The Continual Jordan Trivia Contest Questions
                                   or
                          Datta's Dirty Dozen

     Questions Regarding All Manner Of Insignificant Details From
         Robert Jordan's "Wheel Of Time" Epic Fantasy Series
                    Along With The Answers Thereto

Please note: Other than the first question, all questions can be
answered having read only the first four books in the series.

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Question 1.

>From tFoH:

...Her sniff was pointed and meaning.  Aiel, Andoran, or anything else,
women used those noises like sticks, to prod or thump....

For a Jordan Trivia Buff Class Four Accolade, identify both the
sniffer and the thinker.

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Answer: Aviendha, Rand

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Question 2.

For a Jordan Trivia Buff Class Two Accolade, give the full name of a 
sibling of Maedin.

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Answer: Zarine "Faile" Bashere Aybara

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Question 3.

For a Jordan Trivia Buff Class One Accolade, name a colleague (neither
superior nor subordinate) of Vasa.

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Answer: Sanor

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Question 4.

For a Jordan Trivia Buff Class Two Accolade, what is the profession
of the one surnamed Aydaer?

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revised to:

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Question 4.

For a Jordan Trivia Buff Class Two Accolade, what is Pel Aydaer's 
profession?

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Answer: Cabinetmaker

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Question 5.

For a Jordan Trivia Buff Class Five Accolade, what is Loial's father's
name?

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Answer: Arent son of Halan

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Question 6.

At one point, Rand stated how old he was.  For a Jordan Trivia Buff
Class Four Accolade, how old did he say he was?

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Answer: Less than a year

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Question 7.

For a Jordan Trivia Buff Class One Accolade, where was Mistress
Madwen from?

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Answer: Lugard

Answer in verse by Don Harlow
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Delightful Mistress Madwen,
She was a Lugard gel,
But with a lad from Cairhein
So deep in love she fell.

Merry Mistress Madwen!
The twain to Cairhien fled.
They sampled love's first pleasures,
And quickly they were wed.*

Ambitious Mistress Madwen!
A country inn they bought.
They'd make their fortune with it,
And would not yield for aught.

Exhausted Mistress Madwen;
She'd rise up at first light,
And polish all the silver
Until the fall of night.

Bereaved Widow Madwen.
To a gentlelad from Andor
She spilled out all her sorrow
With unaccustomed candor.

Determined Mistress Madwen
Set out, her life to fix.
She hastened back to Lugard
Where we'll see her in BOOK SIX!

*I considered other possible rhymes at this point, but decided that 
discretion was indicated.

Don Harlow			donh@netcom.com
Esperanto League for N.A.       elna@netcom.com (800) 828-5944
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Question 8.

For a Jordan Trivia Buff Class Three Accolade, explain what a gara is
in at least three words.

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An answer: A venomous, two-foot edible lizard of the Aiel Waste

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Question 9.

For a Jordan Trivia Buff Class One Accolade, describe Piesa in at least
two words.

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An answer: Leya's piebald mare

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Question 10.

For a Jordan Trivia Buff Class Two Accolade, give the first name of a
Romavni.

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Answer: Eurian

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Question 11.

For a Jordan Trivia Buff Class Five Accolade, complete the sentence in the
quotation:

Consider this a token, and keep it with you...

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Answer:
"Consider this a token, and keep it with you, so you will remember that you
have agreed to come to me when I ask it."
-- Moiraine to Rand, Mat, and Ewin in Chapter 2: Strangers, of tEotW

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Question 12.

For a Jordan Trivia Buff Class Three Accolade, what is Breane Taborwin's
marital status?

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Answer: She has no husband.