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Quiz about Galactic Patrol by E E Doc Smith

'Galactic Patrol' by E. E. 'Doc' Smith Quiz

In 'Galactic Patrol' the battle between Civilisation and Boskone is beginning to go in Boskone's favour. But aeons old plans are coming to fruition. See what you know of the early career of Kimball Kinnison!

A multiple-choice quiz by johnfair. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
johnfair

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
285,538

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
17 / 25

Plays
175

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Question 1 of 25

1. Where did Kinnison graduate as a Lensman? Hint

New York Spaceport.

New Tokyo.

Miskatonic University, Mass.

Wentworth Hall.

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Question 2 of 25

2. Who was the commandant of the Lensmen trainees? Hint

Commandant Samms.

Commandant von Hohendorff.

Commandant MacCloud.

Commandant Northrop.

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Question 3 of 25

3. What was the name of Kinnison's first command? Hint

The Americas.

Terra's Hope.

Europa.

The Britannia.

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Question 4 of 25

4. What was the main weapon of this vessel? Hint

Phaser banks

Particle beams.

Quantum torpedoes.

The Q-Gun.

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Question 5 of 25

5. For what purpose was the ship built? Hint

As a super-pirate hunter.

To attack pirate bases.

To act as a convoy escort.

To defend patrol bases.

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Question 6 of 25

6. Why didn't Kinnison call the results of their survey work back to Prime Base? Hint

The Pirates were jamming the sub-ether.

Kinnison wanted to bring the results back personally.

The Britannia's sub-ether transmitters had been destroyed.

The technicians hadn't found any new technology to bring back.

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Question 7 of 25

7. How did Kinnison intend to get the information back to the Patrol? Hint

He split the crew up and sent them out in the lifeboats.

The crew mutinied against Kinnison and went over to the pirates.

He intended to drive the ship home, come-what-may.

Knowing they couldn't get away from the pirates, Kinnison surrendered.

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Question 8 of 25

8. The senior officers went out in pairs. Who shared Kinnison's lifeboat? Hint

Chief Pilot Henderson.

van Buskirk.

Chief Technologist Verne Thorndyke.

Quartermaster Allerdyce.

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Question 9 of 25

9. Where was Kinnison's ship when she blew up? Hint

In the middle of nowhere.

About a hundred miles from Kinnison's lifeboat.

Right above a planet.

Heading towards the pirate's HQ

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Question 10 of 25

10. What happened when the patrol ship blew up? Hint

The explosion destroyed a new born civilisation.

Nothing

A pirate ship was caught up in the explosion.

Kinnison's lifeboat was destroyed.

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Question 11 of 25

11. Were the two patrolmen able to get aboard the pirate vessel?

Yes

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Question 12 of 25

12. From whom do we hear, soon after the patrolmen had boarded the ship? Hint

Nadrek of Palain.

Worsel of Velantia.

Helmuth speaking for Boskone.

Tregonsee of Rigel.

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Question 13 of 25

13. In which Galactic Survey had the planetary system the two patrolmen escaped into been surveyed? Hint

The Third.

the First.

The Second.

the Fourth.

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Question 14 of 25

14. What happened to Kinnison on the first inhabited planet they landed on? Hint

His space armour sprang a leak and he was asphyxiated.

He tripped and sprained an ankle.

He was attacked by some really horrible beasties.

The planet was such a paradise that he decided to go and live there.

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Question 15 of 25

15. What was unusual about the patrolmen's rescuer? Hint

He looked just like Kinnison.

The rescuer looked just like their attackers.

Their rescuer was a being of pure energy.

He was completely telepathic.

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Question 16 of 25

16. The Patrolmen's rescuer was called Worsel and this wasn't his native planet either. What was his purpose in coming to this planet? Hint

To find out as much as possible about the Overlords of Delgon before dying.

He was an explorer

He had come for a hunting holiday.

all members of Worsel's race have to undertake a pilgrimage to Delgon once in their life.

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Question 17 of 25

17. Where did our trio go after beating the Overlords? Hint

They return to their everyday work

A really, really big party.

The chief airfield on Velantia.

To a religious retreat.

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Question 18 of 25

18. Who is Noshabkeming? Hint

A Valerian hero.

A Valerian demon.

A Valerian anti hero.

A deity of the Valerian Dutch.

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Question 19 of 25

19. How many of the Britannia's lifeboats were contacted by Kinnison on Velantia? Hint

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Question 20 of 25

20. The surviving patrolmen help the Velantians take some pirate ships. What happened to the ship Kinnison and the rest of his men crewed? Hint

The pirates had sabotaged the ship's main drives.

The pirate crew had sabotaged the Bergenholm.

The pirates had destroyed the ship's shielding.

There was nothing wrong with the ship Kinnison had chosen.

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Question 21 of 25

21. On which planet was the first patrol base Kinnison and his friends touched down at? Hint

Rigel.

Mars.

Earth.

Trenco.

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Question 22 of 25

22. _____ of _____ was the chief lensman of Trenco's patrol base. Who is he? Hint

Nadrek, Chickladoria.

Tregonsee, Earth

Tregonsee, Rigel.

Nadrek, Palain.

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Question 23 of 25

23. When asked if he would go to Arisia, what was Gildersteen's response? Hint

That there was no way he'd take a ship there.

What was Arisia?

That he'd love to go.

That he really had to wash his hair that day.

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Question 24 of 25

24. Did Kinnison's ship make it back to Earth?

Yes

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Question 25 of 25

25. Did Kinnison's adventure have a successful long term effect?

Yes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where did Kinnison graduate as a Lensman?

Answer: Wentworth Hall.

All the Terran Lensmen went through Wentworth Hall.

Some of you may recognise Miskatonic U from another mythos altogether!

2. Who was the commandant of the Lensmen trainees?

Answer: Commandant von Hohendorff.

No more Samms in these chronicles (though we may get a descendant or so...).

3. What was the name of Kinnison's first command?

Answer: The Britannia.

The Britannia was such a radically new design that Kinnison's lack of command experience was of little importance.

4. What was the main weapon of this vessel?

Answer: The Q-Gun.

The Q-gun was a mixture of force-fields and, horror of horrors, an actual physical shell! She carried practically no other weapons, however.

5. For what purpose was the ship built?

Answer: As a super-pirate hunter.

The sole purpose of the Britannia's existence was to capture one of the new style pirate vessels and study its systems.

6. Why didn't Kinnison call the results of their survey work back to Prime Base?

Answer: The Pirates were jamming the sub-ether.

The pirates were as aware as the patrol was over the importance of the captured ship's technology.

7. How did Kinnison intend to get the information back to the Patrol?

Answer: He split the crew up and sent them out in the lifeboats.

Kinnison knew that the Britannia had suffered too much damage to make it to any patrol base, never mind all the way back to Terra.

Any patrol man being captured by the pirates knew it was a short cut to death.

8. The senior officers went out in pairs. Who shared Kinnison's lifeboat?

Answer: van Buskirk.

The quartermaster had managed to arrange for Kinnison to share his boat with van Buskirk.

9. Where was Kinnison's ship when she blew up?

Answer: About a hundred miles from Kinnison's lifeboat.

Britannia was being controlled by a director-by-chance, and chance put her almost right on top of Kinnison's lifeboat.

10. What happened when the patrol ship blew up?

Answer: A pirate ship was caught up in the explosion.

The pirate ship was so close that she was hit by bits of the destroyed vessel.

11. Were the two patrolmen able to get aboard the pirate vessel?

Answer: Yes

Not everyone had been killed by the collision, but that had to be rectified soon after they boarded.

12. From whom do we hear, soon after the patrolmen had boarded the ship?

Answer: Helmuth speaking for Boskone.

But who Helmuth was, or even where his base was remained unknown.

13. In which Galactic Survey had the planetary system the two patrolmen escaped into been surveyed?

Answer: The Third.

The survey had noted the presence of inhabitable planets, but nothing about what was on them!

14. What happened to Kinnison on the first inhabited planet they landed on?

Answer: He was attacked by some really horrible beasties.

Both Kinnison and van Buskirk had to fight to the limits of their prodigious abilities to survive the catlets. As the Duke of Wellington once said; 'A damn close run thing!'

15. What was unusual about the patrolmen's rescuer?

Answer: He was completely telepathic.

Their rescuer was a being called Worsel and as well as only being able to communicate telepathically, he's a flying snake!

16. The Patrolmen's rescuer was called Worsel and this wasn't his native planet either. What was his purpose in coming to this planet?

Answer: To find out as much as possible about the Overlords of Delgon before dying.

Worsel had come to Delgon in order to study the Overlords but he had little expectation in succeeding in freeing his people from the mental slavery they suffered.

17. Where did our trio go after beating the Overlords?

Answer: The chief airfield on Velantia.

Kinnison needed to build some defences against the oncoming pirates and he also wanted to rescue as many of his people as possible from the Britannia's lifeboats.

18. Who is Noshabkeming?

Answer: A deity of the Valerian Dutch.

The Valerian Dutch went to the high gravity world to follow the diamonds found there.

19. How many of the Britannia's lifeboats were contacted by Kinnison on Velantia?

Answer: 8

Kinnison only managed to contact eight of the lifeboats, and two of those were in danger from pirate ships.

20. The surviving patrolmen help the Velantians take some pirate ships. What happened to the ship Kinnison and the rest of his men crewed?

Answer: The pirate crew had sabotaged the Bergenholm.

The Bergenholm suddenly gave out and though they were able to jury rig repairs, it was constantly breaking down from then on, until it was replaced.

21. On which planet was the first patrol base Kinnison and his friends touched down at?

Answer: Trenco.

Trenco was the closest base their broken Bergenholm could get them - Earth and Prime Base was just too far.

22. _____ of _____ was the chief lensman of Trenco's patrol base. Who is he?

Answer: Tregonsee, Rigel.

We'll be seeing more of Tregonsee later in the series.

23. When asked if he would go to Arisia, what was Gildersteen's response?

Answer: That there was no way he'd take a ship there.

Arisia remained a planet of ill repute to the general population. Gildersteen had been there before and been warned never to show his face near there ever again!

24. Did Kinnison's ship make it back to Earth?

Answer: Yes

He was fighting virtually all the way back from Trenco to Prime Base, whose weapons would only reach out fifty miles.

25. Did Kinnison's adventure have a successful long term effect?

Answer: No

While his discovery of the Boskonian technology, thereby stopping Boskone taking out Civilisation and appearing to give Civilisation an advantage, this success proved transient.

Source: Author johnfair

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