All good things must come to an end, and that includes TESting Your Knowledge. After posing eleven brain-slaying Elder Scrolls trivia questions to the masses, we have one final puzzle to answer:

Who or what is responsible for killing human tribes in Black Marsh during the Second Era?

Duncan Booker of Vancouver, British Columbia will take home the last signed copy of Greg Keyes’ “The Infernal City” for correctly answering the “Knahaten Flu.” And that’s that.

Our thanks to The Imperial Library for putting this contest together, to Greg Keyes and the Bethesda team for their contributions, and to all the fans that participated. If you enjoyed TESting, be sure to revisit the Bethblog for more contests and trivia in the future.

It’s been a good run, Elder Scrolls fans, but TESting Your Knowledge is finally coming to a close. After 11 weeks of Google-busting trivia, we have reached the final question.

We asked you about Potentates, and we quizzed you on calendar snakes. You remembered King Wulfhart, and you cursed the Hoonding. Many books were won, and good times were had by most. Now, only one puzzle remains:

11. Who or what is responsible for killing human tribes in Black Marsh during the Second Era?

If you have the answer, you could win our last signed copy of Greg Keyes’ Elder Scrolls novel “The Infernal City.”

Contest rules and instructions on how to enter follow. Good luck!

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Alright. So we may have lost our bet. Somebody out there knew the author of Daggerfall’s “Wabbajack.” In fact, a lot of you did. Okay, almost all of you.

To recap, here’s what we asked last Friday:

In Daggerfall, there is a book titled “Wabbajack” which is a first hand account of the summoning of Sheogorath. Even though it’s credited to “Anonymous,” who wrote it?

Tadd Brooket of Onsted, MI correctly answered Emperor Pelagius Septim III, or “Pelagius the Mad.” The book itself contains a helpful clue: “Then why, or wherefore do people keep calling me mad?”

A copy of “The Infernal City” goes to Tadd. As always, thanks to everyone that entered. The next question will be up on Friday.

So you thought you knew everything there was to know about The Elder Scrolls. Think again.

In fact, we’re betting you don’t know jack about Wabbajack. We’re so sure, we’re willing to wager a signed copy of Greg Keyes “The Infernal City” on it. Beg to differ? Try this on for size:

In Daggerfall, there is a book titled “Wabbajack” which is a first hand account of the summoning of Sheogorath. Even though it’s credited to “Anonymous,” who wrote it?

Exactly. You’re totally sunk. But please send us your haphazard guesses, anyway. We enjoy reading them. And laughing.

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It was a tough week here on TESting Your Knowledge. First, the Elder Scrolls trivia we posed to you last Friday:

When the sun rises near one of the constellations, it is that constellation’s season. Each constellation has a season of approximately one month. There are twelve months, and thirteen constellations. Which month does the serpent belong too?

As many of you wisely detected, this was one of those nasty trick questions. In fact, the serpent belongs to no month; according to The Imperial Library, “The Serpent has no season, for it moves about in the heavens, usually threatening one of the other Constellations.”

Our big winner this week was Katy Grove of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. A signed copy of Greg Keyes’ “The Infernal City” to her, and a thanks to those that entered. Check back on Friday for the next chance to play.

This week’s Elder Scrolls trivia question is one of stellar proportions. Do you have what it takes to decipher the constellation-based nomenclature of the Tamriel calendar? Then venture forth into our quizzical dungeon:

When the sun rises near one of the constellations, it is that constellation’s season. Each constellation has a season of approximately one month. There are twelve months, and thirteen constellations. Which month does the serpent belong too?

Think you know the answer? You could win a copy of “The Infernal City” by Greg Keyes. Click through to find out how to enter.

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