Answers to old questions (Weeks One through Ten):

Week One:

Question 1: What is the real name of the 'Asteroid Fighter' from WC3?
Answer: k'Ha'Haf

Question 2: Name the Kilrathi equivalents to the Confederation Dart, Javelin, Spiculum and Pilum.
Answer: Paw, Stalker, Claw and Fang

Week Two:

Question 3: In WC3 during the first Magnum Launch -- which Flash sleeps through and where the Excalibur prototype collects dust -- what pilot from the Victory always dies as you launch (I just want his callsign)? Hint: the callsign is an animal name.
ANSWER: Weasel

Question 4: Each year the Confederation holds a Gunnery, Combat and Munitions competition. This annual presentation of Confed's best officers showcases the finest in a variety of military fields. Where was this competition held in the year 2669 (I'm looking for a sector name)? Hint: the answer is found in one of the WC manuals.
ANSWER: Selyan Sector

Bonus Question 1: How many Bengal Class Strike Carriers can you name? One point for each correct ship. Hint: they are not all found in the PC version of WC1.
ANSWER: LOAF had the most correct answers naming eight Bengal Class Carriers. The TCS Tiger's Claw, TCS Kipling, TCS Kyoto, TCS Hornet's Next, TCS Eagle's Talon, TCS Exeter, TCS Trafalgar and TCS Wolfhound.

Week Three:

Question 5: Name the top three heaviest fighters we've flown during the Wing Commander games. Note 1: I can't find accurate comparable stats for them, so Privateer, Righteous Fire and Privateer 2 ships do not count in this question.
ANSWER: The Broadsword comes it the heaviest at an incredible 100 tonnes, then the Crossbow at 40 and the Dragon in third at 26 tonnes.

Question 6: Blair met a vet in a bar on Nephele in 2672 who asked him for a drink. What ship did that vet fly off of during the Kilrathi War?
ANSWER: TCS Liberty

Bonus 2: What are the names of the Kiowan and Chirichan Pirate Bases in Tri-System of Irrulan, Isaac and Hom? Hint: there is one Kiowan and one Chirichan base. Note: two points for each base.
ANSWER: Draknor and Kastagan

Week Four:

Question 7: Which Confederation Heavy Fighter, that was also available to a Special Operations Heavy Carrier TCS Lexington, had a stripped version being used as a Militia Light Fighter in the Gemini Sector? Hint: it isn't the Arrow or Wraith.
ANSWER: Gladius

Question 8: What was Jazz's real name and rank?
ANSWER: Major Zach Colson

Bonus 3: Name each mission where we encountered a Kilrathi Scout Frigate.
ANSWER: Locanda 3 (Rescue Flint) and Caliban 2 (Stop Scout Fleet)

Week Five:

Question 9: Several weeks after the Tiger's Claw was destroyed in 2656, what was the name of the warship Prince Thrakhath was using as his Flagship?
ANSWER: Hha'ifra

Question 10: During the Border Worlds/Black Lance Incident in 2672, what class was the Confederation Carrier undergoing repairs in the Speradon System?
ANSWER: Concordia Class

Bonus 4: What is the real name of Carrier mentioned in Question 10? (three points)
ANSWER: TCS Princeton

Week Six (starting 10/5):

Question 11: On this date (October 5) in the year 2655, the Firekkan System was invaded by the Kilrathi for the Sivar-Eshrad Ceremony. Which System did the TCS Tiger's Claw jump to in order to trick the Kilrathi into believing they had left the Sector? Hint: this was also where they began covertly using Dralthi fighters acquired from the defection of the KIS Ras'Nik'hra.
Answer: The Corsair System

Question 12: What systems were the TCS Tiger's Claw and TCS Concordia destroyed or forced down in?
Answer: The Claw went down in K'Tithrak Mang, the Concordia in Vespus.

Bonus 5: Which Kilrathi planets defected to the Terran Confederation during or about the time of the Confederation Enigma Campaign. Note: one point each.
Answer: Ghorah Khar, K'arakh, N'Tanya and Shariha

Bonus 6: Name as many drinks from Wing Commander as you can. Note: Half a point each.
Answer: LOAF has named nearly 60 drinks so far

Week Seven (starting 10/12):

Question 13: Where and when was Major Mariko "Spirit" Tanaka born? She would have been in her early forties by the time of WC4.
Answer: 2630/2631 in Japan

Question 14: In 2666 Spirit sacrificed her life after suffering serious sabotage to her Sabre. What System was liberated from the Kilrathi due in large part to her actions?
Answer: Heaven's Gate

Bonus 7: What were Spirit's last words? Note: Five points for Spirit's way, two and a half for just Blair's translation (five points max).
Answer:Tengoku de omachishi te imasu - I'll wait for you in Heaven

Week Eight (starting 10/19):

Question 15: What Confederation medal did Admiral Terrell of Perry Naval Base award a Privateer in 2669?
Answer: The Terran Confederation Medal of Freedom

Question 16: Name the fastest fighter commonly seen in the Gemini Sector near the end of the Kilrathi War.
Answer: Stiletto

Bonus 8: What former Governor in Gemini was wanted for selling fighters to pirate and other illegal groups?
Answer: Governor Menesch

Week Nine (starting 10/26/1997):

Question 17: In what system did we confirm one of the very first Kilrathi Skipper Missile launchings at a Confed Capital Ship?
Answer: Orsini System

Question 18: What is the name and registry number of the first ship lost to the Black Lance Flash-Pak device?
Answer: Amadaeus MOD SB-71

Bonus 9: Name the first planet infected with the Black Lance GenSelect Bioweapon.
Answer: FT957 Telamon

Week Ten (starting 11/2/97):

Question 19: What was the power output of the Behemoth as in how much energy was focused on one point when it was fired?
Answer: 500 million gigawatts

Question 20: What was the official technical designation for the Temblor Bomb? Hint: the answers to both Q19 and Q20 are found in Briefings.
Answer: accepting answers similar to YZ-2A1

Bonus 10: And in celebration of our tenth week, a question where most of you should be able to get a lot of points. Name every ship ever seen or heard in Wing Commander. Registry numbers count in the absence of a ship name but are not required when you do have the name, the eight digit serial numbers in Privateer 2 do not (but all other Privateer names do). Note: each answer is worth 0.1 points (and it helps me if you can list the source of where you got the ship:).
Addendum: This was left out of the Newsgroup Posting of the questions.. but "ship" also refers to starbases and the like in Wing Commander.
Answer: I'm still tallying the results, LOAF is in the lead

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