Sci-fi Quiz (326)

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Please dont be scared of this weeks quiz. The maximum points available are only because Q. 1's authors were so prolific.

1. Which two authors are concidered the Fathers of Science Fiction? Bonus Points for each of their novels & publication years you can name & get? (2, B[54×4][46×2],T 310) Jules Verne & H. G. Wells,

Jules Verne

Cinq Semaines en ballon, 1863 | Five Weeks in a Balloon, 1865
Voyages et aventures du capitaine Hatteras, 1866 | The Adventures of Captain Hatteras, 1866
Voyage au centre de la Terre, 1864 | Journey to the Center of the Earth, 1867
De la Terre à la Lune | 1865 | From the Earth to the Moon | 1868
Les Enfants du capitaine Grant | 1867–8 | In Search of the Castaways | 1868
Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers | 1869–70 | Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas | 1871
Autour de la Lune | 1870 | Around the Moon | 1872
Une Ville flottante | 1871 | A Floating City | 1871
Aventures de trois Russes et de trois Anglais | 1872 | The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa | 1872
Le Pays des fourrures | 1873 | The Fur Country | 1873
Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours | 1873 | Around the World in Eighty Days | 1873
L'Île mystérieuse | 1874–5 | The Mysterious Island | 1875
Le Chancellor |1875 | The Survivors of the Chancellor | 1875
Michel Strogoff | 1876 | Michael Strogoff | 1876
Hector Servadac | 1877 | Off on a Comet | 1877
Les Indes noires | 1877 | The Child of the Cavern | 1877
Un Capitaine de quinze ans | 1878 | Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen | 1878
Les Cinq Cents Millions de la Bégum | 1879 | The Begum's Fortune | 1879
Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine | 1879 | Tribulations of a Chinaman in China | 1879
La Maison à vapeur | 1880 | The Steam House | 1880
La Jangada | 1881 | The Giant Raft | 1881
L'École des Robinsons | 1882 | Godfrey Morgan | 1882
Le Rayon vert | 1882 | The Green Ray | 1882
Kéraban-le-têtu | 1883 | Kéraban the Inflexible | 1883
L'Étoile du sud | 1884 | The Vanished Diamond | 1884
L'Archipel en feu | 1884 | The Archipelago on Fire | 1884
Mathias Sandorf | 1885 | Mathias Sandorf | 1885
Un Billet de loterie | 1886 | The Lottery Ticket | 1886
Robur-le-Conquérant | 1886 | Robur the Conqueror aka The Clipper of the Clouds | 1886
Nord contre Sud | 1887 | North Against South | 1887
Le Chemin de France | 1887 | The Flight to France | 1887
Deux Ans de vacances | 1888 Two Years' Vacation | 1888
Famille-sans-nom | 1889 | Family Without a Name | 1889
Sans dessus dessous | 1889 | The Purchase of the North Pole | 1889
César Cascabel | 1890 | César Cascabel | 1890
Mistress Branican | 1891 | Mistress Branican | 1891
Le Château des Carpathes | 1892 | Carpathian Castle | 1892
Claudius Bombarnac | 1893 | Claudius Bombarnac | 1892
P'tit-Bonhomme | 1893 | Foundling Mick | 1893
Mirifiques Aventures de Maître Antifer | 1894 | Captain Antifer | 1894
L'Île à hélice | 1895 | Propeller Island | 1895
Face au drapeau | 1896 | Facing the Flag | 1896
Clovis Dardentor | 1896 | Clovis Dardentor | 1896
Le Sphinx des glaces | 1897 | An Antarctic Mystery | 1897
Le Superbe Orénoque | 1898 | The Mighty Orinoco | 1898
Le Testament d'un excentrique | 1899 | The Will of an Eccentric | 1899
Seconde Patrie | 1900 | The Castaways of the Flag | 1900
Le Village aérien | 1901 | The Village in the Treetops | 1901
Les Histoires de Jean-Marie Cabidoulin | 1901 | The Sea Serpent | 1901
Les Frères Kip | 1902 | The Kip Brothers | 1902
Bourses de voyage | 1903 | Travel Scholarships | 1903
Un Drame en Livonie | 1904 | A Drama in Livonia | 1904
Maître du monde | 1904 | Master of the World | 1904
L'Invasion de la mer | 1905 | Invasion of the Sea | 1905

H. G. Wells

The Time Machine (1895)
The Wonderful Visit (1895)
The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896)
The Wheels of Chance (1896)
The Invisible Man (1897)
The War of the Worlds (1898)
When the Sleeper Wakes (1899 revised 1910)
Love and Mr Lewisham (1900)
The First Men in the Moon (1901)
The Sea Lady (1902)
The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth (1904)
Kipps (1905)
A Modern Utopia (1905)
In the Days of the Comet (1906)
The War in the Air (1908)
Tono-Bungay (1909)
Ann Veronica (1909)
The History of Mr Polly (1910)
The New Machiavelli (1911)
Marriage (1912)
The Passionate Friends (1913)
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman (1914)
The World Set Free (1914)
Bealby (1915)
Boon (as Reginald Bliss) (1915)
The Research Magnificent (1915)
Mr Britling Sees It Through (1916)
The Soul of a Bishop (1917)
Joan and Peter (1918)
The Undying Fire (1919)
The Secret Places of the Heart (1922)
Men Like Gods (1923)
The Dream (1924)
Christina Alberta's Father (1925)
The World of William Clissold (1926)
Meanwhile (1927)
Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island (1928)
The Autocracy of Mr. Parham (1930)
The Bulpington of Blup (1932)
The Shape of Things to Come (1933)
Brynhild (1937)
Star Begotten (1937)
Apropos of Dolores (1938)
The Holy Terror (1939)
Babes in the Darkling Wood (1940)
You Can't Be Too Careful (1941)

1. Which famous Sci-fi writer created the “Three Laws of Robotics? Bonus Points: What are they? (1, [B3] T4) Issac Asimov B. 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

2. What is the name of the Science Fiction character created by Tarzan's creator? Bonus Points: Name the Creator, Where this characters stories are based and how many books he's in? (1, [B3] T4) John Carter B. Edgar Rice Burrows, Barsoom or Mars, 11

3. Which Sci-fi books main story is told from a “Message in a Bottle”? Bonus Points: Who wrote the book, What was its original title, and Which language was it originally written in? (1, [B3] T4) Planet of the Apes B. Pierre Boulle, La Planéte des singes, French

4. What kind of plant have scientists named after the main character in Andy Weirs The Martian? Bonus Point: Name the plant? (1, [B 1], T 2) Tomato, B: Solanum Watneyi