Answer: Chickens (Accept Cuccos ; Anti-Prompt on Roosters )

TOEJAM (Tossups on Eggman, Jumpman and More)
Questions by Erik Nelson
Round 6
1. This character is first eluded to in a sequence in which a man waves to another shouting “How’re ya doin’ there, like, mate?” The encounter with this character is followed by U-Bend Blues. He killed Tezza and Bazza, who are both a certain type of beetle. This character makes note of his own “lovely grin” before offering the player more caviar, and later calls the player a “shitty little tag nut”. This villain repeatedly beckons for sweet corn, which is the only thing that makes it through his rear. He can only be defeated by filling his mouth with toilet paper. For 10 points, name this singing, malodorous boss fought by Conker.

Answer: The Great Mighty Poo
2. A really weird advertisement for Activision’s Frogger rip-off Freeway depicts a man playing it in a room full of these animals, which are also that game’s player characters. In Sly 3, a general who is one of these creatures kidnaps the Panda King’s daughter. A notoriously bad PlayStation game about evil cubes that spy on these animals is named for Mort, who is one of them. A couple of okay platformers from the early 90’s star one of these creatures named Alfred. The pokemon Combusken resembles, for 10 points, what animals that rebel against Link when he attacks them?

Answer: chickens (accept cuccos; anti-prompt on ‘roosters’)

3. One character in this game discusses a combustion engine that he sells from his laboratory. An extremely difficult boss in this game can be fought after finding four sets of eggs. The Lizard Blow can be found in a room in this game containing ‘The World’s Most Difficult Trick’. Every weapon and armor item sold in this game’s final town, Narvick, is made of Zircon. A giant red jelly is fought on the 99th floor of a roguelike-esque side quest in this game. Tia and Maxim can visit the Ancient Cave in, for 10 points, what SNES RPG, the second in its series, which is subtitled Rise of the Sinistrals?

Answer: Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals

4. This character’s father was born on a boat while emigrating to America from Scotland. Voiced by Rob Wiethoff, this man repeatedly saves the painfully stupid Jimmy Saint from being kidnapped by gangs. This man refers to a certain Irishman as a “lying sack of shit” after being misled about the location of a gatling gun. He is shot in the abdomen while helping Leigh Johnson at Fort Mercer, and he is eventually reunited with his wife Abigail. After Edgar Ross and his men kill this man, he is replaced as a playable character by his son Jack. For 10 points, name this protagonist of Red Dead Redemption.

Answer: John Marston (prompt on partial answer)

5. This place is the setting of a comic in which a character says he will win a competition “to honor beautiful women everywhere.” That comic is found in a certain game’s instruction manual. After the discovery of a large supply of titanium, Bianca City supplanted this place as a cultural hub. Robert Stuart is a native of this city, which is the setting of the start of the Knight, Queen and King Cups in its first appearance. Tradition Park and Sonic Oval can be found in this city. Like Big Blue, this city is home to the actions of, among other racers, Captain Falcon. For 10 points, name this oft-visited city in the F-Zero franchise.
Answer: Mute City
6. This console’s surprisingly active homebrew scene has seen releases like the appropriately named Irrelevant. A Donkey Kong clone for this console stars a non-Sonic hedgehog named Spike. Accessories for this console included a wearable 3D Imager and a light pen which was used for Art Master. This device came packaged with the Asteroids-like MineStorm. This console was developed by General Consumer Electronics, who was later purchased by Milton Bradley. Many games for this console came with graphical overlays. For 10 points, name this console with a built-in monitor that uses vector graphics.
Answer: Vectrex

7. One image in this sequence sees a man being attacked by a giant eagle with the US Capitol in the background. This scene depicts marquees reading ‘Cohen Collection’ and ‘Bella Mia’s’. It also describes a location where scientists are not bound by morality, which is spoken by a man who also claims to have chosen “the impossible.” A film in this sequence begins with an advertisement for Incinerate, and that film starts just after reaching 18 fathoms. This sequence begins on a 1960 flight, which promptly crashes in the Atlantic. For 10 points, name this sequence that introduces Andrew Ryan and a certain underwater city.

Answer: the opening scene of Bioshock (accept equivalents, as well as anything like traveling to Rapture)

8. The fifth level of this game has a bug that makes every enemy of a certain type ignore all but one character. That bug is named for that character, who is a boy named Mikey. According to this game’s attract screen, its enemies have infallible logic, and its hero has superhuman powers due to a genetic engineering error. A man holding a briefcase and a blonde woman in a dress are among the characters who need to be rescued from this game’s title creatures. For 10 points, name this arcade game in which the player must save the last human family using twin joysticks to move and shoot evil cyborgs 69 years from now.
Answer: Robotron 2084 (prompt on partial answer)

9. In a reference to Ladyhawke, one character in this game will call the player Matthew Broderick after acquiring a blue belt. Players of this game can be called ‘Mispeller Jones’ upon trying to get the plague near a tree. This game’s map curiously has a working ‘print’ button. A quest in this game surrounds the riches that are, depending on who is asked, owned or stolen by a Jhonka. Rather Dashing is the protagonist of this work, who must look, stink and be on fire like the title person to exact revenge after his thatched-roof cottage was burninated. Trogdor is fought in, for 10 points, what Videlectrix-made parody of King’s Quest?
Answer: Peasant’s Quest
10. The first level in this place has 3 invisible extra lives that can only be reached by flying under a pipe. The last section of one level in this area contains a series of objects that spell out “YOU ARE A SUPER PLAYER”. Completing the final level in this place will change Pokeys elsewhere in the game into saws as part of the Fall color palette. The top of this area’s map has a Super Famicom logo above its name, which is spelled with stars. This place is accessed from a secret exit in Star World 5. For 10 points, name this area composed of eight hard levels, including “Way Cool” and “Tubular,” in Super Mario World.

Answer: Special World (accept Special Zone; prompt on ‘Super Mario World’)
11. During one of these sequences, a masked man steals a small statue before escaping through a rooftop opening. In another of these sequences, a character discovers that the phrase “black moon” refers to a lunar eclipse. A woman seen in these sequences refuses to kill a protagonist and is ultimately revealed to be Irene Lew. The first of these sequences depicts two men leaping in front of a full moon. Later in that sequence, a man reads a note telling him to find Walter Smith, an archaeologist, and to take his family’s sword with him. For 10 points, name these sequences that appear in the debut game of Ryu Hayabusa.

Answer: cutscenes from the original Ninja Gaiden (accept equivalents)
12. The Guide in Terraria can only be killed while holding one of these objects that drops when killing a certain demon. In Blood, one of these objects occupies weapon slot 0 and can inadvertently harm its user if no enemies are nearby. In Saints Row 2, Mr. Sunshine is invincible while holding one of these objects, one of which is made from dandruff, a bra, spit and a bone in Monkey Island 2. Beep Industries made a really cool Xbox platformer about one of these objects who was created by Madam Charmaine in New Orleans. For 10 points, name this object exemplified by that game’s Vince, who attacks things by stabbing himself with pins.
Answer: voodoo dolls (prompt on dolls)
13. This character first appeared in a game that was originally set to star Wubbo Ockels, the first Dutchman in space. This character was co-created by Arjan Brussee and a then-teenaged Cliff Bleszinski, and he makes a cameo piloting a Jaguar in One Must Fall: 2097. This character was ostensibly inspired by Rambo due to his red headband. In a sequel, this character is joined by siblings named Lori and Spaz. This character is the arch rival of Devan Shell, an evil turtle who often kidnaps Eva Earlong. For 10 points, name this fast green lagomorph from a series of okay PC platformers.
Answer: Jazz Jackrabbit
14. One of the first games to introduce this type of action was Kickstarted by Michael Molinari. One instance of this type of action inspired the creation of a subreddit called /r/ChurchOfTheBridge. The multiplayer version of Don’t Starve has a modifier that allows for this type of action without any external software. In July 2015, one of these actions saw the first level of Metal Gear Ghost Babel completed in five hours. A less excruciating application of this trend introduced a gauge that teetered between democracy and anarchy. For 10 points, name this phenomenon where a game’s actions are crowdsourced and livestreamed.
Answer: playing games via Twitch chat (accept anything close to this; “Twitch Plays (insert game here” is fine)
15. This man’s youngest son is one of the class of 2017’s top football kicking prospects. Seth Gordon called this man a “master of information control.” In an episode of MTV’s True Life, this man claimed to be working on a “secret stunt” that has yet to actually happen. This man’s rivalry with Rick Fothergill inspired an iconic part of his wardrobe. This proprietor of Rickey’s World Famous Restaurant also has a similarly named line of hot sauces. The first person to obtain a perfect score in Pac Man is, for 10 points, what patriotic tie-wearing and bearded rival of Steve Wiebe in The King of Kong?
Answer: Billy Mitchell

16. In one appearance, this character quotes the game Sinistar, including the phrase “Run, coward”. Weapons named for this character include ones named for his ‘Pupil’ and his ‘Sickle’. A quest surrounding this character begins when a man notes that this “bastard led us into a trap”. That man is found wounded outside a cathedral. In his most recent appearance, players fight this character in the Chamber of Suffering atop a series of grates that emit flames, while in his first appearance, this character greets players by saying “Ah, fresh meat.” For 10 points, name this Diablo boss who wields a cleaver.

Answer: The Butcher
17. A stupid accessory with this name came bundled with Dizzy the Adventurer. That Camerica-made NES accessory with this name enabled enhanced versions of unlicensed games including Micro Machines. A film character with this name was the subject of varying game adaptations by SiMS, Capcom and Virgin, and later appeared in a game subtitled Nasira’s Revenge. In another game, that character spends one level collecting both halves of a scarab, and later must navigate the Cave of Wonders and Agrabah Prison. For 10 points, give this name of a prince who fights Jafar.
Answer: Aladdin (accept Aladdin Deck Enhancer on early buzzes)
18. An Atari 7800 game about this sport has the player fight sharks, dragons and ninjas while competing in it. In that game, the player character is also a ninja. An early EA game titled for a “zany” variety of this sport incorporates a bouncing burger as an obstacle. A PS2 game about this sport has a tutorial in which the player must break all of Carl’s windows and a sign reading ‘Quiet’ is held up by Meatwad. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am depicts, for 10 points, what sport that appears in a supposed “Fighting” form in an NES game featuring Lee Trevino?

Answer: golf (anti-prompt on ‘miniature golf’)
19. This game’s protagonist receives a ground stomp upgrade after falling into the Thornfelt Swamp following a daring escape from rising floodwaters. That title character can float upwards using a feather taken from Kuro, the game’s antagonist who is a giant owl. In this debut game from Moon Studios, restoring wind to the title location leads to the revival of Naru, who dies during the game’s prologue. In that prologue, Naru raises the title character who falls from the Spirit Tree in Nibel. For 10 points, name this 2015 action platformer about a cute small thing attempting to revive an arboreal world.

Answer: Ori and the Blind Forest
20. A central component of this game is owned by Margaret Efendi, who has a sister named Chloe. Another character in this game attempts to be repaired by a program called the SPDR. After the conclusion of this game, players could access secret sites by using the phrase “the operator left a message for me.” An AI known as Melissa takes over a server in this game, and uses it to communicate via a certain website. A countdown seen in this game coincides with an invasion by the Covenant. For 10 points, name this alternate reality game named for Dana Awbrey’s enthusiasm for a certain insect and used to promote Halo 2.

Answer: i love bees