Operation Spywire: Trivia

citizen science, Eyewire, spy thriller, Operation Spywire, Rika

Success? Winnings in hand, you exit the casino, uncertain of what to do next. Not knowing how RAGE will contact you, you might as well head back to your luxury hotel suite and wait. When you enter your room, however, you hear a phone’s ringtone, and it isn’t your own. The ringtone continues until you manage to find its source: an old flip-phone wedged between some pillows on the bed. You answer the call without speaking at first.

“Jamie Pond,” comes a mysterious voice. All right, your cover hasn’t been blown yet… probably. “Go to the roof of the building. We leave in five minutes.”

That’s five minutes to put your most vital gear in your attaché case, find the closest stairwell, and pick the lock to the roof door. Luckily, you’re a pro, and the moment you’re outside you see (and hear) a helicopter parked on the roof without any obvious clearance. The pilot might be the person who called you, but she says nothing once you’ve hopped aboard, and she says nothing as you both fly through the summer night to a private airstrip somewhere in France.

When you land, she points to a charter jet and merely offers, “There.” So there you go. In little time, you find yourself on a long, long, long second flight, with no one else seated around you. There are only some equally taciturn flight attendants.

All you can tell for a while is that you’re flying far, far south, and by the time the jet starts its descent, you’ve fallen asleep. You open your eyes, and… it’s cold. Outside the jet, standing upon what looks like an endless sheet of ice-encrusted snow, there is a man in winter wear, stroking a slightly malevolent-looking Chihuahua. Behind him is something resembling a gigantic ice palace.

“Welcome, Jamie Pond,” the man greets. “I am Dr. Mischief. Welcome to Antarctica. I would like to get to know you better. Do come in… and answer some questions.” It looks like you will need to pass an interrogation in order to proceed further. Trivia about all things science and espionage will start at 11:00 AM EDT on 8/20 and continue until 11:00 AM EDT on 8/22, at which point we’ll conclude with a power hour till noon!

Submit your answers by typing them into the chat box. Optional: you may submit answers privately by messaging DrMischief if you do not want other players to see your responses. To do this, type /pm DrMischief before your message.

Swag: The top player will win 1 mug!

Bonuses for each question:
1st to answer – 300 points
2nd to answer – 200 points
3rd to answer – 100 points

Good luck! Eyewire HQ is counting on you!

Artwork by Daniela Gamba