraudersWhat is the cost of a paga girl in a tavern?
the cost of a bowl of paga
What are the 4 purposes for a collar?
The collar has four common purposes, Master,' she said, 'First, it visibly designates me as a slave, as a brand might not, should it be covered by clothing. Second, it impresses my slavery upon me. Thirdly, it identifies me to my Master. Fourthly, fourthly,'
'Fourthly?' he asked.
'Fourthly,' she said, 'it makes it easier to leash me.'
He kicked her in the side. She winced. Her response had been slow
What are the terms under which a Free Companionship is made void before the year's term is up?
death or enslavement of either Party
04. True or False: The branding experience is personal between Master and slave, and usually performed by the slave's owner.
false
What is the rebellion of compliance?
when a slave obeys perfectly, but outwardly, trying to retain an island in which she would be her own mistress. Allowing her to think she is deceiving him, her master will, when he wishes, shatter her, taking this island from her, making her completely a slave.
There is a mock rebellion which is sometimes permitted a slave girl, or even commanded of her, for the master’s amusement. I felt a tear on my cheek. 'Show rebellion', is a command which a girl must, as any other, obey. Yet it is a terribly cruel command. 'Kneel' is the command which, commonly, puts an end to her rebellion. When a girl has been permitted defiance it is then all the sweeter, I gather, to bring her again to her knees before you."
Slave Girl of Gor, p. 153A free woman can sell herself into slavery, true or false?
True
When a Free woman is being entertained by a man in his compartments, Tarl explains... what is a slave girl supposed to do in such a situation?
make herself small and uneffacing almost disappear into the background ...
never compete with the FW
What is the name used for the agricultural slaves, sometimes referred to as "Sames"?
Waniyanpi
Who were the three blood brothers?
Tarl. Cuwignaka. Hci
Cuwignaka’s knife moved on his own forearm, and then on mine, and then on Hci’s.
"You cannot be a member of the Sleen Soldiers of the All Comrades," had said Hci, "for you are not Kaiila, and you do not know our dances and mysteries, the contents of our medicine bundles."
"There is another thing," had said Cuwignaka, "which can be done."
"Do it," had said Hci.
Cuwignaka held his arm to mine, and then I held my arm to that of Hci, and then Hci, in turn, held his arm to that of Cuwignaka. Thus was the circle of blood closed.
"It is done," said Cuwignaka.
"Brothers," I said.
"Brothers," said Hci.
"Brothers," said Cuwignaka.
Blood Brothers"It is not the scarlet, not the steel, not the helm which makes a warrior." What then, makes a warrior?
But it is not the scarlet, not the steel, not the helm which makes a warrior."
She looked at me.
"It is the codes," I said.
"Abandon your codes," she said.
"One does not speak to a slave of the codes," I said.
………………Beasts of Gor, page 340To ask of a slave, "Who loosens her hair?", is akin to asking what?
Who owns you?
Name one of the brand sites recommended by Merchant Law.
right or left outer thigh abdomen
There can be no greater degradation for a slave girl than what?
branding
When guiding a tarn, which strap would you draw on to land or lose altitude?
To rise into flight or gain altitude?
four
1 is up 2 is rising to the right 3 is diving to the right 4 is dive 5 is dive left and 6 is rise lesft
How did Tarl open the mysterious envelope that he came across on his fateful camping trip?right thumb print
What was the gift Tarl Cabot brought to his father when he arrived on Gor?
handful of grass and earth
Name one of the two "most powerful devices of war" permitted by the Priest Kings.
cross bow and lance
What is the name of the room in which the elected representatives of the High Castes of Ko-ro-ba hold their meetings?
Chamber of the Council
Who is Ar’s Master Assassin?
Pa Kur
What is the literal translation of Dar-Kosis?
holy disease
What is the reason for the sign of the black dagger on an Assassin’s forehead?
to show he is on the hunt
What city on Gor is the only city to be built by the labor of slaves?
Port Kar
What is the only word in which a tarn is trained to react?
tabuk
Name the clan specific to the Tuchuks?
Torturers
Aelgifu, daughter of Gurt of Kassau was ransomed for how much?
the ransom set was 100 gold pieces when Folkbeard went to ransom her he told her you are too pretty to ransom took 120 gold pieces from Her father but kept the girl
Who became Ubara of the Tuchuks?
Aphris
This woman," said Kamchak of the Tuchuks, brusquely, his voice stem but almost breaking, "is called Aphris - know her - she is Ubara of the Tuchuks, she is Ubara Sana, of my heart Ubara Sana!"
Nomads of Gor Book 4 Page 340Cuwignaka was a member of what tribe?
kailla Isbu
The name Cuwignaka means what?
woman’s dress…….more specific, a white woman’s dress. "….Cuwignaka, which means "Woman’s Dress." It is, moreover, the word for the dress of a white woman……….."
Blood Brothers of Gor ( Norman pg. 12-13)The Physician Iskander of Turia was exiled from Turia for what reason?
He had, in the course of his practice in Turia, once given treatment outside of its walls to a young Tuchuk warrior, whose name was Kamchak. For this aid given to an enemy, he had been exiled. He had come, like many, to Port Kar
Who was the enemy he treated?
Kamchak
Who was second to Surbus?
Tab
Who is the First Born Priest-King?
Sarm
Muls are fed how many times a day?
4 times a day
Slaves of the Priest-Kings wear what color?
purple
What is the "Duty of the 12 Joys"?
servants to the Pks must bathe 12 times a day
How does one kill a Priest-King?
bring it in contact with a golden beetle
What is regarded as a woman’s weapon?
poison
How many characters are in the Gorean alphabet?
28
There were twenty-eight characters in the Gorean alphabet.
-Priest Kings of Gor, pg. 94What was the name of the man Tarl met in the passage of the Hall of Priest-Kings?
Parp
What is the term used to descibe "a creature that is in the Nest, but is not of the Nest"?
Matok
Who had worn collar number 708?
vika
The Cartius River is so named for what reason?
to differentiate it from the Thassa Cartius River the two rivers were once thought to be the same river though they are not ...the Thassa Cartius river is a tributary of the Vosk the Cartius is not
It was once thought that the Cartius was a tributary of the Vosk River but it is not. The subequatorial Cartius is a different waterway from the Thassa Cartius. The explorer, Ramus, discovered this difference. The earlier Gor novels, most specifically Nomads of Gor, fails to differentiate between these two rivers. They state that the Cartius does flow into the Vosk, which is not true. In these novels, you should substitute the Thassa Cartius for the Cartius. The Thassa Cartius is the actual tributary of the Vosk. This is important when you are discussing Ar as that city claims the land between the Vosk and the Cartius. In actuality, they claim the land down to the Thassa Cartius and not the actual Cartius.
explorers
The Voltai Range is also known as what?
The red mountains
With the technology available, why is the harsh method of branding itself used?
to impress the knowledge girl is no more than the lowest animal she is slave branding reinforces this for her
A Gorean day consists of how many Ahn?
20
How many Ehn in an Ahn?
40
How many Ihn in an Ehn?
80
ihn = second
(80 in an ehn or roughly a minute)ehn =minute (40 in an ahn or roughly hour)
ahn =hour (20 in a day)
Among Gorean musicians, the player of what instrument has the most prestige?
Among Gorean musicians, incidentally, czehar players have the most prestige;
there was only one in this group, I noted, and he was their leader;
next follow the flutists and then the players of the kalika;
the players of the drums come next;
and the farthest fellow down the list is the man who keeps the bag.
of miscellaneous instruments, playing them
and parceling them out to others as needed.
NomadsWho was Fish?
Henrius Sevarius
One of five Ubars of Port Kar A.K.A. Fish, slave to Bosk
-Raidersfirst to accept the Homestone of PK
How does a city obtain a Home Stone?
Men decide She will have one
The officer had proposed, as clearly as one might, that the city be abandoned to the flames, and to the ravaging seamen of Cos and Tyros.
Port Kar had no Home Stone.
`How many of you think,' I asked, `that Port Kar has no Home Stone?'
The men looked at one another, puzzled. All knew, of course, that she had no Home Stone.
There was silence.
Then, after a time, Tab said, `I think that she might have one.'
`But,' said I, `she does not yet have one.'
`No,' said Tab.
`I,' said one of the men, `wonder what it would be like to live in a city where there was a Home Stone.'
`How does a city obtain a Home Stone?' I asked.
`Men decide that she shall have one,' said Tab.
`Yes,' I said, `that is how it is that a city obtains a Home Stone.'
The men looked at one another.
`Send the slave boy Fish before me,' I said.
The men looked at one another, not understanding, but went to fetch the boy.
I knew that none of the slaves would have fled. They would not have been able to. The alarm had come in the night, and, at night, in a Gorean household, it is common for the slaves to be confined; certainly in my house, a wise precaution, I kept my slaves well secured; even Midice, when she had snuggled against me in the love when I had finished with her, was always chained the right ankle to the slave ring set in the bottom of my couch. Fish would have been chained in the kitchen, side by side with Vina.
The boy, white-faced, alarmed, was shoved into my presence.
`Go outside,' I told him, `and find a rock, and bring to me.'
He looked at me.
`Hurry!' I said.
He turned about and ran from the room.
We waited quietly, not speaking, until he had returned. He held in his hand a sizable rock, somewhat bigger than my fist. It was a common rock, not very large, and gray and heavy, granular in texture. I took the rock.
`A knife,' I said.
I was handed a knife.
I cut in the rock the initials, in block Gorean script, of Port Kar.
Then I held out in my hand the rock.
I held it up so that the men could see.
`What have I here?' I asked.
Tab said it, and quietly, `The Home Stone of Port Kar.'
`Now,' said I, facing the man who had told me there was but one choice, that of flight, `shall we fly?'
He looked at the simple rock, wonderingly. `I have never had a Home Stone before,' he said.
`Shall we fly?' I asked.
`Not if we have a Home Stone,' he said.
I held up the rock. `Do we have a Home Stone?' I asked the men.
`I will accept it as my Home Stone,' said the slave boy, Fish. None of the men laughed. The first to accept the Home Stone of Port Kar was only a boy, and a slave. But he had spoken as a Ubar.
`And I!' cried Thurnock, in his great, booming voice.
`And I!' said Clitus.
`And I!' said Tab.
`And I!' cried the men in the room. And, suddenly the room was filledwith cheers and more than a hundred weapons left their sheaths and saluted the Home Stone of Port Kar:
I saw weathered seamen weep and cry out brandishing their swords. There was joy in that room then such as I had never before seen it.
And there was a belonging, and a victory,
and a meaningfulness, and cries, and the clashing of weapons,
and tears and, in that instant, love."
---Raiders of Gor, pages 250-252
On Thassa, green is the color of what?
pirates
What are the first two letters of the Gorean alphabet?
Priest-Kings of Gor - page 94
I nodded. The rest of it I did not need to be told. The expressions 'Al-Ka' and 'Ba-ta' are the first two letters of the Gorean Alphabet. In effect these men had no names, but were simply known as Slave A and B.In Gorean, the most frequently occurring letter is what?
Slave Girl of Gor - page 383
"In Gorean," said Bosk, "the most frequently occurring letter is Eta. We might then begin by supposing that the combination of blue and red signifies an Eta."How is the czehar played?
One of the instruments was an eight-stringed czehar, rather like a large flat oblong box; it is held across the lap when sitting cross-legged and is played with a horn pick;
NomadsThe female state slave of Ar wears what locked around her left ankle?
From time to time I saw a slave girl in the halls. The female state slave of Ar wears a brief, gray slave livery, with matching gray collar, Save for the color it is identical with most common slave livery. About her left ankle is normally locked a gray steel band, to which five simple bells of gray metal, are attached.
AssassinsWho was the first to accept the Home Stone of Port Kar?
the boy fish
The Gorean woodsman, before he will strike a tree with an axe, does what?
The Gorean woodsman, it might be mentioned, before he will strike a tree with his ax, speaks to the tree, begs its forgiveness and explains the use to which the wood will be put.
Captive
"Truth not won is not possessed. We are not entitled to truths for which we have not…" done what?
I envy sometimes the simplicities of those of Earth, and those of Gor, who, creatures of their conditioning, are untroubled by such matters, but I would not be as either of them. If either should be correct it is for them no more than a lucky coincidence. They would have fallen into truth, but to take truth for granted is not to know it. Truth not won is not possessed. We are not entitled to truths for which we have not fought.
What does it mean for a girl to be "stripped and put to the oar"?
"In this punishment, the girl, clothed or unclothed, is bound tightly on an oar, hands behind her, her head down, toward the blade. When the oar lifts from the water she gasps for breath, only in another moment to be submerged again. A recalcitrant girl may be kept on the oar for hours. There is also, however, some danger in this, for sea sleen and the white sharks of the north occasionally attempt to tear such a girl from the oar. When food is low it is not unknown for the men of Torvaldsland to use a bond-maid, if one is avail-able on the ship, for bait in such a manner. The least pleasing girl is always used. This practice, of course, encourages bond-maids to vie vigorously to please their masters."
"Marauders of Gor" page 36Cloth is measured in increments that are the length from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. What is this increment called?
Ah-il and ah-ral
Too, there were cloth merchants, with their silks and rolls of rep cloth. Cloth is measured in the ah-il, which is the length from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, and the ah-ral, which is ten ah-ils.
{Tribesmen of Gor - 50}The petals of the Desert Veminium, are what color?
purple
The color of the Thentis Veminium’s petals?
blue
The red salt delivered by the mines at Klima is called what?
The red salt of Kasra
The red salt of Kasra, so called from its port of embarcation, was famed on Gor. It was brought from secret pits and mines, actually, deep in the interior, bound in heavy cylinders on the backs of pack kaiila
Tribesmen
. Some Goreans say that a woman’s beauty can only be fairly judged when she lies where?
beneath the sword
What is "The Perfect Bondage"?
"He had chosen the perfection of one man, the complete master, and one woman, the total slave. It is called the perfect bondage, each all and perfect to the other. It is right for some men, and not for others. Much depends on whether the man has met his perfect slave and the woman her perfect master."
— Slave Girl of Gor, page 442.. The meaning of history lies not in the future, but where?
The meaning of history lies not in the future but in the moment.
~Explorers of Gor, Page 230~There is a Gorean saying – the chains of a slave girl are heaviest where?
Port Kar
Among the Wagon Peoples, to be clad Kajir means, for a girl, to wear what four articles?
"Among the Wagon Peoples, to be clad Kajir means, for a girl, to wear four articles, two red two black; a red cord, the Curla, is tied about the waist; the Chatka, or long , narrow strip of black leather, fits over the cord in front, passes under, and then again, from the inside, passes over the cord in back; the chatka is drawn tight; the Kalmak is then donned; it is a short sleeveless vest of black leather; lastly the koora, a strip of red cloth, matching the Curla, is wound about the head, to hold the hair back, for slave women, among the Wagon Peoples, are not permitted to braid, or otherwise dress their hair; it must be, save for the koora, worn loose. for a male slave or Kajirus, of the Wagon Peoples, and there are few, save for the work chains, to be clad Kajir means to wear the Kes, a short, sleeveless work tunic of black leather."
"Nomads of Gor" page 30The Wagon Peoples value what above all else?
the bosk
The children of the Wagon Peoples are taught what before they can walk?
"The children of the Wagon Peoples are taught the saddle of the kaiila before they can walk."
Nomads of Gor, pg 17What is the Tuchuck brand?
The brand of the Tuchuk slave, incidentally, is not the same as that used in the cities, which for girls is the first letter of the expression Kajirae cursive script, but the sign of the four bosk horns, that of the Tuchuk standard, the brand of the four bosk horns, set in a manner to somewhat resemble the letter H, is only about an inch high."
Nomads of Gor, pg 62. Describe the Kassar brand.
"The standard of the Kassars is that of a scarlet, three-weighted bola,
which hangs from a lance; the symbolic representation of a bola, three circles joined at the center by lines, it is used to mark their bosk and slaves."
Nomads of Gor, pg 106Describe the Paravaci brand.
The Paravaci brand is a stylised representation of a bosk head:
a semi-circle resting on an inverted isosceles triangle
.
One of the great fears of a slave girl is that she will be sold to what?
A Free Woman
What ‘right’ did Tarl have to interfere with Surbus?
Right of Swords
After the death of Surbus, the woman had been mine. I had won her from him by sword right. I had, of course, as she had expected, put her in my collar, and kept her slave. To my astonishment, however, by the laws of Port Kar, the ships, properties and chattels of Surbus, he having been vanquished in fair combat and permitted death of blood and sea, became mine; his men stood ready to obey me; his ships became mine to command; his hall became my hall, his riches mine, his slaves mine. It was thus that I had become a captain in Port Kar. Jewel of gleaming Thassa.
Marauders - Chapter 1Who is the proprietor of the Green Tarn, the tavern that favors the Greens?
Kliimus
"I know a good tavern," said he, "which favors the Greens. Many of the faction eat and drink there after the races."
"Good," I said. "I am hungry and would drink. Take me to this place."
The tavern, like the Capacian Baths, was within fair walking distance of the stadium. It was called, appropriately enough, the Green Tarn, and the proprietor was a genial fellow, bald and red-nosed, called Kliimus.
Assassin
What city has been called "Gor’s Tatrix of the Sea"?
"Surely Samos of Port Kar, First Slaver of Gor’s Tatrix of the Sea, noble Port Kar,
cares to express interest in these unworthy wenches?" ASSASSIN OF GOR; 5; Page 303
What hangs on the golden chain slung around Svein Blue Tooth’s neck?
About his neck, on its golden chain, hung the tooth of the Hunjer whale, dyed blue.
"Never in the history of the thing," called Svein, "has there been so high a winner in the contests as he whom we now proceed to honor."
I was not surprised that this was true.
Ivar Forkbeard had won six talmits.marauders of gor
How many basic shades of slave lipstick are there?There are one hundred and eleven basic shades of slave lipstick," said Sucha. "Much depends on the mood of the master."
Later many of the other girls joined us in the room of preparation, for they must serve, as I.
"In five Ehn," cried a man from outside, "you must be in the hall of the feast."
The girls cried out nervously, making last minute additions or adjustments to their jewelries and silks.slave girl of gor-261
Complete this saying of the Warriors: "There is a time and place for ______, as there is a time and a place for steel."
"There is a time and a place for speaking, as there is a time and a place for steel."
It is a saying of the warriors.
Slave Girl page 269
What is Tabuk's Ford best known for?
Home of Thurmus famous sleen breeder
Tabuk’s Ford receives its name from the fact that field Tabuk were once accustomed, in their annual migrations, to ford the Verl tributary of the Vosk in its vicinity. The Verl flows northwestward into the Vosk. We had crossed the Vosk, on barges, two weeks ago. The field Tabuk now make their crossing some twenty pasangs northwest of Tabuk’s Ford, but the village, founded in the area of the original crossing keeps the first name of the locale. Tabuk’s Ford is a rich village, but it is best known not for its agricultural bounty, a function of its dark, fertile fields in the southern basin of the Verl, but for its sleen breeding. Thurnus, of the Peasants, of Tabuk’s Ford, was one of the best known of the sleen breeders of Gor.
{Slave Girl of Gor - 135}
Sometimes punishment is much more effective when a slave must what?
beg for it or fetch the whip herself and bring it to Him
What is carved in the white-painted wood of the Curulean?
the figures of nine slave girls representing the first nine sold there over a 1000 years ago
Many girls dream of being sold in the Curulean. Its great block is perhaps the most famous in Ar. It is also the largest. It is semi-circular and some forty feet in width. It is painted for the most part in blue and yellow, the colors of the slavers, and ornately carved, with many intricate patterns and projections. It is perhaps fifteen feet high. An interesting feature of the block is that about it, on the semi-circular side facing the crowd, tall and serene, carved in white-painted wood, evenly spaced, are the figures of nine slave girls. They represent, supposedly, the first nine girls taken, thousands of years ago, by the men of a small village, called Ar. In the carving it may be seen that the throats of the girls are encircled by ropelike collars, presumably woven of some vegetable substance. It is said that at that time the men of Ar were not familiar with the working of iron.
Slave Girl
Who spoke the following line....."If I had a shield, I would swear by it."
cuwinaga
In most cities it is regarded, incidentally, as a criminal offense to enslave one of the caste of players. A similar decree, in most cities, stands against the enslavement of what other caste?
In most cities it is regarded, incidentally, as a criminal offense to enslave one of the caste of players. A similar decree, in most cities, stands against the enslavement of of one who is of the caste of musicians."
BeastsLastly it might be mentioned, thinking it is of some interest, musicians on Gor are never enslaved; they may, of course, be exiled, tortured, slain and such; it is said, perhaps truly, that he who makes music must, like the tarn and the Vosk gull, be free.
Nomads
The glory of a slave girl is that she is a slave. What is the misery of a slave girl?
that she is slave
The glory of a slave girl is that she is a slave: and the misery of a slave girl is that she is a slave.
Page 56 Beasts of GOR
How and where did Ram hide himself and his captive, Lady Tina, from her men who were chasing him?
he hid under the water of a pond breathing through a reed and when she entered on her
upright tharlarion {smaller than the war tharlarions}He captures her and hides her there with him while her men search for them...
As a sign of friendship and bonding, men hold dirt and grass in the Land of the Wagon peoples...what do the Men of Torvlsland do that is similar, is a "sign" of friendship?
"Friend, " he had said. "Friend, " I had said. We had then tasted salt, each from the back of the wrist of the other.
Marauders of Gor, page 70
Where do the people of Torvaldsland get most of their salt?
the sea
A gorean foot measures how many Earth inches?
12
. What is the equivlent earth measure of a pasang?
7/10ths of a mile
. How many days does a Gorean week contain?
five
How many days are in a Gorean month?
20
. What is the name of the subterranean retention facilities in a Slaver's house where slaves are kept for training and prior to sale?
iron pens
The expression "The Iron Pens," incidentally, generally refers to all of the subterranean retention facilities in the house of a slaver, not simply cages, but pits, steel drums, wall chains and such; it is the name of an area, on the whole, rather than a literal description of the nature of the only sort of security devices found there. The expression "kennels" is sometimes used similarly, but more often it refers to a kind of small, cement cell, customarily about three feet by three feet by four feet, with an iron gate, which can be raised and lowered; similar cells, but entirely of bars, are also common, and are to be found I the house of slavers; the smaller cells can function as separate units, and may be used to ship slaves, but they can also be locked together I groups to provide tiers of cells, usually bolted into a wall, conserving space."
~Assassin of Gor, pages 122 – 123~What is the name given to a small 1/4 inch brands that mark a convicted liar, thief, traitor etc.?
penalty brands
What type of wood is preferred for the making of a long bow?
kalana
What is the assassin's "par excellence" or weapon of choice?
crossbow
What is a vart?
a bat the size of a small earth dog
What is painted on the sides of ships
eyes
A man having a shaven stripe, running from the forehead to the back of his neck, signifies what?
He had been captured by Panthers
There is, in Port Kar, a Caste that is only recognized there. What is it?
Thieves
Who taught Tarl to read and speak Gorean?
The Scribe Torm
Who taught Tarl to fight?
Old Tarl
In what city was Tarl's father Ubar?
Koroba
What other name is Ko ro ba known by?
Towers of the Morning
What was Tarl's father's first name?
Mathew
What was Tarl's first assignment after beeing sworn a Warrior?
steal the Homestone of Ar
What color is the Tarn of all Tarns?
black
What other name is the Tarn known as?
Ubar of the Skies
What was the name of the slave Tarl was to switch for Talena?
sana
What stopped his fall?
The spider web
How did Nar catoragize Tarl? a reasonalble person
Ko-ro-ba is also called Towers of the _Morning__________