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The Science Fiction Super Bonus


TELEVISION

STAR TREK (some movie information included)

  1. Give the names of the original 14 Constitution Class Cruisers. Also indicate which of these survived until the end of the series.

  2. Give the full names for every known captain of the Enterprise.

  3. Name the ships with the following Naval Construction Codes:

    NCC 638
    NCC 1701
    NCC 1703
    NCC 1864
    NCC 2522
    NX 2000

  4. What was the Galaxy-Class Enterprise's first sister ship, and what historical event connects the names of the two ships?

  5. What is the full name of the Transporter Chief on the Galaxy-Class Enterprise?

Doctor Who

  1. Name every actor every to play the Doctor.
  2. Which two of these men were featured in The Two Doctors? The Three Doctors?

  3. Who are the two major figure that founded the Time Lords?

  4. Strangely, although the Doctor travels through time and space, the Daleks he meets are always more advanced than the previous ones. in the latest incarnation, Remembrance of the Daleks, the normal Daleks have two major changes from previous ones. What are they?

  5. Who is The Face of Evil?

  6. Who recorded the pop hit Who Is The Doctor?

  7. What were the disguises taken by the six parts that made up the Key to Time?

Battlestar Galactica

  1. Name all 7 battlestars to appear in the premiere.

  2. How did the Galactica cope when all of its fighter pilots were struck down with disease?

  3. What are the three standard buttons on the joystick on a Viper?

General

  1. In the Red Dwarf episode "Better than Life", archaeologists report finding a page missing from the Bible. Where should it go, and what does it say?

  2. What is the official title of the High Gorgon in Quark?

  3. What was the occupation of George Jetson?

  4. What is the pharmaceutical name for "Synthetic Love" in War of the Worlds?

  5. Who was the host of Science Fiction Theatre?

  6. Who played the star of Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers?

  7. According to television's original Flash Gordon, what is the only "dead" planet left?

  8. What was the home planet of Dodo, The Kid from Outer Space?

  9. Who were the main characters of Space Ghost?

  10. What does IMIPAC stand for in Blake's 7?

  11. What was the original title of The Outer Limits, and why was it changed?

  12. What was Mindy's last name in Mork and Mindy?

  13. In V (the miniseries), what was the name of the character who gave birth to the first interspecies baby?

  14. What are the three "Great Composers" that Rimmer says Lister ought to appreciate in Red Dwarf?

  15. What is the eerie object following the Swinetrek that looks like a motorcycle headlight?

MOVIES

The Star Wars Trilogy

  1. Who owned C-3PO and R2-D2 before Luke?

  2. Why couldn't Han blast out of the trash compactor?

  3. How many AT-AT walkers did the rebels down in the battle for Hoth? Who was responsible for each one?

  4. How many times does the immortal phrase "I've got a bad feeling about this..." occur in each movie?
    Empire--1
    Jedi--2

  5. Who is in command of the entire rebellion after the destruction of Alderaan?

  6. What was different about the C-3PO action figure introduced after The Empire Strikes Back ?

  7. How many fingers do Ewoks have (per hand)?


  8. What was the color of each lightsaber seen in the trilogy?
    Vader's
    Luke's first
    Luke's second
    Obi-Wan's

  9. Near the beginning of Star Wars , Luke is seen playing with a model. What is it a model of?

  10. At what battle did Lando's "little maneuver" earn him a Generalship in the rebellion and command of the fighter attack in Jedi?

  11. What was the name of the shuttle the Rebellion used to infiltrate Endor?

  12. How long were the Jedi "the guardians of truth and justice" for the old republic?

  13. On which planet of the Hoth system did the rebels set up their base?

  14. What animal can be glimpsed outside the cantina at Mos Eisley?

Tron

  1. What is written on the sign above Flynn's?

  2. What was Ram's function before becoming a video warrior?

  3. Who did Flynn beat in his first "game"?

General

  1. What's special about the aliens in Invasion of the Star Creatures ?

  2. Describe :
    Godzilla
    Rodan
    Gamera --

  3. What film did Leonard Nimoy appear in before he was cast as Mr. Spock in Star Trek?

  4. Who played The Queen of Outer Space?

  5. Who was The Demon with a Glass Hand?

  6. Who played The Last Man on Earth?

  7. Who was The Thing (from Another World)?

  8. Who played The Son of Frankenstein?

  9. Who was The Omega Man?

  10. Where is the Robot Monster from, and what is his leader called?


  11. Give the original story/novel and author that was the inspiration for:
    The Omega Man
    2001: A Space Oddysey
    The Last Days of Man on Earth
    Charly
    Blade Runner

  12. What were the names of the both the "good" and "evil" floating brain-creatures from The Brain from Planet Arous ?

  13. Who are The Mole People servents of?

Literature

Robert Heinlein

  1. Everyone knows about Mr. Heinlein's book Stranger in a Strange Land, but perceptive readers were given forewarning on its appearance. Where?

  2. Who really was Rev. Alex Hergensheimer's friend Jerry?

  3. Diagram a MI division -- the ideal case.

  4. How long did the act of Lawrence Smith -- "The Great Lorenzo" -- run?

  5. How can Pixel walk through walls?

  6. "Women should be seen but not heard" is the motto of what character?

Isaac Asimov

  1. What are the Three Laws of Robotics?

  2. Asimov's shortest story is "About Nothing". Why was it written, and what is the name of the play in it?

  3. What is being advertised on the billboard in Buy Jupiter?

  4. We all call Asimov The Good Doctor, but why? (be specific)

  5. The story "Runaround", aside from being as successful as the rest of Asimov's works, was especially notable for two other things. What?

  6. What were the first words that Asimov ever read?

  7. Asimov once reported an infamous legal case where a man named Stein had stolen $100,0
  8. gotten in a time machine, and taken it 7 years and 1 day into the future -- one day after the statute of limitations on his theft had expired. What was Judge Neville Preston's exact ruling on the legality of this subterfuge, and Stein's fate?


Larry Niven

  1. What concept was the Ringworld originally based upon?

  2. In what stories do the following spacecraft appear?
    The Golden Circle
    Angel's Pencil
    Overcee
    Flutterby
    Planch
    Percival Lowell
    MacArthur
    Firebee

  3. Explain rishathra.

  4. What works were Niven's first:
    Story sold
    Novella
    Novel
    Hugo award


Harlan Ellison

  1. In the space of four Worldcons, Harlan Ellison managed to win three short-story Hugos. What were the three stories, in which year did each win, and what was the other story (and author) to win the short-story Hugo in that time?
  2. Who was the Harlequin?

  3. Harlan once published a fanzine. What was it called?

  4. Who are Gorrister, Ellen, Nimdok, and Benny?

William Gibson

  1. What is Case's (of Neuromancer) full name?

  2. Who is Kolodny? Sally?

  3. One of Gibson's short stories is referred to in Count Zero. Which one, and in what context?

Douglas Adams

  1. Upon whom were the Space Cops in Hitchhiker based?

  2. What colors were used to decorate the Cathedral of Hate?
  3. Name and define the economic condition which ruined the planet Brontitall.

  4. Write out verse 2 of Prostentnic Vogon Jeltz's poem. (Its not in the book - try elsewhere)


Jack L. Chalker

  1. Why does Serge Ortega not leave South Zone, and what finally convinces him to do so (In Twilight At The Well of Souls)?
    He's finally convinced that he won't instantly die if he leaves, and he "wants to be there at the finish"

  2. What are the Olympians?

  3. What one word word does Chalker claim sums up most of his stories?

  4. What are the names of the planets in the system of the four lords of the diamond?

2001, 2010 & 2061

  1. Who created HAL 9000 (full name)

  2. What does "David Bownan" discover is the core of Jupiter?

  3. What is TMA-2's nickname?

  4. What is HAL's final message?

Fahrenheit 451

  1. What is the fireman's official slogan?

  2. Who was the first fireman?

  3. What poem does Montag read to his wife's friends?

  4. What book does the protagonist "know most of" by the end of the book?

Brave New World

  1. What is the World State's motto?

  2. Who does the populace worship, and what is the sign of their reverence?
    Making a "T" on their stomachs

  3. What is the result of Bokanovsky's Process?

General

  1. Who is Equality 7-25 (give a name, please)

  2. At the first breakfast aboard the Nautilus, what does the crew really eat in place of each of these foods?
    Meat

  3. What are the 4 Ministries of Oceania in 1984. What are their supposed purposes? What are their real purposes? What are their names in Newspeak?

  4. What's the religious significance of: "Pound pastrami, can krout, six bagels - bring home for Emma" and "Remember - pick up form 1040 Uncle Revenue"?

  5. What chemical is auctioned for 10 cents as "Item QX47R769BC - one bottle of waste solution"?

  6. Who was the first human being to concieve of an artificial earth satellite?

  7. Where does Hawthorne Abendsen, The Man in the High Castle, live, and what is the book that he writes about?

  8. What monster with a bright, wet, purple gaze terrorized the town of Peaksville (pop. 46)?

  9. How did the hero Dollar Bill die in 1947?

  10. What is Valis, and what does it do?

  11. What science fiction creature is considered the inspiration for Tribbles, and who created it?

  12. What is the middle name of the Green Lantern called Gnort?

  13. Who originated the word "robot", and where?

  14. Only one author has been so prolific as to have at least one fantasy/science fiction novel beginning with every letter of the alphabet. Who? (We aren't quite so sadistic to make you name them...)

  15. Who wrote "The Sensuous Dirty Old Man"?

  16. How did John Carter get to Mars?

  17. Which science fiction writer was one of the main broadcasters for the Apollo
  18. moon mission?

  19. What is the name of the video game used secretly to test cadets in Ender's Game?

  20. Draw the Game Grid of Proton in Split Infinity.

  21. Draw a completed 4-dot sprout game from Macroscope.

  22. What do the initials stand for in the following names?
    L. Ron Hubbard
    H. P. Lovecraft
    L. Sprague de Camp
    Ursula K. LeGuin
    C.S. Lewis
    Phillip K. Dick
    Samuel R. Delany
    Arthur C. Clarke

  23. Give the locations of the following bars, as well as the authors who created them:
    The White Hart
    Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille
    The Draco Tavern
    The Casa Manana
    The Sans Souci Bar & Grill
    he Horse and Grom
    Chatsubo
    Squishers
    Jammers

  24. Who was:
    The Grey Lensman?
    The Ship Who Sang?
    The Incomplete Enchanter?
    The Female Man?
    The Stainless Steel Rat?
    The Demolished Man?
    The Man who sold the Moon?
    The Bladerunner?
    The Terminal Man?

  25. Name the planet on which the following (dominantly) take place:
    The Left Hand of Darkness
    The Foundation Trilogy
    Dune
    Tunnel in the Sky
    The "Lensmen" Series
    The "Dorsai" Series
    The Naked Sun
    The Dispossessed

  26. What was the eventual title of the following stories (magazine serial titles given)?
    Call me Conrad
    Under the Moons of Mars
    Satellite Scout
    The Devil Makes the Law

  27. What two planets does Dr. Ransom visit in C. S. Lewis' Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra, and what are these planets called by their inhabitants?

  28. What is the system of interplanetary travel used in Five-Twelfths of Heaven?