STARMEN.NET - EarthBound Trivia

Description of Trivia:

The basic idea of EarthBound trivia is to get people thinking about the game. This trivia ranges from general knowledge, such as names and items, to less obvious questions that would require some thought on the subject. Answering all five questions correctly places you in the Hall of Fame, which can be found here.

Additionally, be careful if I request a complete answer when giving a question. That means I want the complete answer. For example, if I ask "Who is the mayor of Onett? (Complete name required)" I want B.H. Pirkle. Pirkle would not count.

Note that spelling errors will be excused as long as I understand you're talking about, and vague answers will not count if there is more than one instance in which the vague answer could be applied to.

Updates:

Trivia is generally updated Sundays, although the specific time usually runs anywhere from just after noon to ten-at-nightish in my time zone.
If I do not receive at least one 100%-correct entry within the first week during which a set of questions is up, I will repeat those same questions for the next week. If no winners emerge then, I will update with new questions.
If I received less than 10 responses in the first week, none of which were correct, then a new set of questions will go up.

Things to watch out for:

Gender specificity in pronouns: I may specify a gender when asking the question for purposes of not having to use "he/she" or other dual-gender compound pronouns.
The word "arcade" and the word "Arcade": When I refer to an "arcade" [lower case], I refer to the boss-bearing subsection areas that are generally pre-requisites to attaining access to Your Sanctuary dungeons: the Arcade, the Happy-Happyist's building, the Belch base, the Gold mine, Stonehenge, Magicant, etc. If I refer to the Arcade [upper-case], I refer to the Onett Arcade.
Trick questions in general: Need I explain?
Number specificity: If I say "exactly" X whatever, I want exactly X. Otherwise, I seek at least X.
PSI families and PSI levels: Fire, Freeze and Thunder are examples of families. α (alpha), Ω (omega) and Σ (Sigma) are examples of levels.

If you don't understand a question, check the section on submitting your answers.

Submitting your answers:

You should -- and may -- only submit your answers once per week. If I receive multiple submissions, the one I take is dependent on the timing: if the time between submissions is under a minute, I take the latter submission; if it's more than a minute, I take the first one. If I see some people consistently submitting long after the minute is up, I may be forced to make a Hall of Shame. And trust me, that is not something to aspire for. (If I am to make one, I already have my first nominees. However, you may not nominate; only I may decide.)

If you do not understand a question, contact me, either through IRC, e-mail or fora private-messages.

Contact through e-mail:

If you want to e-mail me with a question concerning Trivia, please e-mail me at my forum name at this domain name. (Masticate me, mechanised mass-mailers!)
Please place the following in your subject heading as written (not bold, though): Trivia MacQuestions. This allows me to actually see your question, as I regularly perform e-mail slaughters on my non-submission e-mail and will often miss questions unless they can get through a filter. And that phrase will never appear in a spam subject heading. I hope.

The questions!:

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This week's theme: Still Going Around The World (different Mystery Cities)

1. What's the item, whose usefulness can be in certain cases double or even triple what it normally is, that you will pick up while going through Mystery City 1? (Remember, it's not necessarily a literal city.)

2. What serves as a substitute for a hospital in Mystery City 2?

3: As you're leaving Mystery City 2, two people call you in quick succession (and thus imply that you should be heading to Mystery City 3). Who are they?

4: If you're going to try to find a certain infamous item in the dungeon you're headed to in Mystery City 3, why should you try to find it before completing the dungeon?

5: Of the three Mystery Cities this week, which are you required to travel through or visit most often? You can answer either as "Mystery City #" or as its actual identity (like "Mystery City 3" last week was Fourside). (Hint: you have to visit/travel through it as many times as its Mystery City number - 1 or 2 or 3, and the last of these visits is the one referred to above.)

Last Questionset:

You'd probably want to hurt anybody who wrote a fanfic in which this enemy found in Mystery City 1 says "Orange you glad my name's not Gourdon or Seed?". (Name the enemy.) This'd be the Trick or Trick Kid. After all, he has a pumpkin for a head, and a pumpkin is an orange gourd. Also, he spits pumpkin seeds at you.
What item heals the status condition first found in Mystery City 2, and only that status condition? You can heal sunstroke - and only sunstroke - with a Wet towel.
Which "open-air" Your Sanctuary is visible from Mystery City 3? Magnet Hill.
What are the three Mystery Cities? (Remember, you leave 1, go directly to 2, and from there directly to 3 to proceed in the game as quickly as possible.) 1 is Threed; 2 is the Dusty Dunes Desert; 3 is Fourside.
What's your next destination (which cannot be walked to from Mystery City 1) after you're returned to Mystery City 1 from Mystery City 3? Your next destination is Winters. (After that, you're off to Summers.)