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Fantasy and Science Fiction

Section I: Science Fiction on Television

  1. Jonathan Harris, Billy Mumy, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, and Ed Bishop all starred in television shows set in outer space. What were the names of the characters that they portrayed?

  2. From the realm of "Star Trek," we want you to name 6 episodes of the regular television series in which Spock assumes command of the Enterprise because Kirk is lost, missing, or presumed dead.

  3. Name six characters who often travelled with Tom Baker when he played the fourth Doctor Who.

Section II: Hitch-Hiker's Guide

  1. What is a Rory?

  2. Name the five things that you can do in your attempt to leave the Earth, according to Douglas Adams.

  3. We all know that Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged is a being with a purpose. What is that purpose?

  4. What did Zaphod Beeblebrox learn when he entered the Total Perspective Vortex, and why?

  5. What are the parts of the Wikket Gate?

  6. If you have done six impossible things this morning, what should you do next?

Section III: Connections

  1. What do these three worlds from Isaac Asimov's "Foundations" series have in common: Terminus, Kalgan, and Gaia?

  2. What distinguishes these three actors from all others: Lon Chaney, Jr., Bela Lugosi, and Christopher Lee?

  3. What do these three Princes have in common: Corwin, Valentine, and Rilian?

  4. What do these four science fiction writers have in common: C.L. Moore, Jack Danvers, D.C. Fontana, and Andre Norton?

  5. What do these places have in common: Ringworld, Numenor, and Betelgeuse 5?

Section IV: Descriptions

The following questions are drawn from various works of science fiction and fantasy. Please give us the name of the place described in each question, and tell us which author created it.

  1. A kingdom where the Haldane and Festillic dynasties struggle for control of the monarchy and the church.

  2. This is a world filled with small islands where wizards wield power by knowing the true names of things.

  3. This world was settled by a group of fiercely independent people whose professional fighting ability is unmatched by any of the other human worlds.

  4. This land is surrounded on three sides by mountains. One half of it is a barren plateau, and the other half is dominated by a great, dark lake.

  5. A world inhabited by sentient dragons and men that is periodically attacked by a plague from another planet.

  6. This hollow asteroid in a polar orbit around the sun houses spaceships constructed by a long-lost alien race.