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1.
We'll start on the somewhat depressing side of things. I have coded the plot of a well-known dystopian novel. Here are some lines from my code:
enum $castes alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon;
$location = "London";
$year = "632 A.F.";
forall ($character) do daily add ($soma);
That should be enough - can you identify the work? |
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2.
My next snippet of code relates to a book written by German author Michael Ende:
$bastian=child(world(outside));
$empress=ruler(world("Fantasticia"));
$bastian.invent ($name, $empress);
$empress.give($auryn, $bastian);
auryn.use (make($wish), forget($memory));
Which novel has been translated to Geek here? |
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3.
Completely changing genres again, how about a work by Stephen King, encoded for your pleasure by the Geek Interpreter:
$location="USA";
select (boys [100]);
if speed($any_boy)<"4 MPH" then kill($that_boy);
repeat until count(boys)=1;
Which of King's "Bachman novels" is referenced here? |
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4.
For our next work, let's look at a classic drama of the early 19th century. Which work, based on an older folk hero tale, would be best characterized by the following code?
$location = "Switzerland";
$weapon = "Crossbow";
everyone.salute ($governor.cap);
$weapon.shoot ($apple) from ($protagonist.son.head); |
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5.
Back to the 20th century with a science fiction novel which has also been developed into a classic movie:
$monolith.locations="Africa","Moon","Iapetus";
$spaceship.destination="Saturn";
foreach member($crew) kill() unless $name="Bowman";
$crew["Bowman"].transform(space_child());
Which novel have I translated into Geek? |
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6.
How about a work that is essentially one story but that was originally published as a trilogy?
#include "classic_good_vs_evil.h"
$fellowship=$hobbit[4],$elf,$dwarf,$human[2],$wizard;
$destination=$land("Shadows");
$golden_item.destroy;
I am sure it takes no particular fluency in Geek to translate this back into English - what epic am I referring to? |
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7.
The next work I will present has a lot in common with the previous one; in particular, I can reuse the first of my code lines unchanged:
#include "classic_good_vs_evil.h"
create_gateway ($our_world,$fantasy_world,$wardrobe);
$wardrobe.transfer (["Peter","Susan","Edmund","Lucy"]);
$antagonist=$witches["white"];
$antagonist.tempt ("Edmund");
Which seven-work cycle is this novel a part of? |
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8.
From fantasy and noble purposes, we move to one of the darkest aspects of humanity: war. Which work by Erich Maria Remarque fits the following code snippet?
$location = "France";
$year = 1918;
$protagonist = "Paul Bäumer";
$setting = "trenches";
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9.
What self-respecting quiz about mixed literature could be without at least one Jules Verne novel? For the geek in you, I have picked one of his less-known works:
$deceased = "William J. Hypperbone";
$location = "USA";
$game = "The Noble Game of Goose";
$winner = "XKZ";
Which work am I referring to? (If you have no idea, pick the one that seems to best meet the description!) |
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10.
Here's one last book for you of which some might argue it might not even belong into this category, but it is, on top of everything else, also a literary work of substantial artistic value. Here are the Geek language excerpts, unfortunately slightly garbled in transmission (* denotes an unknown character):
$structure = [$*********s],[books],[chapters],[v*****];
$structure [1,7]="Judges";
$structure [2,4,11,35]="******wept.";
$commandments[10].keyword="covet";
Which work, written and compiled over the course of many centuries, am I referring to? |
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