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Who is the author of the Lord Darcy mysteries?
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80 times |
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59 times (45.7%) |
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21 times (16.3%) |
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In Heinlein's Farmer in the Sky, what is made habitable (barely) by an artificial greenhouse effect?
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79 times |
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22 times (18.5%) |
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Who wrote the science fiction short story, "Boys, Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!"
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123 times |
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83 times (43.9%) |
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40 times (21.2%) |
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In Heinlein's Double Star, why must the actor double for the politician?
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64 times |
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24 times (24.0%) |
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40 times (40.0%) |
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In Heinlein's book Citizen of the Galaxy, what is the 'secret' language of the Free Trader Sisu?
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61 times |
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9 times (8.7%) |
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52 times (50.0%) |
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In Heinlein's Between Planets, what colloquial expression does Don teach the Venerian dragon Isaac Newton?
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52 times |
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21 times (23.1%) |
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31 times (34.1%) |
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In Heinlein's Waldo, the main character suffers from myaesthenia gravis. What did he develop which enabled him to buy a private residential satellite?
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68 times |
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22 times (19.3%) |
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46 times (40.4%) |
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In Heinlein's The Star Beast, an ambassador/merchant often advises "The universe is wide, effendi, and ..."
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63 times |
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40 times (37.4%) |
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23 times (21.5%) |
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44 times (41.1%) |
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In author Robert A. Heinlein's novel Stranger in a Strange Land, to "grok" a situation means what?
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106 times |
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93 times (67.4%) |
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13 times (9.4%) |
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32 times (23.2%) |
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What was transplanted inI Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein
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50 times |
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45 times (39.8%) |
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difficult |
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5 times (4.4%) |
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Looks can be deceiving. Insterstellar troubleshooter Magnus Ridolph seems a mild, slight, elderly gentleman with a goatee but he regularly outwits and sometimes causes the demise of his opponents. Which science fiction author created him?
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46 times |
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22 times (24.4%) |
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A "juvenile" science fiction novel in which the young hero defends the Earth before an interstellar tribunal which intends to destroy it.
Hint: by Robert A. Heinlein
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51 times |
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23 times (31.5%) |
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The Science Fiction Writer's Association awards the "SFWA Grand Master Award" to SF writers. The award has been renamed the "Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award" after Damon Knight, founder of SFWA, passed away.
The award is never awarded posthumously... it must be given to a living author for a lifetime's achievement in SF or fantasy.
The following authors are deceased. Which TWO were not recognized as Grand Masters while alive, and will thus never receive the SFWA Grand Master Award?
Poul Anderson
Isaac Asimov
Alfred Bester
Arthur C. Clarke
Philip K. Dick
Robert A. Heinlein
Damon Knight
A.E. Van Vogt
Jack Williamson
Roger Zelazny
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In what book will you find the following immortal lyrics:
Forward, Foster's Children!
Smash apart your foes...
Faith our shield and Armor!
Strike them down by rows!
Make no peace with sinners!
God is on our side!
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What technology do the following military science fiction novels have in common?
Northworld Trilogy by David Drake
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Armor by John Steakley
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91 times |
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57 times (40.1%) |
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34 times (23.9%) |
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Robert A. Heinlein loved cats, as is substantiated by many of his works. What did Heinlein do with the cat that was beating up his own cat?
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44 times |
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7 times (8.6%) |
| Difficulty: |
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37 times (45.7%) |
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