{"id":24036,"date":"2022-08-13T13:30:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T17:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=24036"},"modified":"2022-08-12T23:10:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T03:10:28","slug":"post-2-of-7-summer-mega-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=24036","title":{"rendered":"POST 2 OF 7: SUMMER MEGA-QUIZ!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to Post 2 of 7 this afternoon!\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

4) SUMMER MEGA-QUIZ 2022!<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The summer sun is shining, the days stretch seemingly to infinity, and again do we enjoy backyard barbecues, farmer\u2019s markets, an afternoon poolside, or boating on the lake. We relish the vibrant street festivals, outdoor concerts, a cold one quaffed with friends on a downtown terrace, or a weekend away in the country. We catch the summer\u2019s blockbuster sci-fi movies, in some rural communities, perhaps at an old-fashioned drive-in theatre on a warm evening! We delight in a day at the beach, and dive eagerly into a good beach read! Yes, summertime<\/em>\u2026and the livin\u2019 is easy\u2026\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

With that vibe in mind, we offer on this fine afternoon a little light fun in the form of a trivia challenge, our Summer Mega-Quiz 2022! Can you answer all 50<\/em> of the following SF\/F-related questions? Good luck, and, of course, play fair; no resorting to Google or another search engine for the answers! You can<\/em> ask a friend for help, however, as long as your friend\u2019s name isn\u2019t Siri or Alexa!\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

1) <\/strong>Fill in the blank! These SF\/F titles are missing a single word: Infinity ______<\/em>; Dinosaur ______<\/em>; Blood ______<\/em>; and Steel ______<\/em>. What is that missing word?<\/p>\n

2)<\/strong> Star Wars<\/em> (1977) famously opens with this text: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away\u2026<\/p>\n

Identify the post-apocalyptic film that opens with these words appearing on screen:<\/p>\n

What you are about to see may never happen\u2026<\/p>\n

But to this anxious age in which we live, it presents a fearsome warning\u2026<\/p>\n

Our story begins with\u2026 The End!<\/p>\n

3)<\/strong> A landing party from the U.S.S. Enterprise<\/em> is about to beam down to this very spot! Upon which planet will they be setting foot?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

4)<\/strong> In what city was the first Worldcon held?<\/p>\n

5)<\/strong> Who painted this iconic War of the Worlds<\/em> scene for the cover of Amazing Stories<\/em>\u2019 August 1929 issue?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

6)<\/strong> Rocketship X-M<\/em> (1950), Zombies of Mora Tau<\/em> (1957), Invaders from Mars<\/em> (1953), and How to Make a Monster<\/em> (1958)\u2014with regards to casting, what do these SF\/F films share in common?<\/p>\n

7) <\/strong>In which U. S. state is set the giant-crocodile horror\/comedy film Lake Placid<\/em>?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

8)<\/strong> Cressie, Ponik, Old Ned, Ol\u2019 Slavey, and Mussie are the names of what?<\/p>\n

9)<\/strong> What was the first novel written by \u201cKing of Horror\u201d Stephen King?<\/p>\n

10)<\/strong> Kirk and Spock are about to materialize on this very spot! Upon which planet will they be setting foot?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

11)<\/strong> Pertaining to science fiction, what do rock stars Mick Fleetwood, Iggy Pop, and Tom Morello have in common?<\/p>\n

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Mick Fleetwood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Iggy Pop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Tom Morello<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

12)<\/strong> Appearing in \u201cWhat Are Little Girls Made Of?\u201d and providing the voice of both the Gorn captain in \u201cArena,\u201d and the puppet presented as the menacing face of cherubic commander Balok in \u201cThe Corbomite Maneuver,\u201d name this original-series Star Trek<\/em> guest star.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

13)<\/strong> In Star Trek<\/em>, what is the name of the planet Ardana\u2019s city-in-the-clouds?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

14)<\/strong> In The Andromeda Strain<\/em>, both novel (1969) and film (1971), what is the code-name given to the special, secret underground laboratory set up to contain and study dangerous microorganisms?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

15)<\/strong> In season three of Netflix\u2019s time-bending superhero series, The Umbrella Academy<\/em>, principal protagonists Luther, Diego, Allison, Klaus, Five, and Vanya (soon to become Viktor) find themselves in an altered timeline, one in which, rather than The Umbrella Academy, another<\/em> superhero team came to be created by their adoptive father, Sir Reginald Hargreeves. What is the name of this team?<\/p>\n

16)<\/strong> Who were \u201cAce\u201d Morgan, \u201cRed\u201d Ryan, \u201cRocky\u201d Davis, and \u201cProf\u201d Haley?<\/p>\n

17)<\/strong> Who was the 1943 Worldcon\u2019s Guest of Honour?<\/p>\n

18)<\/strong> Name the seasoned character actor who played Lieutenant-General Edward Considine in The Giant Claw<\/em> (1957).<\/p>\n

19)<\/strong> A Captain Kirk-led landing party from the Enterprise<\/em> is about to beam down to this very spot! Upon which planet will they be setting foot?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

20)<\/strong> Identify the actress in the black dress, here playing a bit-part in a classic Star Trek<\/em> episode.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

21)<\/strong> Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock, dressed in local attire so as not to attract undue attention, are about to beam down to this very spot! Upon which planet will they be setting foot?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

22)<\/strong> Earth\u2019s president, Kier Gray, seeks to exterminate a race of much-hated superbeings in which classic science fiction novel originally serialized in Astounding Science-Fiction<\/em>, September through October, 1940?<\/p>\n

23) <\/strong>Red or blue, which colour pill does Neo choose to take in The Matrix<\/em> (1999)?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

24) <\/strong>Name the seasoned character actor who played Dr. Albert Stern in Kronos<\/em> (1957).<\/p>\n

25)<\/strong> In what town does Dr. Miles Bennell practice medicine?<\/p>\n

26)<\/strong> The colonization vessel Leonora Christine<\/em>, crewed by 25 men and 25 women, her destination the nearby star Beta Virginis, is featured in which hard science fiction novel?<\/p>\n

27)<\/strong> First presented in 1973 to Jerry Pournelle, The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer is no longer called the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer! 2019 Campbell Award-winner Jeannette Ng described Campbell as \u201ca fascist\u201d during her acceptance speech at the 77th WorldCon, adding \u201cpulling down memorials to dead racists is not the erasing of history, it is how we make history.\u201d Her words prompted discussion and debate within the science fiction community, and in response, the award was shortly thereafter renamed. What is it now called?<\/p>\n

28)<\/strong> In what city was the 6th Worldcon held?<\/p>\n

29)<\/strong> Name the co-creators of the popular role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

30)<\/strong> An Enterprise<\/em> landing party is about to materialize on this very spot, within an area having an Earth-like environment on an otherwise inhospitable world! Upon which planet will they be setting foot?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

31) <\/strong>Name the seasoned character actor who played Dr. Thurgood Elson in The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms<\/em> (1953).<\/p>\n

32)<\/strong> In what city was the 31st Worldcon held?<\/p>\n

33)<\/strong> Identify the fantasy\/adventure film that opens with this epigram:<\/p>\n

And the prophet said:<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd lo, the beast looked upon the face of beauty. And it stayed its hand from killing.<\/p>\n

And from that day, it was as one dead.\u201d\u2014Old Arabian Proverb<\/em><\/p>\n

34)<\/strong> Kirk, Spock, and McCoy, on an emergency medical mission, are about to materialize on this very spot! Upon which planet will they be setting foot?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

35)<\/strong> Charlie Jane Anders\u2019 debut novel, All the Birds in the Sky<\/em> (2016), is described as a love story and m\u00e9lange of science fiction and fantasy. Who are the tale\u2019s protagonists, one a witch, the other an engineering whiz and gadgeteer?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

36)<\/strong> Name the four Federation starships that engage the M-5 computer-equipped Enterprise<\/em> in simulated war games that quickly become all too real in the classic Star Trek<\/em> episode \u201cThe Ultimate Computer.\u201d<\/p>\n

37)<\/strong> This Star Trek<\/em> guest star is, perhaps, best known among cult-film aficionados, at least, for which genre role?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

38)<\/strong> Identify the film that opens with the following axiom:<\/p>\n

\u201cRevenge is a dish best served cold.\u201d\u2014Old Klingon Proverb<\/em><\/p>\n

39)<\/strong> In what city was the 67th Worldcon held?<\/p>\n

40)<\/strong> When the lunar dust-cruiser Selene<\/em> becomes trapped beneath the fine powder of the moon\u2019s Sea of Thirst, a rescue mission is mounted to save her passengers and crew. This story is told in which Hugo-nominated hard science fiction novel?<\/p>\n

41)<\/strong> Which was the first science fiction novel selected to become a Reader\u2019s Digest<\/em> Condensed Novel?<\/p>\n

42)<\/strong> Human-angel hybrid Aaron Corbett, Starfleet\u2019s Captain James T. Kirk, vampire Stephan Salvatore, and werewolf Lucas \u201cLuke\u201d Cates\u2014what do these genre characters have in common?<\/p>\n

43)<\/strong> In which city is based author Laurel K. Hamilton\u2019s vampire hunter, Anita Blake?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

44) <\/strong>Name the seasoned character actor who played Brigadier General John Hanley in Earth vs. the Flying Saucers<\/em> (1956).<\/p>\n

45)<\/strong> Tarnsman of Gor<\/em> (1966), Avengers of Gor<\/em> (2021), Quarry of Gor<\/em> (2019), Marauders of Gor<\/em> (1975)\u2014as regards point of view, which of these titles does not belong?<\/p>\n

46)<\/strong> What coastal town is haunted by the murderous ghosts of the clipper ship Elizabeth Dane<\/em>\u2019s crew 100 years after the vessel was deliberately and deviously lured onto the rocks by the town\u2019s founders, and wrecked with all hands lost?<\/p>\n

47)<\/strong> Released as Monster<\/em> in Europe and Japan, this 1980 American sci-fi\/horror movie starring Doug McClure is about slimy sea-creatures that hunt the women of a seaside town for the purposes of mating! The film is better known domestically by its North American title. What is that title?<\/p>\n

48)<\/strong> How many novels currently comprise author John Norman\u2019s Chronicles of Counter-Earth?<\/p>\n

49)<\/strong> She Who Became the Sun<\/em>; Light From Uncommon Stars<\/em>; The Galaxy, and the Ground Within<\/em>; Project Hail Mary<\/em>; A Master of Djinn<\/em>; and A Desolation Called Peace<\/em>\u2014what do these novels have in common?<\/p>\n

50)<\/strong> \u201cAchronos,\u201d Old<\/em>, \u201cTideline,\u201d and The Sand<\/em>\u2014what do these SF\/F titles have in common?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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