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In Variable Star by Spider Robinson and Robert A. Heinlein, what is the job of the Relativists?
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28 times (4.7%) |
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121 times (20.1%) |
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In the novel Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein, what is Rico's ethnic background?
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27 times (26.0%) |
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Which of the following authors has not written a book that includes L. Frank Baum's Dorothy and/or Oz?
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234 times |
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73 times (14.3%) |
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What is the central revelation of the Church of All Worlds in Stranger in a Strange Land?
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153 times |
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103 times (59.9%) |
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50 times (29.1%) |
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How do the Martians in Stranger in a Strange Land honor their dead?
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376 times |
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297 times (49.5%) |
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In Robert A. Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land, how many secretaries does Jubal Harshaw have?
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261 times |
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161 times (36.4%) |
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Which author had on the copyright page of one novel: ‘The opinions expressed in this book are not those of the author’?
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213 times |
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63 times (19.9%) |
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What utopian novel directly inspired Aldous Huxley to write his dystopian classic Brave New World?
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410 times |
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288 times (49.7%) |
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122 times (21.1%) |
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Which of the following names is NOT one of the many names used by "Lazarus Long"?
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229 times |
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87 times (13.4%) |
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Which of the following Robert Heinlein characters is NOT a sentient computer?
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193 times |
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61 times (10.8%) |
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132 times (23.3%) |
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In the novel Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein, Rico is most closely associated with a starship named after this American WWII hero?
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239 times |
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98 times (18.7%) |
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141 times (26.9%) |
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An analogy question. Recall that "A:B :: C:D" means "A is to B as C is to D".
GROK:HEINLEIN :: TANJ: ?
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194 times |
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61 times (12.6%) |
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133 times (27.5%) |
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Which science fiction author pointed out the usefulness of the geostationary orbit well before the beginning of the Space Age?
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269 times |
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132 times (26.7%) |
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137 times (27.7%) |
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Who or what is the computer in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress named after?
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225 times |
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98 times (21.0%) |
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127 times (27.3%) |
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Robert Heinlein's novel Time Enough for Love is mostly the narrative memories of Lazarus Long, noted for being what?
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183 times |
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109 times (25.9%) |
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Which of the following works of science fiction does not prominently feature a "space elevator"—a structure in stationary orbit that nonetheless touches a planet's surface?
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151 times |
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51 times (14.0%) |
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Which science fiction writer said that you could shave a Neanderthal, put him in a nice suit, and he could walk down a New York street and no one would notice?
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147 times |
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66 times (22.7%) |
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In Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land, what is the term for a profound empathy or intuition, the Martian word literally meaning "to drink"?
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480 times |
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405 times (57.1%) |
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75 times (10.6%) |
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In Heinlein's The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, which job did the narrator Manny never hold?
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93 times |
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51 times (34.9%) |
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42 times (28.8%) |
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In Heinlein's Citizen of the Galaxy, one of the prominent characters is based on what famous anthropologist?
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73 times |
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33 times (23.6%) |
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Who wrote the science fiction novel Foundation?
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204 times |
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153 times (58.8%) |
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51 times (19.6%) |
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What relationship to Lazarus Long are Lapis Lazuli and Loreli Lee?
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98 times (20.8%) |
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difficult |
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Who, as editor of Astounding Science Fiction (later Analog Science Fiction and Fact), was instrumental in launching the careers of numerous major science-fiction authors, including Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and A.E. Van Vogt, during the Golden Age of Science Fiction?
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181 times |
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99 times (24.4%) |
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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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237 times |
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61 times (13.0%) |
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All of these writers except one were either born in California, lived a significant part of their lives in California, or both. Who is the exception?
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88 times (21.4%) |
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According to Star in the science fiction novel Glory Road, which occupation is found on Earth but nowhere else in the twenty universes with which she is familiar?
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136 times |
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45 times (14.3%) |
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What novel won the first prestigious Hugo award (awarded for best science fiction or fantasy) in 1953?
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What novel contains the following adage?
"Tenser, said the Tensor.
Tension, apprehension, and dissension have begun."
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139 times (20.0%) |
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307 times (44.2%) |
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In Heinlein's The Door into Summer, who first looks for the door into summer?
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72 times |
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39 times (32.0%) |
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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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59 times (41.8%) |
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