Hi Everyone,
It is time to announce the winner of the fifth Sapien Loop Quiz for this year. I would like to begin by thanking all the participants for entering and even more so for taking the time to read my books and short stories. We had eight participants for this contest. That’s a slight step back from the previous contest but still an okay turnout. The quality of the responses was good. Three participants managed to answer all the questions correctly, and three others answered eight questions correctly. Tiebreaker rules will again determine our winner.
How to Play!
For those who did not enter, here is a quick recap of how to play. The quiz contains nine multiple-choice questions. Each question has five possible answers. The participant is required to select the correct answer from the five options. The participant who answers the most questions correctly wins the contest. If there is a tie, the participant who entered first wins. There is also a requirement for the winner to answer at least five questions correctly. This is my way of ensuring that the participants have read the books.
The prize for each contest is 30 Hive Power. The entries of the first twelve participants are upvoted.
For more information about this quiz as well as the questions, click on the link below:
Answers to the Quiz Are as Follows:
Question 1: d
Question 2: b
Question 3: a
Question 4: e
Question 5: b
Question 6: d
Question 7: c
Question 8: b
Question 9: d
Explanations
Question 1: This question is from Chapter 4 of Sapien Loop: Frozen in Time: Using the mind voice device, Hamlet tells Yassme that she is hungry. Yassme responds excitedly, as it is an indication her device is working. Julie arrives with a large wheelbarrow full of treats. Yassme asks Hamlet what she would like.
Question 2: This question is from Chapter 5: In the chapter, it states that Adoy was home to around ten thousand families.
Question 3: This question is from Chapter 25: Arville threatens Denise with violence. Orcille responds by reaching through the cell bars and grabbing Arville by the neck. Then Orcille bit a tiny piece of his ear off.
Question 4: This question is from Chapter 100: Lily approached Pardi in his underground laboratory in the form of Governor Rotiart. She shapeshifted to reveal herself as Lily. Pardi was surprised because he believed her to be dead and thought she might be an imposter. Then Lily reveals to Pardi that his DNA had been swapped in the laboratory. The correct DNA revealed that Pardi was actually Orcilla’s father. Therefore, his wife, Milly, must have been Sapien for Orcilla to be half Sapien. As Lily was Milly’s sister, this also meant that Lily was Sapien. She was a Sapien who could shapeshift.
Question 5: This question is from Chapter 4 of Sapien Loop: Frozen in Time: Phillip helped Yassme calibrate her mind voice device. In return she paid him in pizza.
Question 6: This question is from Chapter 5: The House of Divine Knowledge in Adoy was considerably more liberal when it came to sharing knowledge than most other regions. This facilitated more open discussions with the residents. This led to the residents becoming more open-minded. Their open-mindedness led to some of them becoming more questioning of the world around them. The residents of Adoy were instinctively more curious for another reason. This is discussed in the second book and one of the short stories.
Question 7: This question is from Chapter 25. Arville subdued Orcille with his stun gun. He did so until he was left lying motionless on the floor of the cell. Then he pulled Orcille’s clothes off, revealing his badly scarred body. Then he went on to sexually assault Orcille, who was unable to defend himself.
Question 8: This question is from the short story: Towards the end of Part One, Sanguine becomes the Chief of the North District. Locum, who was Sanguine’s mentor, persuaded Sanguine to abolish slavery. Sanguine was reluctant at first but decided it was the best thing to do. He made this big announcement when he was officially made chief.
Question 9: This question is from the short story: In Part Three, Sanguine takes his son, Tiberius, to the orphanage. To Tiberius’ surprise, Sanguine treated the Melandria and the orphanage staff and children nicely. Sanguine explained that he wanted to keep the staff loyal, as he intended to make the orphans his guards once they had matured. Any suffering the orphans experienced would be blamed on the Alset family.
The Winner
Overall, this contest had eight participants. Three of those participants answered all nine questions correctly. Therefore, to determine the winner, I will use the tiebreaker rules, which state that in the event of a tie, the participant who entered first wins the quiz. Therefore, the winner of the fifth quiz is @emeka4. Congratulations on winning 30 Hive Power.
The Sapien Loop Quiz will return later this month. The quiz will follow the same format as this quiz. I recommend that you spend some time on the second book and the short stories if you want to improve your chances of winning. Next month, the Economics Challenge Series will begin.
The Sapien Loop Series
I am writing a trilogy of books titled Sapien Loop. The first in the series is Sapien Loop: End of an Era and the second is Sapien Loop: Frozen in Time. I published both of these books as ebooks on Amazon, and I have posted completed chapters to my @captainhive account. I anticipate publishing the third book in early 2027. I expect to title this book Sapien Loop: Worlds Collide. In 2025, I plan to write short stories about some of the characters and their adventures. I will post these to my @captainhive over the course of the year.
Brief Summary of Sapien Loop: End of an Era
This story is based on the fictional planet Sapia and its sole country, Sapey. Sapey is portrayed as a form of utopia for all its citizens. No poverty. No war. Almost no crime. Opportunities for all.
This was enough for most citizens, but not all. In one of the small regions, some of the citizens had become discontent. They felt something important was missing in their lives. Their discontent did not go unnoticed. Some of the Sapey elite wanted to weaponise this discontent to gain more power. This created more chaos than they anticipated. This led to further widespread social unrest.
On top of the chaos, ambition and greed provoked another enemy. This enemy was on a mission to settle both new and old scores.
Brief Summary of Sapien Loop: Frozen in Time
This story is based six years after the original story. The Downs Region is still suffering from a serious health crisis caused by the contaminated water. The main characters are desperately trying to find a cure for the illness that has been caused by the water.
One of the main characters has discovered frozen humanoids in hidden chambers. It appears they have been frozen for a long time. These chambers connect to a vast network of tunnels. While exploring the tunnels, one of the frozen humanoids disappears. It appears he has been stolen.
The story takes a step back in time to tell the story of the frozen humanoids. How and why were they frozen? This part of the story also explains the fall of ancient Sapey and the birth of the Sapiens. Can those from the past be able to coexist with those from the present?
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