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

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

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? Arthur Clarke Fred Hoyle Fred Sanger Patrick Moore

6. The film 'Blade Runner' was based on which book by Philip K. Dick? Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said The Zap Gun 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? Edgar Rice Burroughs L. Sprauge DeCamp William Buroughs Fritz Leiber

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

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 Solaris We Roadside picnic

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? Haka The Transylvanian two-step The time warp Frankenfurter

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 Godwin Frankenstein Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft

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? Boris Pasternak George Orwell Samuel Beckett Harry Martinson