Ready Player One Flashcards
What does OASIS stand for?
Ontologically Anthropocentric Sensory Immersive Simulation
What game does Parzival have to play against Acererak, and on what side of the arcade machine?
Joust. Williams Electronics, 1982. Left side of the machine
How does Aech learn about the location of the copper key?
Aech determines the location by knowing that Parzival couldn’t have left the planet Ludus
What was the order of main characters finding the copper key and clearing the first gate?
Parzival, Art3mis, Aech, Daito, Shoto
What is the task to complete inside the first gate?
Complete a perfect reenactment of the movie “Wargames” as the protagonist David Lightman
Who finds the Jade Key first?
Art3mis
What power did Fyndoro’s Tablet of Finding grant the user?
Once a day, its owner could write any avatar’s name on its surface, and the tablet would display that avatar’s location at that exact moment
What game does Parzival have to get a perfect score of 3,333,360 points in to win the plus-one-life quarter?
Pac-Man
Who gives Parzival the instruction manual of the game Zork as an extra clue to find the second key? And why?
Aech sends the manual to repay his debt toward Parzival from the beginning of the novel
What is the task to complete inside the second gate?
Complete a perfectly recreated eight-level dungeon of the game “Black Tiger” in first person
Who is the owner of the sixer number IOI-655321?
Nolan Sorrento
What planet was the hiding place of the Jade Key?
Frobozz, a detailed re-creation of the game Zork
Who is the captain being referred to in the phrase, “The captain conceals the Jade Key?”
Captain Crunch
What robot does Parzival choose as a reward for completing the second gate?
Leopardon, from the Supaidaman series.
What is the monogram etched into the handle of the crystal key?
A single calligraphic letter “A” from James Halliday’s first Dungeons and Dragons character sheet
Under what brand title was OASIS launched?
Gregarious Simulation Systems
What does Wade destroy before being arrested by IOI?
His computer to enter the Oasis
What happens to Daito in the real world during his battle on the planet Frobozz?
The Sixers break into his apartment and murder him by throwing him off of his balcony
What are Daito and Shoto’s real names?
Toshiro Yoshiaki and Akihide
What was Wade’s plan on retrieving Sixer Database information?
He assumes a fake identity and masquerades as an indentured servant for IOI corporate headquarters and hacks into their private database
What is the new identity Parzival gives himself before leaving Oklahoma City?
Bryce Lynch, a 22 year old man with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science
What city does Wade travel too after his home in the stacks explodes?
Columbus
What character’s death does Wade feel the most guilty for when his trailer explodes?
Mrs. Gilmore
