{"id":5522,"date":"2011-02-17T07:30:43","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T11:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/other-worlds-cafe.com\/news\/blog\/?p=5522"},"modified":"2011-02-07T10:31:05","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T14:31:05","slug":"trivia-thursday-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/other-worlds-cafe.com\/news\/blog\/?p=5522","title":{"rendered":"Trivia Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. What was the title of George Lucas’ first feature-length SF movie?<\/li>\n
  2. In the marvelously cheesy Buck Rogers in the 25th Century<\/i>, where did Buck find a new home?
    \nA) New York
    \nB) New Chicago
    \nC) New Orleans
    \nD) New Philadelphia
    \nE) New Denver<\/li>\n
  3. Reed Richards is the alter ego of what superhero?<\/li>\n
  4. What classic SF novel is divided into three sections, titled “Fiat Lux,” “Fiat Homo,” and “Fiat Voluntus Tua?”<\/li>\n
  5. Crysknives are made from the teeth of these enormous beasts.<\/li>\n
  6. John W. Campbell, Jr.’s novella Who Goes There?<\/i> inspired two movies. What were their titles?<\/li>\n
  7. In Carl Sagan’s novel, what is the name of the project which finally makes “Contact?”<\/li>\n
  8. What story title did Joan Vinge borrow from Hans Christian Andersen?<\/li>\n
  9. WestWorld, along with MedievalWorld and RomanWorld, make up the robotic amusement park called what?<\/li>\n
  10. In this 1959 B-movie, Eros and Tanna, representatives of a highly advanced alien culture, are determined to destroy Earth before our scientists discover a bomb which will explode sunlight.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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

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    1. THX 1138<\/i><\/li>\n
    2. B) New Chicago<\/li>\n
    3. Mr. Fantastic<\/li>\n
    4. A Canticle for Leibowitz<\/i>, by Walter M. Miller, Jr.<\/li>\n
    5. Sandworms (Dune<\/i>)<\/li>\n
    6. The Thing from Another World<\/i> (1951) and The Thing<\/i> (1982). There’s also a prequel to the 1982 movie due out this year, also titled The Thing<\/i>.<\/li>\n
    7. Project Argus picks up signals coming from the direction of Vega.<\/li>\n
    8. Tin Soldier<\/i><\/li>\n
    9. Delos<\/li>\n
    10. Plan 9 from Outer Space<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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