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Which of the following is NOT a short story by Ray Bradbury?
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181 times |
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48 times (13.2%) |
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Ray Bradbury evolved his book "Fahrenheit 451" from a earlier Short Story he wrote.
What was the title of that story?
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130 times |
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41 times (17.2%) |
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very difficult |
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89 times (37.4%) |
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108 times (45.4%) |
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In Ray Bradbury's The Halloween Tree, what is the boys' objective?
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285 times |
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212 times (31.5%) |
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difficult |
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73 times (10.8%) |
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Ray Bradbury's novel Something Wicked This Way Comes is taken from a line in which William Shakespeare work?
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53900 times |
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37614 times (60.2%) |
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medium |
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16286 times (26.1%) |
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8610 times (13.8%) |
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Jim Nightshade and Will Holloway appear in which book by Ray Bradbury?Ray Bradbury
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642 times |
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352 times (35.9%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
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290 times (29.6%) |
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339 times (34.6%) |
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What is the significance of the title of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451?
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897 times |
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856 times (91.8%) |
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very easy |
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41 times (4.4%) |
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35 times (3.8%) |
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Ray Bradbury's "Something ___________ This Way Comes"?
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619 times |
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607 times (92.7%) |
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very easy |
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12 times (1.8%) |
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36 times (5.5%) |
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Who wrote "The Garden of Forking Paths"?
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368 times |
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241 times (32.9%) |
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difficult |
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127 times (17.3%) |
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365 times (49.8%) |
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Zen in the Art of Writing is a book of which author's thoughts on writers and writing?
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266 times |
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117 times (24.5%) |
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149 times (31.2%) |
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211 times (44.2%) |
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Who wrote a short story about an ornery piece of gum that chews a person?
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522 times |
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88 times (12.4%) |
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very difficult |
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434 times (61.3%) |
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186 times (26.3%) |
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In Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles, which expedition to Mars is successful?
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195 times |
| Correct: |
57 times (18.3%) |
| Difficulty: |
very difficult |
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138 times (44.4%) |
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116 times (37.3%) |
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In Ray Bradbury's short story "The Pedestrian", what is Leonard Mead arrested for?
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369 times |
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289 times (60.6%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
| Incorrect: |
80 times (16.8%) |
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108 times (22.6%) |
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In Ray Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451', what is the protagonist's job?
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2649 times |
| Correct: |
2486 times (82.9%) |
| Difficulty: |
easy |
| Incorrect: |
163 times (5.4%) |
| Skipped: |
351 times (11.7%) |
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Who wrote 1984?
  
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1729 times |
| Correct: |
1702 times (97.4%) |
| Difficulty: |
very easy |
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27 times (1.5%) |
| Skipped: |
18 times (1.0%) |
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Who wrote "2001, Space Odyssey", adapted by Stanley Kubrick?
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557 times |
| Correct: |
476 times (68.8%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
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81 times (11.7%) |
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135 times (19.5%) |
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Who wrote the science fiction novel Foundation?
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190 times |
| Correct: |
143 times (58.6%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
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47 times (19.3%) |
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54 times (22.1%) |
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Before 1965 (or, in Vice President Dan Quayle's case, 1992), the surface of Mars was thought by many to be crisscrossed with long, straight "canals." Which of the following science fiction stories does not feature such channels (with or without water)?
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230 times |
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58 times (12.6%) |
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very difficult |
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172 times (37.5%) |
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The Dedication to Arthur C. Clarke's Report on Planet 3 reads: "In accordance with the terms of the Clarke/_____ treaty, the second best science writer dedicates this book to the second best science fiction writer."
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95 times |
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57 times (42.5%) |
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medium |
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38 times (28.4%) |
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39 times (29.1%) |
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Who wrote the science fiction short story, "Boys, Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!"
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115 times |
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80 times (44.9%) |
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medium |
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35 times (19.7%) |
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63 times (35.4%) |
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In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Montag ultimately memorizes which book of the Bible?
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824 times |
| Correct: |
333 times (28.9%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
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491 times (42.5%) |
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330 times (28.6%) |
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In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by author Ray Bradbury, according to the popular history of the setting, who is believed to have established the order of firemen Guy Montag belongs to?
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633 times |
| Correct: |
256 times (27.3%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
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377 times (40.2%) |
| Skipped: |
304 times (32.4%) |
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The title of the book Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury is taken from a line from which of William Shakespeare's play?
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6225 times |
| Correct: |
5151 times (74.6%) |
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easy |
| Incorrect: |
1074 times (15.6%) |
| Skipped: |
680 times (9.8%) |
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The events in Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury occur in which month of the year?
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307 times |
| Correct: |
216 times (41.9%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
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91 times (17.7%) |
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"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth"
... is the beginning of ...
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2155 times |
| Correct: |
1810 times (79.0%) |
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easy |
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345 times (15.1%) |
| Skipped: |
137 times (6.0%) |
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What happens to Clarrise in Fahrenheit 451?
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244 times |
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123 times (36.5%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
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121 times (35.9%) |
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In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Mildred often talks about 'the family', or 'my family'. What is she talking about?
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207 times |
| Correct: |
152 times (59.4%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
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55 times (21.5%) |
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49 times (19.1%) |
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In the first section of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the firemen burn a woman with her illegal books. Who does she quote as they start the fire?
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178 times |
| Correct: |
17 times (6.8%) |
| Difficulty: |
really really difficult |
| Incorrect: |
161 times (64.7%) |
| Skipped: |
71 times (28.5%) |
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Which famous American playwright had his very first story published in Weird Tales Magazine in August, 1928 (when he was only 17)?
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331 times |
| Correct: |
152 times (33.9%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
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179 times (40.0%) |
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117 times (26.1%) |
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Which author wrote a dystopian novel about a future where firemen burn books instead of put out fires?
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224 times |
| Correct: |
218 times (94.0%) |
| Difficulty: |
very easy |
| Incorrect: |
6 times (2.6%) |
| Skipped: |
8 times (3.4%) |
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Multiply the number of days it took Phileas Fogg to travel around the world by the number of John Buchan's steps. Now subtract the temperature at which paper catches fire according to Ray Bradbury and the number of men in the boat according to Jerome K. Jerome. You should now have a number that appears in the title of a book - by whom?
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180 times |
| Correct: |
58 times (23.4%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
| Incorrect: |
122 times (49.2%) |
| Skipped: |
68 times (27.4%) |
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