The Rockets Ride Into Sci-Fi Literature!

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1. Isaac Asimov has written books over the course of five decades. Born in Russia in 1920, he is known for over 500 books. One of his collections was based on a character named Norby. Who or what was Norby? a robot an astronaut a space dog a stowaway boy on a spaceship

2. Who was the author of the 1954 novel "Kings of Space"? Jack Cady H. G. Wells Captain W. E. Johns Ray Bradbury

3. One of Arthur C. Clark’s best known works is "Rendezvous With Rama." He also wrote several sequels to this story. With whom did he collaborate to write the sequels? Gentry Lee Mike McQuay Frederick Pohl Larry Niven

4. What happens at Fahrenheit 451? The polar icecaps melt Computers burn Book paper catches fire and burns Clocks stop

5. "A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have" what sci-fi novel/series is this quotation from? Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Life The Universe and Everything So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish

6. Robert A. Heinlein’s first published novel was about three young men and a physicist who build a craft to fly to the moon. What was the name of this 1947 book? Starship Troopers Rocket Ship Galileo The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Have Spacesuit, Will Travel

7. What novel was totally written on the computer and sent over the internet to the publisher? "Battlefield Earth" by L Ron Hubbard "2010:Odyssey Two" by Arthur C. Clark "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury "Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne

8. In the Star Wars universe book "I, Jedi", what is the name of the main hero? Ooryl Qrygg Luke Skywalker Corran Horn Wedge Antilles

9. What Philip K. Dick novel was the basis for the 1982 film "Bladerunner"? We Can Remember It For You Wholesale A Scanner Darkly Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? Flow My Tears,The Policeman Said

10. What is the name of the 5th Horse Horseman of the Apocralypse who is reunited with the other four in Terry Pratchett's "Thief of Time"? Pestilence Ineptitude Death Kaos

11. Which sci-fi novel has a character named Valentine Michael Smith? A Pebble In the Sky Foundation and Empire Stranger in a Strange Land A Canticle for Leibowitz

12. In Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", who has the Question corresponding to the answer "42" implanted in his brain? Slartibartfast Ford Prefect Arthur Dent Zaphod Beeblebrox

13. In the book "World War Z", where does the main turning point in the war occur? South Africa China United States Japan

14. In "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" by Robert Heinlein, what is the name of the revolutionary leader who really was a computer? Ralph Abercrombie Bernardo LaPaz Adam Selene Wyoming Knot

15. "Dune": What spice found on the desert planet of Arrakis is a valuable resource to the galactic empire? arrakite gesserit melange haderach