Pennsic Clue Quiz

I thought to rant about Pennsic tragedies like ninja boy or the guys in T-shirts and renny gear. Then I thought about why it bothered me. I'm fine with the t-tunic/jeans/belt thing, if that's all you got. Hell, I'm still guilty of it at times. No, what bothered me wasn't the explosion of walking wardrobe malfunctions. What I found really disconcerting was the total lack of understanding of the point of Pennsic.

I'm not an SCA historian. I'm usually hard put to name the current royalty in my kingdom, let alone anyone else's. However, I believe that anyone going to Pennsic should have a basic working knowledge of the point of the thing. Here's my short test. I would like it to be given upon site entry next year. If the entrant get's more the one answer wrong... I don't know; flog them, educate them, confiscate their ninja costume?


Wistan's Really Short Pennsic Clue Quiz

1. Pennsic best described as
A. a Renaissance Faire.
B. something like Burning Man, only East coast.
C. an annual SCA event.
D. a place with free booze and loose chicks.

2. SCA stands for
A. Slippery Rock Camping Association
B. Society for Consenting Adults
C. Society for Creative Anachronism
D. Screwing, Carousing, and Alcohol

3. The SCA is
A. A big group that goes to RenFaires.
B. Some kind of Live Action Role Playing (LARP) Game
C. a Living History group
D. the name of the people who throw this big party.

4. Period means
A. anything that would fit in at a RenFaire
B. whatever you want it to mean.
C. Middle Ages, mostly (but not exclusively) European, roughly 600CE to 1600CE
D. some kind of Halloween costume

5. The two sides in the War are
A. The Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire and the New York Renaissance Faire
B. The Known World and the Tuchuks
C. The East Kingdom and The Midrealm
D. Pittsburgh and everyone else


Please, feel free to add your own.