Trivia about 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)


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Which of the following best describes the relationship between the novel 2001 A Space Odyssey and the movie of the same name?
In the creation of 2001: A Space Odyssey, which came first? 2001 A Space Odyssey
Which of these years does not appear in the title of a sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke?
In 2001: A Space Odyssey (the book), why does HAL falsely report the failure of the radio antenna? 2001 A Space Odyssey
In 2001, why does HAL think breaking contact with Earth would help? 2001 A Space Odyssey
Famous first line:

"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
What words are repeated in '2001 A Space Odyssey', applying to both the Moon-Watcher and the Star-Child at the moment when they attained ultimate power?
What ratio describes the dimensions of the mysterious object, and what is the main way these numbers are usually defined? 2001 A Space Odyssey
Which of these is *not* a name for the mysterious object in '2001 A Space Odyssey'?
In '2001 A Space Odyssey,' what does HAL stand for?
Why did '2010 Odyssey Two' describe the events after Poole's murder differently from how they happened in '2001 A Space Odyssey'?
HAL recites the following poem in '2001 A Space Odyssey'

Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do
I'm half crazy, all for the love of you
It won't be a stylish marriage
I can't afford a carriage
But you'll look sweet
on the seat
of __________

How does the poem end, and at what point does HAL recite it?
Where did Arthur C. Clarke, author of 60+ books including '2001 A Space Odyssey',
'2010 Odyssey Two', '2061', 3001 The Final Odyssey' and many others, live from 1956 until his death at age 91 in 2008?
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?
In 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke, which computer affiliated brand does HAL the psycho supercomputer link to?
"The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel," is the opening line of which science-fiction classic?
Stanley Kubrick said about Jim Thompson's novel, "The Killer Inside Me", that it was "probably the most chilling and believable first-person story of a criminally warped mind [he had] ever encountered." Kubrick and Thompson knew each other, they worked together on the script for the 1956 movie "The Killing" (based on the novel by Lionel White). But what other literary movie did they also collaborate on?

The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
Rachael Rosen, John Isidore and Rick Deckard are all characters in which influential science fiction novel?
2001 A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) by Arthur C. Clarke In 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke where were HAL & company headed when he had his little accident?
“What book has a future date, that’s now in the past

has a government of love, yet forbids the emotion

What book shows that 2+2=5

and shows the use of fear to obtain devotion?”
Which of the following Arthur C. Clarke short stories was a major influence upon which the novel and film 2001: A Space Odyssey is based?
In 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke what was the name of the lead ape in the beginning?
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke won which of the following awards?
One major difference between the book and the film 2001: A Space Odyssey involves what two planets?
In 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke which of the following was also an astronaut with Bowman?
Hal 9000 is to 2001: A Space Odyssey as _______________ is to Stand on Zanzibar.?
What was Moon-Watcher's task from the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Clarke/2001: What does/did HAL stand for... ?2001: A Space Odyssey
Terry Prachett's Discworld was inspired, at least in part, by what science fiction classic?
Although different from the movie, what moon in our solar system does the spaceship Discovery voyage to in Arthur C. Clarke's original novel 2001: A Space Odyssey to investigate the destination of strange radio signals?

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