{"id":3858,"date":"2010-03-04T07:14:14","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T11:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/other-worlds-cafe.com\/news\/blog\/?p=3858"},"modified":"2010-02-25T12:15:17","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T16:15:17","slug":"trivia-thursday-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/other-worlds-cafe.com\/news\/blog\/?p=3858","title":{"rendered":"Trivia Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. In Asimov’s book Foundation<\/i>, who develops psychohistory?<\/li>\n
  2. How many Star Trek<\/I> – The Original Series actors appeared in Twilight Zone<\/I> episodes?<\/li>\n
  3. The main character “burning bright:ln the forest of the night” is Gully Foyle, the protagonist of an escape-from-prison story author Alfred Bester said he modeled on The Count of Monte Cristo<\/I>. Name the novel.<\/li>\n
  4. In Alien Nation<\/I>, Sykes might relax after work with a beer. What would George have?<\/li>\n
  5. This writer and magazine publisher wrote under the punny pseudonyms, “Dr. Acula” and “Hubert George Wells”, among others. Who was he?<\/li>\n
  6. They are the greatest soldiers in the galaxy, having developed a mercenary culture in order to gain the capital necessary to survive on a resource-poor planet. Their name is also the title of the first novel in the “Childe Cycle” by Gordon R. Dickson.<\/li>\n
  7. Perhaps the original classic big-screen SF movie, this was adapted from Harry Bateson’s Farewell To The Master<\/I>. Its star has been immortalized in the lyrics of the theme song of The Rocky Horror Picture Show<\/I>.<\/li>\n
  8. In Star Wars<\/i>, what spaceport was the cantina in?<\/li>\n
  9. Name Martin Landau’s character on Space: 1999<\/I>.<\/li>\n
  10. What are the 5 brilliant criminal lords in Jack Vance’s five-book “revenge” series collectively known as?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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

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    1. Hari Seldon.<\/li>\n
    2. Four. They were: William Shatner (“Nick Of Time,” “Nightmare At 20,000 Feet”), Leonard Nimoy (“A Quality Of Mercy”), James Doohan (“Valley of the Shadow”), and George Takei (“The Encounter”).<\/li>\n
    3. The Stars My Destination<\/I> (British title: Tiger! Tiger!<\/I>)<\/li>\n
    4. Sour milk.<\/li>\n
    5. Forrest J. Ackerman.<\/li>\n
    6. Dorsai.<\/I><\/li>\n
    7. The Day The Earth Stood Still<\/I> (Farewell To The Master<\/I> is the title of the novel by Harry Bateson on which the movie’s based).<\/li>\n
    8. Mos Eisley.<\/li>\n
    9. Landau played Alpha Moonbase commander John Koenig.<\/li>\n
    10. Vance’s criminal lords are known as the Demon Princes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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