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No:1
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How many children have Catherine and Atrus had?
A: Three
No:2
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What is the name of Atrus and Catherine's daughter?
A: Yeesha
No:3
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What common, "above ground" sight lined the District of J'Taeri before the the Great Destruction?
A: Trees
No:4
Category: General Trivia
Q: In total how many endings are possible for Myst and Riven?
A: Thirteen in all. Nine in Riven, four in Myst.
No:5
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How many Linking Books did Gehn have on Riven prior to his entrapment?
A: Two
No:6
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: In the Age that Gavas linked to, what was able to damage his maintainer's suit?
A: A nova/ exploding sun.
No:7
Category: Behind the Scenes
Q: What computer-graphics software was used to create the Myst world?
A: Strata Studio Pro
No:8
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Before Gehn had working Linking Books, what method of transportation did he frequently use to travel between the islands of Riven?
A: Maglevs or Magcars
No:9
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How old was Anna when she went to D'ni?
A: Eighteen years old.
No:10
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How many of the giant D'ni stonecutters existed?
A: Four
No:11
Category: Cyan Trivia
Q: What are Rand and Robyn Miller's parents' names?
A: Ronald and Barbara
No:12
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What is the name of the little frog-like creatures you catch on Book Assembly Island in Riven?
A: Ytrams
No:13
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What special purpose did the frog-like ytrams serve?
A: Gehn distilled captured ytrams into an extract, which he then smoked in his pipe.
No:14
Category: Behind the Scenes
Q: What actress played Catherine in Riven?
A: Sheila Goold
No:15
Category: Behind the Scenes
Followup Q: After the live-action footage was filmed for Riven, Catherine's voice was redubbed. Who supplied the voice of Catherine?
A: Rengin Altay
No:16
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Before Gehn had built the magcars, how did he travel from island to island?
A: The Riven islands were connected by bridges.
No:17
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Name the D'ni tale of an exiled prince which Atrus asked his grandmother to recite.
A: The Tale of Kerath
No:18
Category: Behind the Scenes
Q: What served as the leather texture for Gehn's bed?
A: A touched-up scan of the palm of Richard Vander Wende's hand.
No:19
Category: General Trivia
Q: Which animal/wooden ball puzzle clue (in the form of a natural formation taking on a resemblance to the animal) was never shown?
A: The one for the sunners. The shapes of the beetle, wahrk, ytram and fish appeared in one way or another in the Riven environment.
No:20
Category: General Trivia
Q: Which two scenes in Riven are reminicent of Myst?
A: The most obvious one is the D'ni cavern where Atrus talks to you. The other is the lava chasms in the Selenitic Age and on Jungle Island, between the Warhk Totem and Village, just under the gold dome.
No:21
Category: Behind the Scenes
Q: Who was the ytram named after?
A: Martin "Marty" O'Donnell, Sound Design.
No:22
Category: Behind the Scenes
Q: Who played Gehn's guard in Riven?
A: Vicente Ramos
No:23
Category: Behind the Scenes
Q: Which Cyantist designed the wahrk?
A: Richard Vander Wende
No:24
Category: General Trivia
Q: What color is the roof of the clock tower on Myst Island?
A: Sea-green
No:25
Category: Behind the Scenes
Q: What software package did Robyn Miller use to compose the Riven soundtrack?
A: Opcode's StudioVision Deluxe
No:26
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Name the D'ni man killed in a drilling accident during the excavation to the surface.
A: Efanis
No:27
Category: Behind the Scenes
Q: What companies made the costumes used in Riven?
A: Kauffman-Davis Studios, Seattle Opera
No:28
Category: Behind the Scenes
Q: Who was responsible for the creation of the custom shaders used in Riven?
A: Karl Stiefvater
No:29
Category: Cyan Trivia
Followup Q: What was the name of the company Karl went on to found?
A: Lume, Inc.
No:30
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What small, furry creature from Ader Jamat was given to Anna by Veovis?
A: A reekoo.
No:31
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Anna bought a gift for her father from the Jaarnindu Market. What was it?
A: A chess set.
No:32
Category: Behind the Scenes
Q: What was originaly rendered for Plateau Island in Riven?
A: A formal english garden but it was later re-designed
No:33
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: To which Guild did Aitrus belong?
A: The Guild of Surveyors
No:34
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Aitrus's family Age is called what?
A: Ko'ah
No:35
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: The Guild of Writers has many Ages, but what is the name of the oldest?
A: Yakul
No:36
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How long did it take Veovis to write the Age of Ader Jamat?
A: Sixteen years
No:37
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: By what nickname was A'Gaeris known among the common people?
A: The Philosopher
No:38
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How old was Gehn when D'ni fell?
A: Eight.
No:39
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What did Atrus experience that "turned the whole sky black" at age 10?
A: A thunderstorm.
No:40
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How many Ages were included in the canon of the Writer's Guild?
A: 93
No:41
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Who were the sworn enemies of Gehn on Riven?
A: The Black Moiety
No:42
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What is the Moiety's name for the island you link to when you arrive on Riven?
A: "Allatwan"
No:43
Category: Translations
Followup Q: According to Catherine's journal, what does the Rivenese term "Allatwan" mean?
A: "Pool of Stars"
No:44
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Where did the giant daggers on Riven come from?
A: Catherine wrote them into the Age
No:45
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What did the Moiety name the new Age which Catherine wrote for them?
A: Tay
No:46
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: When she was first questioned before the Council, how was Anna conveyed from the dock to the Great Hall of the Guilds?
A: On a palanquin, or sedan chair, carried by eight Maintainers.
No:47
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: From what Age did the D'ni come to the Great Cavern on Earth?
A: Garternay
No:48
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What did the D'ni do with faulty Descriptive Books?
A: They burned them.
No:49
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How many more times dense than steel is the D'ni stone, nara?
A: Thirty times
No:50
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What gift did Veovis send to Aitrus when first renewing their acquaintance?
A: Portable scales and geological compasses
No:51
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How long was Anna held in her prison cell before she was brought before the D'ni Council for questioning?
A: Six months
No:52
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How tall was the Island called Ae'Gura in the main D'ni Cavern?
A: Three hundred and fifty spans, or over a mile high.
No:53
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What is the color of the cloak of the Guild of Ink-Makers?
A: Purple
No:54
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What was the D'ni symbol for negative?
A: A circle from which jutted seven short, wedge-shaped rays like a star.
No:55
Category: Translations
Q: What are blank Descriptive Books called?
A: Kortee'nea
No:56
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: From what Age did Atrus and Catherine recruit young people to help them break out of the sealed room on K'veer and search for D'ni survivors?
A: Averone
No:57
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What is the name of the Age Veovis wrote which was inducted into the canon of the Guild of Writers?
A: Ader Jamat
No:58
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: In which district in D'ni did Aitrus and his family live?
A: Jaren, a Guild district.
No:59
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How long since the fall of D'ni was it when Atrus and his party began to rebuild it?
A: Seventy years.
No:60
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How many "safe" Books did Atrus and his party find when they searched D'ni?
A: 787
No:61
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: When rebuilding D'ni, what was the name of the first D'ni survivor Atrus met?
A: Tamon
No:62
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Where was the tomb of the Great King found?
A: In D'ni, deep under the Ink-Maker's Guild House.
No:63
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How old was Atrus when Gehn returned to the surface to bring him to D'ni?
A: Fourteen
Source: The Book of Atrus
No:64
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What guild was Gehn a member of?
A: The Guild of Book-Makers
No:65
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What is the upside-down dome in Gehn's Age used for?
A: Catching rain-water
No:66
Category: General Trivia
Q: How is the golden elevator on Survey Island like Gehn?
A: They both look nice on the outside, but on the inside...
No:67
Category: Behind the Scenes
Q: Who designed the D'ni bookpress in Gehn's Lab?
A: Josh Staub
No:68
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Who was Gehn's mute servant in K'veer?
A: Rijus
No:69
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How is nara created?
A: Rock is sent to be reconstituted in a fusion compounder.
No:70
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What is the average lifespan for a D'ni?
A: 325 years
No:71
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What was the original name of Atrus' pet cat "Flame"?
A: Pahket
No:72
Category: Behind the Scenes
Q: Which Cyantist did the sound effects for Myst?
A: Chris Brandkamp
No:73
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: The lighthouse that was built in Stoneship,how much did it sink in the 10 years of Atrus' absence?
A: Forty to fifty centimeters
No:74
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What were the names of the four great stonecutters used to make the great shaft?
A: Old Stone Teeth, Rock-Biter, The Burrower, and Grinder.
No:75
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Where was Anna first taken when she arrived in D'ni.
A: To an island in the cavern of Irrat.
No:76
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What age did Aitrus and Ti'ana create together?
A: Gemedet.
No:77
Category: Behind the Scenes
Q: A character named Harold appeared in many scenes during Riven's production, but was removed before Riven was released. Who was Harold?
A: Harold was a mannequin-like figure that Cyan placed temporarily in scenes to check the scale and perspective.
No:78
Category: General Trivia
Q: The Gate Room on Temple Island contains several large columns. What are the columns made of?
A: Tree trunks
No:79
Category: General Trivia
Q: Paintings appear on Riven's CD dust jackets. Where else can you see these graphics?
A: The paintings can be seen through peepholes in the five golden scarabs in the Gate Room on Temple Island.
No:80
Category: General Trivia
Q: When you visit the Rebel Age, you are captured as you approach Gehn's Effigy. Is there any way to get a better look at the effigy?
A: Return to the Rebel Age a second time and you can examine Gehn's Effigy as long as you wish.
No:81
Category: General Trivia
Q: How can you make the image of Gehn appear in the Temple's golden cage?
A: Take the tram from Jungle Island to Temple Island. Gehn's image will appear briefly in the golden cage when you enter the Temple.
No:82
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Gehn's wife was known by two different names. What were they?
A: Keta and Leira
No:83
Category: Behind the Scenes
Q: A few Cyantists left Washington state for photos to be used as textures in Riven. Where did they take the majority of these photos?
A: Santa Fe, New Mexico
No:84
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Who were Carel and Erlar?
A: Catherine's cousins on Riven
No:85
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Other than the name of an Age, what is Gemedet?
A: A popular D'ni game - similar to a three-dimensional tic-tac-toe
No:86
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What was the question frequently asked of Anna by her father, and of Atrus by Anna?
A: "What do you see?"
No:87
Category: Cyan Trivia
Q: What is the highest number of employees that Cyan had during Riven development?
A: 26
No:88
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Name the Guildsman who discovered the vital information that allowed Anna to Link to the D'ni ages?
A: Neferus
No:89
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What was the name of the Age that Atrus altered as a trap for A'Gaeris?
A: Ederat
No:90
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Atrus carved three D'ni words into his battery at the cleft. What were they?
A: Light. Power. Force.
No:91
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Who was the first person Atrus spoke to on Riven?
A: Carel.
No:92
Category: General Trivia
Q: How many places can you get out of the submarine in the village bay on Riven?
A: Five
No:93
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How long had the vibrated circle of stones existed in the desert before Anna and her father discovered it?
A: About 50 years
No:94
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: In total, how many people were involved in the writing of Veovis' prison Book?
A: Seven. Four Writers, Grand Master Ja'ir, Grand Master Jadaris and Lord R'hira
No:95
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How many Kortee'nee did Atrus find on his first visit to the Main Book Room in the district of J'Taeri?
A: Eight
No:96
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How long did Atrus and Catherine stay in Averone?
A: Four years
No:97
Category: Cyan Trivia
Q: How many employees did Cyan have when work on Riven began?
A: 7 (John Biggs, Chris Brandkamp, Bonnie McDowall (later Staub), Rand Miller, Robyn Miller, Joshua A. Staub, Richard A. Watson)
No:98
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What color was the first Fire Marble Atrus encountered?
A: Red
No:99
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Whose face adorns the large mosaic in Atrus' D'ni Prison?
A: Grand Master Ri'Neref
No:100
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What was the name of the older fisherman who went with Atrus to explore the " white mist" of Gehn's 37th Age?
A: Tarkuk
No:101
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Followup Q: On Gehn's 37th Age, what was the name of the son of the fisherman?
A: Birilli
No:102
Category: Translations
Q: In Riven, what does the D'ni writing on the chalkboard in the Schoolhouse mean?
A: The Rules of Gehn - Gehn is our master, Gehn created us, Gehn defeated Atrus.
No:103
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What was the response of the natives of Channelwood upon Atrus' first arrival?
A: They fell to their knees and began a ceremonial worship.
No:104
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: According to Atrus, why did he put the red and blue Prison Books in his library?
A: "To entrap over-greedy explorers"
No:105
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: According to the message Atrus left Catherine in the "pool imager", who does he first suspect has burnt his library of books?
A: Achenar
No:106
Category: Cyan Trivia
Q: In the Mac/PC version of Riven, the user's manual has a picture of Cyan's employees, but one person wasn't there the day of the picture. Who's missing?
A: Karl Stiefvater
No:107
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What is the name of the oldest and largest of the D'ni rock cutting machines?
A: "Old Stone Teeth"
No:108
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What is the name of Aitrus' father?
A: Kahlis
No:109
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What was name of the tribe Gehn's wife came from?
A: The Amad.
No:110
Category: Cyan Trivia
Q: To break up the ten-twelve hour workdays, many of the Cyantists took a break to hunt each other down over the network at 12pm and 5pm. What game series did they play?
A: Marathon
No:111
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Who was Emmit ?
A: The first person who is known to live on the rocks of StoneshipAge.
No:112
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Who was the third inhabitant of Stoneship Age ?
A: A boy, Emmit called him Tim
No:113
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: In which Age lived a person who reminded Atrus of Emmit?
A: The old man lived in the Mechanical Age.
No:114
Category: General Trivia
Q: In the Wahrk Room, what is the color of the light that brings the wahrk to the window?
A: Red
No:115
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Who wrote the age of Myst?
A: It was a collaborative work of Catherine and Anna.
No:116
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: According to the Book of Atrus, what color are Catherine's eyes?
A: Green.
No:117
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What color represented the Writer's Guild in D'ni?
A: Dark red.
No:118
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What is the number Gehn assigns to his new Age in Riven?
A: 233.
No:119
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What was the name of Atrus' first book that he wrote?
A: "Inception"
No:120
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What is the name of the vast kingdom in Myst: Book of the D'ni?
A: Terahnee
No:121
Category: General Trivia
Q: How is zero written in D'ni?
A: As a square with a dot in it.
No:122
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Who are the three people Atrus brings back from Averone?
A: Marrim, Irras, and Carrad.
No:123
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What was the first age that Catherine and Atrus linked to during the search of the Ages after Riven?
A: Bilaris
No:124
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Who was the first fatality during the search of the Ages?
A: Meer
No:125
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Who was the first person that Atrus met on Terahnee?
A: Hadre Ro'Jethhe
No:126
Category: Behind the Scenes
Q: How many work-hours went into making Myst?
A: About 14,000.
No:127
Category: Behind the Scenes
Q: How many work-hours went into making Riven?
A: Over 200,000.
No:128
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Who is the king of Terahnee?
A: Ro'Eh Ro'Dan
No:129
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What is the name of the child that Atrus found sick in Terahnee?
A: Uta
No:130
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How many peices of stone made up the vault for the Linking Book on Terahnee?
A: Nine
No:131
Category: General Trivia
Q: The wahrk game in the Rivenese schoolroom did not originate in the Fifth Age, but in another age so distant and obscure that it's mentioned only once in Myst and not at all in Riven. Who invented the precursor of this game, what was it called, and in what age did he live? Where is this age mentioned in Myst?
A: The game "Blitz Lifter" was invented by Professor Osmostein of the Osmoian Age. The Osmoian Age is mentioned in Atrus' Channelwood journal in the library on Myst Island.
No:132
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Where is the Park of the Ages located in D'ni?
A: The Park of the Ages is located in the northeast of the city of D'ni, below the Jaren District.
No:133
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What was the Guild of Maintainers crest?
A: An eye above an open book.
No:134
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What is Deretheni?
A: A special lightweight stone, which is not as hard as nara, but still quite strong.
No:135
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: To which guild did Master Avonis belong?
A: The Guild of Healers.
No:136
Category: Cyan Trivia
Q: In 1996 the Cyantists moved into their new office building, and Rand Miller designed the first EDGE course on their property around the building. What does EDGE stand for?
A: Extreme Disc Golf Experience.
No:137
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What was an E.V. suit?
A: The D'ni Environmental Verification suit, used by the Maintainer's Guild when exploring new Ages.
No:138
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: To which guild did the Age of Gadar belong?
A: The Guild of Legislators. It housed the Great Library of Legislation.
No:139
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Who was Geran?
A: An old blind Master of Surveyors who was a prominent member of the expedition to the surface of Earth. He died during the great earthquake that damaged The Shaft.
No:140
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Who was Gihran?
A: Grand Master of the Guild of Linguists
No:141
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Who was Master Haemis?
A: Guild Master Haemis of the Guild of Linguists was on the study team to try to learn Anna's language when she was first captured.
No:142
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What is a Toran?
A: The D'ni unit of angular measurement. One toran is equal to 0.00576 of one degree.
No:143
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What is Catherine's real name?
A: Katran
No:144
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: When Atrus first linked through to Riven and saw the tree, what did he compare it to in his mind?
A: Time
No:145
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What color were the flowers on Atrus' mother's grave?
A: Blue.
No:146
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Who was Veovis' partner in destroying D'ni?
A: A'Gaeris
No:147
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: On Terahnee, who were called the Relyimah?
A: The "unseen" slaves.
No:148
Category: Behind the Scenes
Q: What inspired the design of the Mazerunner for the underground Selenitic maze?
A: The yellow fish from The Little Mermaid.
No:149
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What is the name of the music-box device in Gehn's office?
A: It's called a Cannen.
No:150
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What were the names of the last Five Great Lords?
A: Tulla, R'Hira, Eneah, Nehir, and Rakeri.
No:151
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How many books of commentary did the Age Ko'ah have?
A: Three
No:152
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: On what D'ni holiday did Veovis' Korfah'Vja occur?
A: The home-coming of King Kerath
No:153
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What was the name for the D'ni's burial Age?
A: Te'Negamiris
No:154
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What guild did Guild Master Kedri belong to?
A: The Guild of Legislators
No:155
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What color is Aitrus' (Sr.) hair?
A: Black
No:156
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How old was Aitrus (Sr.) when he first fought Veovis?
A: Thirteen
No:157
Category: Translations
Q: What does the D'ni word "relyimah" mean?
A: "The unseen"
No:158
Category: Translations
Q: What does the D'ni phrase "Korokh Jimah" mean?
A: "Book of Prophecy"
No:159
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: After the great plague on Terahnee, how many Relyimah survived?
A: Over two billion
No:160
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What prefix would the Terahnee use to represent a people group, household, or family?
A: Ro'
No:161
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What was the symbol of the Black Pirates?
A: A crescent moon with a dagger
No:162
Category: Translations
Q: What is the D'ni symbol for five?
A: A square halved by a line.
No:163
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: In the end, what made Atrus want to go to Riven for the first time?
A: The description of the Great Tree
No:164
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Multuple Choice
Q: Which is correct?
1). Guild Master Ri'Neref of the guild of Books
2). Guild Master Ri'Neref of the guild of Writers
3). Grand Master Ri'Neref of the guild of Writers
4). Grand Master Ri'Neref of the guild of Books
Correct A: 3). Grand Master Ri'Neref of the guild of Writers
No:165
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How does Atrus observe the basic changes that occur in Riven?
A: By measuring and interpreting the variations in the Gateway Image on the Riven book with special instruments.
No:166
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What is the Rivenese name of the "Temple Island"?
A: Allapo
No:167
Category: Translations
Followup Q: According to Catherine's journal, what is the meaning of the Rivenese term "allapo"?
A: "Water Pool"
No:168
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What is Catherine's theory for how Gehn had the materials necessary for making D'ni books?
A: He wrote the materials into the descriptive book for Riven.
No:169
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How did Gehn explain to the Rivenese the appearance of the giant daggers?
A: He told the Rivenese that he placed them there as a reminder of their failure
No:170
Category: Translations
Q: What is the D'ni number on the cover of The Book of Ti'ana?
A: Seventeen
No:171
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: At the end of the Book of D'ni, where did Atrus and Catherine go?
A: "Tomahna"
No:172
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What did Gehn do to his "elite" Rivenese natives to distinguish them from others?
A: Gehn's symbol with a number in the center was placed on their necks.
No:173
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Followup Q: When Gehn placed his symbol on Katran (Catherine), which number was she given?
A: Four
No:174
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How old was Gehn when Atrus was born?
A: Nineteen
No:175
Category: General Trivia
Q: How many times do you have to call the wahrk in Gehn's throne room for the wahrk to become irritated enough to ram the glass?
A: Four
No:176
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What were the names of Atrus' four remaining Ages on Myst?
A: Channelwood, Selenitic, Stoneship, and Mechanical
No:177
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q. How long had Atrus been in D'ni before "the stranger" arrived?
A. About eight months.
No:178
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q. According to Atrus journal, on what date did "the stranger" arrive in D'ni?
A. 87.7.13
No:179
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q. According to Gehn's journal, on what date did "the stranger" arrive on Riven?
A. 87.7.30
No:180
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q. In the Channelwood journal, Atrus mentions a woman from the Everdunes. What was her name?
A. Pran.
No:181
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q. In the Channelwood journal, Atrus mentions a group of hostile people. What were they called?
A. The Chochtic.
No:182
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: For whom was Gehn named?
A: For his paternal great grandfather.
No:183
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: In what district of the city of D'ni was the Common Library located?
A: The Guild district of J'Taeri
No:184
Category: Cyan Trivia
Q:Though later fleshed out in more detail by Robyn Miller and Richard Vander Wende, which four Cyantists collaborated on the preliminary Riven game design?
A: Rand Miller, Robyn Miller, Joshua A. Staub, Richard A. Watson
No:185
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What Guild position did Kahlis hold?
A: Grand Master of the Guild of Surveyors
No:186
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Who was the third man who conspired with A'Gaeris and Veovis to destroy D'ni?
A: Suahrnir
No:187
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What did the D'ni word Atrus found on the tunnel wall in the volcano describe?
A: Circulation of air, wind patterns and humidity.
No:188
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Who tells Atrus that Anna, his Grandmother, is Ti'ana, and responsible for the death of the D'ni?
A: Gehn
No:189
Category: Translations
Q: What D'ni number was on the side of the machine Anna saw when she made her trip down the tunnels to D'ni?
A: 21
No:190
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: All four of the great stone cutting machines were used to excavate the Great Shaft. During what other event could a D'ni have seen all four of these machines together?
A: The opening of the Tijali Mines almost 18 centuries earlier.
No:191
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What is to the east of the main cavern of D'ni?
A: A slowly cooling reservoir of magma which the D'ni tapped for energy.
No:192
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What was on the floor of The Guild House?
A: A mosaic map of the D'ni main and lesser caverns.
No:193
Category: General Trivia
Q: How many possible combinations are there to the lock on Catherine's prison?
A: 243.
No:194
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What was the first D'ni Age Anna visited?
A: Ko'ah, Aitrus' family Age.
No:195
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Name the great writer who wrote the Age of Yakul.
A: Ar'tenen
No:196
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Who requested that Aitrus be on the search team that inspected the books on K'veer?
A: Lord Rakeri
No:197
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: At what hour did the D'ni decide to send Veovis first to death and then to his prison age?
A: The seventeenth hour.
No:198
Category: Translations
Q: What symbol appears of the cover of Myst: The Book of D'ni?
A: The D'ni symbol for 25
No:199
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What Age does the large, barely readable book that is found in the King's Tomb link to?
A: Terahnee
No:200
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: When does Atrus first learn of the slaves on Terahnee?
A: At a party thrown for him and his companions, the slaves are the answer to the riddle Atrus cannot figure out.
No:201
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Who is the only person on Terahnee that Atrus meets who does not approve of the slavery?
A: Eedrah
No:202
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What was the disease that killed many of the Terahnee, P'aarli, and relyimah?
A: A D'ni stomach bacteria to which they had no immunity.
No:203
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: To who did Ro'Eh Ro'Dan, the Terahnee King, dedicate the only known book of Terahnee history?
A: He dedicated it to Atrus.
No:204
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Who was the leader of the relyimah army?
A: Ymur
No:205
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What did the relyimah rename Terahnee after they took over?
A: Devokan
No:206
Category: Translations
Followup Q: What does the D'ni term "devokan" mean?
A: Hope
No:207
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: About how long ago did the D'ni link to Earth?
A: Around 10,000 years ago.
No:208
Category: Behind the Scenes
Q: Approximately how long did it take to create Myst?
A: About two years.
No:209
Category: Cyan Trivia
Q: When was construction of Cyan's current building started?
A: June 1995.
No:210
Category: Behind the Scenes
Q: During Riven's development, the gold superdome was moved to Temple Island from which other island?
A: Book Assembly Island
No:211
Category: Behind the Scenes
Q: Survey Island originally had a Victorian atmosphere and was first named what?
A: Garden Island
No:212
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: At what age did Gehn leave the cleft?
A: Fourteen
No:213
Category: Behind the Scenes
Q: Who played Gehn?
A: John Keston
No:214
Category: Behind the Scenes
Q: Who played Gehn's Scribe (the one you meet on Survey Island just before he runs off in a maglev)?
A: Tony Fryman
No:215
Category: General Trivia
Q: What is the grid size of the firemarble puzzle on the top of the gold superdome?
A: 25 by 25 slots.
No:216
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What prank did the people of Channelwood play on Atrus?
A: Gave him color-changing inks.
No:217
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What is the name of the musical instrument Gehn plays, seen in Riven, in Gehn's Age?
A: The Maral-obe
No:218
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What method did Gehn use to keep the villagers afraid of him?
A: Feeding rebellious individuals to the Great Wahrk.
No:219
Category: General Trivia
Q: What two creatures can be seen on the island of Myst?
A: Butterflies and Seagulls
No:220
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What unusual thing did Gehn discover about the Black Moiety's calling card knives?
A: It was made from material that Gehn had not found before in the
Fifth Age.
No:221
Category: General Trivia
Q: What personal "relaxation" item of Gehn can be seen in both his Lab and Age 233?
A: His pipe
No:222
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What was the name of the women who gave you the Prison Book and Catherine's Journal in the Moiety Age?
A: Nelah
No:223
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Name the great D'ni scholar who claimed that the wall of the great cavern of D'ni was so riddled with tunnels, secret tunnels, and passages that if any more were to be cut, the whole great edifice would cave in upon itself.
A: Jevasi
No:224
Category: General Trivia
Q: When the cage in Gehn's office was retracted, was it pulled up into the ceiling or dropped down into the floor?
A: Down into the floor.
No:225
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Why does Gehn write his journals in English?
A: So the people on Riven can't read it
No:226
Category: General Trivia
Q: What are the dinosaur-like creatures on the rock in the lagoon called?
A: Sunners
No:227
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What does Gehn deem as the flaw of his D'ni clock?
A: The clock tells surface time next to D'ni time.
No:228
Category: General Trivia
Q: On what date was Myst first released?
A: September 24, 1993
No:229
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: According to Gehn's journal, what is his theory explaining how Riven's water reacts to heat?
A: It is infested with a strange bacteria that is repelled by heat.
No:230
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Ghen set up five guilds on Riven. Name them.
A: The Guilds of Maintainers, Educators, Surveyors, Bookmakers, and Builders.
No:231
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q. To which guild did Aitrus' friend Penjul belong?
A. The Guild of Legislators.
No:232
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q. Which Terahnee district did Horen Ro'Jadre govern?
A. The Ni'Ediren district.
No:233
Category: General Trivia
Q: How many people linked into the fissure plateau cage of Riven?
A: Three
No:234
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Why did A'Gaeris (The Philosopher) turn against D'ni?
A: Because he couldn't marry the girl he was betrothed to after he was thrown out of the Guild.
No:235
Category: General Trivia
Q: How many marker switches are there on Myst island?
A: Eight
No:236
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What was Aitrus' mother's name?
A: Tasera
No:237
Category: General Trivia
Q: In Riven, there is a prison with a group of bricks which function as a hidden door in the wall. In what movie was this device used before? Hint: someone at Cyan worked on this movie.
A: Walt Disney's Aladdin. Richard Vander Wende was a designer from the early stages of that film.
No:238
Category: General Trivia
Q: Where in Myst can you find a picture of Sirrus dressed as royalty?
A: In Sirrus' throne room in the Mechanical Age.
No:239
Category: General Trivia
Q: Gehn has two pictures on his bedroom wall. Who are the people pictured?
A: His wife and his father.
No:240
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: According to legend, where did Kerath (the last D'ni king) spend his teenage years?
A: In the great underground desert of Tre'Merktee (the Place of Poisoned Waters).
No:241
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Who gave Atrus his name?
A: Anna, his grandmother
No:242
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: At what age was Gehn set away for training in the Guild of Bookmakers?
A: Gehn was four years old.
No:243
Category: General Trivia
Q: How many "pumps" from the furnace does it take to boost the tree elevator on Myst Island from its "at surface" level to the top of the tree?
A: Eight
No:244
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Who rescued Atrus from the well in Riven?
A: Katran's cousins, Carel and Erlar
No:245
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How many major Guilds were in D'ni?
A: Eighteen
No:246
Category: General Trivia
Q: How many keys are on the piano in the rocket on Myst Island?
A: 36 (21 white, 15 black)
No:247
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How many D'ni survivors returned to D'ni after the Ages were searched?
A: 618 adult males
No:248
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Followup Q: Out of these survivors, how many had been guildsmen?
A: Seventeen
No:249
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: In the game Riven, who hid the "eye" puzzles all around?
A: The Moiety
No:250
Category: General Trivia
Q: Who did the Illustration sketches for the Myst novels?
A: William Cone (the book of Atrus) and Tom Bowman (the books of Ti'ana and D'ni)
No:251
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: How many weeks did it take Anna to learn to speak D'ni?
A: Twenty weeks
No:252
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: Who did Anna and her father work for?
A: A rich man named Amanjira.
No:253
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Followup Q: Where did Amanjira live?
A: Tadjinar
No:254
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What was the nickname Aitrus's father called him when he was a child?
A: "Young Worm."
No:255
Category: General Trivia
Q: How many butterflies appear on the path in the forest on Myst Island?
A: Two
No:256
Category: General Trivia
Q: What color is the outside of the underground elevator on Map Island in Riven?
A: Gold
No:257
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What did Gehn obtain that effectively solved his power problems for his Linking Books?
A: A crystal taken from a rebel scout.
No:258
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: In what Age did Atrus leave young Sirrus and Achenar on their own for the first time?
A: Channelwood
No:259
Category: General Trivia
Q: In what direction from the Mechanical Age fortress can you see something interesting through Sirrus' telescope?
A: Southeast.
No:260
Category: General Trivia
Followup Q: What is seen through the telescope if pointed in that direction?
A: A skeleton.
No:261
Category: D'ni History and Lore
Q: What was Atrus doing when he first discovered the tunnel to D'ni?
