Gorean Trivia
What is every Gorean expected to do at least once in his life?
When Tarl was sentenced to the mines of Tharna, what was the name of the informant on his chain?
What annual event allows those sentenced to the mines of Tharna a brief relief to their existence?
What keeps animals from entering the Sardar Mountains?
For what two reasons is a slave branded?
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
At a banquet in Turia, Kamchak gives Aphris a gift, What was it?
What determines the women who stand at the stakes in the game of Love War?
Complete this Gorean proverb: Beware the sleen that seems to ____?
In Victoria, the Street of the Writhing Slave gets it name how?
Hair held in place with a bun in back is favored by Free Women of what caste?
There is a Gorean saying to the effect that any woman who relishes *what* is in her heart a slave girl?
What is said to lie between Cos and Tyros?
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.
Members of what caste converse amongst themselves in archaic Gorean?
Lydius likes at the mouth of what river?
Port Kar is located on what gulf?
A youth of the Wagon People's is taught what three things before their parents would consent to give him a name?
What happened to the body of Sarm?
A Gorean proverb states that scavengers come to feast on the bodies of what?
Haruspexes are readers of what?
. The Dorna is what kind of ship?
What was Telima's slave name before she escaped from Port Kar?
What is the significance of the scarlet rug and the yellow cords?
. Who won Bosk in the festival of the rence growers?
What was the year dated on the letter Matthew Cabot wrote to his son Tarl?
What did Nar of the Spider People use to talk with Tarl?
What other name is the Home Stone of Ar also referred by?
What Earth city did Tarl use after his name?
What is one reason a girl that is not a pleasure slave might be belled?
What was in the message collar that Elizabeth Cardwell wore upon her capture?
Who was the richest woman in Turia?
There are usually an ___ amount of seeds in a tospit, unless it is the rare long stemmed breed.
Who is the true Ubar of the Tuchuks?
What was Tarl seeking in his quest?
What was Harold's tactic for getting by the guards when escaping with a girl from the Pleasure Gardens of Saphrar?
Who is famous for never purchasing a woman and branding women with his name after he used them?
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."
Who was the one man Verna felt fear that he might enslave her, simply from looking at him?
How is a male slave marked when he has been captured and/or sold by Panther Girls?
What does a talender in a slave's hair mean?
. Who did Marlenus wish for the Ubara of Ar?
From what area are slaves called "women whose belly lies beneath the sword"?
What does it mean to enter a bond-maid circle?
What does the term "silk girl" mean?
True or false: Free women in the north have more power than in the south.
What was found in Torvald's chamber?
What does a bondage knot mean when tied in a girl's hair?
Name 4 of the free islands in Thassa.
Who is First Slaver of Port Kar?
"One who speaks of Home Stones should _____, for matters of honor are here involved…"
There is a saying on Gor: "_____ has no caste."
What is celebrated in Ar on the day preceding the Love Feast?
Name the 3 statuses outside the caste system.
Who is permitted only the Second Knowledge?
Who is the "Ox on which the Home Stone rests"?
Lawyers and Cartographers are members of which caste?
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"?
Name the two slave houses in Ar that specialize in the renting, buying and selling of dancers.
Name the 4 major cities of Cos.
What occurred on the 25th of Se`Kara?
What city does not recognize Free Companionship?
How much did Targo pay for Lara, Tatrix of Tharna?
Men of Torvaldsland are fond of what kind of woman?
What city is known as the "Tarn of the Voltai"?
Name 2 things the Wagon people will NOT trade to Turia.
What is the capital of Tyros?
What are the 3 standard/principle ingredients of Sullage?
What color were Tarl Cabot’s eyes?
On the flag of Bosk of Port Kar, what did Bosk take the green bars to symbolize?
Name the true Ubars of all 4 Wagon Peoples.
True or false? Tuchuk women, both slave and free wear tiny nose rings.
Without this, Tuchuk’s are unable to pay court to FW, own a wagon or own more than 5 bosk and 3kaiila.
True or false? Sereem diamonds and opals are plentiful in the Tahari gem trade.
It is said that the Wagon Peoples do what to strangers
Kazrak, in his disbelief that Talena may be of High Caste, suggests that she is probably the daughter of what
True or false? There are no paga taverns in Tharna.
How did Kamchak promise Aphris she would spend her first night with him?
How did Tarl and Harold enter Turia?
The 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
What is the Yellow Pool of Turia?
"What woman could respect a man who is not strong enough to _______."
. "Perhaps it should only be added that the Gorean Master, though strict, _______."
"Goreans, as the men of Earth commonly do not, celebrate _____(two things)_____ in a girl."
What is more personal, the brand or the collar?
"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)___."
. "One of the great pleasures in owning a girl is ______ to her."
True or False: - - - A man to be a man must have mastered a woman.
"A girl in a collar is not permitted ______."
"The absolute truth must be spoken to a Gorean master. It is forbidden to a girl to ______."
The talender, fixed in her hair, is a slave girl's wordless confession that she ______.
True or False - - - Slaves have pride.
What is the "slave belly"?
Other than the left thigh, name at least three common brand sites.
The words "Three beats of a slave’s heart" appear how many times? … (a) Never; … (b) 1 time; … (c) 3 times; … (d) 26 times
Black wine served ‘Second Slave’ is ______?
"To share the kettle of a friend is to dine with a ______."
What does it mean if one is sitting "below the salt"?
What is the cost of a paga girl in a tavern?
What are the 5 purposes for a collar?
What are the terms under which a Free Companionship is made void before the year's term is up?
04. True or False: The branding experience is personal between Master and slave, and usually performed by the slave's owner.
What is the rebellion of compliance?
A free woman can sell herself into slavery, true or false?
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?
What is the name used for the agricultural slaves, sometimes referred to as "Sames"?
The Kaiila expression "Waniyanpi" means what?
Who were the three blood brothers?
"It is not the scarlet, not the steel, not the helm which makes a warrior." What then, makes a warrior?
To ask of a slave, "Who loosens her hair?", is akin to asking what?
Name one of the brand sites recommended by Merchant Law.
There can be no greater degradation for a slave girl than what?
When guiding a tarn, which strap would you draw on to land or lose altitude?
To rise into flight or gain altitude?
How did Tarl open the mysterious envelope that he came across on his fateful camping trip?
What was the gift Tarl Cabot brought to his father when he arrived on Gor?
Name one of the two "most powerful devices of war" permitted by the Priest Kings.
What is the name of the room in which the elected representatives of the High Castes of Ko-ro-ba hold their meetings?
Who is Ar’s Master Assassin?
What is the literal translation of Dar-Kosis?
What is the reason for the sign of the black dagger on an Assassin’s forehead?
What city on Gor is the only city to be built by the labor of slaves?
What is the only word in which a tarn is trained to react?
Name the clan specific to the Tuchuks?
What is the next level beneath an Ubar among the Wagon Peoples?
Aelgifu, daughter of Gurt of Kassau was ransomed for how much?
Who became Ubara of the Tuchuks?
Cuwignaka was a member of what tribe?
The name Cuwignaka means what?
The Physician Iskander of Turia was exiled from Turia for what reason?
Who was the enemy he treated?
Who was second to Surbus?
Who is the First Born Priest-King?
Muls are fed how many times a day?
Slaves of the Priest-Kings wear what color?
What is the "Duty of the 12 Joys"?
How does one kill a Priest-King?
What is regarded as a woman’s weapon?
How many characters are in the Gorean alphabet?
What was the name of the man Tarl met in the passage of the Hall of Priest-Kings?
What is the term used to descibe "a creature that is in the Nest, but is not of the Nest"?
Who had worn collar number 708?
The Cartius River is so named for what reason?
The Voltai Range is also known as what?
With the technology available, why is the harsh method of branding itself used?
A Gorean day consists of how many Ahn?
How many Ehn in an Ahn?
How many Ihn in an Ehn?
Among Gorean musicians, the player of what instrument has the most prestige?
Who was Fish?
How does a city obtain a Home Stone?
On Thassa, green is the color of what?
What are the first two letters of the Gorean alphabet?
In Gorean, the most frequently occurring letter is what?
How is the czehar played?
The female state slave of Ar wears what locked around her left ankle?
Who was the first to accept the Home Stone of Port Kar?
The Gorean woodsman, before he will strike a tree with an axe, does what?
"Truth not won is not possessed. We are not entitled to truths for which we have not…" done what?
What does it mean for a girl to be "stripped and put to the oar"?
Cloth is measured in increments that are the length from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. What is this increment called?
The petals of the Desert Veminium, are what color?
The color of the Thentis Veminium’s petals?
The red salt delivered by the mines at Klima is called what?
. Some Goreans say that a woman’s beauty can only be fairly judged when she lies where?
What is "The Perfect Bondage"?
. The meaning of history lies not in the future, but where?
There is a Gorean saying – the chains of a slave girl are heaviest where?
Among the Wagon Peoples, to be clad Kajir means, for a girl, to wear what four articles?
The Wagon Peoples value what above all else?
The children of the Wagon Peoples are taught what before they can walk?
What is the Tuchuck brand?
. Describe the Kassar brand.
Describe the Paravaci brand.
One of the great fears of a slave girl is that she will be sold to what?
What ‘right’ did Tarl have to interfere with Surbus?
Who is the proprietor of the Green Tarn, the tavern that favors the Greens?
What city has been called "Gor’s Tatrix of the Sea"?
What hangs on the golden chain slung around Svein Blue Tooth’s neck?
How many basic shades of slave lipstick are there?
Complete this saying of the Warriors: "There is a time and place for ______, as there is a time and a place for steel."
What is Tabuk's Ford best known for?
Sometimes punishment is much more effective when a slave must what?
What is carved in the white-painted wood of the Curulean?
Who spoke the following line....."If I had a shield, I would swear by it."
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?
The glory of a slave girl is that she is a slave. What is the misery of a slave girl?
How and where did Ram hide himself and his captive, Lady Tina, from her men who were chasing him?
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?
Where do the people of Torvaldsland get most of their salt?
A gorean foot measures how many Earth inches?
. What is the equivlent earth measure of a pasang?
. How many days does a Gorean week contain?
How many days are in a Gorean month?
. What is the name of the subterranean retention facilities in a Slaver's house where slaves are kept for training and prior to sale?
What is the name given to a small 1/4 inch brands that mark a convicted liar, thief, traitor etc.?
What type of wood is preferred for the making of a long bow?
What is the assassin's "par excellence" or weapon of choice?
What is a vart?
What is painted on the sides of ships?
Why are eyes painted on the sides of ships?
By what inventive measure did Bosk defeat the fleets of Cos and Tyros?
A man having a shaven stripe, running from the forehead to the back of his neck, signifies what?
Circular plates are fastened to the mooring ropes of ships in port for what reason?
It is believed that no woman may obtain eternal life … Why?
What is often taken as a symbol of Priest-Kings?
When did Ubar of the Skies learn the association of voice command and strap arrangements?
Why do Gorean ships always have eyes painted on them?
There is, in Port Kar, a Caste that is only recognized there. What is it?
Describe the Thief’s Scar.
What was Tarl's last name shortened from in the 15th Century?
True or False, Tarl's mother has never been to Gor?
Who taught Tarl to read and speak Gorean?
Who taught Tarl to fight?
In what city was Tarl's father Ubar?
What other name is Ko ro ba known by?
What was Tarl's father's first name?
Gorean applause (or the smiting of ones shoulder) is accomplished by (a) striking the left palm to the right shoulder or (b) striking the right palm to the left shoulder?
What was Tarl's first assignment after beeing sworn a Warrior?
What color is the Tarn of all Tarns?
What other name is the Tarn known as?
What was the name of the slave Tarl was to switch for Talena?
What was she to do once it was found out?
By what means?
Talena gets the Home Stone back ......... How?
What stopped his fall?
How did Nar catoragize Tarl?
Ko-ro-ba is also called Towers of the ___________