405 | World Building Trivia for NaNoWriMo (Fictional Schools, Organizations, and Countries)

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Bird by Bird

For a quarter century, more than a million readers—scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities—have been inspired by Anne Lamott’s hilarious, big-hearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne’s father—also a writer—in the iconic passage that gives the book its title:

“Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he’d had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother’s shoulder, and said, ‘Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.’”

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Episode Intro

Greeting writers and wannabe writers (or just fans of fiction). This week, I’m helping those poor souls that decide to do NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writing Month. It’s a writing challenge to put down 50,000 words in the month of November.

Doing math it’s not an easy task. So, here’s some world building trivia. I have Fictional Schools, Fictional Organizations, and Fictional Countries.

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I’m your host and guy checking his word count way too often, Brian Rollins and this is episode 405 of the Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia Podcast.

Pens at the ready and let’s go.

The Dorky Round

Fictional Schools

Located in the Scottish Highlands, what school does Harry Potter attend but never graduates?
a. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
The X-Men attend what school in upstate New York?
a. Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters
What school is the setting for the Netflix series, Wednesday?
a. Nevermore Academy
Percy Jackson and his companions find sanctuary in what perpetual camp?
a. Camp Half-Blood
Kirk cheated on the Kobayashi Maru test at what school?
a. Starfleet Academy
Community takes place in what fictional Colorado school?
a. Greendale Community College
Buffy Summers saved what high school over and over and over again?
a. Sunnydale High School
What fictional Oxford college features in His Dark Materials?
a. Jordan College
Located in Arkham, what school features in 10 different HP Lovecraft tales?
a. Miskatonic University
What school did Uncle Vernon want Harry Potter to attend?
a. St Brutus’ School for Incurably Criminal Boys

The Geeky Round

Fictional Organizations

Nick Fury runs what fictional spy agency?
a. SHIELD
What villainous group first appeared in the premiere episode of Challenge of the Super Friends?
a. The Legion of Doom
Wile E Coyote bought most of his gadgets from what inept company?
a. Acme Corporation
What group served as the main antagonists for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
a. The Foot Clan
What terrorist organization did GI Joe face off against starting in the 1980s?
a. Cobra
John Hammond (and later others) ran what biotech company in the Jurassic Park franchise?
a. InGen
Angel Investigations ran up against what multinational and interdimensional law firm?
a. Wolfram & Hart
What company is responsible for the zombie outbreak in Resident Evil?
a. The Umbrella Corporation
In Robocop, what company owns and runs the Detroit Police Department?
a. Omni Consumer Products or OCP
What company gave us the world-destroying supercomputer, SkyNet?
a. Cyberdyne Systems

The Nerdy Round

Fictional Countries

Doctor Doom rules what fictional nation?
a. Latveria
What mystical, harmonious valley features in Lost Horizon?
a. Shangri-La
in the Fallout series, what does NCR stand for?
a. The New California Republic
What nation, visited by Gulliver, is full of little people?
a. Lilliput
What is the title nation in a work by Thomas More published in 1516?
a. Utopia
T’Challa is the king of what fictional African nation?
a. Wakanda
What country features in the 1933 Marx Brothers film, Duck Soup and in Despicable Me 3?
a. Freedonia
What dystopian version of America is shown in The Handmaid’s Tale?
a. Gilead
What dystopian version of America is shown in The Hunger Games?
a. Panem. I don’t like this trend.
What fantasy realm is the setting for most of the Legend of Zelda games?
a. Hyrule

Episode Conclusion

And we are done. NaNoWriMo kicks off November 1^st, so you’ve got time to brainstorm something and get going.

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Next week, I’ve got more video game trivia. Here’s a clue.

What sci-fi video game trilogy, started in 2007, had consequences and choices carry over from one game to the next?

A personal favorite and was on my brainstorming list when I got this show started way back in 2019. It’s about time, right? See you back here on Wednesday.

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