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Maps
PART 1
Identify these maps. (1 point each)
PART 2
Fill in the blanks (45 points)
PART 3
Real Versus Fictional (1 point each)
Which of these places are real and which are imaginary?
- Znojmo
- Elsinore
- New Britain
- Cader Idris
- Ettinsmoor
- Palmyra
- Abyy
- Leetonia
- Karpathenburg
- Wein-Am-Rhein
- Hibernia
- the Harmittan Rocks
- Porcupine, Alaska
- Cantahar
- Dead Horse, Alaska
- Dismal Swamp
PART 4
Planets (2 points each)
Name the author who wrote about each planet, and give a brief notable feature of each planet.
- Thulcandra
- Rukbat
- Arrakis
- Thanatos Minor
- Lusitania
- Terminus
- Camazotz
- Gehenna
- Thaalassa
- Erna
PART 5
Kings, Queens, Princes, and Lords (1 point each)
- Over what kingdom did Queen Tedmur rule?
- How about King Dimwit Flathead?
- The Queen Mother of the West?
- Sancho Panza? (Okay, it was only for a week, but he did rule it)
- Prince Kadakithis?
- Princess Amethyst Alexandra Augusta Araminta Adelaide Aurelia Anne?
- King Friday the 13th?
- From what castle did King Peter, King Edmund, Queen Susan and Queen Lucy rule?
- What country did they rule?
- On the other hand, who ruled over:
- Annwfn?
- Titipu?
- Celesteville?
- Aiolio?
- Digitopolis?
- Orison, and the country of Mordant?
PART 6
Short essay (5 points each; creativity encouraged.)
- Draw a map of the Greek Underworld.
- Where was the continent of Atlantis?
- Why isn't it there anymore?
- Write a travel-brochure blurb for Xanadu.
PART 7
- Lots and lots and lots of miscellaneous questions (Usually one point each)
- What land do the huldufolk live in?
- Who created Cloud-Cuckoo-Land? (author, not character)
- Everybody knows who lives in 221B Baker Sftmt. (If you don't, go lock yourself in a closet with Arthur Conan Doyle and find out.) However, who OWNS 221 Baker Street?
- How many steps lead to the first floor flat? ("You see but you do not observe... ")
- "Tall tree, Spyeglass hill, a point north of north-nor'east." Where do you follow these directions? What do they lead you to?
- Who lives in Satis House?
- Give both the Damarian and the Homelander names for the mountain pass where Corlath held back Thurra's army.
- Who would you find in the Valley of the Dames You Wouldn't Want to Lock Dental Braces With?
- What do the inhabitants of Kholco call their planet?
- To which city is Cluracan of Faerie sent just before the reality storm?
- By what name did Chuang Tzu call Death's closet?
- What is the only planet in Duck Dodgers' universe that contains shaving cream?
- What is the city of the geblings where the Wise of the Heptarchy were called?
- Name the "Cursed Springs" that turn people into animals, other people, for as
long as cold water is thrown on them.
- Name each of the rivers of Hell (according to Dante).
- Where exactly on Pern was AIVAS found?
- Who lives on Aiaia?
- "Where was the sun? Over the oak. Where was the shadow? Under the elm. How was it stepped? North by ten and by ten, east by five and by five, south two and by two, east one and by one, and so under. " On what manor grounds do you follow these directions? What will they lead you to?
- Where will you end up if you take the carriage from Bistritz at 3pm through jail, Borgoprund, Maros Borgo, and Tihucza, and are met by a private carriage at the Borgo Pass?
- Name and describe in brief the lands Lemuel Gulliver has visited.
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- A Disney movie was made about the first colonists of New Switzerland. Name it.
- Name a possible real-world location for Camelot.
- Who lives in Got Na Clocha Mora?
- Who is buried in the Chamber of Mazarbul?
- Give 3 ways to cross the Shifting Sands.
- What place can be entered through the Dean's Quarters of Christchurch College, Oxford?
- What was Minas Morgul's original name?
- Where is Basingstoke on the map of Germany drawn by the OTHER Cole Porter?
- Who lives at Twelve Oaks in Georgia?
- What dimensions do these races come from? Klahds, Pervects, Deveels, Imps, Gnomes, and Archers.
- What is the island where Jurassic Park is located?
- Where DOES the red fern grow?
- What land was located in the place between where Sweden and Germany would eventually settle? (This is before Europe, remember.)
- Name the farm which Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert own.
- What is the undersea equivalent of Amber?
- Where is Cauldron Pool located?
- Name four of the islands encountered on the voyage of the "Dawn Treader."
- Approximately where is Sakneusseum's Corridor?
- Who wrote about Erewhon?
- Kadath, on the Leng Plateau, is in what world? Who wrote about it?
- What Massachusetts city is famed for the library at its small college,
- The cult of Shardik was established in what countries?
- What kind of government did Thomas More's Utopia have?
- Who wrote about the Valapee, the Isle of Yams?
- The rulers of Ruritania go to a certain castle for their summer residence. Where is it?
- This place was taken over by a pack of weasels, but eventually recovered by Mr. Mole, Mr. Water Rat, Mr. Badger, and Mr. Toad. Name it.
- This place's inhabitants include the Piccaninny Indians, Michael and John Darling, several mermaids, and (occasionally) pirates. Name it.
- On what planet can you find the "Gallee-o! Hoop! Hoop!" mating ritual?
- What planet was "Star's End" a euphemism for?
- What lives in CENTRAL Central Intelligence on Camazotz?
- What real planets are also named Thulcandra, Malacandra, and Perelandra ?
- In what galaxy is the planet Transexual?
- What is unusual about the place integral trees grow?
- How did Mt. Lookitthat get its name?
- How did Mt. Nevermind get its name?
- What is the capitol of the Kingdom of the isles (Midkemia)?
- Name 3 locations that appeared in Ender's video game.
- In the "Chronicles of Conrad Stargard," what is the first city that Conrad builds?
- What is the most dangerous section of Ankh-Morpok?
- In what fantasy location can you fmd the following: the Hub of Pansportation, the Fancy Pants Playground, and Fancy Pants Factory?
Essay: Fill in this map for the year 2099 A.D. Be extravagant and creative. On the back of the page, explain why. Be explicit.