The MYST Trivia Challenge

Okay, here are 50 questions. Settle back in your easy chair and think hard, because some of these are pretty darn tough. That's ok. We have faith in you. Submit your answers and we'll tell you how many you got right. Ready? Go!


  1. How many marker switches are there on MYST Island?
    4
    7
    8
    9

  2. How many volts are needed to power up the spaceship?
    23
    59
    68
    97

  3. What direction would the mazerunner in the Selenitic age be heading if you heard a "clank" sound?
    North
    South
    East
    West

  4. What page in the coded book contains the arrangement necessary to enter "Dunny"?
    56
    132
    158
    219

  5. How many elevators are there in MYST?
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8

  6. What is Atrus' wife's name?
    Catherine
    Simone
    Margaret
    Judith
    Hillary

  7. If you have played the game through one time, and were to start over, how many of the 5 worlds must you visit in order to win (not including MYST island)?
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5

  8. What would setting the dimensional imager to 47 do?
    Display a marker switch diagram
    Display a water-turbulent pool
    Display a topographical extrusion test
    Send out for pizza
    None of the Above

  9. What year goes with the date November 23?
    1207
    1984
    2001
    9791

  10. Which world contains a fiery chasm?
    Channelwood
    Mechanical
    Selenitic
    Stoneship

  11. Which brother has death masks and swords in his rooms?
    Sirrus
    Achenar

  12. How many levels are there in channelwood?
    1
    2
    3
    4

  13. What direction are you looking everytime you return to MYST island from another world?
    Left
    Right
    Up
    Down

  14. One half of the marker switch note is found in Channelwood. Which world contains the other half?
    Channelwood
    Mechanical
    Selenitic
    Stoneship

  15. Where do you find the secret yellow page?
    Channelwood
    Mechanical
    Selenitic
    Stoneship
    None of the Above

  16. Sirrus and Achenar were good boys or bad boys?
    Good
    Bad

  17. Sirrus and Achenar have rooms in every world but one. Which is it?
    Channelwood
    Mechanical
    Selenitic
    Stoneship

  18. What time must the clock be set to in order for the gear bridge to appear?
    11:45
    2:40
    6:19
    Tea Time

  19. What children's game did Rand and Robyn Miller NOT create?
    Tuneland
    Manhole
    Cosmic Osmo
    Spelunx and The Caves of Mr. Suedo

  20. Which of the Miller brothers played Sirrus?
    Rand
    Robyn

  21. What is the proper sequence of symbols necessary raise the model ship?
    bird, serpent, insect
    leaf, arrow, anchor
    leaf, serpent, insect
    bird, cross, eye
    cross, anchor, bird

  22. What is the proper sequence of sounds necessary to access the mazerunner in the Selenitic age?
    water, heat, gears, flute, wind
    water, flute, wind, gears, heat
    flute, water, wind, heat, gears
    gears, wind, gears, heat, water
    none of the above

  23. What classic novel inspired MYST?
    Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
    A Tale of Two Cities
    The Mysterious Island
    Treasure Island
    Journey to the Center of the Earth

  24. How many minutes does the generator run for in the Stoneship Age?
    5
    10
    12
    15

  25. Where do the Miller brothers live?
    Tulsa, Oklahoma
    Detroit, Michigan
    Tokyo, Japan
    Portland, Oregon
    Spokane, Washington

  26. What part did the Miller's younger brother Ryan play in the creation of Myst?
    He raised money to create the game
    He came up with the idea for the game
    He wrote the books in the library
    None of the Above

  27. How did they record the noise of the fire in the boiler in the log cabin?
    By recording a real blazing fire
    By driving slowly over stones
    By blowing into a microphone
    By playing Led Zepplin records backwards

  28. Who wrote the music for Myst?
    The Artist formerly known as Prince
    John Williams
    Robyn Miller
    Henry Mancini

  29. Approximately how many images are in Myst?
    1200
    2000
    2500
    3000

  30. If you play one of the Channelwood Age Quicktime movies backwards, you can clearly hear a phrase in english. What does the phrase say?
    Macintosh rules
    I want a cheeseburger
    Rush Limbaugh understands
    Buy more Broderbund games

  31. Which of the following is not a possible ending for Myst?
    The player is trapped in Dunny
    Sirrus and Achenar are trapped in Dunny
    The player is trapped in the red book
    The blue and red books are destroyed

  32. Myst has created a slew of copycat games. Which of the following is not a real game?
    Panic in the Park
    Mylk
    Treasure Quest
    Exploratorium
    Gadget

  33. What is the name of Atrus' father?
    Gehn
    Qareen
    Jonas
    Phenagle
    Peter

  34. What is the combination of the safe in the log cabin?
    4,2,8
    9,0,0
    7,2,4
    1,4,7

  35. What apparel company did Rand and Robyn pose for?
    The Gap
    Calvin Klein
    Polo
    Georgio Armani
    Liz Claiborne

  36. What color book do Sirrus and Achenar warn about?
    Blue
    Green
    Purple
    Brown

  37. What happens if when you open the book mentioned in #36?
    You are destroyed
    You are trapped in a lost world
    You see Catherine
    You see Atrus
    You have to start over

  38. Which is not one of the marker inscriptions on Myst?
    moon
    bird
    cross
    eye
    anchor

  39. In the Selenitic Age, what's the proper alignment for the Oasis?
    15.0
    55.6
    130.3
    153.4
    212.2

  40. In the Stoneship Age there are three switches to pump out water. Which switch pumps out the tunnels?
    Left
    Center
    Right
    No switch does this

  41. When you return back to Myst and open the marker switch vault, what color page do you find inside?
    Red
    Green
    Purple
    White
    Blue

  42. How many PC/Mac copies has Myst sold as of August 1996?
    A couple
    1 million
    2 million
    Over 2 million
    Who knows?

  43. How do you rotate the tower on MYST island?
    By reading the brown book
    By using the map in the library
    By setting the counter to 57
    By turning all the marker switches on

  44. Atrus wrote a journal entry suspecting one of his sons as the cause for the destruction of worlds. What is the date of this journal entry?
    17 January
    11 October
    22 November
    25 December
    Unknown

  45. The history of one of the ages contains a story about three boys named Branch, Emmitt, and Will. Which age is it?
    Channelwood
    Mechanical
    Selenitic
    Stoneship

  46. One of the books in the library has several colors of ink in it. Which age does it belong to?
    Channelwood
    Mechanical
    Selenitic
    Stoneship

  47. The inhabitants of one age were confronted by enemies that came in "black ships." Which age is this?
    Channelwood
    Mechanical
    Selenitic
    Stoneship

  48. Where is Atrus' wife?
    No one knows
    She is being held hostage
    She is on vacation
    She is trapped in the yellow book

  49. What computer was MYST first released for?
    TRS-80
    Macintosh
    PC
    Both at the same time

  50. Once you successfully reach the end of MYST, what can you do?
    Explore the ages
    Stop playing
    Go through MYST withdrawal
    Start over
    All of the above

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