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"Cryoburn" - Lois Bujold Trivia Quiz

Well, never say never, but here we are back in the Vorkosiganverse for another adventure of Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan.

A multiple-choice quiz by JohnFair. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
JohnFair

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
335,439

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
13 / 20

Plays
144

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Question 1 of 20

1. We open the book and Miles is having bad visions and wandering about in the dark - all too literally. But where is he? Hint

A cave system in the Dendari Mountains on Barrayar

Underneath London's flood defences on Earth

In an abandoned section of Kliene Station

An abandoned cryofacility on Kibou-daini

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Question 2 of 20

2. Why does Miles reckon the Tau Cetan beaded lizard is another hallucination? Hint

No self-respecting lizard would be out at night

The colours were right and it wasn't too big but nor was it hopping like a toad

The creature was carrying some packages

This time it isn't a hallucination...

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Question 3 of 20

3. Who has Miles lost contact with? Hint

Lord Auditor Vorthys

Armsman Roic

His wife Ekaterin

Sergeant Bothari

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Question 4 of 20

4. As the novel continues, we learn where Miles and his companion had been when things start sliding out of control. Where was this? Hint

The Northbridge Invitational Conference on Cryogenics (Kibou-daini)

A flood control conference (Earth)

On a speleological expedition in the back-country of Vorkosigan County (Barrayar)

A conference on on the economic future of deep space stations (Kliene Station)

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Question 5 of 20

5. After Miles had come down from his drug reaction, he finds himself in a rooftop zoo. Who is the zoo keeper? Hint

Father Ho

Old Jimmy

Young Jin

Terence Cee

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Question 6 of 20

6. Lord Vorkosigan might be relatively secure in the rooftop zoo but he has no ID or money, so where does he ask his protector to go for succor? Hint

The nearest bank

The Barrayaran Consulate

To the local criminal kingpin

Nowhere. This latest attempt on his life has left him eager for life off the grid

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Question 7 of 20

7. Miles's protector had received some funds from Miles's contact but the funds don't make it back to Miles. What went wrong? Hint

Old Jimmy dropped dead with a heart attack

Father Ho donated the funds to a needy charity

Terence Cee was seduced by a good looking girl

Young Jin got arrested by the transit police on his way back

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Question 8 of 20

8. Miles's colleagues managed to break out of detention and find another delegate from the doomed meeting. Who was this colleague in durance-vile? Hint

Dr Raven Durona

Arde Mayhew

Dr Vaagan

Elli Quinn

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Question 9 of 20

9. Miles has to find his own way back to the Barrayaran consulate. How did he manage? Hint

He ended up walking

He called the Consulate for pickup

He caught the Underground

Miles cycled back

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Question 10 of 20

10. Captured by the enemy and returned to his proper habitat, Miles's initial protector plots escape from where? Hint

The local police lockup

His aunt and uncle's home in the suburbs

Station security

Why escape? Being back in a proper house is great!

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Question 11 of 20

11. Why were Miles's protector and his sister at this location originally? Hint

The schools were better in this location

The children had thought it would be an adventure

Their mother did not want anything to do with them

Because their mother had been cryofrozen and their father was dead

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Question 12 of 20

12. As is the way with Miles, things begin to get more complicated the more he looks into them. As well as the problem he had been sent to examine, what scandal does he uncover? Hint

The cryocorp that Miles was dealing with was about to go bust

The Kibou-daini government was about to nationalise the cryocorps

Electrical faults in the system meant all the cryovaults had been wrecked

A bad batch of cryopreservation fluid was about to stop working

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Question 13 of 20

13. What is so unusual about Kibou-daini's capital? Hint

Nothing - the city is a typically standard galactic city

It's built over a massive system of cryo chambers

The city is built on a massive antigrav plate above the surface of the planet

The city is a massive raft on the planetary ocean

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Question 14 of 20

14. In today's world, universal healthcare is a major issue. Is this the case on Kibou-daini?

Yes

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Question 15 of 20

15. What payment did Miles make for his use of the cryo revival facilities in his former hideout? Hint

Two cryo revivals of the operator's choice

A Vorkosigan forced to offer anything!?

His word as Vorkosigan that the people in the hideout would be taken off planet

An offer to legitimise the organisation

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Question 16 of 20

16. Miles is offered a free sample/pet by one of the cryocorps. What was i? Hint

A breeding mare (horse)

A flying monkey

A sphinx

A unicorn

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Question 17 of 20

17. Why was Miles so pleased to be offered a bribe by the corporate executive? Hint

It was a big bribe and he needed the money

A position in the company would let him retire

Being offered a bribe was a sign of good manners in an Imperial Auditor

It indicated that someone was interested in his investigation

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Question 18 of 20

18. When reunited with his initial rescuer, was this person happy with Miles in full Auditorial Mode?

Yes

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Question 19 of 20

19. Miles's brother, Mark, and Kareen Koudelka turn up near the end of the book. What brought them to Kibou-daini? Hint

They thought it was a potential site for some anti-aging trials Mark was backing

It was a purely co-incidental visit

Mark felt the cryo business was going to expand massively

Mark and Kareen were on their honeymoon

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Question 20 of 20

20. What news so upset Miles on his way back to Barrayar? Hint

The Cetagandans had declared war on Barrayar again

The death of his mother

The news his father had died

The death of Emperor Gregor

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. We open the book and Miles is having bad visions and wandering about in the dark - all too literally. But where is he?

Answer: An abandoned cryofacility on Kibou-daini

Miles is suffering from a typically bad drug reaction but we don't know why at the moment.

2. Why does Miles reckon the Tau Cetan beaded lizard is another hallucination?

Answer: The colours were right and it wasn't too big but nor was it hopping like a toad

Whatever has happened to Miles has left him suffering a really bad reaction.

3. Who has Miles lost contact with?

Answer: Armsman Roic

Armsman Roic is Miles's combined bodyguard and aide.

We have met all the other characters before in other books but none of them are in this one.

4. As the novel continues, we learn where Miles and his companion had been when things start sliding out of control. Where was this?

Answer: The Northbridge Invitational Conference on Cryogenics (Kibou-daini)

Apparently the Kibou-daini cryocorps are looking to expand their operations into the Imperium.

5. After Miles had come down from his drug reaction, he finds himself in a rooftop zoo. Who is the zoo keeper?

Answer: Young Jin

Jin finds it virtually impossible to pass a lost or injured animal or lost Vor lordling without trying to collect it.

6. Lord Vorkosigan might be relatively secure in the rooftop zoo but he has no ID or money, so where does he ask his protector to go for succor?

Answer: The Barrayaran Consulate

Jin has to travel far off through his planet's capital on this mission to a frightening location.

7. Miles's protector had received some funds from Miles's contact but the funds don't make it back to Miles. What went wrong?

Answer: Young Jin got arrested by the transit police on his way back

Jin had run away from home and his efforts to keep Miles's secrets only made the transport police assume he was a drugs courier.

8. Miles's colleagues managed to break out of detention and find another delegate from the doomed meeting. Who was this colleague in durance-vile?

Answer: Dr Raven Durona

Dr Durona first met Miles in another cryogenics-related case.

9. Miles has to find his own way back to the Barrayaran consulate. How did he manage?

Answer: He ended up walking

With no money and uncertain as to what had happened to Jin, Miles had little choice other than to walk the many kilometres from his safe-house to the consulate.

10. Captured by the enemy and returned to his proper habitat, Miles's initial protector plots escape from where?

Answer: His aunt and uncle's home in the suburbs

Jin ran away from his relatives' place because his aunt was going to get rid of his animals. This time, his sister decided she was old enough to go with him.

11. Why were Miles's protector and his sister at this location originally?

Answer: Because their mother had been cryofrozen and their father was dead

Jin and Mina's mother had been a political activist and her cryofreezing was politically motivated.

12. As is the way with Miles, things begin to get more complicated the more he looks into them. As well as the problem he had been sent to examine, what scandal does he uncover?

Answer: A bad batch of cryopreservation fluid was about to stop working

A bad batch of cryo fluid from a couple of generations ago was beginning to break down and the frozen would be real corpses.

13. What is so unusual about Kibou-daini's capital?

Answer: It's built over a massive system of cryo chambers

The city is built over a whole series of cryo chambers containing the nearly dead of many previous generations.

14. In today's world, universal healthcare is a major issue. Is this the case on Kibou-daini?

Answer: No

On Kibou-daini, it is access to universal cryogenics services that exercises the population. It's on your health insurance if you are lucky enough...

15. What payment did Miles make for his use of the cryo revival facilities in his former hideout?

Answer: Two cryo revivals of the operator's choice

Miles had to offer Dr Durona's services for the two revivals in payment for using the revival facilities on Jin's mother.

16. Miles is offered a free sample/pet by one of the cryocorps. What was i?

Answer: A sphinx

The genetically created sphinx was one of a series that had been created by the crycorp New Egypt.

17. Why was Miles so pleased to be offered a bribe by the corporate executive?

Answer: It indicated that someone was interested in his investigation

Miles is a great believer in letting people provide the rope that will hang them.

18. When reunited with his initial rescuer, was this person happy with Miles in full Auditorial Mode?

Answer: No

Lord Auditor Vorkosigan was enough to over-face hardened adults. The pre-teen youngster found himself pining for the grubby druggie.

19. Miles's brother, Mark, and Kareen Koudelka turn up near the end of the book. What brought them to Kibou-daini?

Answer: They thought it was a potential site for some anti-aging trials Mark was backing

Dr Durona was working for both Miles and Mark and the younger brother was looking for a suitable site for the trials that the Durona Group needed to run.

20. What news so upset Miles on his way back to Barrayar?

Answer: The news his father had died

Miles learnt of the death of his father when the Imperial agent on Escobar greeted him as Count Vorkosigan, thereby indicating he had inherited the title. This was definitely sad as Miles and Mark had been discussing the use of the Durona drugs on the late Count.

Source: Author JohnFair

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