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Quiz about Perusing Pandoras Box
Quiz about Perusing Pandoras Box

Perusing "Pandora's Box" Trivia Quiz


"Pandora's Box" is a classic puzzler for the PC. Well before the "Professor Layton" franchise, there was Microsoft's "Pandora's Box". A good score can be obtained with little knowledge of this excellent game. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by jonnowales. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
jonnowales
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
360,624
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
115
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Question 1 of 10
1. The PC game "Pandora's Box" was created by Alexey Pajitnov and released by Microsoft in 1999. For what game, of the falling bricks variety, is Pajitnov best known? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. The puzzles and pieces of "Pandora's Box" are spread out across the world and the first set of puzzles include revealing Times Square and unscrambling the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. In which city are the first set of puzzles to be found? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. "Pandora's Box" features seven bosses which are known in-game as tricksters. The first trickster is called Maui, who can be found residing in which of the game's locations? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The second of the seven tricksters in "Pandora's Box" is found in London and he shares his name with a character from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Who is the second trickster? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. The third of the seven tricksters in Microsoft's "Pandora's Box" is Eris and her puzzle is of the 'slices' variety. Which of the following objects from mythology has to be put back together in order to beat Eris? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. The fourth boss in "Pandora's Box" is Coyote, the canine representative on the panel of seven tricksters. In his final challenge, which of the following is not the subject of one of the pictures uncovered? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Monkey is trickster number five and he can be located in the Far East, Shanghai in particular. In order to capture Monkey, his final challenge must be completed, a challenge which consists of two separate parts. The first part is a tricky 'overlap' puzzle but what is the second type of puzzle? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Trickster number six is Anansi, a character that comes from the mythologies of west Africa. By completing a combination of an 'overlap' puzzle and a 'rotascope' puzzle what creature is revealed, a supposed manifestation of the god, Anansi? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. On the way to capturing Anansi, one must first visit an American city. In one of the first examples of the 'interlock' puzzle, a picture of a sign at Fisherman's Wharf is revealed. At which of the following locations can this 'interlock' puzzle be found? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The final trickster needed to be captured in "Pandora's Box" is Raven. In which Canadian city, where you must construct a totem pole and unscramble a picture of Robson Square, can the final trickster be discovered? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. The PC game "Pandora's Box" was created by Alexey Pajitnov and released by Microsoft in 1999. For what game, of the falling bricks variety, is Pajitnov best known?

Answer: Tetris

Muscovite Alexey Pajitnov was a specialist when it came to the development and design of puzzle games. He will always be most associated with "Tetris", a game that took the world by storm in the mid-1980s, but it is with "Pandora's Box" that the depth of the Russian's ability comes to the fore.

Other games that Pajitnov became associated with include the 3D sequel to "Tetris", "Welltris", and the 1997 release for the Nintendo 64 console, "Tetrisphere".
2. The puzzles and pieces of "Pandora's Box" are spread out across the world and the first set of puzzles include revealing Times Square and unscrambling the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. In which city are the first set of puzzles to be found?

Answer: New York City

In the traditional manner of video games, the first level of "Pandora's Box" is the most straightforward. New York City serves to introduce players to the layout of the game and to that end, tutorials on some of the puzzles are available. The three types of puzzle available in New York City are 'focus point', which requires the rearrangement of pieces of a picture, 'rotascope', which is similar to 'focus point' but is slightly more restrictive, and 'overlap', which is a bit like a jigsaw puzzle. As puzzles tend to completion, the underlying pictures become more and more apparent.
3. "Pandora's Box" features seven bosses which are known in-game as tricksters. The first trickster is called Maui, who can be found residing in which of the game's locations?

Answer: Honolulu, Hawaii

Maui is Hawaii's second-largest island and the name derives from the mythological character. The mythological Maui is associated with a fish-hook, an object that was used to pull the Hawaiian islands from the ocean floor to the surface of the Pacific.

In honour of this story, Maui the trickster can be found in the Hawaiian capital of Honolulu but to capture him, one needs to complete a tricky fish-themed 'overlap' puzzle.
4. The second of the seven tricksters in "Pandora's Box" is found in London and he shares his name with a character from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Who is the second trickster?

Answer: Puck

Once Maui is defeated, players needs to chase down and capture the second trickster, Puck. In "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Puck is an elf with a character that is rather mischievous; indeed, Shakespeare described him as a "shrewd and knavish sprite". In-game, the theme music for Puck's challenge is in keeping with that theme of slyness and cunning. Puck is found in London, at the end of level two and prior to arriving at the British capital, players must first navigate their way through the African city of Lusaka, Brazil's Rio de Janeiro, Philadelphia in the USA and Russia's Saint Petersburg.
5. The third of the seven tricksters in Microsoft's "Pandora's Box" is Eris and her puzzle is of the 'slices' variety. Which of the following objects from mythology has to be put back together in order to beat Eris?

Answer: The Apple of Discord

In Greek mythology, the goddess Eris is supposedly responsible for starting the Trojan War; by tossing the Golden Apple of Discord into a crowd at a wedding to which she was not invited, she had started a feud between Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. It is quite fitting then that the challenge provided by Eris to players who have completed level three of "Pandora's Box" is to reassemble a golden apple from smaller chunks, or slices.

This is quite a tricky challenge and the final challenges put forth by the other tricksters thereafter are all difficult and time consuming.
6. The fourth boss in "Pandora's Box" is Coyote, the canine representative on the panel of seven tricksters. In his final challenge, which of the following is not the subject of one of the pictures uncovered?

Answer: Ocelot

Coyote's challenge comes at the end of level four and it is the only trickster's puzzle that is classified as a 'find and fill'. In this challenge, players must fill various shapes (which are all interlocked) with paint. As easy as this sounds it is actually quite tricky as the shapes are often quite confusing, such as being the outline of a jackal, a dingo or a hyena. To make it more difficult, the outlines are sometimes placed on a rotating platform or, as is the case for Coyote's challenge, wrapped around a rotating cylinder.
7. Monkey is trickster number five and he can be located in the Far East, Shanghai in particular. In order to capture Monkey, his final challenge must be completed, a challenge which consists of two separate parts. The first part is a tricky 'overlap' puzzle but what is the second type of puzzle?

Answer: Focus Point

Monkey's challenge is one of the hardest puzzles in the game, which is not a fact that is unexpected given how deep into the game the puzzle is. Access to the puzzle is granted to those who complete Shanghai, a region packed with difficult puzzles that obscure many facets of Chinese culture. Monkey's challenge, rather unremarkably, reveals a picture of a troop of monkeys but the time frame of the reveal is quite long, with players having to complete both an 'overlap' puzzle and a 'focus point' puzzle.
8. Trickster number six is Anansi, a character that comes from the mythologies of west Africa. By completing a combination of an 'overlap' puzzle and a 'rotascope' puzzle what creature is revealed, a supposed manifestation of the god, Anansi?

Answer: Spider

In west African mythology, Anansi, the god of stories, is thought by many to take the form of a spider. In the Microsoft game, Anansi's challenge consists of two puzzles, one 'overlap' and one 'rotascope', which, when completed, reveals a spider at the centre of his web complete with glistening water droplets.

The symmetrical and repetitive nature of a spider's web renders this challenge quite difficult as the pieces of the puzzle could conceivably go anywhere on the grid. This can be a frustrating challenge for sure but satisfaction increases with difficulty!
9. On the way to capturing Anansi, one must first visit an American city. In one of the first examples of the 'interlock' puzzle, a picture of a sign at Fisherman's Wharf is revealed. At which of the following locations can this 'interlock' puzzle be found?

Answer: San Francisco

Fisherman's Wharf is an area of the coastal Californian city of San Francisco that is very popular with tourists due to the neighbourhood's numerous museums, aquariums and restaurants. The Fisherman's Wharf sign, complete with its brightly coloured crab is a famous sight in San Francisco and is also the subject of one of the first 'interlock' puzzles in "Pandora's Box". 'Interlock' puzzles have a fixed grid of a given number of triangles and a player has to fit differently-shaped pieces perfectly on to the grid.

There aren't many 'interlock' puzzles in the game, indeed they are only seen in the final two levels.
10. The final trickster needed to be captured in "Pandora's Box" is Raven. In which Canadian city, where you must construct a totem pole and unscramble a picture of Robson Square, can the final trickster be discovered?

Answer: Vancouver

Vancouver, Canada holds the distinction of being the final location of the final level in "Pandora's Box". The city in British Columbia is well known for its totem poles, structures that can be seen across the Pacific Northwest including in nearby Victoria. In addition to the totem pole puzzles, Vancouver is home to a 'focus point' puzzle where players have to rearrange pieces to form a complete and correct picture of the city's Robson Square, an area defined by award-winning architecture.

Once a player finds the missing piece of "Pandora's Box" that resides in Vancouver, access is granted to Raven's challenge, the final puzzle of the entire game. Once this puzzle is complete, all that is left is hope!
Source: Author jonnowales

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