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D&D Sunday morning quiz: Gnomes & Halflings!
Written by Yax - Published on February 16, 2008

DNDSMQ 02-17-08

This week’s quiz is slightly easier than usual but there is one impossible question in there. Higher average scores are expected but I’ll be impressed if anyone score 100% or better.

NOTE: Some e-mail clients aren’t able to submit your quiz answers to the website. If you’re reading this from an e-mail subscription you should head to Dungeon Mastering to take the quiz.

This week’s quiz - Gnomes & Halflings

How much does the average halfling weigh?

  • 30-35 pounds
  • 35-40 pounds
  • 40-45 pounds
  • 45-50 pounds

Do halflings have a native tongue?

  • Yes
  • No

How would you describe a typical halfling in 2 words?

  • Nimble fingers
  • Keen ears
  • Cannon fodder
  • Comic relief

How many names does the typical gnome have?

  • 1
  • 2
  • 4
  • 6 or more

Does your best D&D anecdote involve gnome punting?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Gawd, I love punting gnomes!

When do gnomes reach adulthood?

  • 40 years old
  • 50 years old
  • 60 years old
  • When they successfully pull an elaborate prank on an elder

What is a svirfneblin?

  • A gnome
  • A halfling
  • Wait, that’s just bunch of random letters put together!

IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION - What’s the average life expectancy of a forest gnome?

  • years

Are gnomes and halflings inherently funnier than other races, or does Yax need counseling?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Wait, that’s not a yes or no question.

How great is Dungeon Mastering?

  • It’s just great.
  • It’s awesome.
  • It’s uber-awesome.
  • It’s red-dragon-awesome.

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  1. Saragon
    10:19 pm on February 16th, 2008

    59% before being profiled, though I left the IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION blank. I think I’ll call that “not too bad”.

  2. Yax
    11:43 pm on February 16th, 2008

    not bad indeed. The impossible question is worth 20 points, the others 10 each

  3. Sandrinnad
    1:37 am on February 17th, 2008

    57% pre-profile/54% post-profile….seems about right :D

  4. Ricardo
    2:56 am on February 17th, 2008

    23%??? I woulda been better choosing random answers…

  5. Johnnay
    2:58 am on February 17th, 2008

    62% before profilng. 39 after! This website hates me.

  6. Shaneluv
    4:15 am on February 17th, 2008

    AHHH sad, 56 before and 55 after profiling. I like gnomes and halflings… I made a pirate ship full of them once…. Oddly… they didn’t get much done. (PS Alchemy Labs and ships don’t mix)

  7. Alex
    7:56 am on February 17th, 2008

    Your score before profiling: 57 / 100
    Your profiling modifier: -3
    YOUR SCORE: 54%

    Not too bad for choosing more or less at random :-)

  8. Mike
    8:56 am on February 17th, 2008

    Your score before profiling: 74 / 100
    Your profiling modifier: 4
    YOUR SCORE: 78%

    Not bad I guess, maybe I should playing a hafling or gnome sometime… on second thought forget I said that.

  9. Andrew
    9:49 am on February 17th, 2008

    Your score before profiling: 89 / 100
    Your profiling modifier: 7
    YOUR SCORE: 96%

    Congratulations! You are quite knowledgeable! You should be a gnomologist.

    I guess having just read those chapters last night helped

  10. Jamie
    11:21 am on February 17th, 2008

    “Your score before profiling: 99 / 100
    Your profiling modifier: 8
    YOUR SCORE: 107%

    More than perfect! Impressive! Are you a halfling or a gnome?”
    ————————–
    One of the 2 campaigns I’m running at the moment has the “short folk” (gnomes, halflings, dwarves, and some of the smaller fey) as the most common races, so I’ve had to get to know a lot about them recently, and it’s stuck pretty well.

  11. Kili
    12:48 pm on February 17th, 2008

    Your score before profiling: 58 / 100
    Your profiling modifier: 2
    YOUR SCORE: 60%

    I would have done better if we did gnome punting and gully dwarf punting (she kept coming back for more :D ).

  12. Reverend Mike
    1:46 pm on February 17th, 2008

    Your score before profiling: 74 / 100
    Your profiling modifier: 5
    YOUR SCORE: 79%

    Congratulations! You are quite knowledgeable! You should be a gnomologist.

  13. godlessone6969
    2:00 pm on February 17th, 2008

    this was fun but where is the ale.

  14. Yax
    2:50 pm on February 17th, 2008

    @Jamie & Andrew:

    Impressive scores! I think I would have score about 50% on this quiz

  15. Adalore
    9:30 pm on February 17th, 2008

    Hah.
    Your score before profiling: 39 / 100
    Your profiling modifier: 3
    YOUR SCORE: 42%

    You know… There are worse things in life than miserably failing a quiz on halflings and gnomes.

    Thats me guessing. :D

  16. Maikl
    9:46 am on February 18th, 2008

    LOL - 80%. Best result from all quizes on this page.

  17. Gawayne
    10:27 am on February 18th, 2008

    Your score before profiling: 85 / 100
    Your profiling modifier: 12
    YOUR SCORE: 97%

    Congratulations! You are quite knowledgeable! You should be a gnomologist.

    All those years of playing the shorties paid off ;)
    Wait … I *do* get paid for this, right?

  18. StingRay
    10:51 am on February 18th, 2008

    Your score before profiling: 95 / 100
    Your profiling modifier: 18
    YOUR SCORE: 113%

    So, forgive me, as I’m a new subscriber to Dungeon Mastering, but what’s with the profiling modifier?

  19. Yax
    1:02 pm on February 18th, 2008

    The quiz analyzes your psychological profile. You get bonus points if the system likes you and if you think red dragons are awesome.

  20. Brenton
    10:45 pm on February 18th, 2008

    Wow, 84 / 80

    I must have gotten the impossible question correct. Sweet.

  21. Yax
    10:48 pm on February 18th, 2008

    This answer to the impossible question is 500 years, btw.

  22. Hoss99
    11:58 am on February 20th, 2008

    Your score before profiling: 60 / 100
    Your profiling modifier: 9
    YOUR SCORE: 69%

    Thats without the impossible question right :)

  23. Omega
    8:53 am on February 22nd, 2008

    I guess years of DnD pays off…I did this off the cuff

  24. Alphadean
    8:55 am on February 22nd, 2008

    After checking it out and having a moment to think, I got a sweet score….D&D pays off again

  25. FireRaven
    10:55 am on February 22nd, 2008

    well, I didn’t fail. can I say for extra credit that when being chased by a red dragon I only need to outrun the halfling?

  26. FireRaven
    10:57 am on February 22nd, 2008

    “Your score before profiling: 68 / 100
    Your profiling modifier: 2
    YOUR SCORE: 70%”

    well, I didn’t fail. can I say for extra credit that when being chased by a red dragon I only need to outrun the halfling?

  27. Yax
    3:47 pm on February 22nd, 2008

    You get extra points with Expy, that’s for sure.

    I need to come up with a better score sharing system for the quizzes. We’ll see. Life might get in the way.

  28. cpanthersfan
    9:39 pm on February 23rd, 2008

    Ah. I scored a 60. Hey, I tried.

  29. Michelle
    9:15 pm on April 18th, 2008

    Your score before profiling: 90 / 100
    Your profiling modifier: 12
    YOUR SCORE: 102%

    woot!!

    i thought forest gnomes lived 350.

    ah well

  30. Vladimer Gilliand
    8:19 pm on June 6th, 2008

    Your score before profiling: 84 / 100
    Your profiling modifier: 2
    YOUR SCORE: 86%
    I am good with pcs and npcs

  31. Dooda
    11:33 am on June 8th, 2008

    70/100 I rock I play a halfling fighter-bard.

  32. ninjaguineapig
    12:04 pm on November 16th, 2008

    I got a 90!!!!!!!! But then I lost 10 points!

  33. Ariannos
    4:55 pm on November 16th, 2008

    damn! 64%
    Gotta accept! I was’nt ex´pecting gnomes to be the main “course” this sunday!

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