Science Fiction For The Heirs of Eisenhower

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1. What were the names of Paul and Chani's children in "Children of Dune"? Jessica and Stilgar Ghanima and Leto III Pieter and Shadout Callisto and Deimos

2. What was the name of the totally paved over planet in Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" trilogy? Bar-Pollix Coriuscant Trantor Deneb V

3. In "Demon With A Glass Hand", a Harlan Ellison story, what was so special about the android's glass appendage? It housed the remainder of the race that made him It was an ancient supercomputer All of these It held the secret to his existence

4. What film are the words "Klaatu Barada Nikto" from? The Day Of The Triffids The Day The Earth Stood Still The Night Of The Lepus The Day Of The Locust

5. What was the main premise of the Arthur C. Clarke novel "Fountains of Paradise"? Finding a strange message, left by aliens, at the site of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The logistics and construction of an elevator to the moon The discovery of De Leon's "Fountain of Youth" in Iraq The healing waters of the Ganges

6. What was so odd about the two separate novels, "Childhood's End" by Arthur C. Clarke and "The Midwich Cuckoos" by John Wyndham? Wyndham is Clarke writing under a pseudonym They had essentially the same plot. Clarke is Wyndham, writing under a pseudonym Asimov is taking them _both_ to court!

7. What is the name of the fellow who Paul angers after socking him in the jaw midway through "Dune", as Paul and Jessica encounter the Fremen? Jamis Jared Janus Jeremiah

8. What anthropomorphic device was shaped like a mouse in "The Martian Chronicles"? Cloth menders Wiring repair devices Floor cleaners Termite exterminators

9. What did firemen actually do in the Bradbury story "Fahrenheit 451"? They put out nuclear fires They fireproofed buildings, with a 99 percent success rate They specialized in brush wildfires They started fires, rather than put them out, to destroy books

10. In the "Star Trek: TNG" novel "Gulliver's Fugitives", which has a similar theme to "Fahrenheit 451", what is the name of the blind, female fellow engineer who works with La Forge to jury-rig an enemy probe to actually spy for them? Lt. Wilma "Textures" Hilgendorff Lt. Cmndr Wanda "Sizzlefingers" Cowsnofski Ens. Dorothy "Chops" Taylor Midshipman Penny "Hot Stuff" Pooterpetes

11. In "Rendezvous With Rama", what did the "inhabitants" of Rama resemble? Computer animation Wind up toys Creatures with only length and width....no depth Little furry animals

12. What are the names of the two races living thousands of years in the future that the time traveler encounters in H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine"? The Andorans and the Medusans The Sikhs and the Copts The Iliads and the Odysseys The Eloi and the Morlocks

13. Isaac Asimov got his start writing pulp fiction. True False

14. Who or what could be considered the main character of Isaac Asimov's "The Last Question"? Multivac, a computer network that evolves with creation from a certain point in the second millennium. Sesquistella, a star observing the life of its own planetary system Maximum, a planet that can think for itself Cognizoa, a rocket ship with a well developed artifical intelligence

15. What is the answer to the ultimate question...("The meaning of all life and existence") in the comedy science fiction novel/radio-tv series/movie "A Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy"? Take two aspirin and call me at final entrophy! 42 Pay all your bills! Hire people with hooks