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Quiz about Revelation Space
Quiz about Revelation Space

Revelation Space Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz on Alastair Reynolds's 'Revelation Space'.

A multiple-choice quiz by kraytkiller. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
kraytkiller
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
254,072
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
11 / 20
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567
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Question 1 of 20
1. What region of Resurgam was the Amarantin obelisk excavated in? Hint


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2. The oldest human artefact on Yellowstone was a woman's skull that originated in what country? Hint


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3. What star system was Yellowstone in? Hint


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4. At what level on the Nostalgia for Infinity was the gunnery located? Hint


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5. What did Ana Khouri call K.C Ng? Hint


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6. What was Hegazi's first name? Hint


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7. Chasm City was made up out of how many domes? Hint


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8. What was the name of the religious organisation that revived Ana Khouri in orbit above Yellowstone? Hint


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Question 9 of 20
9. What was the name of the scout that offered Ana Khouri a job as a Shadowplay assassin? Hint


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10. What was the name of the order, members of which could be seen in Chasm City? Hint


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Question 11 of 20
11. What was the name of Taraschi's mother? Hint


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12. What was the name of the captain of the trade ship that visited Resurgam? Hint


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13. What was the name of the Mademoiselle's aide? Hint


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14. What group attacked the Sylveste Institute of Shrouder Studies in 2439? Hint


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Question 15 of 20
15. What was the name of the star around which Bloater orbited? Hint


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16. Where did the Mademoiselle live? Hint


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Question 17 of 20
17. At which orbital carousel did Nostalgia for Infinity dock on arrival at Yellowstone? Hint


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Question 18 of 20
18. What was the name of the woman who cleared Volyova to board the Yellowstone carousel? Hint


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Question 19 of 20
19. What was the name of a housekeeper of the Sylveste Institute for Shrouder Studies? Hint


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Question 20 of 20
20. What was the name of the first human to enter Revelation Space?

Answer: (Namesake of Lascaille's Shroud two words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What region of Resurgam was the Amarantin obelisk excavated in?

Answer: North Nekhebet

 The obelisk was the first piece of evidence found on Resurgam of the Amarantin that became the Shrouders, and eventually led Sylveste to the artificial planet of Cerberus.
2. The oldest human artefact on Yellowstone was a woman's skull that originated in what country?

Answer: Spain

 The woman's skull - from Atapuerca, Spain - was two hundred thousand years old and was brought to Yellowstone from Earth but then lost. Calvin unearthed the skull years later and Dan Sylveste carried it around with him.
3. What star system was Yellowstone in?

Answer: Epsilon Eridani

 Chasm City was the main city on Yellowstone, which was the home planet of Dan Sylveste before he and a lighthugger of colonists travelled to Resurgam.
4. At what level on the Nostalgia for Infinity was the gunnery located?

Answer: 500

 The gunnery was a part of the lighthugger that was infected with the Sun Stealer - unknowingly brought onboard the ship by Dan Sylveste - though it was constrained there until Sajaki tried to trawl Khouri's mind.
5. What did Ana Khouri call K.C Ng?

Answer: Case

 K.C Ng was a hermetic, like the Mademoiselle, who was encased in a palanquin to protect him from the Melding Plague. He arranged Ana Khouri's Shadowplay missions.
6. What was Hegazi's first name?

Answer: Abdul

 Hegazi was a member of the Triumvirate on Nostalgia for Infinity - along with Yuuji Sajaki and Ilia Volyova - until his death, drowned in an airlock by Sun Stealer.
7. Chasm City was made up out of how many domes?

Answer: 18

 Chasm City was located on Yellowstone in a crater on the planet that was sixty kilometres in diameter. It was protected by eighteen domes that were colloquially known as the Mosquito Net.
8. What was the name of the religious organisation that revived Ana Khouri in orbit above Yellowstone?

Answer: Ice Mendicants

 Ana Khouri was accidentally shipped from Sky's Edge to Yellowstone in reefersleep and was awakened in an orbiting station by members of the Ice Mendicants.
9. What was the name of the scout that offered Ana Khouri a job as a Shadowplay assassin?

Answer: Tanner Mirabel

 Ana Khouri was given the name of a business contact - K.C Ng - just hours after her arrival on Yellowstone by the ex-soldier Tanner Mirabel.
10. What was the name of the order, members of which could be seen in Chasm City?

Answer: New Komuso

 New Komuso members were characterised by the wicket basket-like helmet they wore on their head and the Shakuhachi - bamboo flutes - they carried.
11. What was the name of Taraschi's mother?

Answer: Nadine Weng-da Silva

 Nadine Weng-da Silva Taraschi was one of the eighty volunteers - including Calvin Sylveste himself - that had alpha-level recordings taken of themselves.
12. What was the name of the captain of the trade ship that visited Resurgam?

Answer: Remilliod

 Remilliod's ship carried advanced technology that allowed Girardieau's government to accelerate the alteration of Resurgam's atmosphere while also selling hot dust to the rebels led by Sluka.
13. What was the name of the Mademoiselle's aide?

Answer: Carlos Manoukhian

 Carlos Manoukhian was a talkative man who rescued Carine Lefevre - the Mademoiselle - after her experience at the Lascaille Shroud with Dan Sylveste and also escorted Ana Khouri at gunpoint to Lefevre.
14. What group attacked the Sylveste Institute of Shrouder Studies in 2439?

Answer: House Reivich

 When House Reivich attacked the Institute in 2439 (or 2440) they wiped the data cores, leading to the belief that Calvin's alpha-level recording - supposedly stored there - was destroyed.
15. What was the name of the star around which Bloater orbited?

Answer: Kruger 60 A

 Bloater was a planet that was home to the Bloater Skyjacks - whom Sajaki infiltrated - and was also where Hegazi managed to negotiate an ice shield.
16. Where did the Mademoiselle live?

Answer: House of Ravens

 The Mademoiselle lived in one of the highest towers of Chasm City, which Ana Khouri had previously believed as being uninhabited, and she called her home Chateau des Corbeaux - the House of Ravens.
17. At which orbital carousel did Nostalgia for Infinity dock on arrival at Yellowstone?

Answer: Carousel New Brazilia

 The Nostalgia for Infinity visited Yellowstone so that Volyova could find a replacement gunnery officer for Nagorny and so that Sajaki could track down Dan and Calvin Sylveste.
18. What was the name of the woman who cleared Volyova to board the Yellowstone carousel?

Answer: Vavilov

 Vavilov was of Mongolian decent and conducted her interview of Volyova by means of a bubble-suspended servitor. She was mistaken initially by Volyova for a gamma-level recording.
19. What was the name of a housekeeper of the Sylveste Institute for Shrouder Studies?

Answer: Gregori

 Gregori initially served as Dan Sylveste's guide through the labyrinth of the SISS but washed his hands of Sylveste's continuing to visit Lascaille.
20. What was the name of the first human to enter Revelation Space?

Answer: Philip Lascaille

 After Philip Lascaille, Dan Sylveste and Carine Lefevre also entered Revelation Space, although Lefevre was believed to have been killed at Lascaille's Shroud.
Source: Author kraytkiller

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