Some sample questions from this category:
* The Culture's spaceships are controlled by AI "Minds". Identify which of these ships is/are culture vessels.
* In "The Player of Games", what will Jernau Gurgeh, a master game player, become if he succeeds in the 'big game' in the Empire of Azad?
* In "Inversions", the Royal Physician is called which of the following?
* In "Inversions", DeWar tells the story of 'Sechroom and Hiltiti'. Dewar is actually one of these people in former life. The setting for the story is an analogue for the Culture and is called what?
* What is the name of the branch of Contact, who may act in morally dubious ways for the greater good of creaturekind (as argued by the Culture)?
* Which of the following is not a character from "Feersum Endjinn"?
* In "Use of Weapons", Skaffen-Amtskaw is what exactly?
* Which of these Iain M Banks' sf novels is not set in the Culture?
* Iain M Banks has also written straight novels under a different name. Which of the following is his 'straight' name?
* What language is spoken by the Culture?
* Who was 'The Player of Games'?
* Which Culture agent was sent after the Changer, Bora Horza Gobuchul, in 'Consider Phlebas'?
* With which race did the Culture engage in a 48 year long war?
* Which of the following is not a type of Culture space vessel.
* Which of the following books by Iain M. Banks does not feature the Culture in any way.
* What name is given to Artificial Intelligence in the Culture?
* Which word does not describe the Culture?
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