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  In the 'Culture' novel, The Player of Games, by Iain M. Banks - the narrator of the story was also ______________. see if you know the answer
Answered: 194 times
Correct: 120 times (28.9%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 74 times (17.8%)
Skipped: 221 times (53.3%)
  In the 'Culture' novels by Iain M. Banks, the 'Culture' is ___________. see if you know the answer
Answered: 8 times
Correct: 8 times (80.0%)
Difficulty: easy
Incorrect: 0 times (0.0%)
Skipped: 2 times (20.0%)
  In Iain M. Banks novel Use of Weapons, the Culture's 'Special Circumstances' agent Cheradenine Zakalwe was tormented by lifelong nightmares about what? see if you know the answer
Answered: 244 times
Correct: 135 times (28.4%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 109 times (22.9%)
Skipped: 231 times (48.6%)
  In the Iain M. Banks 'Culture' novels, it is common for humans to _____________. see if you know the answer
Answered: 155 times
Correct: 92 times (25.3%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 63 times (17.4%)
Skipped: 208 times (57.3%)
  In the 'Culture' of Iain M. Banks, what type of money is used? see if you know the answer
Answered: 158 times
Correct: 66 times (17.6%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 92 times (24.5%)
Skipped: 218 times (58.0%)
  In the Spring of 1977 the General Contact Unit (GCU) 'Arbitrary' took up station in orbit around the Earth and its crew infiltrated the planet for observational purposes. The ship departed Earth in 1979, shortly after _____________.
(The State Of The Art, by Iain M. Banks) 		see if you know the answer
Answered: 170 times
Correct: 66 times (16.6%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 104 times (26.1%)
Skipped: 228 times (57.3%)
  In The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks the alien 'Dwellers' used what type of monetary units? see if you know the answer
Answered: 148 times
Correct: 52 times (14.9%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 96 times (27.6%)
Skipped: 200 times (57.5%)
  In the exciting novel The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks, Seer Taak Fassin and Guide Y'sul meet the Ythyn while searching for the Dweller scholar Leisicrofe. The Ythyn were genetically altered by a conquering race in the dim past to be obsessed with death - and were commonly referred to as the 'Morbs' by others. The alien Ythyn most closely resemble ________. see if you know the answer
Answered: 145 times
Correct: 38 times (11.3%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 107 times (31.8%)
Skipped: 192 times (57.0%)
 
In the Culture series by Iain M. Banks, what is noteworthy about the names for classes of military ships? 		see if you know the answer
Answered: 115 times
Correct: 44 times (18.9%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 71 times (30.5%)
Skipped: 118 times (50.6%)
  In the Iain M. Banks novel, 'Consider Phlebas,' the Culture was at war with _______. see if you know the answer
Answered: 156 times
Correct: 99 times (25.9%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 57 times (14.9%)
Skipped: 226 times (59.2%)
  Who wrote the short story, 'The General Zapped an Angel?' see if you know the answer
Answered: 169 times
Correct: 76 times (20.5%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 93 times (25.1%)
Skipped: 202 times (54.4%)
  In Iain M. Banks Use of Weapons, who or what is Staberinde?
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Answered: 209 times
Correct: 103 times (20.9%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 106 times (21.5%)
Skipped: 285 times (57.7%)
  At the beginning of Iain M. Banks's Excession, how long had Dajeil Gelian been confined? see if you know the answer
Answered: 62 times
Correct: 16 times (10.6%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 46 times (30.5%)
Skipped: 89 times (58.9%)
  Many science fiction novels can be considered contrasting meditations on the same theme. Of the works listed below, which work on the same theme can be most easily considered to directly contrast with The Forever War by Joe Haldeman?
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Answered: 230 times
Correct: 144 times (24.3%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 86 times (14.5%)
Skipped: 362 times (61.1%)
  In the novel Saturn's Children by Charles Stross, Freya visits a museum on Mars which is named after which real science fiction author? see if you know the answer
Answered: 188 times
Correct: 30 times (6.6%)
Difficulty: really really difficult
Incorrect: 158 times (34.9%)
Skipped: 265 times (58.5%)
  In The Business by Iain M. Banks who is the protagonist? see if you know the answer
Answered: 46 times
Correct: 19 times (21.1%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 27 times (30.0%)
Skipped: 44 times (48.9%)
  Which fictional country is The Business by Iain M. Banks largely set. see if you know the answer
Answered: 44 times
Correct: 16 times (19.5%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 28 times (34.1%)
Skipped: 38 times (46.3%)
  In The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks, where does Gurgeh travel to play the game? see if you know the answer
Answered: 48 times
Correct: 18 times (19.4%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 30 times (32.3%)
Skipped: 45 times (48.4%)
  What is the game in The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks in which Gurgeh enters a tournament? see if you know the answer
Answered: 41 times
Correct: 11 times (12.9%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 30 times (35.3%)
Skipped: 44 times (51.8%)
  These titles may look like misprints, but only one is wrong - which is misspelt? see if you know the answer
Answered: 53 times
Correct: 21 times (21.2%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 32 times (32.3%)
Skipped: 46 times (46.5%)

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