{"id":3758,"date":"2010-02-11T07:49:01","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T11:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/other-worlds-cafe.com\/news\/blog\/?p=3758"},"modified":"2010-02-17T11:57:20","modified_gmt":"2010-02-17T15:57:20","slug":"trivia-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/other-worlds-cafe.com\/news\/blog\/?p=3758","title":{"rendered":"Trivia Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. This ship was the setting for the last seasons of the 80s TV series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century<\/i>. Name it!<\/li>\n
  2. What is the title of a 1966 John Brunner novel about overpopulation?<\/li>\n
  3. The only way to get a death sentence in the Federation is to go to what planet?<\/li>\n
  4. Who wrote West of Honor<\/i>, part of his “CoDominium” series?<\/li>\n
  5. In The Bride of Frankenstein<\/i> (1935) Boris Karloff, of course, played the monster and Elsa Lanchester played his bride. But who played the role of Mary Shelley, the author of the classic novel Frankenstein<\/i>?<\/li>\n
  6. In the world of Harrison’s A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!<\/i> what significant historical event happened differently?<\/li>\n
  7. What is the motto of the Tyrell corporation?<\/li>\n
  8. What book begins with the line, “Looking back to all that has occured to me since that eventful day, I am scarcely able to believe in the reality of my adventures?”<\/li>\n
  9. If the crystal in your palm turns red, what alternative do you have to the Festival?<\/li>\n
  10. A colony world has used its powerful technology to recreate Hindu culture, whose elite assume the roles of the gods. The hero first rebels against these “gods” on their own terms, but then opposes them more successfully with a new faith. Which Roger Zelazny novel is this?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    (Answers below the fold)<\/p>\n

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    1. The Searcher<\/li>\n
    2. Stand On Zanzibar<\/i><\/li>\n
    3. Talos IV (From the ST episode “The Menagerie,” this is where Captain Pike wound up)<\/li>\n
    4. Jerry Pournelle<\/li>\n
    5. Elsa Lanchester again. Incidentally, you can trip up many film-trivia buffs with, “Who played the title role in The Bride of Frankenstein?” The doctor’s wife was played by Valerie Hobson.<\/li>\n
    6. The Revolutionary War<\/li>\n
    7. More Human Than Human. The Tyrell Corporation, from Blade Runner<\/i>, builds Replicants.<\/li>\n
    8. Journey to the Center of the Earth<\/i><\/li>\n
    9. Run, like Logan did.<\/li>\n
    10. Lord of Light<\/i> (Doubleday, 1967)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Incidentally, you can play trivia with us any time here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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