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'Sphere'

Created by GeniusBoy

Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Crichton, Michael
Sphere game quiz
"Here's a quiz on the Michael Crichton book 'Sphere', which (I thought) was excellent. Hopefully you've read it."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. What was the name of the study that Norman Johnson (the psychologist) had conducted for the U.S. government, concerning the 'optimal composition of a crash-site team to confront an alien invader'?
    UHF
    ETI
    AIE
    ULF


2. Which member of the team had not been proposed by Norman in his original report?
    Arthur Levine
    Beth Halpern
    Ted Fielding
    Harry Adams


3. What is the maximum time that the team could stay underwater in the habitat?
    48 hours
    36 hours
    96 hours
    72 hours


4. What did the probe reveal about the underwater spacecraft that Harry already knew and Barnes suspected?
    it had arrived at least 300 years ago
    the air inside was toxic to humans
    it was American
    the aliens inside were still alive


5. When the team enters the spaceship they discover a date stamped into the plastic near a keyboard in one of the rooms. What date was it?
    November 14, 2031
    April 3, 2051
    August 5, 2043
    January 22, 2038


6. When the team returns to the underwater habitat, Norman learns from Tina, a Navy crew member, something Harry had asked her about earlier. What was it?
    going back to the surface earlier
    making out his will
    bringing weapons down to the habitat
    bringing some of his colleagues down to the habitat


7. When the team first find the sphere, and the strange patterns on the back of it, what color is it?
    gold
    white
    green
    silver


8. Ted and Harry believe that the spacecraft went through a black hole, which is why it arrived in the past. Where was this black hole located?
    7 light years away
    just outside the solar system
    between Mercury and the Sun
    between Jupiter and Saturn


9. Edmunds, another Navy crew member, is killed outside the habitat by what?
    jellyfish
    squid
    giant squid
    sharks


10. The message the team receives from the entity 'Jerry' is found by taking a keyboard and turning it into what shape?
    a spiral
    a triangle
    a square
    a sphere


11. During an argument, Captain Barnes reveals how much this project is costing the Navy. About how much does 'a deep-placement, saturated gas environment with full support' cost per hour, according to Barnes?
    $75,000
    $100,000
    $200,000
    $50,000


12. The habitat is attacked by what giant sea creature, similar to the one in the Jules Verne book '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'?
    Answer: (calamari)


13. What power does the sphere give you when you go into it?
    the power of mind control
    the power to read minds
    the power to make things happen by thinking of them
    the power of immortality


14. Near the end Beth, Norman, and Harry all get into the small submarine and head for the surface quickly. What danger are they trying to escape?
    giant squid
    explosives
    Jerry
    jellyfish


15. True or false: At the end of the book, at least two surviving team members (Harry and Norman) choose to forget that they ever saw the sphere.
    Answer: (One Word)


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