Sci Fi Brain Teaser Of Doom!!!!
And now for something REALLY different… 
Sci fi superfan Rauno Pärnits put together an SF-shaped crossword puzzle which not only tests your knowledge of the world but also features a number of Carlsonian questions.
Ready to play? You'll probably want to print it out in larger size. Then sweat your brain. When you're done, email your solution to jeff@jverse.com. I'll send free, complete, autographed sets of the Plague Year trilogy to the first three people who show perfect scores.
Thank you, Rauno!
Across
1 Trophy of prowess in Indian wars – 6 Common thing in works of JC and Metallica – 16 Selenium – 17 … Amin, dictator of Uganda – 18 River in Siberia – 20 God of single combat in Norse mythology – 21 Chief Marshal of Riddermark, later first king on Third Line of Rohan's kings – 23 Earth as 3rd … from the sun – 24 You-Know-Who or He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named – 26 English film director of Road to Perdition – 28 Desert in Israel – 30 Swedish and German male name – 31 Trophy that JC almost won with novel asked in 76 Across – 33 Metal band with albums "Mean machine" and "Timebomb" – 34 Hero of French novel "Quest for fire" or sodium hydroxide – 35 Wordpart in names of SF-fan meetings – 36 Semi-autobiographical short story of JC – 38 An evil-possessed grain imagined by Stephen King – 40 Band of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle – 45 Armenian male name – 47 City in Columbia – 50 Italian SF movie (1997) or US grunge music band – 52 Internet domain of Hugo Gernsback's birthplace – 53 One of the most successful fantasies of all time – 56 Former capital of Finland – 57 Without water – 59 Atlantis, Roke, Dinotopia or many similar others – 60 River in northwestern Spain – 61 Writer to whom this crossword is dedicated – 63 Useful video data storage for SF movies – 66 King in French language – 67 Hawaiian island – 69 Name of JC's wife – 72 A primary antihero in TV series "Heroes" – 74 One of the oldest and mightiest races in SG-1 – 76 Novel by JC – 79 Version of Windows – 80 Unix command for the removal of files – 81 Tributary of Danube – 82 Castle in Romania, which is known as "Dracula's castle" – 83 Citizen of Tahuantinsuyu – 85 The legendary greatest poet of Ireland – 86 Homeland of "the little green men" – 87 Queen of the lost city of Opar in Tarzan
Down
1 Individual person as the object of own reflective consciousness – 2 Criminal Investigation Department – 3 Beverage made from diluted fruit juice and sweetener, sometimes with carbonated water – 4 … Bizkit (band) – 5 Winnie the ….. – 6 An alien who wanted to call home – 7 Minor deity of nature who usually looks like a beautiful young maiden – 8 Gene Roddenberry – 9 French sculptor – 10 Type of spiral irregular galaxy – 11 Magical society in Robert Jordan's "Wheel of time" novels – 12 One of Charlie's Angels – 13 Robot character in WALL-E – 14 International computer company – 15 Stalin's repressive organization – 16 Crazy family who constantly receives messages from Big Giant Head – 19 An author with whom JC is collaborating – 21 Home of Ewoks – 22 One of the three major macromolecules that are essential to all known life forms – 24 Sith name of Anakin Skywalker – 25 The Last Airbender – 27 European Commission – 29 Giga-ampere – 30 Favored drink of pirates – 32 Moon of Jupiter – 35 Capital of the Old Republic – 37 Short story of JC – 38 Home state of JC – 39 A billionth of meter – 41 Creator of Children of Iluvatar – 42 Communication medium form – 43 Greek letter for Angetenar in Eridanus and Alkarab in Pegasus – 44 German writer of childrens' fantasy – 46 Muslim god – 47 TV channel that never shows any kind of SF – 48 Plague of XXI century – 49 A metal to which elves are allergic – 51 Archive file format – 54 Most commonly pierced part of human body – 55 Hero of Matrix – 58 Abbreviation of yeoman – 62 Formula One licensing organization – 63 Hypothetical domain name for German Democratic Republic – 64 Very Important Person – 65 Creator of famous painting "The Persistence of Memory" – 66 US actress who starred in SF comedy "Innerspace" – 68 Ruined Mayan city – 70 Communication officer on the Starship Enterprise under Christopher Pike – 71 God of fire in Hindu mythology – 72 Maiden name of Isabella Cullen – 73 Lawrencium – 75 Tough and war-like humanoid creatures in various fantasy settings – 77 Union Bank of Switzerland – 78 Irish goddess, one of the Tuatha De Danann, mother of Bres – 84 Networked Robotics Corporation.
Holy cow!
