Classic and Iconic Science Fiction quiz

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1. The word 'Grok' now seems to be firmly established in the English language. In which seminal Robert Heinlein novel of the 1960s was it coined? Stranger in a Strange Land The Moon is a Marsh Mistress Red Planet I Will Fear No Evil

2. Which author first wrote about the three laws of robotics? Isaac Asimov Carel Kapek Eando Binder John Sladek

3. Darth Vader first appeared in which film? The Sorcerer's Apprentice Star Wars Dogma Starship Troopers

4. Paul Atreides is the hero of what Frank Herbert novel in which most of the action takes place on a desert planet? The Sheik The Eyes of Heisenberg Dune The Dragon in the Sea

5. 'A for Andromeda' was a collaboration between a controversial British astronomer and John Elliot. It started life as a 7 part TV serial for the BBC in 1961 and then became a novel. What was the astronomer’s name? Patrick Moore Arthur Clarke Fred Hoyle Fred Sanger

6. The film 'Blade Runner' was based on which book by Philip K. Dick? The Zap Gun Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said The Three Stigma of Palmer Eldritch

7. ‘John Carter of Mars’ was a character created by which prolific author who was also responsible for the creation of an ape man? William Buroughs Fritz Leiber L. Sprauge DeCamp Edgar Rice Burroughs

8. The Martian invasion of Earth described in H.G. Wells’ 'War of the worlds' is defeated by what? The torpedo ram Thunder Child Humble bacteria Yankee ingenuity The Royal Artillery

9. This novel is about a planet wide intelligent ocean was written by a Polish SF writer. It was the basis for the film of the same name made by the Soviet film maker Andrey Tarkovsky. What is it? Aniara Roadside picnic We Solaris

10. Richard O’Brian’s 'Rocky Horror Show' features a dance in which "you take a step to the left, then a step to the right …" what is its name? The Transylvanian two-step Haka Frankenfurter The time warp

11. The dominant star travelling culture in many of Ian Banks SF books is known as what? The Bridge The Player of Games Feersum Endjinn The Culture

12. This writer was married to the Poet Shelley and wrote a seminal SF work. Who was she? Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Frankenstein Mary Godwin

13. Which of the authors below is most associated with the sub-genre of Cyber Punk? William Gibson Alan Moore Michael Moorcock Harry Turtledove

14. Which of these is not a science fiction or fantasy award? Hugo Prix Aurora Nebula Fields Medal

15. Winston Smith meets his worst fears (rats) in room 101 towards the end of '1984'. Who wrote this dystopian novel? Boris Pasternak George Orwell Samuel Beckett Harry Martinson