Author Biography: Julia103

After years of not being available, this wonderful 1983 movie about a lesbian love affair has finally been released on DVD.

Many couples are familiar enough to be referred to by first names only. How many can you recognize? The couples in this quiz include fictional characters from literature and television as well as real people. All questions are multiple choice.

Many places around the world have double-barrelled names. Can you locate them without developing double vision?

"Space... the Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise" was a weekly introduction to adventures across the galaxy with the crew of the starship Enterprise. The phrase still lives on, thanks to reruns and DVDs.

EBay is probably the world's largest on-line marketplace, linking buyers and sellers together. How much do you know about using it?

When I first saw this movie I didn't know that it was part of Alexander Dumas' Musketeers saga. Seeing this movie inspired me to read "The Three Musketeers" and all its sequels. All the questions in the quiz are based on the 1998 movie, not the book.

This excellent series aired in Britain from 1971 to 1975 and in the United States from 1974 to 1977. It won many awards, including seven Emmys and a Golden Globe, and was ultimately seen in over seventy countries.

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is the only network in the United States which runs television programs without commercials and is available without subscribing to a cable TV service. This quiz is about some of the shows that have aired on PBS.

One characteristic of science fiction is that events often happen in places other than our planet Earth. Given the name of a main character and a brief synopsis of a story or series, can you remember what planet was involved?

The musical "Camelot" by Lerner and Loewe features some wonderful songs but the lyrics aren't always what might be expected.

Science fiction has often been considered a male-dominated genre. This quiz highlights many award-winning women SF authors.

The United States is one of the few countries where health insurance is provided by private companies rather than through a national policy. Here are some terms and issues that patients and providers become familiar with as they negotiate the system.

Honor Harrington is a naval officer for the Star Kingdom of Manticore in the exciting series by David Weber. She has found herself in (and gotten out of) hot spots so often that she has gained the nickname of "The Salamander"

Actually there were four: Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D'Artagnan. "One for all and all for one" was their motto. Can you tell them apart?

Ken Jennings became a celebrity in 2004 when he won 74 consecutive games on the U.S. game show "Jeopardy!", the longest run of any contestant.

The recent Hurricane Isabel got me thinking about people who shared this name.

"1632" is the first book in Eric Flint's alternate history series, in which a small coal-mining town is transported by the Ring of Fire from late twentieth century West Virginia to seventeenth century Germany.

After his retirement from Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes meets Mary Russell whom he first takes as an apprentice and then as his partner in this series by Laurie R. King. This quiz includes information from the first six books in the series.

I learned to play Mah Jongg last year and was surprised not to find a quiz dedicated to this game. Where there are differences between Mah Jongg styles, all answers refer to American Mah Jongg.

Dancer/Actor Gregory Hines passed away August 9, 2003. This quiz commemorates his achievements.

The first half of this quiz deals with the organization of the competition. The second half concerns the results.