Final Results

Grand Prize Winner: Hellpop (wins 3,000 coins)

Potion Assortment Winner: Shamhat (wins 2 each Red, Energy, and Tykan potions)

Here are the "official" answers, which are the final results even if they are wrong. Most of the counting was done using BBEdit Lite to search the original HTML source, so there is no possibility of error. Several people got tripped up by the fact that (as explained on the Normathon "rules" scroll) the counting questions were limited to Volumes 1 through 14 only.

Question 1: How many entries are there in the Diary?

304

Question 2: How many pictures appear in the Diary entries?

487

Question 3: What exile appears most often in the pictures in the Diary entries?

Norm

Question 4: What exile appears second most often in the pictures in the Diary entries?

Axell

Question 5: What day and season is Norm's birthday?

46 Winter

Question 6: What Puddleby year did the Ripture War take place in?

533 (Volume 2)

Question 7: What Puddleby year did the Altar War take place in?

535 (Volume 5)

Question 8: How many logs is the most Norm reports finding on a single day?

4 (Volume 1, 3/8/99)

Question 9: What clan is Norm a member of?

Zouclougeist Alliance

Question 10: What official position does Norm hold in his clan?

Clan Treasurer

Question 11: What is the longest time interval between Diary entries?

58 Puddle Days (Volume 12, 6/27/01 to 7/11/01)

Question 12: Which volume has the most Diary entries?

Volume 5

Question 13: What is Norm's favorite color?

Bluebie Blue, of course; he wears it almost all the time.

Question 14: Name the colors of all of the cloaks Norm has worn in Diary pictures.

Bluebie Blue (Volume 8, 8/25/00), Dark Gray (Volume 11, 4/18/01)

Question 15: What Puddleby year was Gerag killed in?

543

Question 16: Which volume has the fewest Diary entries?

Volume 2

Question 17: Which trainer did Norm get a ledger from?

Regia (Volume 13, 11/8/01)

Question 18: Which trainer is Norm's favorite trainer?

Evus (Volume 13, 9/12/01)

Question 19: Name all of the weapons that Norm has used.

Club, Dagger, Short Sword, Axe, Untainted Club, Bright Club, Greatsword, Battle Hammer, Rapier, Greataxe, Fell Blade

Question 20: What is Norm's totem animal?

Goat

Question 21: Which events did Norm take part in during the first Puddleby Volympics?

Drunkathalon, Whack the Mystic, Boat Race, Keg Hunt

Question 22: How many 'Brion brothers are mentioned in the Diary?

4 (Tenebrion, Umbrion, Cimmbrion, and Melabrion)

Question 23: What is Norm's profession?

Fighter

Question 24: What is Norm's circle in his profession?

Fourth

Question 25: What news organization is Norm a correspondent for?

Thoomcare Media Network

Question 26: Name two monsters Norm got experience for skinning.

Rat, Large Vermine, Vermine (Volume 10, 1/31/01, Volume 12, 7/28/01, Volume 14, 1/25/02)

Question 27: What exile is mentioned most often in the Diary entries?

Axell

Question 28: What exile is mentioned second most often in the Diary entries?

Yor

Question 29: How many pictures in Diary entries show a fallen Norm?

36

Question 30: How many departs has Norm made?

36 (Volume 14, 11/27/01)