FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!

Home: Quiz List: Rowena's Sci-fi Quizzes

All the science fiction quizzes I have written, apart from the ones about books by Robert A. Heinlein and C. J. Cherryh which have their own quiz lists.

List created by player Rowena8482.

This list has been completed and claimed by 25 players.

The most recent players to claim this list: stephedm (Apr 09 25)   twlmy (Dec 20 24)   PurpleComet (Feb 08 24)   marianjoy (Sep 23 23)   sadwings (May 23 23)   wellenbrecher (May 01 23)   ClarkyB (Oct 13 22)   andymuenz (Oct 08 22)   Andyboy2021 (Sep 04 22)   DeepHistory (May 29 22)   sw11 (Apr 03 22)   rainbowriver (Mar 19 22)   mandy2 (Dec 14 21)   james1947 (Sep 20 21)   comark2000 (Aug 09 21)   
1.
  Anne McCaffrey's "Tower and Hive" books   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How well do you know the books about the FT&T Primes and their ongoing battle against the marauding 'Hivers'? This quiz covers the full story through all five books in the series.
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Nov 04 07
Average
Rowena8482
495 plays
2.
  Raising Dragons    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
So you want to be a Dragonrider of Pern? Let's find out how much you know about the raising of a dragon, from egg to adulthood.
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Jan 06 17
Average
Rowena8482
438 plays
3.
  Old Man's War    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
John Scalzi's novel tells the story of what happens when a group of 75 year old men and women join the army - in space!
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Jul 24 12
Average
Rowena8482
307 plays
4.
  The Last Colony    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How much do you remember about the further adventures of John and Jane, told in John Scalzi's sequel to "Old Man's War"?
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Jul 24 12
Average
Rowena8482
211 plays
5.
  Let's Hear it for the Girls    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Although the genre is often considered "boy's stuff", the ten books featured in this quiz feature strong female characters from some amazing sci-fi adventures.
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Aug 27 10
Tough
Rowena8482
310 plays
6.
  Joy to the Jovian    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The ten science fiction books featured in this quiz all involve the planet Jupiter or its moons in some way. How many of them do you remember?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Dec 05 13
Tough
Rowena8482
260 plays
7.
  Which End of the World is This?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I describe the plot of an "end of the world" book; all you have to do is decide which one it is.
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Jan 17 10
Tough
Rowena8482
553 plays
8.
  Science Fiction First Lines    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Can you spot which famous science fiction novel the following first lines are from? (I have used the first "proper" line, not any chapter heading quotes or forewords.)
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Jan 08 14
Average
Rowena8482
1580 plays
9.
  Red Pill, Blue Pill    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Many sci-fi authors over the years have used various diseases and toxins as plot devices. How many of these fictional "nasties", and some fictional cures, have you heard of?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Aug 30 09
Tough
Rowena8482
361 plays
10.
  Xenobiology, Xenophobia, Xenophily    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Many science fiction authors have featured alien races, and their interactions with humans, in their work over the years. How many of these ten examples do you remember?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Oct 03 11
Tough
Rowena8482
337 plays
11.
  Root for the Home Team    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The Home Team in question being us, the Human Race. How many of these tales of alien invasion and brave human resistance do you know?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Aug 04 11
Tough
Rowena8482
263 plays
12.
  Where Angels (Still) Fear to Tread    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
When the end of the world comes, the "lucky few" will have a place of safety to retreat into. What happens when they, or their descendants, eventually emerge into a very different world?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Dec 14 11
Tough
Rowena8482
223 plays
13.
  The Walls Are Alive!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Not only the walls, but spaceships, buildings, and other things usually considered inanimate can come to life in science-fiction novels. How many of these examples can you remember?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Aug 13 10
Tough
Rowena8482
263 plays
14.
  What If    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
You were a total sci-fi fanatic? Could you spot some of the classic and most popular books of the genre given just one little clue? Well, can you? Try these...
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Oct 02 10
Tough
Rowena8482
363 plays
15.
  Science Metafiction    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
All the sci-fi books in this quiz fall into the category of metafiction too - how many of them do you remember?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Aug 30 10
Tough
Rowena8482
279 plays
16.
  Sci-Fi, but Not in Space    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Although Science Fiction is often associated with rocket ships and outer space, the action in these questions all takes place firmly on the surface of one planet or another. How many of them do you remember?
Difficult, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Aug 06 10
Difficult
Rowena8482
927 plays
17.
  Nowhere Man    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"He's a real nowhere man, sitting in his nowhere land"... So goes the song, but how many of these men, and lands, from some weird and wonderful "nowhere worlds" of science fiction do you know?
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Jul 02 17
Average
Rowena8482
255 plays
18.
  Z - Not Just for Zachariah    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Each of the books in this quiz have a character or title whose name begins with Z. How many of them do you know?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Jan 02 21
Tough
Rowena8482
Jan 02 21
244 plays
19.
  Left Behind...    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
... and other tales of the "End of the World" - How many of these apocalyptic tales do you remember?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Dec 27 12
Tough
Rowena8482
231 plays
20.
  Time Flies Like an Arrow    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
All the novels in this quiz feature some kind of time travel in the plot. How many of them can you remember?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Feb 19 10
Tough
Rowena8482
394 plays
21.
  Master of Your Domain    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How many of these sci-fi tyrants, dictators, and rulers of worlds can you remember?
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Mar 11 11
Average
Rowena8482
256 plays
22.
  Ticket to Ride    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How many of these sci-fi ships - space or otherwise - do you know?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Aug 09 10
Tough
Rowena8482
358 plays
23.
  Going Off-Road    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Boldly going where no-one has gone before, to places where there are definitely no roads! How many of these sci-fi pioneers and alien first contacts do you remember?
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, May 10 11
Average
Rowena8482
263 plays
24.
  Whatever Tomorrow Brings    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How many of these sci-fi tomorrows can you remember?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Jan 07 11
Tough
Rowena8482
339 plays
25.
  More Science Fiction First Lines    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Can you remember which science fiction books the following first lines are from? Some are from 'Young Adult' fiction.
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Oct 25 07
Average
Rowena8482
779 plays
26.
  Sector General Species Classifications    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Sector 12 General Hospital was created by James White. To help the medical staff treat the many and varied patients, a classification system describes a being's physiology in just four letters. How well would you know each species?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482, Jan 04 08
Tough
Rowena8482
262 plays

cool = highest rated quizzes new = added recently = has extra info for each qn
= Editor's Pick = FunTrivia Editor = Gold Member Teachers / educators: FunTrivia welcomes the use of our content in the classroom as a teaching aid.

 ·  All content on this website is copyright FunTrivia.com, 2016.
 ·  You may not copy, reprint, publish or use any of our content without prior written consent.