{"id":4581,"date":"2010-08-19T07:52:51","date_gmt":"2010-08-19T11:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/other-worlds-cafe.com\/news\/blog\/?p=4581"},"modified":"2010-08-17T11:53:13","modified_gmt":"2010-08-17T15:53:13","slug":"trivia-thursday-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/other-worlds-cafe.com\/news\/blog\/?p=4581","title":{"rendered":"Trivia Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. In what novel does Stanislaw Lem create the ultimate bureaucracy?<\/li>\n
  2. In The Matrix<\/I>, what is the name of Morpheus’ “hovercraft?”<\/li>\n
  3. 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
  4. What was the first and only U.S. mission to Mercury?<\/li>\n
  5. Which of these is not<\/B> a part of the Childe Cycle?
    A) Dorsai<\/I>
    B) Necromancer<\/I>
    C) Tactics Of Mistake<\/I>
    D) The Dragon And The George<\/I>
    E) The Final Encyclopedia<\/I><\/li>\n
  6. Sales of this film’s score were better than sales of movie tickets. Name this 1980 movie (based on a well-known cartoon), and name the band who did its theme.<\/li>\n
  7. Robert A. Heinlein’s If This Goes On…<\/I> is sometimes known as Revolt in _____<\/NOBR><\/I>?<\/li>\n
  8. What bleakly futuristic 1979 film stars Paul Newman as a seal hunter in a frozen city of a post-industrial wasteland?<\/li>\n
  9. Who were the Sardaukar?<\/li>\n
  10. In Ed Wood<\/I>, Bill Murray plays Ed Wood’s friend and occasional actor Bunny Breckinridge. In Plan 9 From Outer Space<\/I>, what character did the real Breckinridge play?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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

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    1. Memoirs Found In A Bathtub<\/I><\/li>\n
    2. Morpheus’ ship was the Nebuchadnezzar. In the Bible, Nebuchadnezzar was the king who was looking for Christ when he was born, similar to Morpheus’ quest for “The One.”<\/li>\n
    3. Journey to the Center of the Earth<\/I><\/li>\n
    4. Mariner 10<\/li>\n
    5. D) The Dragon And The George<\/I>. Dickson wrote them all, but Dragon<\/I> is a standalone.<\/li>\n
    6. o\/~ Flash! Ah-aaah!… o\/~ Flash Gordon<\/I>, with theme song by Queen.<\/li>\n
    7. Revolt in 2100<\/I><\/li>\n
    8. Quintet<\/I><\/li>\n
    9. The Emperor’s storm troopers from Frank Herbert’s Dune<\/I>.<\/li>\n
    10. The ruler of the aliens.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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