{"id":4068,"date":"2010-04-15T07:28:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T11:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/other-worlds-cafe.com\/news\/blog\/?p=4068"},"modified":"2010-04-12T09:28:24","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T13:28:24","slug":"trivia-thursday-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/other-worlds-cafe.com\/news\/blog\/?p=4068","title":{"rendered":"Trivia Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. In a highly urbanized future dominated by cybernetics and bioengineering, anti-hero Case is rescued from wretchedness and given back the ability to send his persona into the cyberspace of the world’s computer networks, where he must carry out a hazardous mission for an enigmatic employer. Name this William Gibson novel!<\/li>\n
  2. The Air Force gave its full cooperation to the making of the 1951 classic The Thing (From Another World)<\/I>. True or False?<\/li>\n
  3. What does the “C” in “Arthur C. Clarke” stand for?<\/li>\n
  4. Who wrote the Venus Equilateral<\/I> stories?<\/li>\n
  5. What are bobbles?<\/li>\n
  6. This is a collection of linked stories by Joanna Russ in which liberated women in different societies challenge the forces of oppression. It includes 1983 Hugo winner “Souls.” Name this collection!<\/li>\n
  7. In this Larry Niven collection the title story (Hugo winner, 1967) is one of several in which Beowulf Shaeffer is blackmailed into taking on a dangerous mission in an exotic environment. Name it!<\/li>\n
  8. He was killed by the Harkonnens shortly after taking possesion of Arrakis.<\/li>\n
  9. By what more famous name do we know the author “Paul French”?<\/li>\n
  10. What was the name of the son of “Charlie” from the film, Enemy Mine<\/I>?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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

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    1. Neuromancer<\/I><\/li>\n
    2. False. They said the movie went against their official position that flying saucers didn’t exist.<\/li>\n
    3. Charles<\/li>\n
    4. George O. Smith<\/li>\n
    5. Spheres inside which time stops, from Vernor Vinge’s The Peace War<\/I> and Marooned in Realtime<\/I>.<\/li>\n
    6. Extra(Ordinary) People<\/I><\/li>\n
    7. Neutron Star<\/I> <\/li>\n
    8. Duke Leto Atreides (Dune<\/I>)<\/li>\n
    9. Isaac Asimov. Asimov used the Paul French nom de plume for his Lucky Starr<\/I> series.<\/li>\n
    10. Charlie chose a fine Drak name – Zamis<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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