ENTERTAINMENT 5 SCI FI AND FANTASY
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:50 pm1:-Which film, starring an actor who has often played Biblical roles, was based on a story title "Make Room!Make Room"? SOYLENT GREEN
2:-Which famous writer of fantasy served as the Merton Professor of English at Oxford University from 1945 to 1959? J.R.R. TOLKEIN
3:-Where would one find a Heffalump? IN THE ENCHANTED FOREST BELOW CHRISTOPHER ROBIN'S HOUSE
4:- Author and title please: The first in a series of novels about a society which utilizes the human voice as a mining tool, and which values perfect pitch above all other human talents... THE CRYSTAL SINGER
5:-Identify the quotation:
"...Must we drag on this stupid existence forever,
So idle and weary,so full of remorse,
While every one else takes his pleasure, and never
Seems happy unless he is riding a horse?" THE NUTCRACKERS AND THE SUGARTONGS
6:- Which naturalized American citizen, whose work interweaves social realism with fantasy, began his writing career on the New York City Yiddish language newspaper, the `Jewish Daily Forward'? ISSAC BASHEVIS SINGER
7:- Which classic sci-fi by a living author has just been made into a computer game that promises to be a bestseller? RENDEVOUS WITH RAMA
8: In Susan Cooper's superb "Dark Is Rising" series, the first book failed to achieve the impact of later titles and is thus less well known. What is this first work called? OVER SEA UNDER STONE
9: Date and title please:
"... There was a ---------
A very strange enchanted -----------
They say he wandered
Very Far, very far
Over land and sea......." NATURE BOY 1948
10:-In the 1950's, the Vargo Statten Science Fiction Magazine, which became the British Science Fiction Magazine was dismissed by many as "juvenile superscience". Who was Vargo Statten? JOHN RUSSEL FEHREN
11:- In the early 1950's, a book by a psychiatrist was widely circulated in Britain and the United States, contributing to the widespread banning of horror and fantasy comics. What was that book? SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENTS
12:- From the pen of which well-known author did the terms, ` Big Brother' , `Unperson', and `doublethink' enter the vernacular? GEORGE ORWELL 1984
13:- In 1947, Sci-Fi fan, William L. Crawford, started the `Fantasy Road Magazine', which was to run for four years. Which Golden Oldie Author was discovered and established by this publication? CORDWAINER SMITY
14:- In the late 1930's, a science-fiction fan club experienced the dubious distinction of having six of its most prominent members banned from attending the First World Science Fiction Convention. What did the group call itself? THE FRUTURIAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
15:- WHO SAID IT? " Science fiction readers are addicts, but they are active addicts, positive enthusiasts who are conscious, often all too conscious of being a specialized minority, highly vocal, and given to banding together in fan clubs....... KINGSLEY AMIS.
16:-In the early 80's, Australian Jessica Anderson wrote "Tirra Lirra By The River". But who SANG" Tirra Lirra By The River" ? SIR LANCELOT IN TENNYSON'S LADY OF SHALOTT
17:- In The long-running series,"Dr WHO", which actor first played the part of the zany doctor? WILLIAM HARTNELL
18:-What was the name of the legalized mind-altering substance freely ingested in `Brave new World'? SOMA
19:How many eyes did the 'Purple People Eater have? ONE
20:-What better-known work expanded and enlarged on a short story titled ` The Sentinel'? 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY
21: What Agatha Christie title is taken from a line in Tennyson's "Lady Of Shalott"? THE MIRROR CRACKED FROM SIDE TO SIDE
22: Fill the gap: " The ______ and the Stars" by Patricia Wrightson NARGUN
23: Which 1961 novel is described as 'A Russian 2001'? SOLARIS
24: On which original sci-fi novel is the film,"Village of the Damned" based? THE MIDWICH CUCKOO'S
25: A 1956 novel was later made into a highly publicized movie, during whose filming Ava Gardner was heard to describe exactly what she thought about Melbourne, Australia. Can you identify the film, book and author'? ON THE BEACH / NEVIL SHUTE
26: After years as an accclaimed short story writer, Nebula Award winner, James Tiptree Jnr., finally published a novel in 1978. What was it called? UP THE WALLS OF THE WORLD 1978
27: In the 1960's, the "Orbit" series of well-bound volumes published the best short stories from the best scifi and fantasy writers of the day. Who compiled these anthologies? DAMAN KNIGHT
28: In what year did the first Cordwainer Smith short story appear in print? 1928
29: Sam Youd, a talented scifi/fantasy writer of the 50's, is now much better known by which penname ? JOHN CHRISTOPHER
30: Fill the gap: "One -------- Spring" by Ray Bradbury, 1943. ONE TIMELESS SPRING
2:-Which famous writer of fantasy served as the Merton Professor of English at Oxford University from 1945 to 1959? J.R.R. TOLKEIN
3:-Where would one find a Heffalump? IN THE ENCHANTED FOREST BELOW CHRISTOPHER ROBIN'S HOUSE
4:- Author and title please: The first in a series of novels about a society which utilizes the human voice as a mining tool, and which values perfect pitch above all other human talents... THE CRYSTAL SINGER
5:-Identify the quotation:
"...Must we drag on this stupid existence forever,
So idle and weary,so full of remorse,
While every one else takes his pleasure, and never
Seems happy unless he is riding a horse?" THE NUTCRACKERS AND THE SUGARTONGS
6:- Which naturalized American citizen, whose work interweaves social realism with fantasy, began his writing career on the New York City Yiddish language newspaper, the `Jewish Daily Forward'? ISSAC BASHEVIS SINGER
7:- Which classic sci-fi by a living author has just been made into a computer game that promises to be a bestseller? RENDEVOUS WITH RAMA
8: In Susan Cooper's superb "Dark Is Rising" series, the first book failed to achieve the impact of later titles and is thus less well known. What is this first work called? OVER SEA UNDER STONE
9: Date and title please:
"... There was a ---------
A very strange enchanted -----------
They say he wandered
Very Far, very far
Over land and sea......." NATURE BOY 1948
10:-In the 1950's, the Vargo Statten Science Fiction Magazine, which became the British Science Fiction Magazine was dismissed by many as "juvenile superscience". Who was Vargo Statten? JOHN RUSSEL FEHREN
11:- In the early 1950's, a book by a psychiatrist was widely circulated in Britain and the United States, contributing to the widespread banning of horror and fantasy comics. What was that book? SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENTS
12:- From the pen of which well-known author did the terms, ` Big Brother' , `Unperson', and `doublethink' enter the vernacular? GEORGE ORWELL 1984
13:- In 1947, Sci-Fi fan, William L. Crawford, started the `Fantasy Road Magazine', which was to run for four years. Which Golden Oldie Author was discovered and established by this publication? CORDWAINER SMITY
14:- In the late 1930's, a science-fiction fan club experienced the dubious distinction of having six of its most prominent members banned from attending the First World Science Fiction Convention. What did the group call itself? THE FRUTURIAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
15:- WHO SAID IT? " Science fiction readers are addicts, but they are active addicts, positive enthusiasts who are conscious, often all too conscious of being a specialized minority, highly vocal, and given to banding together in fan clubs....... KINGSLEY AMIS.
16:-In the early 80's, Australian Jessica Anderson wrote "Tirra Lirra By The River". But who SANG" Tirra Lirra By The River" ? SIR LANCELOT IN TENNYSON'S LADY OF SHALOTT
17:- In The long-running series,"Dr WHO", which actor first played the part of the zany doctor? WILLIAM HARTNELL
18:-What was the name of the legalized mind-altering substance freely ingested in `Brave new World'? SOMA
19:How many eyes did the 'Purple People Eater have? ONE
20:-What better-known work expanded and enlarged on a short story titled ` The Sentinel'? 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY
21: What Agatha Christie title is taken from a line in Tennyson's "Lady Of Shalott"? THE MIRROR CRACKED FROM SIDE TO SIDE
22: Fill the gap: " The ______ and the Stars" by Patricia Wrightson NARGUN
23: Which 1961 novel is described as 'A Russian 2001'? SOLARIS
24: On which original sci-fi novel is the film,"Village of the Damned" based? THE MIDWICH CUCKOO'S
25: A 1956 novel was later made into a highly publicized movie, during whose filming Ava Gardner was heard to describe exactly what she thought about Melbourne, Australia. Can you identify the film, book and author'? ON THE BEACH / NEVIL SHUTE
26: After years as an accclaimed short story writer, Nebula Award winner, James Tiptree Jnr., finally published a novel in 1978. What was it called? UP THE WALLS OF THE WORLD 1978
27: In the 1960's, the "Orbit" series of well-bound volumes published the best short stories from the best scifi and fantasy writers of the day. Who compiled these anthologies? DAMAN KNIGHT
28: In what year did the first Cordwainer Smith short story appear in print? 1928
29: Sam Youd, a talented scifi/fantasy writer of the 50's, is now much better known by which penname ? JOHN CHRISTOPHER
30: Fill the gap: "One -------- Spring" by Ray Bradbury, 1943. ONE TIMELESS SPRING
is the Winnie the Pooh books enough of an answer 
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