{"id":5290,"date":"2010-12-30T07:36:48","date_gmt":"2010-12-30T11:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/other-worlds-cafe.com\/news\/blog\/?p=5290"},"modified":"2010-12-14T09:45:25","modified_gmt":"2010-12-14T13:45:25","slug":"trivia-thursday-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/other-worlds-cafe.com\/news\/blog\/?p=5290","title":{"rendered":"Trivia Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. What’s missing from the original US edition of Anthony Burgess’ classic novel A Clockwork Orange<\/i>?
    \nA) Any references to drug use
    \nB) A polemic against Americans
    \nC) The final chapter
    \nD) The word “droog”
    \nE) Any references to Beethoven<\/li>\n
  2. Filmed by Hammer in 1967, Quatermass and the Pit<\/i> involved the discovery of Martian remains in an archaeological dig. What was the title of the American release of this movie?<\/li>\n
  3. Winston Smith is the main character of what novel?<\/li>\n
  4. Part of the novel Cosmonaut Keep<\/i> is set on the planet Mingulay, in a complex society of humans, saurs, and…giant squid! Who wrote this obviously O*W*C-friendly book?<\/li>\n
  5. In the TV series Max Headroom<\/i>, which character’s mind was Max generated from?<\/li>\n
  6. This author’s characters include an orangutan librarian, an animated piece of luggage, and Death (who really likes cats). Name him. <\/li>\n
  7. This gender-bending story by Gwyneth Jones concerns a reporter who is contacted by an apparently female alien. Although they look human, their thought patterns are radically different.<\/li>\n
  8. The dominant star traveling culture in many of Ian Banks’ SF books is known as what?<\/li>\n
  9. What is written in large, friendly letters on the cover of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy?<\/li>\n
  10. In Babylon Five<\/i>, to what religion does Dr. Franklin belong?
    \nA) Foundationism
    \nB) Christianity
    \nC) Mezentianism
    \nD) Scientology
    \nE) Buddhism<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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

    <\/p>\n

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    1. C) The final (21st) chapter. Burgess’ US publisher docked the last chapter, and then Stanley Kubrick based his film on the US version, immortalizing the shorter story.<\/li>\n
    2. Five Million Years to Earth<\/i><\/li>\n
    3. George Orwell’s 1984<\/i><\/li>\n
    4. Ken MacLeod<\/li>\n
    5. Edison Carter<\/li>\n
    6. Terry Pratchett<\/li>\n
    7. White Queen<\/i><\/li>\n
    8. The Culture<\/li>\n
    9. DON’T PANIC<\/li>\n
    10. A) Foundationism<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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