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  According to 2010 by Arthur C. Clarke, what would you find at the center of Jupiter? see if you know the answer
Answered: 287 times
Correct: 135 times (28.7%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 152 times (32.3%)
Skipped: 184 times (39.1%)
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In Arthur C. Clarke's book "2001 - A Space Odyssey" which Gas Giant is the destination of the Spaceship 'Discovery'? 		see if you know the answer
Answered: 282 times
Correct: 103 times (22.3%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 179 times (38.8%)
Skipped: 179 times (38.8%)
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In the movie "Airport '77" a plane crashlands on the open sea and crew and passengers have to be rescued from sea ground.
Author Arthur C. Clarke used a similar premise 16 years earlier in which Sci-Fi novel? 		see if you know the answer
Answered: 112 times
Correct: 28 times (9.8%)
Difficulty: really really difficult
Incorrect: 84 times (29.4%)
Skipped: 174 times (60.8%)
  Which of these years does not appear in the title of a sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke? see if you know the answer
Answered: 269 times
Correct: 157 times (37.1%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 112 times (26.5%)
Skipped: 154 times (36.4%)
  What science-fiction author wrote VALIS after claiming he's been contacted by a "beam of pink light" from an artificially intelligent satellite?

Arthur C. Clarke   Philip K. Dick   Stanisław Lem   Ben Bova   Isaac Asimov 		see if you know the answer
Answered: 220 times
Correct: 145 times (45.6%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 75 times (23.6%)
Skipped: 98 times (30.8%)
  Who wrote "2001, Space Odyssey", adapted by Stanley Kubrick? see if you know the answer
Answered: 562 times
Correct: 480 times (68.8%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 82 times (11.7%)
Skipped: 136 times (19.5%)
  Who wrote The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress?

Isaac Asimov   Robert A. Heinlein   Arthur C. Clarke   Philip K. Dick 		see if you know the answer
Answered: 4413 times
Correct: 2280 times (30.0%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 2133 times (28.1%)
Skipped: 3187 times (41.9%)
  Who created the Three Laws of Robotics?

Arthur C. Clarke     Robert A. Heinlein     Joe Haldeman     Isaac Asimov 		see if you know the answer
Answered: 6258 times
Correct: 4673 times (54.2%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 1585 times (18.4%)
Skipped: 2370 times (27.5%)
  Identify the neologism that is associated with the wrong author: see if you know the answer
Answered: 304 times
Correct: 170 times (40.9%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 134 times (32.2%)
Skipped: 112 times (26.9%)
  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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Answered: 213 times
Correct: 63 times (19.9%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 150 times (47.3%)
Skipped: 104 times (32.8%)
  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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Answered: 194 times
Correct: 61 times (12.6%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 133 times (27.5%)
Skipped: 290 times (59.9%)
  Which science fiction author pointed out the usefulness of the geostationary orbit well before the beginning of the Space Age? see if you know the answer
Answered: 269 times
Correct: 132 times (26.7%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 137 times (27.7%)
Skipped: 225 times (45.5%)
  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? see if you know the answer
Answered: 151 times
Correct: 51 times (14.0%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 100 times (27.5%)
Skipped: 212 times (58.4%)
  Who wrote the science fiction novel Foundation? see if you know the answer
Answered: 203 times
Correct: 152 times (58.7%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 51 times (19.7%)
Skipped: 56 times (21.6%)
  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." see if you know the answer
Answered: 99 times
Correct: 58 times (41.4%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 41 times (29.3%)
Skipped: 41 times (29.3%)
  Who wrote the science fiction short story, "Boys, Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!" see if you know the answer
Answered: 123 times
Correct: 83 times (43.9%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 40 times (21.2%)
Skipped: 66 times (34.9%)
  In The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke, what is the structure being built in the novel's present day? see if you know the answer
Answered: 57 times
Correct: 33 times (34.0%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 24 times (24.7%)
Skipped: 40 times (41.2%)
  In the The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke, the Earth's first space elevator is constructed in the nation of Taprobane. Taprobane is a slightly fictionalized version of which real world island? see if you know the answer
Answered: 184 times
Correct: 98 times (21.3%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 86 times (18.7%)
Skipped: 276 times (60.0%)
  In Arthur C. Clarke's short story "The Sentinel", an alien artifact on the moon is discovered (sound familiar?). When touched by the astronaut narrator, what suddenly occurs? see if you know the answer
Answered: 42 times
Correct: 12 times (14.1%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 30 times (35.3%)
Skipped: 43 times (50.6%)
  In the science fiction novel Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke, the alien Overlords put an end to a popular Earth sport by doing which? see if you know the answer
Answered: 58 times
Correct: 34 times (34.0%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 24 times (24.0%)
Skipped: 42 times (42.0%)
  In Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke, who is the last human? see if you know the answer
Answered: 46 times
Correct: 17 times (16.0%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 29 times (27.4%)
Skipped: 60 times (56.6%)
  What book contains this famous quote? "Orthodoxy means not thinking-not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness." see if you know the answer
Answered: 598 times
Correct: 324 times (37.6%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 274 times (31.8%)
Skipped: 263 times (30.5%)
  The Riddle of the Sands of Mars? see if you know the answer
Answered: 64 times
Correct: 34 times (40.0%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 30 times (35.3%)
Skipped: 21 times (24.7%)
  Subtract Dodie Smith's Dalmatians from Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey, then add the age Adrian Mole was when he started keeping his diary and the number of the platform where Harry Potter catches the Hogwarts Express, plus Joseph Heller's Catch and Thomas Pynchon's Lot. Now subtract the number of chapters in Julian Barnes' History of the World and you should have the title of another book - by whom? see if you know the answer
Answered: 245 times
Correct: 220 times (61.5%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 25 times (7.0%)
Skipped: 113 times (31.6%)
  In the science-fiction classic Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke, what is an unusual characteristic of the Ramans? see if you know the answer
Answered: 34 times
Correct: 17 times (30.4%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 17 times (30.4%)
Skipped: 22 times (39.3%)
  How did Dr. Chandra react when Dr. Floyd eventually told him about the power cutout they'd rigged up to turn off HAL if needed?

2001 A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke 		see if you know the answer
Answered: 46 times
Correct: 8 times (7.9%)
Difficulty: really really difficult
Incorrect: 38 times (37.6%)
Skipped: 55 times (54.5%)
  One classic type of SF story deals with discoveries of "Big Dumb Objects". A typical BDO is abandoned -- discoverers must study the BDO carefully to determine its functions. Which book below is NOT a tale of a "BDO"? see if you know the answer
Answered: 27 times
Correct: 8 times (14.8%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 19 times (35.2%)
Skipped: 27 times (50.0%)
  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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Answered: 26 times
Correct: 8 times (14.8%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 18 times (33.3%)
Skipped: 28 times (51.9%)
  Which of these novels did NOT win both the Hugo and Nebula awards? see if you know the answer
Answered: 46 times
Correct: 8 times (10.5%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 38 times (50.0%)
Skipped: 30 times (39.5%)
  Jack Williamson (1908-2006) is a science fiction legend. He published notable works in NINE consecutive decades:
the 20's,
the 30's,
the 40's,
the 50's,
the 60's,
the 70's,
the 80's,
the 90's, and
the current decade (with novels in 2001 & 2005).

His most famous collaborations were with Frederik Pohl, but he also co-wrote a novel with which author below?

Jack Williamson 		see if you know the answer
Answered: 16 times
Correct: 1 times (2.6%)
Difficulty: really really difficult
Incorrect: 15 times (39.5%)
Skipped: 22 times (57.9%)
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