This week's Trivia: Sci-Fi
Who doesn't love a story about a dystopian and/or post-apocalyptic future? Without them, how could we ever get a critical look at all the damage our current politics and manufacturing are destroying our societies?
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According to a novel by Ray Bradbury, at which temperature does book paper combust?
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Q2
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In Battlestar Galactica (2004 series), Commander Adama finds a note indicating that there are how many Cylon models?
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What is the name of the main character in Neal Stephenson's third novel, Snow Crash?
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Q4
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Providing an optimistic vision of the future where Earth has found peace and is exploring the final frontier, Star Trek debuted on American TV in which year?
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Q5
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The 1982 film, Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott, was based on which novel by Philip K. Dick?
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Q6
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In addition to Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, which of the following writers was considered one the "Big Three" sci-fi writers of their lifetime?
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Q7
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In Orson Scott Card's novel, Ender's Game, who gave Andrew Wiggin the nickname of "Ender"?
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Q8
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First released in 1998 for PC, what is the name of the main character in Half-Life?
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Q9
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While the film version was called 2010: The Year We Make Contact, what is the title of Arthur C Clarke's original novel on which the movie was based?
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Q10
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In the 1997 film, Event Horizon, the crew of the the Lewis and Clark are sent to investigate the titular spaceship. What happened to it 7 years prior?
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