{"id":5341,"date":"2011-01-06T07:18:16","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T11:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/other-worlds-cafe.com\/news\/blog\/?p=5341"},"modified":"2010-12-28T13:18:42","modified_gmt":"2010-12-28T17:18:42","slug":"trivia-thursday-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/other-worlds-cafe.com\/news\/blog\/?p=5341","title":{"rendered":"Trivia Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. In what novel by Arthur C. Clarke does the spaceship ENDEAVOUR investigate a mysterious object from far, far away?<\/li>\n
  2. Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor wore what notable piece of clothing?<\/li>\n
  3. This 1963 film about most of England’s population being blinded by light from a meteor shower and a small unaffected group trying to cope with lethal attacks from 7 foot, mobile vegetables was based on a book of the same name by John Wyndham. Name it.<\/li>\n
  4. What was “Red Dwarf” on the TV show of the same name?<\/li>\n
  5. Who wrote The Shape of Things to Come<\/i>?<\/li>\n
  6. In Peter F. Hamilton’s “Night’s Dawn” trilogy, a gateway to the “other side” opens up and the dead return to possess the living. What is the first novel in this series?<\/li>\n
  7. What SF magazine edited by Michael Moorcock was strongly associated with the SF “new wave” movement?
    \nA) Scoops
    \nB) Science Fantasy
    \nC) Fantasy
    \nD) Interzone
    \nE) New Worlds<\/li>\n
  8. In China Mieville’s Perdido Street Station<\/i>, lovely caterpillars transform into monsters that can overcome anyone and devour their dreams and thoughts. What are these creatures called?<\/li>\n
  9. Brian W. Aldiss’ short story, “Supertoys Last All Summer Long” was the inspiration for what Steven Spielberg movie?<\/li>\n
  10. Ian McDonald’s book about the global impact of alien vegetation spreading through Africa following a meteor strike was published as Chaga<\/i> in the UK. What is its US title?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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

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    1. Rendezvous With Rama<\/i><\/li>\n
    2. A scarf<\/li>\n
    3. The Day of the Triffids<\/i><\/li>\n
    4. The Red Dwarf was a mining spaceship.<\/li>\n
    5. H.G. Wells. The novel was made into a landmark movie in 1936, called Things to Come<\/i>.<\/li>\n
    6. The Reality Dysfunction<\/i><\/li>\n
    7. E) New Worlds<\/li>\n
    8. Slake-moths<\/li>\n
    9. AI<\/li>\n
    10. Evolution’s Shore<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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