The New Quiz!

[SPAfreak]

I'll let you put up another picture.

155 is Clive Cussler.

[Shem the Penman]

189. Sir Denis Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie.

[Bright-Raven]

187: Glamdring and Orcrist were forged in Gondolin (and I'm just lucky Solaris wasn't around to pick this one up!)

186: Son of Tarzan by Burroughs

174

(f): Anno-Drcula by Kim Newman
(i): The Cunning Man by Robertson Davies

[Bright-Raven]

182: I *think* Bester dies in or near Geneva, where he was sentenced to and incarcertated for War Crimes, in the same town he grew up in, sometimes referred to as a "teeptown". But I cannot remember if he escaped incarceration after being convicted or not. I do remember he dies in his sleep shortly after John Sheridan dies.

[Roquefort Raider]

191, number one son!

(that's my second rhyming answer!)

So nothing new under the sun,
but be proud of it, good sir!

I'll let you put up another picture.

155 is Clive Cussler.

You're a life saver... I was fed up attaching that %$# picture!!!
189. Sir Denis Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie.

Both also featured in Marvel's Master of Kung Fu (which mangled the name of Petrie's wife, though).
187: Glamdring and Orcrist were forged in Gondolin (and I'm just lucky Solaris wasn't around to pick this one up!)

I know what you mean!

186: Son of Tarzan by Burroughs

You got it!

174

(f): Anno-Dracula by Kim Newman
(i): The Cunning Man by Robertson Davies

Both right, and both pretty good books (if in wildly different fields).

182: I *think* Bester dies in or near Geneva, where he was sentenced to and incarcertated for War Crimes, in the same town he grew up in, sometimes referred to as a "teeptown". But I cannot remember if he escaped incarceration after being convicted or not. I do remember he dies in his sleep shortly after John Sheridan dies.

He did die in Teeptown; it was a sad ending to a sad life. Keyes wrote a moving tragedy with that trilogy; I'm surprised that books spun off from a TV show could have such depth.


129- Jason Bourne accidentally put a bullet in the head of a famous politician. Who was he?
hint: he's one of the major figures of the XXth century. His name can mean "cat" in a certain language if you pronounce it a certain way, but it's not the Shah (a clever guess by traxler).

130- In which Tor Conan novel does the Cimmerian wage war against his own son?
hint: It's written by Leonard Carpenter. The kid was also Yasmela of Khoraja's son.

174- Please name the story in which the following characters appear:
(a) Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley

190- Bob Morane is an adventurer who frequently opposes a Fu Manchu-like character; who is he?

192- What was the first book of Mrs. H.P. Blavatsky, founder of the theosophic society?

193- What title does Joseph Smith Jr. officially have regarding The Book of Mormon : Another Testament of Jesus Christ?

194- Who wrote the following three books:
The Way to Christ : Spiritual Exercises
Memory and Identity : Conversations at the Dawn of a Millennium
Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way

195- What hedonist converted to cathilicism and wrote the classical autobiography "Confessions"?

196- In Jerome K. Jerome's "three men in a boat (to say nothing of the dog)", what is the dog's name?

197- A novel by Sean McMullen tells us of an Etruscan secret society that managed to concoct a potion, the venenum immortale, that allows people to be frozen (à la Captain America) and thawed centuries later. What is its title?

198- What is Giovanni Boccaccio's most famous work, that starts with a description of the effects of the plague?

199- Who is the main protagonist of thomas Mann's Magoc Mountain?

200- What is the name of Catherine L. Moore's famous sword woman?




Shem the Penman 155
Bright-Raven 104
thetechnocrat 101,5
Kirayoshi 93
priestvyrce 60,5
Sir Tim Drake 48
Lone Ranger 46
Scott Beeler 46
Blueferret 43,5
Expletive Deleted 37,5
berk 35
Doodle Bob 35
SPAfreak 31
SOGG 28
Solaris 26,5
Memo 21
atoningunifex 21
Rob Allen 19,5
Clark Luthor 14
Michael Pullman 14
CaptMagellan 10
traxler 8
Melchior 7
Calamas 5
Donald M. 5
scyfli 5
Wesley Dodds 5
RKO 4
GozertheGozarian 1
MarkAndrew 1
Rocket13 0,5

[Karl J. Barnes]

195. St Augustine??

[traxler]

194. Mr Karol Wojtyla.

[traxler]

198. The Decameron.

[traxler]

199. Hans Catorp Kastorp Cantorp grrrrr..........

[traxler]

195. St Augustine??
*smacks forehead*
of course- you geeeeeeenius

[Shem the Penman]

200. Jirel of Joiry.

[Blueferret]

*smacks forehead*
of course- you geeeeeeenius


Dude, I had to translate the damn thing into English. What a pain in my ars.

[traxler]

Dude, I had to translate the damn thing into English. What a pain in my ars.
I would have got it if Rockford Radar had spelt Catholic right.




Not.

[Bright-Raven]

196- Montmorency

[Roquefort Raider]

195. St Augustine??

I liked his "make me virtuous but not just yet" stance.

194. Mr Karol Wojtyla.
I wonder what his internet name might have been.

198. The Decameron.
I'm waiting for the sequels, the undecameron and the dodecameron. (I hear that "Decameron vs Predator" is actually derived from a video game).

199. Hans Catorp Kastorp Cantorp grrrrr..........
Correct! It's Hans Grrrr.

200. Jirel of Joiry.
My copy of her adventures has a cool cover by Philippe Caza. She's an interesting character that could easily be further developed by other media.

196- Montmorency
But of course! And he's the sanest of the lot.


129- Jason Bourne accidentally put a bullet in the head of a famous politician. Who was he?
hint: he's one of the major figures of the XXth century. His name can mean "cat" in a certain language if you pronounce it a certain way, but it's not the Shah (a clever guess by traxler).
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/50.beyond/political.overview/link.mao.little.red.book.jpg

130- In which Tor Conan novel does the Cimmerian wage war against his own son?
hint: It's written by Leonard Carpenter. The kid was also Yasmela of Khoraja's son.
Conan the great. It's a novel that basically paralleled the plot of the Don Kraar-written run of Conan the king.

174- Please name the story in which the following characters appear:
(a) Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley

190- Bob Morane is an adventurer who frequently opposes a Fu Manchu-like character; who is he?

192- What was the first book of Mrs. H.P. Blavatsky, founder of the theosophic society?

193- What title does Joseph Smith Jr. officially have regarding The Book of Mormon : Another Testament of Jesus Christ?

197- A novel by Sean McMullen tells us of an Etruscan secret society that managed to concoct a potion, the venenum immortale, that allows people to be frozen (à la Captain America) and thawed centuries later. What is its title?

201- What famous detective stars in the following books?
A Morbid Taste for Bones
One Corpse Too Many
The Sanctuary Sparrow
Dead Man's Ransom
An Excellent Mystery
The Raven in the Foregate
The Rose Rent

202-The main character of Umberto Eco's "the name of the Rose", William of Baskerville, is a homage to two writers that Eco admired. Who were they?


203- One of Anne Perry's characters is detective Thomas Pitt. What is the name of his wife and partner in mystery solving?

204- What novel is Khan Noonian Singh sort of quoting from in "The wrath of Khan"?

Shem the Penman 155
Bright-Raven 105
thetechnocrat 101,5
Kirayoshi 93
priestvyrce 61,5
Sir Tim Drake 48
Lone Ranger 46
Scott Beeler 46
Blueferret 43,5
Expletive Deleted 37,5
berk 35
Doodle Bob 35
SPAfreak 31
SOGG 28
Solaris 26,5
Memo 21
atoningunifex 21
Rob Allen 19,5
Clark Luthor 14
Michael Pullman 14
traxler 11
CaptMagellan 10
Melchior 7
Calamas 5
Donald M. 5
scyfli 5
Wesley Dodds 5
RKO 4
GozertheGozarian 1
MarkAndrew 1
Rocket13 0,5

[Solaris]

129- Jason Bourne accidentally put a bullet in the head of a famous politician. Who was he?
hint: he's one of the major figures of the XXth century. His name can mean "cat" in a certain language if you pronounce it a certain way, but it's not the Shah (a clever guess by traxler).


Is that Chang Kai Shek? (sp?)

[Kirayoshi]

129- Jason Bourne accidentally put a bullet in the head of a famous politician. Who was he?
hint: he's one of the major figures of the XXth century. His name can mean "cat" in a certain language if you pronounce it a certain way, but it's not the Shah (a clever guess by traxler).

"If you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
You ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow!"
--Lennon and McCartney, "Revolution"

201- What famous detective stars in the following books?
A Morbid Taste for Bones
One Corpse Too Many
The Sanctuary Sparrow
Dead Man's Ransom
An Excellent Mystery
The Raven in the Foregate
The Rose Rent

One of my mom's favorite series, The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters.

202-The main character of Umberto Eco's "the name of the Rose", William of Baskerville, is a homage to two writers that Eco admired. Who were they?

William Blake and Arthur Conan Doyle?(I guessing on Baskerville)

204- What novel is Khan Noonian Singh sort of quoting from in "The wrath of Khan"?

Moby Dick. He also quotes a Sicilian proverb, identifying it as Klingon.

[Solaris]

129- Jason Bourne accidentally put a bullet in the head of a famous politician. Who was he?
hint: he's one of the major figures of the XXth century. His name can mean "cat" in a certain language if you pronounce it a certain way, but it's not the Shah (a clever guess by traxler).

"If you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
You ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow!"
--Lennon and McCartney, "Revolution"

201- What famous detective stars in the following books?
A Morbid Taste for Bones
One Corpse Too Many
The Sanctuary Sparrow
Dead Man's Ransom
An Excellent Mystery
The Raven in the Foregate
The Rose Rent

One of my mom's favorite series, The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters.

202-The main character of Umberto Eco's "the name of the Rose", William of Baskerville, is a homage to two writers that Eco admired. Who were they?

William Blake and Arthur Conan Doyle?(I guessing on Baskerville)

204- What novel is Khan Noonian Singh sort of quoting from in "The wrath of Khan"?

Moby Dick. He also quotes a Sicilian proverb, identifying it as Klingon.


Ah, Dang it, you're right: that's Mao Tse Tung (Dung? sp??? Argh. Well, I'm always better with faces than names, anyway! :D

[traxler]

203.
Charlotte. I was on holiday, ok?



Moby Dick. He also quotes a Sicilian proverb, identifying it as Klingon.
The Siciliani ARE Klingon.
Everone knows that.

[CaptMagellan]

Thank you RR. I'll take "Arrogant Colonial Spiritualists" for 100...

"192- What was the first book of Mrs. H.P. Blavatsky, founder of the theosophic society?"

Her first published book was the two volume "Isis Unveiled" almost 11 years before her more famous "Secret Doctrine".

These led to a series of arrogant English nobility taking Indian and other foreign spiritual concepts, and 'improving' upon them by mixing them with their own fancies and Christian viewpoints.

[Roquefort Raider]

129- Jason Bourne accidentally put a bullet in the head of a famous politician. Who was he?
hint: he's one of the major figures of the XXth century. His name can mean "cat" in a certain language if you pronounce it a certain way, but it's not the Shah (a clever guess by traxler).

Is that Chang Kai Shek? (sp?)

Bu shi. And that's about all the Chinese I know!
129- Jason Bourne accidentally put a bullet in the head of a famous politician. Who was he?

"If you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
You ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow!"
--Lennon and McCartney, "Revolution"

Mao it is. And lest anyone worries, Jason Bourne didn't kill the Chairman; he accidentally lodged a bullet in Mao's mummified body during a shooting exchange in Beijing. That was in "The Bourne Supremacy".

201- What famous detective stars in the following books?
A Morbid Taste for Bones
One Corpse Too Many
The Sanctuary Sparrow
Dead Man's Ransom
An Excellent Mystery
The Raven in the Foregate
The Rose Rent

One of my mom's favorite series, The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters.

Our mothers appear to have similar tastes!

202-The main character of Umberto Eco's "the name of the Rose", William of Baskerville, is a homage to two writers that Eco admired. Who were they?

William Blake and Arthur Conan Doyle?(I guessing on Baskerville)

Doyle is right.

204- What novel is Khan Noonian Singh sort of quoting from in "The wrath of Khan"?

Moby Dick. He also quotes a Sicilian proverb, identifying it as Klingon.

Those Klingons... Isn't it enough that they gave us Shakespeare?
203.
Charlotte. I was on holiday, ok?

That's the Pitts.
Thank you RR. I'll take "Arrogant Colonial Spiritualists" for 100...

"192- What was the first book of Mrs. H.P. Blavatsky, founder of the theosophic society?"

Her first published book was the two volume "Isis Unveiled" almost 11 years before her more famous "Secret Doctrine".

These led to a series of arrogant English nobility taking Indian and other foreign spiritual concepts, and 'improving' upon them by mixing them with their own fancies and Christian viewpoints.

But on the bright side, it gave Alan Moore a lot of material to play with!


174- Please name the story in which the following characters appear:
(a) Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley

190- Bob Morane is an adventurer who frequently opposes a Fu Manchu-like character; who is he?

http://www.imaginaire.ca/BobMorane/DossierBM-Images/BobMorane-MingSM.jpg

193- What title does Joseph Smith Jr. officially have regarding The Book of Mormon : Another Testament of Jesus Christ?

197- A novel by Sean McMullen tells us of an Etruscan secret society that managed to concoct a potion, the venenum immortale, that allows people to be frozen (à la Captain America) and thawed centuries later. What is its title?

202-The main character of Umberto Eco's "the name of the Rose", William of Baskerville, is a homage to two writers that Eco admired. Who were they?
(the second one is Arthur Conan Doyle, because of "the hounds of the Baskerville", as pointed out by Kirayoshi).

205- Who are the two wizards mentioned in "The Hobbit"?

206- What does crime-solver Kay Scarpetta do for a living?

207- What book about a viral outbreak in the suburbs of Washington DC made Ebola a household name, and inspired plenty of second-rate scary stories?


Shem the Penman 155
Bright-Raven 105
thetechnocrat 101,5
Kirayoshi 96,5
priestvyrce 61,5
Sir Tim Drake 48
Lone Ranger 46
Scott Beeler 46
Blueferret 43,5
Expletive Deleted 37,5
berk 35
Doodle Bob 35
SPAfreak 31
SOGG 28
Solaris 26,5
Memo 21
atoningunifex 21
Rob Allen 19,5
Clark Luthor 14
Michael Pullman 14
traxler 12
CaptMagellan 11
Melchior 7
Calamas 5
Donald M. 5
scyfli 5
Wesley Dodds 5
RKO 4
GozertheGozarian 1
MarkAndrew 1
Rocket13 0,5

[traxler]

206. Isn't she a coroner? (the person who performs inquests and autopsies)

205. Gandalf and Glenda. :)

[Karl J. Barnes]

206. Isn't she a coroner? (the person who performs inquests and autopsies)

205. Gandalf and Glenda. :)

Or Gandalf and Saurman or even Elrond and Gandalf.

[Kirayoshi]

207- What book about a viral outbreak in the suburbs of Washington DC made Ebola a household name, and inspired plenty of second-rate scary stories?

The Hot Zone

[Shem the Penman]

205. Gandalf and Radagast.

[SPAfreak]

206. Isn't she a coroner? (the person who performs inquests and autopsies)


Chief Medical Examiner. Coroner is an elected position, you don't have to be a doctor to be one.

[Roquefort Raider]

207- What book about a viral outbreak in the suburbs of Washington DC made Ebola a household name, and inspired plenty of second-rate scary stories?

The Hot Zone

Correct!
205. Gandalf and Radagast.

traxler and priestvyrce gave it a shot, but it was the elusive Radagast I wanted. (Gandalf mentions him to Beorn when Thorin & Co get to his farm). Saruman is not mentioned by name in The Hobbit, although a "council of white wizards" is.
Originally Posted by traxler
206. Isn't she a coroner? (the person who performs inquests and autopsies)

Chief Medical Examiner. Coroner is an elected position, you don't have to be a doctor to be one.

I'll grant you both the point, because to my uninformed eye a "person who inquests and autopsies" pretty much sums it up! Muchas gracias for the precision, SPAfreak.

190- Bob Morane is an adventurer who frequently opposes a Fu Manchu-like character; who is he?

http://www.imaginaire.ca/BobMorane/DossierBM-Images/BobMorane-MingSM.jpg

193- What title does Joseph Smith Jr. officially have regarding The Book of Mormon : Another Testament of Jesus Christ?

197- A novel by Sean McMullen tells us of an Etruscan secret society that managed to concoct a potion, the venenum immortale, that allows people to be frozen (à la Captain America) and thawed centuries later. What is its title?

202-The main character of Umberto Eco's "the name of the Rose", William of Baskerville, is a homage to two writers that Eco admired. Who were they?
(the second one is Arthur Conan Doyle, because of "the hounds of the Baskerville", as pointed out by Kirayoshi).

208- Who wrote "A universal history of infamy"?

209- 174- Please name the story in which the following characters appear:
(a) Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley
(b) Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula Iguaran
(c) Väinämöinen, Ilmarinen, Lemminkäinen and Louhi
(d) Ingimund, Thorgrim, Hrolleif and the valley called Vatnsdal
(e) Terry Lennox, Howard Spencer, Linda Loring and Harlan Potter

210- The statue from attachment 210, currently found in New Orleans, was made in honor of which local literary character?

211- Sparhawk and Martel belonged to what kinghtly order?


Shem the Penman 156
Bright-Raven 105
thetechnocrat 101,5
Kirayoshi 97,5
priestvyrce 61,5
Sir Tim Drake 48
Lone Ranger 46
Scott Beeler 46
Blueferret 43,5
Expletive Deleted 37,5
berk 35
Doodle Bob 35
SPAfreak 32
SOGG 28
Solaris 26,5
Memo 21
atoningunifex 21
Rob Allen 19,5
Clark Luthor 14
Michael Pullman 14
traxler 13
CaptMagellan 11
Melchior 7
Calamas 5
Donald M. 5
scyfli 5
Wesley Dodds 5
RKO 4
GozertheGozarian 1
MarkAndrew 1
Rocket13 0,5

[Shem the Penman]

209c: The Kalevala.

210: Ignatius Reilly, of A Confederacy of Dunces fame?

[Doodle Bob]

202: William of Occam

211: I was going to say the Templars but that's much too early.

[Roquefort Raider]

209c: The Kalevala.

Yoü äre korekkt!

210: Ignatius Reilly, of A Confederacy of Dunces fame?

Wow! I didn't expect that one to be identified so fast! Good job, Shem.

202: William of Occam

An early competitor of Bic and Gilette in the razor business, or so I heard.

211: I was going to say the Templars but that's much too early.

Particularly since Sprhawk and co. live in a fantasy world!

190- Bob Morane is an adventurer who frequently opposes a Fu Manchu-like character; who is he?

http://www.imaginaire.ca/BobMorane/DossierBM-Images/BobMorane-MingSM.jpg

193- What title does Joseph Smith Jr. officially have regarding The Book of Mormon : Another Testament of Jesus Christ?

197- A novel by Sean McMullen tells us of an Etruscan secret society that managed to concoct a potion, the venenum immortale, that allows people to be frozen (à la Captain America) and thawed centuries later. What is its title?

208- Who wrote "A universal history of infamy"?

209- 174- Please name the story in which the following characters appear:
(a) Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley
(b) Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula Iguaran
(d) Ingimund, Thorgrim, Hrolleif and the valley called Vatnsdal
(e) Terry Lennox, Howard Spencer, Linda Loring and Harlan Potter

211- Sparhawk and Martel belonged to what kinghtly order?

212- H. P. Lovecraft introduced the Necronomicon, a cursed book written by Abdul Alhazred. That book popped up in many of Lovecraft's colleagues' stories, but some of them created their own to build a veritable library of occult tomes. Please name the author of the following imaginary books or name the real-world writer who introduced them. (Two points if you provide both answers)!
a) Liber Ivonis
b) Cultes des Goules
c) De Vermis Mysteriis
d) The People of the Monolith
e) The pnakotic manuscripts (fragments) (Lovecraft)
f) Seven Cryptical Books of Hsan
g) Unaussprechlichen Kulten, Black Book, or Nameless Cults

213- What is there inside harry Potter's magic wand?

214- What is the peculiarity of the alien species most prominently featured in "the left hand of darkness"?




Shem the Penman 158
Bright-Raven 105
thetechnocrat 101,5
Kirayoshi 97,5
priestvyrce 61,5
Sir Tim Drake 48
Lone Ranger 46
Scott Beeler 46
Blueferret 43,5
Expletive Deleted 37,5
berk 35
Doodle Bob 36
SPAfreak 32
SOGG 28
Solaris 26,5
Memo 21
atoningunifex 21
Rob Allen 19,5
Clark Luthor 14
Michael Pullman 14
traxler 13
CaptMagellan 11
Melchior 7
Calamas 5
Donald M. 5
scyfli 5
Wesley Dodds 5
RKO 4
GozertheGozarian 1
MarkAndrew 1
Rocket13 0,5

[Michael P]

213- What is there inside harry Potter's magic wand? - A phoenix feather. From Dumbledore's pet phoenix, as it turns out.

214- What is the peculiarity of the alien species most prominently featured in "the left hand of darkness"? - They're gender neutral for most of the year, and when in "heat" they can become either male or female.

[traxler]

Chief Medical Examiner. Coroner is an elected position, you don't have to be a doctor to be one.
I thought there's a differece between Uk and US on what a coroner does/is, which is why I put the job description in brackets.


208. Borges. George Louis

[Shem the Penman]

212a: Liber Ivonis -- that'd be The Book of Eibon, created by Clark Ashton Smith, right?

212c: De Vermiis Mysteris -- I want to say August Derleth for the real creator.

212g: The fictional author of Unausprechlichen Kulten is von Junzt. As for the real creator, hmm: Robert Bloch?

[CaptMagellan]

"209- 174- Please name the story in which the following characters appear:
(d) Ingimund, Thorgrim, Hrolleif and the valley called Vatnsdal "

That would be the Vatnsdaela Saga.

"212g: The fictional author of Unausprechlichen Kulten is von Junzt. As for the real creator, hmm: Robert Bloch?"

The real world author would be Robert E. Howard. Anyone who wants to read Howard's stab at Lovecraftian style horror should pick up "Nameless Cults" by Chaosium. They collected all his mythos stuff in that book.

[Bright-Raven]

211- Sparhawk and Martel belonged to what knightly order?

Pandion Knights?

[Sir Tim Drake]

209b. One Hundred Years of Solitude

[Roquefort Raider]

213- What is there inside harry Potter's magic wand? - A phoenix feather. From Dumbledore's pet phoenix, as it turns out.

214- What is the peculiarity of the alien species most prominently featured in "the left hand of darkness"? - They're gender neutral for most of the year, and when in "heat" they can become either male or female.

Two for two!
208. Borges. George Louis
Tiene razon!
212a: Liber Ivonis -- that'd be The Book of Eibon, created by Clark Ashton Smith, right?
Absolutely.

212c: De Vermiis Mysteris -- I want to say August Derleth for the real creator.
No, but it's one of that circle of guys.

212g: The fictional author of Unausprechlichen Kulten is von Junzt. As for the real creator, hmm: Robert Bloch?
von Junzt is right.
"209- 174- Please name the story in which the following characters appear:
(d) Ingimund, Thorgrim, Hrolleif and the valley called Vatnsdal "

That would be the Vatnsdaela Saga.
Yes. It's a very, very good saga... I like it even better than Egil's or Njall's.

"212g: The fictional author of Unausprechlichen Kulten is von Junzt. As for the real creator, hmm: Robert Bloch?"

The real world author would be Robert E. Howard. Anyone who wants to read Howard's stab at Lovecraftian style horror should pick up "Nameless Cults" by Chaosium. They collected all his mythos stuff in that book.
Thanks for the info, Cap. One can never get enough of Howard's stuff!
211- Sparhawk and Martel belonged to what knightly order?

Pandion Knights?
Yep!
209b. One Hundred Years of Solitude
Correct!



190- Bob Morane is an adventurer who frequently opposes a Fu Manchu-like character; who is he?

http://www.imaginaire.ca/BobMorane/DossierBM-Images/BobMorane-MingSM.jpg

That's Mr. Ming, also called the Yellow Shadow.

193- What title does Joseph Smith Jr. officially have regarding The Book of Mormon : Another Testament of Jesus Christ?

197- A novel by Sean McMullen tells us of an Etruscan secret society that managed to concoct a potion, the venenum immortale, that allows people to be frozen (à la Captain America) and thawed centuries later. What is its title?

209- 174- Please name the story in which the following characters appear:
(a) Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley
(e) Terry Lennox, Howard Spencer, Linda Loring and Harlan Potter

212- H. P. Lovecraft introduced the Necronomicon, a cursed book written by Abdul Alhazred. That book popped up in many of Lovecraft's colleagues' stories, but some of them created their own to build a veritable library of occult tomes. Please name the author of the following imaginary books or name the real-world writer who introduced them. (Two points if you provide both answers)!
b) Cultes des Goules
d) The People of the Monolith
e) The pnakotic manuscripts (fragments)
f) Seven Cryptical Books of Hsan


215- This book, a big reflection on human thought and creativity, has in its title the names of a famous mathematician, a famous composer and a famous illustrator. What is it?

216- In the novel "Halfway human", humanity is divided in three classes. What are they?

217- At what inn did Jim meet Long John Silver?

218- According to Edgar Alan Poe, what is it that entices us to look over the edge of a precipice, even though we know that it's extremely dangerous?

219- In "A year in Provence", author Peter Mayle describes how he and his wife arranged their new home in the south of France. What did they use for their garden table?




Shem the Penman 161
Bright-Raven 106
thetechnocrat 101,5
Kirayoshi 97,5
priestvyrce 61,5
Sir Tim Drake 49
Lone Ranger 46
Scott Beeler 46
Blueferret 43,5
Expletive Deleted 37,5
berk 35
Doodle Bob 36
SPAfreak 32
SOGG 28
Solaris 26,5
Memo 21
atoningunifex 21
Rob Allen 19,5
Michael Pullman 16
Clark Luthor 14
traxler 14
CaptMagellan 13
Melchior 7
Calamas 5
Donald M. 5
scyfli 5
Wesley Dodds 5
RKO 4
GozertheGozarian 1
MarkAndrew 1
Rocket13 0,5

[Shem the Penman]

215. Godel, Escher, Bach.

217. The Admiral Benbow.

[Sir Tim Drake]

218. The perverse? Just a guess.

[Roquefort Raider]

215. Godel, Escher, Bach.
And in that order, too!

217. The Admiral Benbow.
"It's a quality establishment. And I hear the staff are very good".
218. The perverse? Just a guess.
Yup, the imp of the perverse is to blame. I find that an amusing concept, because how many times must we fight against the urge of saying that funny but oh so stupid or dangerous thing, or to put our finger where it has no business?


193- What title does Joseph Smith Jr. officially have regarding The Book of Mormon : Another Testament of Jesus Christ?

197- A novel by Sean McMullen tells us of an Etruscan secret society that managed to concoct a potion, the venenum immortale, that allows people to be frozen (à la Captain America) and thawed centuries later. What is its title?

209-Please name the story in which the following characters appear:
(a) Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley
(e) Terry Lennox, Howard Spencer, Linda Loring and Harlan Potter

212- H. P. Lovecraft introduced the Necronomicon, a cursed book written by Abdul Alhazred. That book popped up in many of Lovecraft's colleagues' stories, but some of them created their own to build a veritable library of occult tomes. Please name the author of the following imaginary books or name the real-world writer who introduced them. (Two points if you provide both answers)!
b) Cultes des Goules
d) The People of the Monolith
e) The pnakotic manuscripts (fragments)
f) Seven Cryptical Books of Hsan

216- In the novel "Halfway human", humanity is divided in three classes. What are they?

219- In "A year in Provence", author Peter Mayle describes how he and his wife arranged their new home in the south of France. What did they use for their garden table?

220- In what book do we meet a native princess named Tiger Lily?

221- Why would one want to get to the Well at World's End?

222- What sport is prominently featured in the novel "Polar city blues"?

223- What is the title of Thomas Friedman's recent "history of the The Twenty-first Century"?


Shem the Penman 163
Bright-Raven 106
thetechnocrat 101,5
Kirayoshi 97,5
priestvyrce 61,5
Sir Tim Drake 50
Lone Ranger 46
Scott Beeler 46
Blueferret 43,5
Expletive Deleted 37,5
berk 35
Doodle Bob 36
SPAfreak 32
SOGG 28
Solaris 26,5
Memo 21
atoningunifex 21
Rob Allen 19,5
Michael Pullman 16
Clark Luthor 14
traxler 14
CaptMagellan 13
Melchior 7
Calamas 5
Donald M. 5
scyfli 5
Wesley Dodds 5
RKO 4
GozertheGozarian 1
MarkAndrew 1
Rocket13 0,5

[Rocket13]

for 220, is it Peter Pan?

[traxler]

223. The World (Earth?) is Flat.

but I'd rather have guessed the Peter Pan one. :)

[Karl J. Barnes]

221. Because in the Well, you could reset the whole universe.

[Rocket13]

If I had even a guess at one of the others I might not have tried the Peter Pan one. Peter Pan may not even be an acceptable answer as well.

[Rob Allen]

193. Translator?

[Sir Tim Drake]

223. The Lexus and the Olive Tree? I guess that's not so recent anymore...

[Bright-Raven]

216- In the novel "Halfway human", humanity is divided in three classes. What are they?

Humans, Blands, and I don't know the third.

[Roquefort Raider]

for 220, is it Peter Pan?
Yes it is!
223. The World (Earth?) is Flat.

but I'd rather have guessed the Peter Pan one.
We're bound to get more Peter Pan questions eventually.
221. Because in the Well, you could reset the whole universe.
Could you? So that's where the people behind Crisis on Infinite Earths went to!
193. Translator?
Indeed.
216- In the novel "Halfway human", humanity is divided in three classes. What are they?

Humans, Blands, and I don't know the third.
Well, you got the answer. Humans were technically dinstinguished in sexually immature (among which one couldn't tell blands from "normal" humans) and sexually mature. Of course, the novel tells us that the whole thing was a farce; "blands" were as human as everyone else but hormonally engineered as a slave race.


197- A novel by Sean McMullen tells us of an Etruscan secret society that managed to concoct a potion, the venenum immortale, that allows people to be frozen (à la Captain America) and thawed centuries later. What is its title?
The centurion's empire

209-Please name the story in which the following characters appear:
(a) Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley
(e) Terry Lennox, Howard Spencer, Linda Loring and Harlan Potter

212- H. P. Lovecraft introduced the Necronomicon, a cursed book written by Abdul Alhazred. That book popped up in many of Lovecraft's colleagues' stories, but some of them created their own to build a veritable library of occult tomes. Please name the author of the following imaginary books or name the real-world writer who introduced them. (Two points if you provide both answers)!
b) Cultes des Goules
d) The People of the Monolith
e) The pnakotic manuscripts (fragments)
f) Seven Cryptical Books of Hsan

219- In "A year in Provence", author Peter Mayle describes how he and his wife arranged their new home in the south of France. What did they use for their garden table?

221- Why would one want to get to the Well at World's End?

222- What sport is prominently featured in the novel "Polar city blues"?


224- In Michael Moorcock's The land leviathan, who rules the racially-blind state of Bantustan?

225- What british prime minister won the Nobel prize for literature?

226- What emperor adopted Baudolino, in the eponymous novel by Umberto Eco?


Shem the Penman 163
Bright-Raven 107
thetechnocrat 101,5
Kirayoshi 97,5
priestvyrce 61,5
Sir Tim Drake 50
Lone Ranger 46
Scott Beeler 46
Blueferret 43,5
Expletive Deleted 37,5
berk 35
Doodle Bob 36
SPAfreak 32
SOGG 28
Solaris 26,5
Memo 21
atoningunifex 21
Rob Allen 20,5
Michael Pullman 16
traxler 15
Clark Luthor 14
CaptMagellan 13
Melchior 7
Calamas 5
Donald M. 5
scyfli 5
Wesley Dodds 5
RKO 4
Rocket13 1,5
GozertheGozarian 1
MarkAndrew 1

[traxler]

226. Barbarossa

225. Winnie Churchill.
Notwithstanding all the honours, titles and favours shown this great leader
after the war, (he turned down a dukedom, saying one was enough
for any family) this was the award he claimed to value most.

[Bright-Raven]

221- Why would one want to get to the Well at World's End?

Uhm... to be healed? (It sort of depends... if your motives are pure, it rewards you)


222- What sport is prominently featured in the novel "Polar City Blues"?

Baseball

[Blueferret]

209-Please name the story in which the following characters appear:


(a) Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley

Farewell to Arms


(e) Terry Lennox, Howard Spencer, Linda Loring and Harlan Potter

The Long Goodbye

[Roquefort Raider]

226. Barbarossa
Isn't he the emperor who drowned in a river, thus proving the medieval claim that bathing was unhealthy?

225. Winnie Churchill.
Notwithstanding all the honours, titles and favours shown this great leader
after the war, (he turned down a dukedom, saying one was enough
for any family) this was the award he claimed to value most.
I can understand that. A creator (of anything) is always happy when the work is lauded.
221- Why would one want to get to the Well at World's End?

Uhm... to be healed? (It sort of depends... if your motives are pure, it rewards you)

It will heal, and grant long life and beauty too, not to mention wisdom and... well, that's reason enough already.!

222- What sport is prominently featured in the novel "Polar City Blues"?

Baseball
Yes, although I wonder why the author felt that baseball was such a difficult sport to understand (especially since any non-American reader of the novel is likely to be English of Australian, and both these countries are familiar with cricket).
209-Please name the story in which the following characters appear:

(a) Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley
Farewell to Arms
Correct.

(e) Terry Lennox, Howard Spencer, Linda Loring and Harlan Potter

The Long Goodbye
And I'm outta here!

212- H. P. Lovecraft introduced the Necronomicon, a cursed book written by Abdul Alhazred. That book popped up in many of Lovecraft's colleagues' stories, but some of them created their own to build a veritable library of occult tomes. Please name the author of the following imaginary books or name the real-world writer who introduced them. (Two points if you provide both answers)!
b) Cultes des Goules
d) The People of the Monolith
e) The pnakotic manuscripts (fragments)
f) Seven Cryptical Books of Hsan

219- In "A year in Provence", author Peter Mayle describes how he and his wife arranged their new home in the south of France. What did they use for their garden table?

224- In Michael Moorcock's The land leviathan, who rules the racially-blind state of Bantustan?


227- Among these people, who did not receive the Nobel prize for literature?
(a) T. S. Eliot
(b) Hemingway
(c) Borges
(d) Steinbeck
(e) Quasimodo

228- In Kafka's Metamorphosis, what does Gregor Samsa turn into?

229- Among these choices, what best resumes Kafka's "the trial"?
(a) Get a lawyer.
(b) Despite the unfairness of the legal system, justice usually prevails.
(c) Only the rich or powerful have a right to justice.
(d) Even being acquited doesn't mean you're scott free.
(e) It's not about playing by the rules; if you play at all, you're doomed.

230- What book by nutjob L. Ron Hubbard is the basis for the scam known as scientology?

231- What story by Joseph Conrad gave its name to a spaceship familiar to fans of SF movies?

232- What was the address of Holmes and Watson on Baker street?

233- Who wrote the Stainless Steel Rat series?

234- What's the name of Elijah Bailey's former Solarian flame?


Shem the Penman 163
Bright-Raven 109
thetechnocrat 101,5
Kirayoshi 97,5
priestvyrce 61,5
Sir Tim Drake 50
Lone Ranger 46
Scott Beeler 46
Blueferret 45,5
Expletive Deleted 37,5
berk 35
Doodle Bob 36
SPAfreak 32
SOGG 28
Solaris 26,5
Memo 21
atoningunifex 21
Rob Allen 20,5
traxler 17
Michael Pullman 16
Clark Luthor 14
CaptMagellan 13
Melchior 7
Calamas 5
Donald M. 5
scyfli 5
Wesley Dodds 5
RKO 4
Rocket13 1,5
GozertheGozarian 1
MarkAndrew 1

[traxler]

232. 221B, Baker Street. Which for years has been owned by Marks and Spencer's.

228. A beetle? In any case an insect.

230. Dianetics.

227. Borges. Obviously Churchill was the greater writer. Obviously.

231. Nostromo

229. At a guess, E. :)

[Michael P]

228- In Kafka's Metamorphosis, what does Gregor Samsa turn into? - The text describes it as "vermin;" the most popular iteration of this has been a giant cockroach.

229- Among these choices, what best resumes Kafka's "the trial"?
(e) It's not about playing by the rules; if you play at all, you're doomed.

230- What book by nutjob L. Ron Hubbard is the basis for the scam known as scientology? - Dianetics. There's a group of recruiters in the Times Square subway hub every damn time I walk through there.

234- What's the name of Elijah Bailey's former Solarian flame? - Gladia DelMarre

[Karl J. Barnes]

233. Harry Harrison

[Karl J. Barnes]

226. Barbarossa
Isn't he the emperor who drowned in a river, thus proving the medieval claim that bathing was unhealthy?

I thought that was France's King Louis IX, who drowned in shallow water; because his armor was too heavy. But it might have been Barbarossa,too.

[traxler]

226. Barbarossa
Isn't he the emperor who drowned in a river, thus proving the medieval claim that bathing was unhealthy?

I thought that was France's King Louis IX, who drowned in shallow water; because his armor was too heavy. But it might have been Barbarossa,too.
Louis IX ,saint ,scholar and acrobat died of typhoid or something yucky
in north africa. Probably not on holiday.

[Karl J. Barnes]

Louis IX ,saint ,scholar and acrobat died of typhoid or something yucky
in north africa. Probably not on holiday.

Well, I do seem to remember another King dying by drowning, but it has been some twenty odd years since I've studied Medieval history.

[traxler]

Well, I do seem to remember another King dying by drowning, but it has been some twenty odd years since I've studied Medieval history.
I only know Barbarossa; how did Bluebeard die?

[Blueferret]

230- What book by nutjob L. Ron Hubbard is the basis for the scam known as scientology?

How do you really feel, R.R.? :D

[Solaris]

227- Among these people, who did not receive the Nobel prize for literature?
(e) Quasimodo

Somehow I don't see the fictional Hunchback winning this prize... :D

230- What book by nutjob L. Ron Hubbard is the basis for the scam known as scientology?

Dianetics?

231- What story by Joseph Conrad gave its name to a spaceship familiar to fans of SF movies?

Enterprise?

232- What was the address of Holmes and Watson on Baker street?

221B

[Solaris]

226. Barbarossa
Isn't he the emperor who drowned in a river, thus proving the medieval claim that bathing was unhealthy?

I thought that was France's King Louis IX, who drowned in shallow water; because his armor was too heavy. But it might have been Barbarossa,too.


No... he's the first mate on the Black Pearl, who led the mutiny against Captain Jack Sparrow! :D

[Sir Tim Drake]

227- Among these people, who did not receive the Nobel prize for literature?
(e) Quasimodo

Somehow I don't see the fictional Hunchback winning this prize... :D

Salvatore Quasimodo was an Italian poet. :)

Other people who didn't win the Nobel Prize include Mark Twain and Leo Tolstoy, even though they were both alive when the earliest Nobel Prizes were awarded. Instead the Swedish Academy chose to honor a bunch of nobodies like Theodor Mommsen, Frederic Mistral, and Rudolf Eucken, who are now remembered only because they won the Nobel Prize.

[traxler]

Other people who didn't win the Nobel Prize include Mark Twain and Leo Tolstoy, even though they were both alive when the earliest Nobel Prizes were awarded. Instead the Swedish Academy chose to honor a bunch of nobodies like Theodor Mommsen, Frederic Mistral, and Rudolf Eucken, who are now remembered only because they won the Nobel Prize.
For some odd reason Dan Brown hasn't won it yet either.
P'raps that'll change next year.

[Solaris]

Salvatore Quasimodo was an Italian poet. :)

Other people who didn't win the Nobel Prize include Mark Twain and Leo Tolstoy, even though they were both alive when the earliest Nobel Prizes were awarded. Instead the Swedish Academy chose to honor a bunch of nobodies like Theodor Mommsen, Frederic Mistral, and Rudolf Eucken, who are now remembered only because they won the Nobel Prize.


Darn! And here I hoped RR had included the name as a joke-answer!

Ah well. :D I'd rather be ignorant and funny, than just plain ignorant. ;)

[Roquefort Raider]

232. 221B, Baker Street. Which for years has been owned by Marks and Spencer's.
Resistance is futile... It will be a Starbuck's someday.

228. A beetle? In any case an insect.
Yup.

230. Dianetics.
We should all write one of those and become rich.

227. Borges. Obviously Churchill was the greater writer. Obviously.
He certainly was bigger.

231. Nostromo
Curse you, knowledgeable traxler! I was so proud of that one!!!

229. At a guess, E.
Heh! Yep. David Lodge did a nice pastiche of that despairing feeling in one of the chapters of his funny "the fall of the British Museum".

Man, that's SIX POINTS in one go!!!
228- In Kafka's Metamorphosis, what does Gregor Samsa turn into? - The text describes it as "vermin;" the most popular iteration of this has been a giant cockroach.

229- Among these choices, what best resumes Kafka's "the trial"?
(e) It's not about playing by the rules; if you play at all, you're doomed.

230- What book by nutjob L. Ron Hubbard is the basis for the scam known as scientology? - Dianetics. There's a group of recruiters in the Times Square subway hub every damn time I walk through there.
If you could fart in their general direction, I'd be ever so grateful.

234- What's the name of Elijah Bailey's former Solarian flame? - Gladia DelMarre
Correct!
233. Harry Harrison
Correct!

227- Among these people, who did not receive the Nobel prize for literature?
(e) Quasimodo

Somehow I don't see the fictional Hunchback winning this prize...
And yet... ;)

230- What book by nutjob L. Ron Hubbard is the basis for the scam known as scientology?

Dianetics?

231- What story by Joseph Conrad gave its name to a spaceship familiar to fans of SF movies?

Enterprise?
Nostromo, the ship in Alien.

232- What was the address of Holmes and Watson on Baker street?

221B


212- H. P. Lovecraft introduced the Necronomicon, a cursed book written by Abdul Alhazred. That book popped up in many of Lovecraft's colleagues' stories, but some of them created their own to build a veritable library of occult tomes. Please name the author of the following imaginary books or name the real-world writer who introduced them. (Two points if you provide both answers)!
b) Cultes des Goules
d) The People of the Monolith
e) The pnakotic manuscripts (fragments)
f) Seven Cryptical Books of Hsan

219- In "A year in Provence", author Peter Mayle describes how he and his wife arranged their new home in the south of France. What did they use for their garden table?

224- In Michael Moorcock's The land leviathan, who rules the racially-blind state of Bantustan?

235- Who is the robot who decided the fate of mankind in Asimov's "Robots and Empire"?

236- Before the final "Amen", what is the last sentence in the Bible? (Let's say in the King James version).

237- What do Frank Herbert's planet of Pandora and Sharon Shinn's Samaria have in common, theologically speaking?

238- In what Michael Moorcock story do we witness a surprising account of the crucifiction of Jesus?

239- What title does not belong to this list?
(a) Thongor, barbarian swordsman
(b) Thongor at the End of Time
(c) Thongor against the Gods
(d) Thongor in the City of Magicians
(e) Thongor of Lemuria
(f) Thongor fights the pirates of Tarakus

(Thongor is a S&S character created by Lin Carter; his adventures were partly adapted in Marvel Comics' creatures on the loose in the 70s).

240- What Burroughs-esque series is set on a world that directly opposes the Earth in its orbit?




Shem the Penman 163
Bright-Raven 109
thetechnocrat 101,5
Kirayoshi 97,5
priestvyrce 62,5
Sir Tim Drake 50
Lone Ranger 46
Scott Beeler 46
Blueferret 45,5
Expletive Deleted 37,5
berk 35
Doodle Bob 36
SPAfreak 32
SOGG 28
Solaris 26,5
traxler 23
Memo 21
atoningunifex 21
Rob Allen 20,5
Michael Pullman 17
Clark Luthor 14
CaptMagellan 13
Melchior 7
Calamas 5
Donald M. 5
scyfli 5
Wesley Dodds 5
RKO 4
Rocket13 1,5
GozertheGozarian 1
MarkAndrew 1

[Roquefort Raider]

how did Bluebeard die?

He dyed it blue.

[Roquefort Raider]

230- What book by nutjob L. Ron Hubbard is the basis for the scam known as scientology?

How do you really feel, R.R.? :D


Why, I maintain an aloof sense of equanimity and fairness.

[Roquefort Raider]

Darn! And here I hoped RR had included the name as a joke-answer!

That was the general idea! ;)

Ah well. :D I'd rather be ignorant and funny, than just plain ignorant. ;)

Funny always, ignorant, never. And with a cool avatar!!!

[Solaris]

235- Who is the robot who decided the fate of mankind in Asimov's "Robots and Empire"?

Brown? Darn it, I've read that, and that's the only name that comes to mind.

236- Before the final "Amen", what is the last sentence in the Bible? (Let's say in the King James version).

"World without End"?

237- What do Frank Herbert's planet of Pandora and Sharon Shinn's Samaria have in common, theologically speaking?

A human elevated to God-status?

[Michael P]

235- Who is the robot who decided the fate of mankind in Asimov's "Robots and Empire"? - R. Daneel Olivaw.

[Karl J. Barnes]

239. (a) Thongor, barbarian swordsman

[Shem the Penman]

238. Behold the Man.

240. The Gor series -- which I wouldn't call Burroughs-esque so much as I'd call it boring and obsessive. (Incidentally, does anyone know if Marvel stole the idea of "Counter-Earth" from Norman, or was it the other way around?)

[Karl J. Barnes]

238. Behold the Man.

240. The Gor series -- which I wouldn't call Burroughs-esque so much as I'd call it boring and obsessive. (Incidentally, does anyone know if Marvel stole the idea of "Counter-Earth" from Norman, or was it the other way around?)

I did like the first three books in the Gor series. Sure it was juvenile and sexist, but at 20, I enjoyed it. It was the later books that it just got repetitive and pretty disgussting. I stopped reading the series with The Slave Girl of Gor , even for a series as sexist as Gor was; this book took the cake and thepunch!

[Karl J. Barnes]

237. A planet and people controlled by a computer that is worshipped like God.

[CaptMagellan]

I did like the first three books in the Gor series. Sure it was juvenile and sexist, but at 20, I enjoyed it. It was the later books that it just got repetitive and pretty disgussting. I stopped reading the series with The Slave Girl of Gor , even for a series as sexist as Gor was; this book took the cake and thepunch!

What's especially interesting is that the S&M subculture is what's keeping Norman's Gor books in print and is his biggest fanbase.

Weird.

[Roquefort Raider]

235- Who is the robot who decided the fate of mankind in Asimov's "Robots and Empire"?

Brown? Darn it, I've read that, and that's the only name that comes to mind.

I'd be hard=pressed to remember any name from that book... It's been more than 20 years! (God, I'm old).

236- Before the final "Amen", what is the last sentence in the Bible? (Let's say in the King James version).

"World without End"?

That would have had class!

237- What do Frank Herbert's planet of Pandora and Sharon Shinn's Samaria have in common, theologically speaking?

A human elevated to God-status?
Not quite.
235- Who is the robot who decided the fate of mankind in Asimov's "Robots and Empire"?
- R. Daneel Olivaw.
Daneel assumed the role of shepherd for humanity, but he's not the one who pushed the fatal button (or pulled the fatidic lever, I forget).
239. (a) Thongor, barbarian swordsman
Correct; that title is actually from the Khotar series by Gardner F. Fox.

237. A planet and people controlled by a computer that is worshipped like God.
Yes, the Herbert god-ship was simply called Ship, and the Shinn one was Jovah.
238. Behold the Man.
or Ecce homo, as they used to say!

240. The Gor series -- which I wouldn't call Burroughs-esque so much as I'd call it boring and obsessive. (Incidentally, does anyone know if Marvel stole the idea of "Counter-Earth" from Norman, or was it the other way around?)
The idea of Counter-earth was around before both; although I do not know where it originated from, I remember seeing an old movie where an astronaut traveled to a counter-earth where everything was the same as here, but reversed (in an enantiomeric sense, not a Bizarro-world sense).


212- H. P. Lovecraft introduced the Necronomicon, a cursed book written by Abdul Alhazred. That book popped up in many of Lovecraft's colleagues' stories, but some of them created their own to build a veritable library of occult tomes. Please name the author of the following imaginary books or name the real-world writer who introduced them. (Two points if you provide both answers)!
b) Cultes des Goules
d) The People of the Monolith
e) The pnakotic manuscripts (fragments)
f) Seven Cryptical Books of Hsan

219- In "A year in Provence", author Peter Mayle describes how he and his wife arranged their new home in the south of France. What did they use for their garden table?

235- Who is the robot who decided the fate of mankind in Asimov's "Robots and Empire"?

236- Before the final "Amen", what is the last sentence in the Bible? (Let's say in the King James version).

241- This trilogy (or rather, series of three books with a related theme) covers the history of mankind, but following intellectual achievements instead of political of military events. What was the name of its American writer, and what are the titles of the books? (One point for each answer).

242- What two famous ancient texts describe, respectively, (1) the war between the Persian empire and the Greek peninsula and (2) the war between Athens and Sparta?

243- These four relationships: Tereza and Tomas, Tomas and Sabina, Sabina and Franz, Franz and Marie-Claude are the basis of what novel?

244- Who painted the picture of Dorian Grey?

245- How do you call a martian siren, according to a Catherine L. Moore story?



Shem the Penman 165
Bright-Raven 109
thetechnocrat 101,5
Kirayoshi 97,5
priestvyrce 64,5
Sir Tim Drake 50
Lone Ranger 46
Scott Beeler 46
Blueferret 45,5
Expletive Deleted 37,5
berk 35
Doodle Bob 36
SPAfreak 32
SOGG 28
Solaris 26,5
traxler 23
Memo 21
atoningunifex 21
Rob Allen 20,5
Michael Pullman 17
Clark Luthor 14
CaptMagellan 13
Melchior 7
Calamas 5
Donald M. 5
scyfli 5
Wesley Dodds 5
RKO 4
Rocket13 1,5
GozertheGozarian 1
MarkAndrew 1

[Kirayoshi]

242- What two famous ancient texts describe, respectively, (1) the war between the Persian empire and the Greek peninsula and (2) the war between Athens and Sparta?

(1) The Histories by Herodotus and (2) The Iliad

243- These four relationships: Tereza and Tomas, Tomas and Sabina, Sabina and Franz, Franz and Marie-Claude are the basis of what novel?

The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Didn't read the book but I loved the movie.

[Blueferret]

244- Who painted the picture of Dorian Grey?

Basil Hallward?

[Blueferret]

212- H. P. Lovecraft introduced the Necronomicon, a cursed book written by Abdul Alhazred. That book popped up in many of Lovecraft's colleagues' stories, but some of them created their own to build a veritable library of occult tomes. Please name the author of the following imaginary books or name the real-world writer who introduced them. (Two points if you provide both answers)!

b) Cultes des Goules

Francois Honore-Balfour-Comte D'erlette

Rober Bloch

d) The People of the Monolith-

Justin Geoffrey

R.E. howard


e) The pnakotic manuscripts (fragments)

Great Race of Yith

Lovecraft

f) Seven Cryptical Books of Hsan-

Hsan

Did Lovecraft write this one also?

[Kirayoshi]

241- This trilogy (or rather, series of three books with a related theme) covers the history of mankind, but following intellectual achievements instead of political of military events. What was the name of its American writer, and what are the titles of the books? (One point for each answer).

Are we talking about Thomas Cahill's Hinges of History series? In that event, there are currently four of them;
1) How the Irish Saved Civilization (one of the best reads I ever enjoyed!)
2) The Gifts of the Jews
3) Desire of the Everlasting Plain: Life Before and After Jesus
4) Sailing a Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter

[Sir Tim Drake]

242 (2). The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

[Roquefort Raider]

242- What two famous ancient texts describe, respectively, (1) the war between the Persian empire and the Greek peninsula and (2) the war between Athens and Sparta?

(1) The Histories by Herodotus and (2) The Iliad
the Histories is right, but the Iliad describes the war between Sparta, Myceanae and their allies against Troy.

243- These four relationships: Tereza and Tomas, Tomas and Sabina, Sabina and Franz, Franz and Marie-Claude are the basis of what novel?

The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Didn't read the book but I loved the movie.
You got it!

241- This trilogy (or rather, series of three books with a related theme) covers the history of mankind, but following intellectual achievements instead of political of military events. What was the name of its American writer, and what are the titles of the books? (One point for each answer).

Are we talking about Thomas Cahill's Hinges of History series? In that event, there are currently four of them;
1) How the Irish Saved Civilization (one of the best reads I ever enjoyed!)
2) The Gifts of the Jews
3) Desire of the Everlasting Plain: Life Before and After Jesus
4) Sailing a Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter

I didn't even know about Thomas Cahill; thanks for bringing him to my attention. His work seems very interesting and is certainly within the parameters of the question, so I'll give you three points. (I'll keep the question open, though, in case someone is familiar with the other series I was talking about!)
244- Who painted the picture of Dorian Grey?

Basil Hallward?
An ill-fated artist, as we've seen.

212- H. P. Lovecraft introduced the Necronomicon, a cursed book written by Abdul Alhazred. That book popped up in many of Lovecraft's colleagues' stories, but some of them created their own to build a veritable library of occult tomes. Please name the author of the following imaginary books or name the real-world writer who introduced them. (Two points if you provide both answers)!

b) Cultes des Goules

Francois Honore-Balfour-Comte D'erlette

Rober Bloch
Wow, you got me on the full name! "Comte d'Erlette" is pretty much all I would have remembered. This author is an invention of Lovecraft, and his French name is an inside joke about August Derleth's own French ancestors.

d) The People of the Monolith-

Justin Geoffrey

R.E. howard

Good job!

e) The pnakotic manuscripts (fragments)

Great Race of Yith

Lovecraft
You really know your stuff, man!

f) Seven Cryptical Books of Hsan-

Hsan

Did Lovecraft write this one also?
Yep!
242 (2). The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
Right you are, good sir. That book is remarkable; I wish it were still studied in school as it was during the days of my parents. Damn those ever-lowering standards...


219- In "A year in Provence", author Peter Mayle describes how he and his wife arranged their new home in the south of France. What did they use for their garden table?

235- Who is the robot who decided the fate of mankind in Asimov's "Robots and Empire"?

236- Before the final "Amen", what is the last sentence in the Bible? (Let's say in the King James version).

241- This trilogy (or rather, series of three books with a related theme) covers the history of mankind, but following intellectual achievements instead of political of military events. What was the name of its American writer, and what are the titles of the books? (One point for each answer).

245- How do you call a martian siren, according to a Catherine L. Moore story?

246- What novel do these neologisms come from? CorpSeCorps - NooSkins - HottTotts - Pleeblands

247- What was James Clavell's first novel?

248- Who wrote the Seven pillars of wisdom?

249- What is Rusticiano of Pisa's claim to fame?

250- What writer mostly associated with Star Trek books penned the Young Wizards series?



Shem the Penman 165
Bright-Raven 109
Kirayoshi 102
thetechnocrat 101,5
priestvyrce 64,5
Blueferret 53,5
Sir Tim Drake 51
Lone Ranger 46
Scott Beeler 46
Expletive Deleted 37,5
berk 35
Doodle Bob 36
SPAfreak 32
SOGG 28
Solaris 26,5
traxler 23
Memo 21
atoningunifex 21
Rob Allen 20,5
Michael Pullman 17
Clark Luthor 14
CaptMagellan 13
Melchior 7
Calamas 5
Donald M. 5
scyfli 5
Wesley Dodds 5
RKO 4
Rocket13 1,5
GozertheGozarian 1
MarkAndrew 1

[Tenebrae]

247. I think this was King Rat?

248. T.E. Lawrence

250. Diane Duane

[Blueferret]

249- What is Rusticiano of Pisa's claim to fame?

He copied down Marco Polo's recounts of his adventures to paper.

[Blueferret]

246- What novel do these neologisms come from? CorpSeCorps - NooSkins - HottTotts - Pleeblands


Oryx and Crake- Margaret Atwood

[Bright-Raven]

235- Who is the robot who decided the fate of mankind in Asimov's "Robots and Empire"?

Daneel Olivaw.

246) What novel do these neologisms come from? CorpSeCorps - NooSkins - HottTotts - Pleeblands

ORYX & CRAKE by Magaret Atwood

249- What is Rusticiano of Pisa's claim to fame?

Friend to Marco Polo and transcripter of the stories of Marco Polo.

[Roquefort Raider]

247. I think this was King Rat?
It was indeed; a cathartic work inspired by Clavell's stay in a Japanese prison camp during WWII.

248. T.E. Lawrence
The one and only Lawrence of Arabia!

250. Diane Duane
Yes indeedy.
249- What is Rusticiano of Pisa's claim to fame?

He copied down Marco Polo's recounts of his adventures to paper.
That's right; he even wrote it in French.

246- What novel do these neologisms come from? CorpSeCorps - NooSkins - HottTotts - Pleeblands

Oryx and Crake- Margaret Atwood
Hah! You saw through my feint. I was hoping someone would go for "a clockwork orange".
246) What novel do these neologisms come from? CorpSeCorps - NooSkins - HottTotts - Pleeblands

ORYX & CRAKE by Magaret Atwood

249- What is Rusticiano of Pisa's claim to fame?

Friend to Marco Polo and transcripter of the stories of Marco Polo.

Correct, and within the 15 minutes allowed for answers by multiple posters!


219- In "A year in Provence", author Peter Mayle describes how he and his wife arranged their new home in the south of France. What did they use for their garden table?

235- Who is the robot who decided the fate of mankind in Asimov's "Robots and Empire" (It's not Daneel)?

236- Before the final "Amen", what is the last sentence in the Bible? (Let's say in the King James version).

241- This trilogy (or rather, series of three books with a related theme) covers the history of mankind, but following intellectual achievements instead of political of military events. What was the name of its American writer, and what are the titles of the books? (One point for each answer).

245- How do you call a martian siren, according to a Catherine L. Moore story?


251- What is the name of the politician who, in Asimov's story Evidence, may be a robot?

252- What is the ship on which Conan and Bêlit sailed?

253- What is the ship that Conan assumed the captaincy of in the story "Pool of the black ones"?

254- What economist wrote Theaffluent society?


255- Who wrote The End of History and the Last Man?


Shem the Penman 165
Bright-Raven 111
Kirayoshi 102
thetechnocrat 101,5
priestvyrce 64,5
Blueferret 55,5
Sir Tim Drake 51
Lone Ranger 46
Scott Beeler 46
Expletive Deleted 37,5
berk 35
Doodle Bob 36
SPAfreak 32
SOGG 28
Solaris 26,5
traxler 23
Memo 21
atoningunifex 21
Rob Allen 20,5
Michael Pullman 17
Clark Luthor 14
CaptMagellan 13
Melchior 7
Calamas 5
Donald M. 5
scyfli 5
Wesley Dodds 5
RKO 4
Tenebrae 3
Rocket13 1,5
GozertheGozarian 1
MarkAndrew 1

[Shem the Penman]

254. John Kenneth Galbraith.

[Blueferret]

255- Who wrote The End of History and the Last Man?


Francis Fukuyama

[Bright-Raven]

252) What is the ship on which Conan and Bêlit sailed?

The Tigress

253) What is the ship that Conan assumed the captaincy of in the story "Pool of the black ones"?

The Wastrel

(Sounds like you need more questions - too much Conan!)

[Roquefort Raider]

254. John Kenneth Galbraith.
So you like economics too? Good call!
255- Who wrote The End of History and the Last Man?
Francis Fukuyama
Yep, and I believe it was based on an article he wrote in Foreign Affairs.
252) What is the ship on which Conan and Bêlit sailed?

The Tigress

253) What is the ship that Conan assumed the captaincy of in the story "Pool of the black ones"?

The Wastrel

(Sounds like you need more questions - too much Conan!)
Oops! I've been re-reading a pile of old Savage Sword of Conan... I guess I got influenced!

219- In "A year in Provence", author Peter Mayle describes how he and his wife arranged their new home in the south of France. What did they use for their garden table?

235- Who is the robot who decided the fate of mankind in Asimov's "Robots and Empire" (It's not Daneel)?

236- Before the final "Amen", what is the last sentence in the Bible? (Let's say in the King James version).

241- This trilogy (or rather, series of three books with a related theme) covers the history of mankind, but following intellectual achievements instead of political of military events. What was the name of its American writer, and what are the titles of the books? (One point for each answer).

245- How do you call a martian siren, according to a Catherine L. Moore story?

251- What is the name of the politician who, in Asimov's story Evidence, may be a robot?


Kirayoshi 256- What popular fictional hero first debuted in the novel "The Curse of Capistrano"?

(thanks to K. for providing this question)!

257- What is Robin Hood's name?

258- Who is the fellow in attachment 258? Hint: Bright-Raven may have a point...



Shem the Penman 166
Bright-Raven 113
Kirayoshi 102
thetechnocrat 101,5
priestvyrce 64,5
Blueferret 56,5
Sir Tim Drake 51
Lone Ranger 46
Scott Beeler 46
Expletive Deleted 37,5
berk 35
Doodle Bob 36
SPAfreak 32
SOGG 28
Solaris 26,5
traxler 23
Memo 21
atoningunifex 21
Rob Allen 20,5
Michael Pullman 17
Clark Luthor 14
CaptMagellan 13
Melchior 7
Calamas 5
Donald M. 5
scyfli 5
Wesley Dodds 5
RKO 4
Tenebrae 3
Rocket13 1,5
GozertheGozarian 1
MarkAndrew 1

[Karl J. Barnes]

257.
Robin of Lockley??

258. Robert E Howard??

[Sir Tim Drake]

257. Robert Fitz-Ooth?

[Bright-Raven]

257. What is Robin Hood's name?

It's actually Robin of Locksley / Loxley (spelling intermixed with various versions of the legends), or Robin Fitzooth, Lord of Locksley Hall (originally lorded by his father, the Earl of Hudington).

Kirayoshi 256- What popular fictional hero first debuted in the novel "The Curse of Capistrano"?

Zorro

[Bright-Raven]

251- What is the name of the politician who, in Asimov's story Evidence, may be a robot?

Stephen Byerley

[Roquefort Raider]

257.
Robin of Lockley??

Close enough for a point... See Bright-Raven's answer below!

258. Robert E Howard??

Heh! No, the hint was something of a false lead. ;)
257. Robert Fitz-Ooth?
Correct too. (His name sounds like a fart. Must have been hard to endure all the jibes from his friends when he was young).
257. What is Robin Hood's name?

It's actually Robin of Locksley / Loxley (spelling intermixed with various versions of the legends), or Robin Fitzooth, Lord of Locksley Hall (originally lorded by his father, the Earl of Hudington).

And a point to you for the completeness of this answer!

Kirayoshi 256- What popular fictional hero first debuted in the novel "The Curse of Capistrano"?

Zorro

The one and only Fox. (But are there black foxes in California)?

251- What is the name of the politician who, in Asimov's story Evidence, may be a robot?

Stephen Byerley

That story is just brilliant. But then, so are most of Asimov's.



219- In "A year in Provence", author Peter Mayle describes how he and his wife arranged their new home in the south of France. What did they use for their garden table? (hint: it was #$% heavy).

235- Who is the robot who decided the fate of mankind in Asimov's "Robots and Empire" (It's not Daneel)? (Hint: if it's not C-3PO, then...)

236- Before the final "Amen", what is the last sentence in the Bible? (Let's say in the King James version).

241- This trilogy (or rather, series of three books with a related theme) covers the history of mankind, but following intellectual achievements instead of political of military events. What was the name of its American writer, and what are the titles of the books? (One point for each answer).

245- How do you call a martian siren, according to a Catherine L. Moore story?

258- Who is this fellow? Hint: Bright-Raven may have a point...
http://files.db3nf.com/pictures/authors/doyle.jpg


259- What writer hides behind the pseudonym of A. N. Roquelaure? (No relation to Roquefort).

260- In A. E. Van Vogt's "voyage of the space beagle", we are introduced to the science of nexialism. What the heck is nexialism?

261- Captain Future is a classic space opera name. Who penned most of the Captain Future adventures?

262- In his "Planet of adventure"' cycle, Jack Vance has his main character stranded on a low-technology, pre-spaceflight world. How did he manage to escape?


Shem the Penman 166
Bright-Raven 116
Kirayoshi 102
thetechnocrat 101,5
priestvyrce 65,5
Blueferret 56,5
Sir Tim Drake 52
Lone Ranger 46
Scott Beeler 46
Expletive Deleted 37,5
berk 35
Doodle Bob 36
SPAfreak 32
SOGG 28
Solaris 26,5
traxler 23
Memo 21
atoningunifex 21
Rob Allen 20,5
Michael Pullman 17
Clark Luthor 14
CaptMagellan 13
Melchior 7
Calamas 5
Donald M. 5
scyfli 5
Wesley Dodds 5
RKO 4
Tenebrae 3
Rocket13 1,5
GozertheGozarian 1
MarkAndrew 1

[Shem the Penman]

259. Anne Rice.

[Tenebrae]

259. I think that's Anne Rice. I believe she wrote the Beauty trilogy under a pseudonym so as not to alienate her regular audience. A think a roquelaure is a hood or mask?

[Karl J. Barnes]

235. Giskard(sp??)?? He was first introduced in Asimov's "The Robots of Dawn". He could read minds.

[Sir Tim Drake]

261. Edmond Hamilton

[Bright-Raven]

258- Who is this fellow?

Robert E. Howard

260- In A. E. Van Vogt's "voyage of the space beagle", we are introduced to the science of nexialism. What the heck is nexialism?

When a scientist discovers that different sciences have different explanations for the same phenomenon that do not concur with one another, they study them all to figure out which one (if any) is accurate, thereby expanding their own understandng of the universe by pulling all the different information from different sources about the subject into a single study (or nexus point). Confusing, innit?

[Slam_Bradley]

258- Who is this fellow? Hint: Bright-Raven may have a point...
http://files.db3nf.com/pictures/authors/doyle.jpg

H. G. Wells

[Roquefort Raider]

259. Anne Rice.
Yep!
259. I think that's Anne Rice. I believe she wrote the Beauty trilogy under a pseudonym so as not to alienate her regular audience. A think a roquelaure is a hood or mask?
Why, is it about pink ponies and fluffy clouds? ;)
Since I didn't know what a roquelaure was either, I'll defer to our pal Mr. Google: it's "A knee-length cloak lined with brightly colored silk and often trimmed with fur that was worn by European men in the 18th century."
235. Giskard(sp??)?? He was first introduced in Asimov's "The Robots of Dawn".
Correct!
261. Edmond Hamilton
Right-o!
260- In A. E. Van Vogt's "voyage of the space beagle", we are introduced to the science of nexialism. What the heck is nexialism?

When a scientist discovers that different sciences have different explanations for the same phenomenon that do not concur with one another, they study them all to figure out which one (if any) is accurate, thereby expanding their own understandng of the universe by pulling all the different information from different sources about the subject into a single study (or nexus point). Confusing, innit?

It's certainly non-aristotelician.
258- Who is this fellow? Hint: Bright-Raven may have a point...

H. G. Wells
Both are British and wear a mustache, but this is not Wells.



219- In "A year in Provence", author Peter Mayle describes how he and his wife arranged their new home in the south of France. What did they use for their garden table? (hint: it was #$% heavy).

236- Before the final "Amen", what is the last sentence in the Bible? (Let's say in the King James version).

241- This trilogy (or rather, series of three books with a related theme) covers the history of mankind, but following intellectual achievements instead of political of military events. What was the name of its American writer, and what are the titles of the books? (One point for each answer).

245- How do you call a martian siren, according to a Catherine L. Moore story?

258- Who is this fellow? Hint: Bright-Raven may have a point about my Conan rut...
http://files.db3nf.com/pictures/authors/doyle.jpg

262- In his "Planet of adventure"' cycle, Jack Vance has his main character stranded on a low-technology, pre-spaceflight world. How did he manage to escape?

263- What books are these situations the premise to?

(a) In the future world of 1976, a terrible epidemic has turned people into blood-thirsty creatures of the night! What novel is this the premise to?

(b) They live among us: they're able to change shape, they're long-lived, but are weakened or killed by sunlight. When an alien species conquers earth, it's all one can do to disguise his special status until he meets a kindred soul from the stars.

(c) There is a resonable explanation, but there are people among us who can change shapes and become invisible creatures of darkness (like wolves or sabertooth tigers, for example). How will an alcoholic Will Barbee react to the slow discovery that he may be one of them?

(d) Alien species roam the universe; why did the alien that came to possess our protagonist have to be a drug addict, being a basil junkie? (Yes, that basil).

267- According to the Star Wars novels (and soon the new movie, I guess), who trained Palpatine as a Sith?


Shem the Penman 167
Bright-Raven 117
Kirayoshi 102
thetechnocrat 101,5
priestvyrce 66,5
Blueferret 56,5
Sir Tim Drake 52
Lone Ranger 46
Scott Beeler 46
Expletive Deleted 37,5
berk 35
Doodle Bob 36
SPAfreak 32
SOGG 28
Solaris 26,5
traxler 23
Memo 21
atoningunifex 21
Rob Allen 20,5
Michael Pullman 17
Clark Luthor 14
CaptMagellan 13
Melchior 7
Calamas 5
Donald M. 5
scyfli 5
Wesley Dodds 5
RKO 4
Tenebrae 4
Rocket13 1,5
GozertheGozarian 1
MarkAndrew 1

[Slam_Bradley]

241- This trilogy (or rather, series of three books with a related theme) covers the history of mankind, but following intellectual achievements instead of political of military events. What was the name of its American writer, and what are the titles of the books? (One point for each answer).

I believe you're speaking of Daniel Boorstin's "The Creators", "The Seekers" and "The Discoverers."


258- Who is this fellow? Hint: Bright-Raven may have a point about my Conan rut...
http://files.db3nf.com/pictures/authors/doyle.jpg


Arthur Conan Doyle

[Karl J. Barnes]

263- What books are these situations the premise to?


(b) They live among us: they're able to change shape, they're long-lived, but are weakened or killed by sunlight. When an alien species conquers earth, it's all one can do to disguise his special status until he meets a kindred soul from the stars.

C S Friedman's excellent re-telling of vampires/shapeshifters:The Madness Season

[Kirayoshi]

(a) In the future world of 1976, a terrible epidemic has turned people into blood-thirsty creatures of the night! What novel is this the premise to?

"I Am Legend" by Matheson?

[Bright-Raven]

267- According to the Star Wars novels (and soon the new movie, I guess), who trained Palpatine as a Sith?

Darth Plagueis?

263 (c) There is a resonable explanation, but there are people among us who can change shapes and become invisible creatures of darkness (like wolves or sabertooth tigers, for example). How will an alcoholic Will Barbee react to the slow discovery that he may be one of them?

Darker Than You

[Roquefort Raider]

241- This trilogy (or rather, series of three books with a related theme) covers the history of mankind, but following intellectual achievements instead of political of military events. What was the name of its American writer, and what are the titles of the books? (One point for each answer).

I believe you're speaking of Daniel Boorstin's "The Creators", "The Seekers" and "The Discoverers."

You are quite right, sir. And a pretty good series it is, too.

258- Who is this fellow? Hint: Bright-Raven may have a point about my Conan rut...

Arthur Conan Doyle
Yep! Quite supersticious, butdefinitely not a barbarian as far as Conans go.
(b) They live among us: they're able to change shape, they're long-lived, but are weakened or killed by sunlight. When an alien species conquers earth, it's all one can do to disguise his special status until he meets a kindred soul from the stars.

C S Friedman's excellent re-telling of vampires/shapeshifters:The Madness Season
Yep! Cool cover by Michael Whelan, too.
(a) In the future world of 1976, a terrible epidemic has turned people into blood-thirsty creatures of the night! What novel is this the premise to?

"I Am Legend" by Matheson?
Yes.
267- According to the Star Wars novels (and soon the new movie, I guess), who trained Palpatine as a Sith?

Darth Plagueis?
Yes, and it's almost as bad a name as Bigus Dicus.

263 (c) There is a resonable explanation, but there are people among us who can change shapes and become invisible creatures of darkness (like wolves or sabertooth tigers, for example). How will an alcoholic Will Barbee react to the slow discovery that he may be one of them?

Darker Than You

...think. Correct!



219- In "A year in Provence", author Peter Mayle describes how he and his wife arranged their new home in the south of France. What did they use for their garden table? (hint: it was #$% heavy).

236- Before the final "Amen", what is the last sentence in the Bible? (Let's say in the King James version).

245- How do you call a martian siren, according to a Catherine L. Moore story?

262- In his "Planet of adventure"' cycle, Jack Vance has his main character stranded on a low-technology, pre-spaceflight world. How did he manage to escape?

263- What books are these situations the premise to?

(d) Alien species roam the universe; why did the alien that came to possess our protagonist have to be a drug addict, being a basil junkie? (Yes, that basil).


267- What TV series inspired the following novels:
(a) The tombs of Kobol & The young warriors
(b) Deadline; Dead duck as well as the drowned queen
(c) The bodysnatchers; casualties of war; dragon's wrath & the last man running
(d) Terror in the sun; serpents in paradise; the angry battalion; the octopus caper
(e) Alien Seed; Android Planet; Rogue Planet; Phoenix of Megaron
(f) Project Avalon & Scorpio attack
(g) Ten Percent Of Trouble; Operation Desert Sun: The Untold Story; Bullets, Bikinis and Bells; Backwoods Menace

268- What detective is featured in such stories as House of the vestals, a gladiator dies only once and a murder on the Appian way?


Shem the Penman 167
Bright-Raven 119
Kirayoshi 103
thetechnocrat 101,5
priestvyrce 67,5
Blueferret 56,5
Sir Tim Drake 52
Lone Ranger 46
Scott Beeler 46
Expletive Deleted 37,5
berk 35
Doodle Bob 36
SPAfreak 32
SOGG 28
Solaris 26,5
traxler 23
Memo 21
atoningunifex 21
Rob Allen 20,5
Michael Pullman 17
Clark Luthor 14
CaptMagellan 13
Melchior 7
Calamas 5
Donald M. 5
scyfli 5
Wesley Dodds 5
RKO 4
Tenebrae 4
Slam Bradley 2
Rocket13 1,5
GozertheGozarian 1
MarkAndrew 1

[Karl J. Barnes]

267. a) Battlestar Galactica

[Kirayoshi]

267- What TV series inspired the following novels:
(b) Deadline; Dead duck as well as the drowned queen
CSI?
(c) The bodysnatchers; casualties of war; dragon's wrath & the last man running
Doctor Who
(e) Alien Seed; Android Planet; Rogue Planet; Phoenix of Megaron
Space 1999

268- What detective is featured in such stories as House of the vestals, a gladiator dies only once and a murder on the Appian way?

Gordianus the Finder. Historical mysteries set during the height of the Roman Empire.

[Shem the Penman]

267f. Blake's 7.

[Roquefort Raider]

219- In "A year in Provence", author Peter Mayle describes how he and his wife arranged their new home in the south of France. What did they use for their garden table? (hint: it was #$% heavy).

236- Before the final "Amen", what is the last sentence in the Bible? (Let's say in the King James version).

245- How do you call a martian siren, according to a Catherine L. Moore story?

262- In his "Planet of adventure"' cycle, Jack Vance has his main character stranded on a low-technology, pre-spaceflight world. How did he manage to escape?

263- What books are these situations the premise to?

(d) Alien species roam the universe; why did the alien that came to possess our protagonist have to be a drug addict, being a basil junkie? (Yes, that basil).


267- What TV series inspired the following novels:
(a) The tombs of Kobol & The young warriors
267. a) Battlestar Galactica
(b) Deadline; Dead duck as well as the drowned queen
CSI?
Mmmmh... nope.
(c) The bodysnatchers; casualties of war; dragon's wrath & the last man running
Doctor Who
(d) Terror in the sun; serpents in paradise; the angry battalion; the octopus caper
(e) Alien Seed; Android Planet; Rogue Planet; Phoenix of Megaron
space 1999
(f) Project Avalon & Scorpio attack
267f. Blake's 7.
(g) Ten Percent Of Trouble; Operation Desert Sun: The Untold Story; Bullets, Bikinis and Bells; Backwoods Menace

268- What detective is featured in such stories as House of the vestals, a gladiator dies only once and a murder on the Appian way?
Gordianus the Finder. Historical mysteries set during the height of the Roman Empire.

269- Which of these Dark novels is not a Star Wars novel or series?
(a) Dark rendezvous
(b) Dark forces
(c) Dark nest
(d) Dark force rising
(e) Dark apprentice
(f) Dark journey
(g) Dark saber
(h) Dark destiny
(i) Dark rival
(j) Dark tide

270- What is the title of the series by John Maddox Roberts that is set in ancient Rome?

271- In his novel Salammbo, Gustave Flaubert tells us of the siege of a historical city. What city is that?

272- What are the two families starring in John Jakes The Blue and the Grey?

273- What book by Alan Dean Foster deals with Maasai myths and African demons?


Shem the Penman 168
Bright-Raven 119
Kirayoshi 106
thetechnocrat 101,5
priestvyrce 68,5
Blueferret 56,5
Sir Tim Drake 52
Lone Ranger 46
Scott Beeler 46
Expletive Deleted 37,5
berk 35
Doodle Bob 36
SPAfreak 32
SOGG 28
Solaris 26,5
traxler 23
Memo 21
atoningunifex 21
Rob Allen 20,5
Michael Pullman 17
Clark Luthor 14
CaptMagellan 13
Melchior 7
Calamas 5
Donald M. 5
scyfli 5
Wesley Dodds 5
RKO 4
Tenebrae 4
Slam Bradley 2
Rocket13 1,5
GozertheGozarian 1
MarkAndrew 1

[Michael P]

269- Which of these Dark novels is not a Star Wars novel or series?
(a) Dark rendezvous
(c) Dark nest
(h) Dark destiny
(i) Dark rival

[traxler]

270. Carthage
271. SPQR. Don't go there.

[Shem the Penman]

273. Into the Out Of?

[traxler]

219. So, it's a heavy thing you might find on a farm in the south of France.

A large bit of tractor?

A tree trunk?

A writer's block?

[CaptMagellan]

"272- What are the two families starring in John Jakes The Blue and the Grey?"

Brak's great-great-great-great-great-great grandson Bubba and....

Damn... That's the wrong series innit? ;)

[Roquefort Raider]

269- Which of these Dark novels is not a Star Wars novel or series?
(a) Dark rendezvous
(c) Dark nest
(h) Dark destiny
(i) Dark rival
Believe it or not, of that entire list only dark destiny doesn't exist. Star wars writers like the adjective "dark" so much that they're giving the TOR Conan series a run for its money as the worst-titled books in pop culture.
270. Carthage
271. SPQR. Don't go there.
Is it that bad? I read one novel (not an SPQR) by Roberts and it was a bit amateurish.

219. So, it's a heavy thing you might find on a farm in the south of France.

A large bit of tractor?
A tree trunk?
A writer's block?

The first two would fit right in with the spirit of the book, but no. It's heavier than both and even simpler.
273. Into the Out Of?
Yes. That's a nice little book, quite unlike many run-of-the-mill supernatural adventures out there.
"272- What are the two families starring in John Jakes The Blue and the Grey?"

Brak's great-great-great-great-great-great grandson Bubba and....

Damn... That's the wrong series innit?

Cool! Someone else remembers Brak the barbarian!


219- In "A year in Provence", author Peter Mayle describes how he and his wife arranged their new home in the south of France. What did they use for their garden table? (hint: it was #$% heavy).

236- Before the final "Amen", what is the last sentence in the Bible? (Let's say in the King James version).

245- How do you call a martian siren, according to a Catherine L. Moore story?

262- In his "Planet of adventure"' cycle, Jack Vance has his main character stranded on a low-technology, pre-spaceflight world. How did he manage to escape?

263- What books are these situations the premise to?

(d) Alien species roam the universe; why did the alien that came to possess our protagonist have to be a drug addict, being a basil junkie? (Yes, that basil).


267- What TV series inspired the following novels:
(b) Deadline; Dead duck as well as the drowned queen
(d) Terror in the sun; serpents in paradise; the angry battalion; the octopus caper
(g) Ten Percent Of Trouble; Operation Desert Sun: The Untold Story; Bullets, Bikinis and Bells; Backwoods Menace

272- What are the two families starring in John Jakes The Blue and the Grey?

273- Please fill in the blanks with the name of the appropriate fantasy character:

(a) _________ vs the sorceress
(b) _________ vs the mark of the demons
(c) _________ against the gods
(d) _________ at the end of time
(e) _________ at the end of time (a different one!)
(f) _________ and the wizard slayer
(g) _________ of Melniboné
(h) The hand of ________
(i) _________ of the Isles

274- Back to my Conan fixation... Among these SF writers, who did not write a Conan story?
(a) L. Sprague de Camp
(b) Lester del Rey
(c) Karl Edward Wagner
(d) Poul Anderson
(e) Harry Harrison
(f) John Maddox Roberts

275- What is the title of the pastiche series that returns to Asimov's world of robots?


Shem the Penman 169
Bright-Raven 119
Kirayoshi 106
thetechnocrat 101,5
priestvyrce 68,5
Blueferret 56,5
Sir Tim Drake 52
Lone Ranger 46
Scott Beeler 46
Expletive Deleted 37,5
berk 35
Doodle Bob 36
SPAfreak 32
SOGG 28
Solaris 26,5
traxler 25
Memo 21
atoningunifex 21
Rob Allen 20,5
Michael Pullman 18
Clark Luthor 14
CaptMagellan 13
Melchior 7
Calamas 5
Donald M. 5
scyfli 5
Wesley Dodds 5
RKO 4
Tenebrae 4
Slam Bradley 2
Rocket13 1,5
GozertheGozarian 1
MarkAndrew 1

[Michael P]

275- What is the title of the pastiche series that returns to Asimov's world of robots?
Isaac Asimov's Robot City.

[Karl J. Barnes]

273- Please fill in the blanks with the name of the appropriate fantasy character:

(a) _________ vs the sorceress
(b) _________ vs the mark of the demons
(c) _________ against the gods
(d) _________ at the end of time
(e) _________ at the end of time (a different one!)
(f) _________ and the wizard slayer
(g) Elric of Melniboné
(h) The hand of Darkness
(i) _________ of the Isles

274- Back to my Conan fixation... Among these SF writers, who did not write a Conan story?
(a) L. Sprague de Camp
(b) Lester del Rey
(c) Karl Edward Wagner
(d) Poul Anderson
(e) Harry Harrison

[Slam_Bradley]

273- Please fill in the blanks with the name of the appropriate fantasy character:

(i) Conan of the Isles

274- Back to my Conan fixation... Among these SF writers, who did not write a Conan story?

(b) Lester del Rey

(e) Harry Harrison


To the best of my knowledge neither del Rey nor Harrison wrote Conan.

[Sir Tim Drake]

273. d. Elric at the End of Time

(Or maybe this is the answer to 273. e. :))

[Bright-Raven]

273- Please fill in the blanks with the name of the appropriate fantasy character:

(a) Brak vs the Sorceress
(b) Brak vs the mark of the demons

[Rob Allen]

236- Before the final "Amen", what is the last sentence in the Bible? (Let's say in the King James version).

So long, and thanks for all the fish!


273- Please fill in the blanks with the name of the appropriate fantasy character:

(c) Thongor against the gods
(h) The hand of Kane

[Blueferret]

272- What are the two families starring in John Jakes The Blue and the Grey?

Hazards and Mains

[Blueferret]

267- What TV series inspired the following novels:

(b) Deadline; Dead duck as well as the drowned queen

The Avengers

(d) Terror in the sun; serpents in paradise; the angry battalion; the octopus caper

Hawaii 5-0

(g) Ten Percent Of Trouble; Operation Desert Sun: The Untold Story; Bullets, Bikinis and Bells; Backwoods Menace

A-Team!!!!!!!

[Sir Tim Drake]

236. The grace of Jesus Christ be with you all.

I think the second word is "grace," but I'm not sure.

[traxler]

219. A huge stone block?

A WWII cement gun battery? (Ok, those are all on the coast; I give up.)

[Roquefort Raider]

275- What is the title of the pastiche series that returns to Asimov's world of robots?
Isaac Asimov's Robot City.
You, sir, are absolutely correct.
273- Please fill in the blanks with the name of the appropriate fantasy character:
(g) Elric of Melniboné
Yep!

274- Back to my Conan fixation... Among these SF writers, who did not write a Conan story?
(a) L. Sprague de Camp
(b) Lester del Rey
(c) Karl Edward Wagner
(d) Poul Anderson
(e) Harry Harrison
Oh, many of these guys did. See Slam's answer below.
273- Please fill in the blanks with the name of the appropriate fantasy character:
(i) Conan of the Isles
A better title than "Conan the formidable", to be sure.

274- Back to my Conan fixation... Among these SF writers, who did not write a Conan story?
(b) Lester del Rey
(e) Harry Harrison

To the best of my knowledge neither del Rey nor Harrison wrote Conan.
You're right!
273. d. Elric at the End of Time
(Or maybe this is the answer to 273. e. )
Funny guy!

236. The grace of Jesus Christ be with you all.

I think the second word is "grace," but I'm not sure.
There's a "our lord" before Jesus-Christ, but that's close enough for me.
273- Please fill in the blanks with the name of the appropriate fantasy character:

(a) Brak vs the Sorceress
(b) Brak vs the mark of the demons
Two for two!
236- Before the final "Amen", what is the last sentence in the Bible? (Let's say in the King James version).

So long, and thanks for all the fish!
Well, that would explain the bumper stickers.

273- Please fill in the blanks with the name of the appropriate fantasy character:
(c) Thongor against the gods
(h) The hand of Kane
Right and right again!
272- What are the two families starring in John Jakes The Blue and the Grey?
Hazards and Mains
Alas, they're not the ones.

267- What TV series inspired the following novels:
(b) Deadline; Dead duck as well as the drowned queen
The Avengers
With no Sentry in sight!

(d) Terror in the sun; serpents in paradise; the angry battalion; the octopus caper
Hawaii 5-0
Who can forget that musical theme? Book 'em, Danno!

(g) Ten Percent Of Trouble; Operation Desert Sun: The Untold Story; Bullets, Bikinis and Bells; Backwoods Menace
A-Team!!!!!!!
I'm embarassed to have asked the question! ;)
219. A huge stone block?

A WWII cement gun battery? (Ok, those are all on the coast; I give up.)

Your perseverance has borne fruit! The big slab of stone is right!


245- How do you call a martian siren, according to a Catherine L. Moore story?

262- In his "Planet of adventure"' cycle, Jack Vance has his main character stranded on a low-technology, pre-spaceflight world. How did he manage to escape?

263- What books is this situation the premise to?
Alien species roam the universe; why did the alien that came to possess our protagonist have to be a drug addict, being a basil junkie? (Yes, that basil).

272- What are the two families starring in John Jakes The Blue and the Grey?

273- Please fill in the blanks with the name of the appropriate fantasy character:

(d) Elric at the end of time
(e) _________ at the end of time (a different one!)
(f) _________ and the wizard slayer


276- Who conquered and united the seven kingdoms of Westeros?

277- On the sign of what famous shops can you see this motto: The Right to Buy Weapons is the Right to be Free?

278- What's the name of the American who blows up a bridge in for whom the bell tolls? (Hint: it took, like, forever...)

279- Please name three ships that were under the command of Honor Harrington.



Shem the Penman 169
Bright-Raven 121
Kirayoshi 106
thetechnocrat 101,5
priestvyrce 69,5
Blueferret 59,5
Sir Tim Drake 54
Lone Ranger 46
Scott Beeler 46
Expletive Deleted 37,5
berk 35
Doodle Bob 36
SPAfreak 32
SOGG 28
Solaris 26,5
traxler 26
Rob Allen 22,5
Memo 21
atoningunifex 21
Michael Pullman 19
Clark Luthor 14
CaptMagellan 13
Melchior 7
Calamas 5
Donald M. 5
scyfli 5
Wesley Dodds 5
RKO 4
Slam Bradley 4
Tenebrae 4
Rocket13 1,5
GozertheGozarian 1
MarkAndrew 1

[Slam_Bradley]

273- Please fill in the blanks with the name of the appropriate fantasy character:


(e) Dancers at the end of time (a different one!)
(f) Kothar and the wizard slayer


I couldn't remember if it was Kothar or Kyrick and the Wizard Slayer. Gotta love Gardner Fox.

I'm guessing on the other. It's one of Moorcock's Eternal Champions books, but as I recall, the protagonist was Jherick.

[Shem the Penman]

277. The weapon shops of Isher (as described by A.E. Van Vogt).

[traxler]

245. Ma'am? (Miss if she's young.)

[Sir Tim Drake]

278. Robert Jordan?