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This challenge consists of fifty trivia questions focusing on the three CPS1 SF2 games: World Warrior, Champion Edition, and Hyper Fighting. The deadline for entries is in three days, on Sunday the 27th at 11:59pm PST. This quiz is worth up to three points assigned in half-point increments as per the following grading scale:

8 correct = 1/2 point
15 correct = 1 point
23 correct = 1 1/2 points
30 correct = 2 points
38 correct = 2 1/2 points
45 correct = 3 points

Answer as many questions as you can off the top of your head. Obviously you can do a little research if you like, but it's gonna take too long to verify every single answer and each individual question is worth very little. This should take everyone less than half an hour. Once the deadline has passed, we'll discuss the answers in this thread and then i'll post everyone's scores.

For the purposes of this quiz, let's pretend HSF2 doesn't exist. Otherwise a lot of the "in which game" questions would apply to HSF2 as well.


World Warrior Questions

01) WW: What move causes its own unique hit animation?

02) WW: Which characters have air throws?

03) WW: Who has the largest arsenal of throws in the game and how many?

04) WW: Which four characters can alter their jump arcs?

05) WW: Which characters posses both regular throws and mashable holds?

06) WW: The third bonus stage is played between which two CPU opponents?

07) WW: Which five attacks were penalized with huge damage multipliers on counterhit?

08) WW: How many jump attack animations did the bosses have in total?

09) WW: Which boss(es) used redizzy combos, and what were they?

10) WW: Which characters' endings took place (at least partially) on Bison's stage?

11) WW: How many different flags are on the map before and after the bosses are revealed?

12) WW: Name three characters who dress differently in profile images than game sprites.

13) WW: How many breakable objects are there in all twelve characters' stages?

14) WW: Which character(s) can't crouch under High Tiger Shots?

15) WW: Which character can be OTG'd?


Champion Edition Questions

16) CE: Which (blockable) special move causes no block damage?

17) CE: Who are the three fattest characters while standing?

18) CE: Which character(s) had the most special moves in the game?

19) CE: Which character has the longest delay from crouching to standing?

20) CE: Which five characters have mashable holds?

21) CE: Which five characters have forward-moving ground normal moves?

22) CE: Which character can cancel a normal move without using any buttons?

23) CE: Which character has the most knockdown normal moves and how many?

24) CE: Which seven characters are sporting cranium accessories?

25) CE: List three differences between Ryu and Ken.


Hyper Fighting Questions

26) HF: Which three characters had a complete set of rapid fire weak attacks?

27) HF: Which five characters had no rapid fire weak attacks?

28) HF: Which five characters could perform CPS1 chains?

29) HF: What were the eight different projectiles in the game?

30) HF: Which two special moves are completely harmless?

31) HF: Which characters possessed charge specials?

32) HF: Which three characters can cause the opponent to bleed at will?

33) HF: Name four special moves that offer movement control after initiation.

34) HF: Which character's new costume color is selected with the Start button?

35) HF: Name five special moves that can be executed without using the joystick.

36) HF: How many characters have a special which contains both knockdown and non-knockdown hits?

37) HF: Which character has two specials containing both knockdown and non-knockdown hits?


CPS1 SF2 Trilogy Questions

38) Which of the three CPS1 games has the worst Sonic Booms and in what way?

39) What made the first SF2 series juggle combos possible?

40) What unique hit stun property do Honda and Blanka share?

41) What normal moves does Guile have in WW only?

42) Which five characters received no new special moves in HF?

43) Name five special moves that don't knock down in WW only.

44) Name three background elements that are unique to WW. Simple palette swaps don't count.

45) What property makes Shoto c.HK sweeps unique?

46) Which SF2 character has a pre-fight intro animation?

47) In which game does Balrog's Turn Around Punch have invincibility?

48) Which two characters share a location on the map?

49) Guile's s.LK is cancelable into special moves in which of the five SF2 games?

50) If you had to use one word to describe Ryu, what would it have to be?

Ok folks, pencils down, time's up.

Dunno if it was bad timing or bad luck, but only two people bothered with this.

Can't say it doesn't make me sad.

In any case, here are my answers.

Please review them, share any problems you had with ambiguity, and point out any mistakes.

After that i'll score the entries and post the results.

Now i'm just trying to create some space between the questions above and the spoilers below.

You know, for future generations.

Ok i think that should be enough.

Once again, here are the answers:


World Warrior Answers

01) WW: What move causes its own unique hit animation?
Blanka's Electricity, though i suppose i would have accepted Bison's Psycho Crusher too.

02) WW: Which characters have air throws?
Chun Li and Guile

03) WW: Who has the largest arsenal of throws in the game and how many?
Zangief has ten: close F+MP, close F+HP, close F+MK, close F+HK, far F+MP, far F+HP, close DF+MP, close DF+HP, far DF+MP/HP, and SPD.

04) WW: Which four characters can alter their jump arcs?
Chun Li with triangle jump off walls and j.D+MK stomp, Honda with j.LK, Dhalsim with j.D+HP and j.D+HK drills, and Vega with triangle jump off walls

05) WW: Which characters posses both regular throws and mashable holds?
Honda, Zangief, and Dhalsim

06) WW: The third bonus stage is played between which two CPU opponents?
It's between Vega and Sagat. Remember, you only fight 7 opponents on the way to the bosses.

07) WW: Which five attacks are penalized with huge damage multipliers on counterhit?
Blanka Ball, Balrog's Turn Around Punch, Vega's Claw Dive, Sagat's Tiger Uppercut, and Bison's Psycho Crusher

08) WW: How many jump attack animations do the bosses have in total?
Seven: Balrog has one jumping punch, Vega and Bison have vertical and diagonal jumping kicks, and Sagat has jump short and jump roundhouse.

09) WW: Which boss(es) use redizzy combos, and what are they?
Balrog: Dash Upper xN
Bison: Scissor Kick xN

10) WW: Which characters' endings take place (at least partially) on Bison's stage?
Blanka, Guile, Ken, and Zangief

11) WW: How many different flags are on the map before and after the bosses are revealed?
Six flags before: USSR, India, China, Japan, Brazil, USA
Eight flags after: Spain, USSR, India, Thailand, China, Japan, Brazil, USA

12) WW: Name three characters who dress differently in profile images than game sprites.
In their profile images, Chun Li wears an orange outfit, Zangief wears a shirt, Balrog has no gloves and his shirt has sleeves, Vega has only two claws, and Bison wears a completely red outfit.

13) WW: How many breakable objects are there in all twelve characters' stages?
Seven: Two signs on Ryu's stage, one set of barrels on Ken's stage, two crates on Guile's stage, and two statues on Bison's stage

14) WW: Which character(s) can't crouch under High Tiger Shots?
Zangief and Dhalsim

15) WW: Which character can be OTG'd?
Vega is vulnerable to OTG attacks after he's dizzied.


Champion Edition Answers

16) CE: Which (blockable) special move causes no block damage?
Bison's Headstomp

17) CE: Who are the three fattest characters while standing?
Zangief, Dhalsim, and Balrog are the biggest combo dummies (from the front).

18) CE: Which character(s) had the most special moves in the game?
Sagat had High Tiger, Low Tiger, Tiger Knee, and Tiger Uppercut.
Vega also kind of qualifies if you count his two Wall Dive variants separately, since he also has Rolling attack and Backflip.

19) CE: Which character has the longest delay from crouching to standing?
Balrog - try it; it's rediculous.

20) CE: Which five characters have mashable holds?
Honda, Blanka, Zangief, Dhalsim, and Balrog

21) CE: Which five characters have forward-moving ground normal moves?
Guile F+MK knee, Chun Li F+HK neckbreaker, Dhalsim c.LK/c.MK/c.HK slides, Vega c.HK slide, and Bison c.HK slide

22) CE: Which character can cancel a normal move without using any buttons?
Vega's Backflip is performed by tapping B twice, requiring no buttons.
Negative edge special moves don't count because they still technically require the use of buttons.

23) CE: Which character has the most knockdown normal moves and how many?
Honda has five: far s.LK, far s.MK, far s.HK, c.HP, and c.HK.

24) CE: Which seven characters are sporting cranium accessories?
Ryu's headband, Honda's face paint, Chun Li's hair buns, Dhalsim's face paint and ear rings, Vega's mask, Sagat's eyepatch, and Bison's hat

25) CE: List three differences between Ryu and Ken.
Ryu's fireball has faster startup, Ryu's Hurricane Kick knocks down and has invincibility, Ken's HP DP has more range, and Ken's F+HK throw covers more distance.


Hyper Fighting Answers

26) HF: Which three characters have a complete set of rapid fire weak attacks?
Ryu, Ken, and Guile

27) HF: Which five characters have no rapid fire weak attacks?
Honda, Blanka, Dhalsim, Vega, and Sagat

28) HF: Which five characters can perform CPS1 chains?
Ryu, Ken, Guile, Zangief, and Balrog

29) HF: What are the eight different projectiles in the game?
Blue Hadoken, red Hadoken, Sonic Boom, Kikoken, Yoga Fire, Yoga Flame, High Tiger Shot, and Low Tiger Shot
Both participants listed Ryu's and Ken's fireballs separately while leaving out the red version, so i accepted that answer too.

30) HF: Which two special moves are completely harmless?
Dhalsim's Teleport and Vega's Backflip

31) HF: Which characters possess charge specials?
Honda, Blanka, Guile, Chun Li, Balrog, Vega, and Bison

32) HF: Which three characters can cause the opponent to bleed at will?
Blanka's F+HP throw, Zangief's far F+HP throw, and all of Vega's claw attacks

33) HF: Name four special moves that offer movement control after initiation.
Honda's Hundred Hand Slap, Zangief's PPP Lariat, Zangief's KKK Lariat, Vega's Claw Dive, and Bison's Headstomp

34) HF: Which character's new costume color is selected with the Start button?
Bison

35) HF: Name five special moves that can be executed without using the joystick.
Honda's Hundred Hand Slap, Blanka's Electricity, Chun Li's Lightning Legs, Zangief's PPP Lariat and KKK Quick Lariat, Balrog's Turn Around Punch, and Vega's Backflip

36) HF: How many characters have a special which contains both knockdown and non-knockdown hits?
Five: Ryu's HP DP, Ken's HP DP, Honda's LP Headbutt and Sumo Smash, Guile's HK Flash Kick, and Sagat's Tiger Knee

37) HF: Which character has two specials containing both knockdown and non-knockdown hits?
Honda's LP Headbutt and Sumo Smash


CPS1 SF2 Trilogy Answers

38) Which of the three CPS1 games has the worst Sonic Booms and in what way?
HF Guile's Sonic Booms have 5 more frames of recovery than all of his other SF2 versions.

39) What made the first SF2 series juggle combos possible?
Dhalsim's non-knockdown air reel contained a vulnerable animation frame.

40) What unique hit stun property do Honda and Blanka share?
Comboing them while they're crouching makes them stand up.

41) What normal moves does Guile have in WW only?
Far s.LP and close F+MK knee which doesn't move forward

42) Which five characters received no new special moves in HF?
Guile, Balrog, Vega, Sagat, and Bison

43) Name five special moves that don't knock down in WW only.
Ryu and Ken's LP/MP uppercuts, Ryu's Hurricane Kick, Honda's MP/HP Headbutt, Zangief's Lariat, Vega's Claw Dive, and Sagat's Tiger Uppercut

44) Name three background elements that are unique to WW. Simple palette swaps don't count.
Breakable signs on Ryu's stage, hella extra breakable stuff on Ken's stage, and trees in Sagat's stage

45) What property makes Shoto c.HK sweeps unique?
They're the only sweeps which are cancelable into special moves.

46) Which SF2 character has a pre-fight intro animation?
CPU Bison is introduced wearing a cape which then flickers into oblivion.

47) In which game does Balrog's Turn Around Punch have invincibility?
Hyper Fighting TAP goes through fireballs.

48) Which two characters share a location on the map?
Sagat and Bison

49) Guile's s.LK is cancelable into special moves in which of the five SF2 games?
World Warrior and Super Turbo

50) If you had to use one word to describe Ryu, what would it have to be?
Ryu is strong.
As i'm sure you've guessed, this question was a freebie. Everyone got credit for answering.
buktooth's answer: "johnchoi"
jchensor's answer: "Misunderstood (as in, SHENG LONG IS THE DRAGON PUNCH, not a person!!!)"
OzHadou's answer: "Ryu"

I was working on mine but the weekend is hella busy and I only got through half! I probably should have sent it in. now I am sad : (

Here Comes A New Challenger!

Turns out there was a secret third contestant: eKiN enlisted the aid of his countrymen to tackle the challenge as a team. Since Final Atomic Buster's summary post is dated before the contest deadline, i'm going to use that as eKiN's official entry.

It's been a couple of days since i posted my answers and nobody has raised any objections so i'm assuming we all agree that they're correct. With that established, i've gone ahead and graded the three entries. Some of the responses were assigned partial credit, meaning they counted for half as much as a correct answer. However, i only gave partial credit where there was ambiguity in the question and where the answer provided was one small detail away from being correct. If a question asked for five items and you got them all but you mistakenly included a sixth, then i gave partial credit. On the other hand, if you only got four right, omitted a required item, and included one that was outright wrong, then i scored that answer as wrong.

buktooth
Test Score: 32
Incorrect Answers: #3, #7, #8, #9, #10, #14, #19, #22, #28, #40, #41, #43, #44, #48, #49
Partial Credit: #11, #17, #23, #26, #27, #36
Points Earned: 2 points

jchensor
Test Score: 39
Incorrect Answers: #6, #8, #19, #24, #36, #38, #40, #41, #44, #49
Partial Credit: #4, #17
Points Earned: 2 1/2 points

eKiN
Test Score: 40
Incorrect Answers: #3, #7, #8, #14, #15, #19, #21, #40, #43
Partial Credit: #17, #36
Points Earned: 2 1/2 points

Thanks to everyone for participating. I'll have to put together another one of these quizzes before the end of the year.

fullmetalross wrote:I was working on mine but the weekend is hella busy and I only got through half! I probably should have sent it in. now I am sad : (

That's alright, at least you gave it a shot. Thanks for mentioning it.

I found this trivia just now and read all the answers. I wish I could've participated.

I noticed some errors in the answers. I'll list the ones I think are wrong.

World Warrior Answers

01) WW: What move causes its own unique hit animation?
Blanka's Electricity, though i suppose i would have accepted Bison's Psycho Crusher too.

Yoga Fire and and Yoga Flame doesn't count?


13) WW: How many breakable objects are there in all twelve characters' stages?
Seven: Two signs on Ryu's stage, one set of barrels on Ken's stage, two crates on Guile's stage, and two statues on Guile's stage

I think you meant Bison for the last one.




Champion Edition Answers


22) CE: Which character can cancel a normal move without using any buttons?
Vega's Backflip is performed by tapping B twice, requiring no buttons.
Negative edge special moves don't count because they still technically require the use of buttons.

I think cancelling jump normals with triangle jumps also count


25) CE: List three differences between Ryu and Ken.
Ryu's fireball has faster startup, Ryu's Hurricane Kick knocks down and has invincibility, Ken's HP DP has more range, and Ken's F+HK throw covers more distance.

Also, Ken's DP comes out 1 frame faster, Ken's j.fierce is gdlk where as Ryu's isn't



CPS1 SF2 Trilogy Answers

43) Name five special moves that don't knock down in WW only.
Ryu and Ken's LP/MP uppercuts, Ryu's Hurricane Kick, Honda's MP/HP Headbutt, Zangief's Lariat, Vega's Claw Dive, and Sagat's Tiger Uppercut

Claw's Claw Dive doesn't knock down in the ETC version of CE for sure. I'm not sure about HF or other region versions.


I'll try to be here more often so that I can be part of these interesting trivias.

laugh wrote:01) WW: What move causes its own unique hit animation?
Blanka's Electricity, though i suppose i would have accepted Bison's Psycho Crusher too.

Yoga Fire and and Yoga Flame doesn't count?

I consider those two separate moves, which makes the red flame hit animation non-unique. Don't forget the bonus stage oil drums either.

13) WW: How many breakable objects are there in all twelve characters' stages?
Seven: Two signs on Ryu's stage, one set of barrels on Ken's stage, two crates on Guile's stage, and two statues on Guile's stage

I think you meant Bison for the last one.

Right, thanks - typo fixed.

22) CE: Which character can cancel a normal move without using any buttons?
Vega's Backflip is performed by tapping B twice, requiring no buttons.
Negative edge special moves don't count because they still technically require the use of buttons.

I think cancelling jump normals with triangle jumps also count

Wow, good one. Hadn't even thought of that alternative. I think you deserve half a point for that remark alone.

25) CE: List three differences between Ryu and Ken.
Ryu's fireball has faster startup, Ryu's Hurricane Kick knocks down and has invincibility, Ken's HP DP has more range, and Ken's F+HK throw covers more distance.

Also, Ken's DP comes out 1 frame faster, Ken's j.fierce is gdlk where as Ryu's isn't

Hm, according to T.Akiba's frame data, CE Ken's DP actually comes out 3 frames faster than CE Ryu's version. Ken's j.HP is a bit too ambiguous, but i probably would have accepted it if someone had submitted it as part of an otherwise correct answer.

43) Name five special moves that don't knock down in WW only.
Ryu and Ken's LP/MP uppercuts, Ryu's Hurricane Kick, Honda's MP/HP Headbutt, Zangief's Lariat, Vega's Claw Dive, and Sagat's Tiger Uppercut

Claw's Claw Dive doesn't knock down in the ETC version of CE for sure. I'm not sure about HF or other region versions.

CE Sagat's Tiger Uppercut has regional differences as well, but i decided not to be that picky.

I can't count. Yeah, Yoga Flame and Yoga Fire are two different moves, and you're very sharp for thinking oil drums as well.

I didn't know that Ken's came out 3 freakin frames faster. I know it's not 3 frames of difference in SSF2. However, I don't believe Ken's fierce DP in SSF2 and ST are 0 frame moves. Simple frame step test shows that it's not the case.

I forgot about CE Sagat's region differences. Region differences stink.