Invitational Series # 002
Packet 1
Questions
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1. SCP-3385 is an extradimensional British one of these vehicles filled with cryogenically frozen corpses.
While aboard one of these vehicles, Anand Mannava realizes that his memories have been replaced by those
of a deceased crewmate. SCP-741 is a wrecked one of these vehicles that carried an anomalous payload and
was owned by the (*) Soviet Union. One of these vehicles called SCPF Eremita harvests the amnestic compound
Y-909 after its crew feeds D-class personnel to SCP-3000, a gargantuan eel at the bottom of the Bay of Bengal. For
10 points, name these naval vessels that operate underwater.
ANSWER: submarines [or subs; prompt on boats or ships or watercraft; reject “submersibles”]
2. SCP-2732 is a Beijing Opera stage that anomalously acts out seven versions of this figure’s backstory.
Agent Papadopoulos describes this figure’s face as “A god shaped hole. The barren desolation of a fallen and
failed creation” after encountering him in SCP-2264-B, an extradimensional city under his rule. This figure is
served by the (*) Ambassador of Alagadda. Human sacrifices to this figure occur during performances of SCP-701,
an anomalous play titled [this figure]’s Tragedy. For 10 points, name this eldritch monarch who is often depicted
wearing a noose.
ANSWER: the Hanged King [or the Hanged One or the king of Ajia; accept The Hanged King’s Tragedy; reject
“Scarlet King”]
3. The computer designated SCP-001-EX neutralizes two anomalies involving these animals via “dividing by a
common factor.” SCP-2875 is a recurring phenomenon in which some of these animals that replicate upon
death appear in a Wisconsin town. The Foundation learns that these animals are in the set of (*) real numbers
and are not prime by studying SCP-1313, a mathematical expression that resolves to one of these animals. SCP-5464
is one of these animals named Wojtek [VOY-teck] who fought for Poland during World War II. For 10 points, name
these mammals of the family Ursidae.
ANSWER: bears [or Ursidae before it is read; accept grizzly bears or brown bears or Ursus arctos]
4. O5-8 [oh-five eight] argues that classifying this entity as Apollyon [uh-POLL-yun] would be a “concession of
defeat” during a meeting inside a “Vegas room.” The arrival of this entity into reality would constitute an
MK-class scenario. This entity could be destroyed using an “irreality amplifier” designed by Bartholomew
Hughes. In a defense mechanism compared to a (*) mosquito’s saliva, this entity kills anyone who forms a full
mental picture of it. This meme complex is subject to “inverted containment protocols,” as it is present everywhere
outside of specially purged spaces. For 10 points, name this SCP whose number is the fifth power of five.
ANSWER: SCP-3125 [or వ[vah] or “The Escapee”]
