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Classic and Iconic Science Fiction quiz

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Classic and Iconic Science Fiction quiz game quiz
"This is quiz on classic and iconic Science Fiction. There are some interesting bits and bobs of information in the results."

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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?
    I Will Fear No Evil
    Red Planet
    Stranger in a Strange Land
    The Moon is a Marsh Mistress


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


3. Darth Vader first appeared in which film?
    Star Wars
    Dogma
    The Sorcerer's Apprentice
    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?
    Roadside picnic
    Aniara
    Solaris
    We


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
    The time warp
    Frankenfurter
    Haka


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


12. This writer was married to the Poet Shelley and wrote a seminal SF work. Who was she?
    Frankenstein
    Mary Shelley
    Mary Wollstonecraft
    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
    Fields Medal
    Nebula
    Prix Aurora


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

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