{"id":5109,"date":"2010-11-18T07:33:12","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T11:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/other-worlds-cafe.com\/news\/blog\/?p=5109"},"modified":"2010-11-17T09:42:12","modified_gmt":"2010-11-17T13:42:12","slug":"trivia-thursday-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/other-worlds-cafe.com\/news\/blog\/?p=5109","title":{"rendered":"Trivia Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Darth Vader’s title was Dark Lord of the…?<\/li>\n
  2. In Daniel Keyes’ 1966 novel Flowers For Algernon<\/i>, who is Algernon?<\/li>\n
  3. What was Molecule Man’s real name?
    A) Jack Vance
    B) Owen Reece
    C) George Wayne
    D) John Stark
    E) Hal Jordon<\/li>\n
  4. Woody Woodpecker is alluded to, or can be seen, in almost every post-1950 film made by what noted producer of SF classics?<\/li>\n
  5. What is the name of the spacecraft which the HAL 9000 controlled?<\/li>\n
  6. Which actor was the original choice to play Dr. Zaius in Planet of the Apes<\/i>?<\/li>\n
  7. Around what planet does Babylon 5 orbit?<\/li>\n
  8. Who wrote Space Chantey<\/i>, a 1968 version of The Odyssey?<\/i><\/li>\n
  9. By what title is Poul & Kornbluth’s novel Gravy Planet<\/i> more commonly known?<\/li>\n
  10. Name Martin Landau’s character on Space:1999<\/i>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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

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    1. Dark Lord of the Sith<\/li>\n
    2. A mouse<\/li>\n
    3. B) Owen Reece<\/li>\n
    4. George Pal, because of his friendship with Woody’s creator, Walter Lantz. In The Time Machine<\/i>, for example, a young girl carries a Woody Woodpecker doll.<\/li>\n
    5. Discovery One<\/li>\n
    6. Edward G. Robinson. Unfortunately, Robinson had a weak heart and one trip to the make-up chair was all it took to convince him that he wasn’t up to the task of going through the laborious four-plus hour routine every day for the film.<\/li>\n
    7. Epsilon 3 in the Epsilon Eridani star system.<\/li>\n
    8. R.A. Lafferty<\/li>\n
    9. The Space Merchants<\/i><\/li>\n
    10. Landau played Alpha Moonbase commander John Koenig.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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