The New Quiz!

[traxler]

465. Michael? (you can spell it Mickiel if you like)

[Sir Tim Drake]

492- For one point each, please connect the appropriate writers and works.
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium------------Francis Bacon
Siderius nuncius-------------------------------Nicolaus Copernicus
The skeptikal chymist--------------------------Robert Boyle
Novum organum----------------------------------Galileo Galilei

Novum organum - Bacon
The skeptikal chymist - Boyle
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium - Copernicus
Siderius nuncius - Galileo

501- They're not quite the X-Men, but almost. Who forms the line-up of Theodore Sturgeon's mutant team in "More than human"?

Lone, Baby, Janey, Gerry, the two twin girls whose names I forget, and the normal guy whose name I also forget.

504- What are the titles comprising the second Amber chronicles?

Trumps of Doom, Blood of Amber, Sign of Chaos, Knight of Shadows, Prince of Chaos

[Roquefort Raider]

502. Crazy Horse? (I'm assuming the writer thought Borglum might have finished his sculpture by Logan's time...)
Right!

505 D. Notre Dame du Paris.
I've got a hunch you're right.

465. Michael? (you can spell it Mickiel if you like)
Naaah... Davies wouldn't be that obvious. He's got a big philosopher's beard!
Novum organum - Bacon
The skeptikal chymist - Boyle
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium - Copernicus
Siderius nuncius - Galileo
Boyle and Copernicus are right!

501- They're not quite the X-Men, but almost. Who forms the line-up of Theodore Sturgeon's mutant team in "More than human"?

Lone, Baby, Janey, Gerry, the two twin girls whose names I forget, and the normal guy whose name I also forget.
He doesn't count anyway (bloody Normal!) so you get the point.

504- What are the titles comprising the second Amber chronicles?

Trumps of Doom, Blood of Amber, Sign of Chaos, Knight of Shadows, Prince of Chaos
Aye!


437- What invention allowed starships to travel faster than light and thus colonize places like the Manticoran star empire or the Republic of Haven?
(hint: it's a sail).

463- In Ben Bova's Jupiter, what is the name of the ship that goes into the giant planet's atmosphere?

465- Who are the two omniscient beings who discuss about the life of Francis Cornish, in Roberston Davies' What bred in the bone? Zadkiel is one.

489- Just what is a "Lasher"?

492- For one point each, please connect the appropriate writers and works.
Siderius nuncius * Novum organum

Francis Bacon * Robert Boyle * Galileo Galilei * Lord Kelvin

493- According to what we learned in David Eddings' fantasy novels, what is it in essence that birds say with all their chirping? (It has to do with trees).

495- The 1989 book "The Republic of Fear" is about...
(a) North Korea
(b) Iran
(c) Iraq
(d) Pakistan
(e) Chechnya

496- Name at least one book written by...
(a) General Tommy Franks
(b) General Colin Powell
(d) General Douglas MacArthur

497- What phrase precedes the colon in all of these titles:
dadadada da dadadada : Celebrating the Human-Animal Bond in Life and Death
dadadada da dadadada : The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil
dadadada da dadadada : The Shaping of India's New Foreign Policy
dadadada da dadadada : Ronald Reagan and US Policy in the Middle East (Us Foreign Policy and Conflict in the Islamic World)
dadadada da dadadada : Reflections from a Fact-Finding Delegation to Southern Africa, 1987

499- Thanks to the magic of Abraham Merrit, a modern archeologist finds himself transported to a distant past to meet a priestess of Ishtar and help her fight against the nefarious god Nergal. What is the name of that archeologist?

500- In Bram Stoker's "The jewel of seven stars", what creature familiar to horror movie fans do we have to contend with?

503- In Zelazny's "My name is legion", what common appliance is used as a torture instrument?


506- What sin, high crime or misdemeanor would these characters most likely be charged with? (Multiple answers are possible, as some of these guys misbehaved a lot).
(a) Thomas Covenant the unbeliever
(b) Elric of Melniboné
(c) Madame Bovary
(d) Judith (from the Bible)
(e) Oedipus
(f) Arsène Lupin

507- In what magazine were the adventures of the puritan swashbuckler Solomon Kane published?

508- What Tolkien work did fantasy writer Guy Gavriel Kay help assemble before its publication?

509- Among these northern gods, which ones are fated to return to a rejuvenated Earth after Ragnarok?
(a) Vidar
(b) Magni
(c) Balder
(d) Thor
(e) Vali

510- Before the famed Jaapanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi adopted that name, how was he called (according to the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa, "Musashi")?

511- What legendary creature did we encounter in "The amazing adventures of Kavalier and Clay"?


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[traxler]

511. the Golum. Jewish mud-man. Fabulous skin.

[atoningunifex]

489- A Taltos?

506
a. Rape

[traxler]

506 c. Adultery. Oh and suicide is a sin, isn't it.

[CaptMagellan]

"509- Among these northern gods, which ones are fated to return to a rejuvenated Earth after Ragnarok?
(a) Vidar
(b) Magni
(c) Balder
(d) Thor
(e) Vali"

Everybody but Thor on that list comes back after/survives ragnarok.


"510- Before the famed Jaapanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi adopted that name, how was he called (according to the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa, "Musashi")?"

I'm remembering 'Takezo'. Is that right?

[Slam_Bradley]

506- What sin, high crime or misdemeanor would these characters most likely be charged with? (Multiple answers are possible, as some of these guys misbehaved a lot).

(e) Oedipus - Incest


507- In what magazine were the adventures of the puritan swashbuckler Solomon Kane published?

Weird Tales

[Slam_Bradley]

496- Name at least one book written by...

(b) General Colin Powell - My American Journey

[traxler]

506 E. Patricide.

[Karl J. Barnes]

506- What sin, high crime or misdemeanor would these characters most likely be charged with? (Multiple answers are possible, as some of these guys misbehaved a lot).
(a) Thomas Covenant the unbeliever-Rape
(b) Elric of Melniboné - murder/genecide
(c) Madame Bovary -hersey?
(d) Judith (from the Bible)
(e) Oedipus - Patracide/incest?
(f) Arsène Lupin




509- Among these northern gods, which ones are fated to return to a rejuvenated Earth after Ragnarok?
(a) Vidar
(b) Magni

(e) Vali

[Kirayoshi]

506) (f) Arsène Lupin
Burglary, mon ami?

Lupin, IIRC, was the famous gentleman thief from turn-of-the-century French pulps. And the grandfather of manga/anime fave Lupin III.

[Michael P]

506- What sin, high crime or misdemeanor would these characters most likely be charged with? (Multiple answers are possible, as some of these guys misbehaved a lot).

(d) Judith (from the Bible) Wrath. And lots of it. Fuckers deserved it, if you ask me.

[Roquefort Raider]

511. the Golum. Jewish mud-man. Fabulous skin.

But said to be a stick-in-the-mud.
489- A Taltos?

Yes.

506 c. Adultery. Oh and suicide is a sin, isn't it.
It is indeed. And I'm sure she ate pork or crayfish at least once in her life.
506
a. Rape
Yuck. Correct.
"509- Among these northern gods, which ones are fated to return to a rejuvenated Earth after Ragnarok?
(a) Vidar
(b) Magni
(c) Balder
(d) Thor
(e) Vali"

Everybody but Thor on that list comes back after/survives ragnarok.

Confound these knowledgeable readers! They take all the fun out of my life! :)

"510- Before the famed Jaapanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi adopted that name, how was he called (according to the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa, "Musashi")?"

I'm remembering 'Takezo'. Is that right?

Hai, Captain-san!

506- What sin, high crime or misdemeanor would these characters most likely be charged with? (Multiple answers are possible, as some of these guys misbehaved a lot).

(e) Oedipus - Incest
Well, he could argue that he merely "honored his mother"...But incest and parricide would both fit.

507- In what magazine were the adventures of the puritan swashbuckler Solomon Kane published?

Weird Tales
Quite correct, and he even made the cover!

496- Name at least one book written by...

(b) General Colin Powell - My American Journey
Yep.

506 E. Patricide.
Well, Slam already charged him with incest but as it's a different offence, I'll grant it.




506- What sin, high crime or misdemeanor would these characters most likely be charged with? (Multiple answers are possible, as some of these guys misbehaved a lot).

(b) Elric of Melniboné - murder/genecide
Murder, genocide, and treason would all fit.

(e) Oedipus - Patracide/incest?
What is this, "Gang up on Oedipus week"??? ;)
Since you're not that far from the 15-minutes limit for quasi-simultaneous answers, I'll grant it.


506) (f) Arsène Lupin
Burglary, mon ami?

Lupin, IIRC, was the famous gentleman thief from turn-of-the-century French pulps. And the grandfather of manga/anime fave Lupin III.
I didn't know about the manga character, but Arsène is indeed a well-known gentleman-burglar.

506- What sin, high crime or misdemeanor would these characters most likely be charged with? (Multiple answers are possible, as some of these guys misbehaved a lot).

(d) Judith (from the Bible) Wrath. And lots of it. Fuckers deserved it, if you ask me.
I always thought she could also be charged with breach of contract, or at least misrepresentation. Judy went to Holophernes all decked out to party, and essentially told him that she's bang his brains out if he spared the city. He agreed, and instead of going through with the agreement she decapitated him. Oh, sure, Holophernes wasn't the first man to lose his head over a pretty girl, but that was still something of a fraudulent behaviour on her part!


437- What invention allowed starships to travel faster than light and thus colonize places like the Manticoran star empire or the Republic of Haven?
(hint: it's a sail. It's also the name of a movie character).

463- In Ben Bova's Jupiter, what is the name of the ship that goes into the giant planet's atmosphere?

465- Who are the two omniscient beings who discuss about the life of Francis Cornish, in Roberston Davies' What bred in the bone? Zadkiel is one.

492- For one point each, please connect the appropriate writers and works.
Siderius nuncius * Novum organum

Francis Bacon * Robert Boyle * Galileo Galilei * Lord Kelvin

493- According to what we learned in David Eddings' fantasy novels, what is it in essence that birds say with all their chirping? (It has to do with trees).

495- The 1989 book "The Republic of Fear" is about...
(a) North Korea
(b) Iran
(c) Iraq
(d) Pakistan
(e) Chechnya

496- Name at least one book written by...
(a) General Tommy Franks
(d) General Douglas MacArthur

497- What phrase precedes the colon in all of these titles:
dadadada da dadadada : Celebrating the Human-Animal Bond in Life and Death
dadadada da dadadada : The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil
dadadada da dadadada : The Shaping of India's New Foreign Policy
dadadada da dadadada : Ronald Reagan and US Policy in the Middle East (Us Foreign Policy and Conflict in the Islamic World)
dadadada da dadadada : Reflections from a Fact-Finding Delegation to Southern Africa, 1987

499- Thanks to the magic of Abraham Merrit, a modern archeologist finds himself transported to a distant past to meet a priestess of Ishtar and help her fight against the nefarious god Nergal. What is the name of that archeologist?

500- In Bram Stoker's "The jewel of seven stars", what creature familiar to horror movie fans do we have to contend with?

503- In Zelazny's "My name is legion", what common appliance is used as a torture instrument?

508- What Tolkien work did fantasy writer Guy Gavriel Kay help assemble before its publication?

512- What is the name of Seabury Quinn's detective of the occult?

513- Who created the lost continent of Zothique, and in what comic-book did we eventually hear of it?

514- Who replaced mankind as the dominant species on Earth in Clifford Simak's city?

515- What happened to Earth's animals (including us humans) in Poul Anderson's Brain wave?

516- Apart from the original Riftwar trilogy, what other series did Raymond E. Feist set in his world of Midkemia?

517- What alien ship warranted its own series of Star Trek novels?




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[atoningunifex]

506c wasn't me, it was traxler.

[Sheldon]

437- What invention allowed starships to travel faster than light and thus colonize places like the Manticoran star empire or the Republic of Haven?
(hint: it's a sail. It's also the name of a movie character).
Oh an Honor Harrington question! - Warshawski Sail

[Michael P]

517- What alien ship warranted its own series of Star Trek novels?

The IKS Gorkon.

[Slam_Bradley]

495- The 1989 book "The Republic of Fear" is about...

(a) North Korea ?


496- Name at least one book written by...

(d) General Douglas MacArthur - Reminiscences

[Kirayoshi]

499- Thanks to the magic of Abraham Merrit, a modern archeologist finds himself transported to a distant past to meet a priestess of Ishtar and help her fight against the nefarious god Nergal. What is the name of that archeologist?

Just a guess but I'm gonna say that extraordinary gentleman Allan Quatermain?

500- In Bram Stoker's "The jewel of seven stars", what creature familiar to horror movie fans do we have to contend with?

A Mummy! And he didn't look a thing like Paul Vosloo!

508- What Tolkien work did fantasy writer Guy Gavriel Kay help assemble before its publication?

The Silmarilion

512- What is the name of Seabury Quinn's detective of the occult?

Jules de Grandin

[Karl J. Barnes]

514. Dogs.....

[Karl J. Barnes]

516. Daughter of the Empire, Mistress of the Empire and Servant of the Empire , the Kondor trilogy,The King's Buccaneer ,Prince of the Blood

[Shem the Penman]

513. Zothique was created by Clark Ashton Smith, but I have no idea as to which comic it might be mentioned in. (Likely something by Roy Thomas...)

[Roquefort Raider]

506c wasn't me, it was traxler.
Thanks! It's been corrected.

By the way, my son just walked up to the computer and said your avatar was pretty cool!

437- What invention allowed starships to travel faster than light and thus colonize places like the Manticoran star empire or the Republic of Haven?
(hint: it's a sail. It's also the name of a movie character).
Oh an Honor Harrington question! - Warshawski Sail
It stayed there for 70 questions because I was sure someone would notice it eventually.517- What alien ship warranted its own series of Star Trek novels?

The IKS Gorkon.
Doch!!!

(It may not be klingonese, but it sounds like it).495- The 1989 book "The Republic of Fear" is about...
(a) North Korea ?
Nope.

496- Name at least one book written by...
(d) General Douglas MacArthur - Reminiscences

Yep!!!499- Thanks to the magic of Abraham Merrit, a modern archeologist finds himself transported to a distant past to meet a priestess of Ishtar and help her fight against the nefarious god Nergal. What is the name of that archeologist?

Just a guess but I'm gonna say that extraordinary gentleman Allan Quatermain?
No, because Quatermain is a creation of H. Rider Haggard.

500- In Bram Stoker's "The jewel of seven stars", what creature familiar to horror movie fans do we have to contend with?

A Mummy! And he didn't look a thing like Paul Vosloo!
Nothing is scarier than an angry mum.

508- What Tolkien work did fantasy writer Guy Gavriel Kay help assemble before its publication?

The Silmarilion
Yes indeed (the lucky bastard!)

512- What is the name of Seabury Quinn's detective of the occult?

Jules de Grandin
Well done, by the beard of a green goat!514. Dogs.....
Arf!

516. Daughter of the Empire
Mistress of the Empire
Servant of the Empire
That would be the empire trilogy. That's one.

the Kondor trilogy

There are quite a few books about Krondor, but I don't know if there's a trilogy... (I know of one two-volume series, one tetralogy and one pentalogy). Can you specify which one you mean?


The King's Buccaneer
Prince of the Blood

These two form the Krondor's sons arc. Good call.
513. Zothique was created by Clark Ashton Smith,
Yup!

...but I have no idea as to which comic it might be mentioned in. (Likely something by Roy Thomas...)
You're right on that point!

463- In Ben Bova's Jupiter, what is the name of the ship that goes into the giant planet's atmosphere? Hint: it's a name that was mentioned recently.

465- Who are the two omniscient beings who discuss about the life of Francis Cornish, in Roberston Davies' What bred in the bone? Zadkiel is one.

492- For one point each, please connect the appropriate writers and works.
Siderius nuncius * Novum organum

Francis Bacon * Robert Boyle * Galileo Galilei * Lord Kelvin

493- According to what we learned in David Eddings' fantasy novels, what is it in essence that birds say with all their chirping? (It has to do with trees).

495- The 1989 book "The Republic of Fear" is about...
(a) North Korea
(b) Iran
(c) Iraq
(d) Pakistan
(e) Chechnya

496- Name at least one book written by...
(a) General Tommy Franks

497- What phrase precedes the colon in all of these titles:
dadadada da dadadada : Celebrating the Human-Animal Bond in Life and Death
dadadada da dadadada : The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil
dadadada da dadadada : The Shaping of India's New Foreign Policy
dadadada da dadadada : Ronald Reagan and US Policy in the Middle East (Us Foreign Policy and Conflict in the Islamic World)
dadadada da dadadada : Reflections from a Fact-Finding Delegation to Southern Africa, 1987

hint: it has to do with Roman history.

499- Thanks to the magic of Abraham Merrit, a modern archeologist finds himself transported to a distant past to meet a priestess of Ishtar and help her fight against the nefarious god Nergal. What is the name of that archeologist?

503- In Zelazny's "My name is legion", what common appliance is used as a torture instrument?

513- In what comic-book did we eventually hear of Zothique, the imaginary continent created by Clark Ashton Smith?

515- What happened to Earth's animals (including us humans) in Poul Anderson's Brain wave?

516- Apart from the original Riftwar trilogy, what other series did Raymond E. Feist set in his world of Midkemia? (We already have the Krondor's sons and the empire trilogy).


518- What writer of the Star Trek novel "Vulcan's glory" also contributed to the original TV series?

519- What is the title of the fantasy series written by Greg Keyes, apparently in the tradition of "A song of ice and fire"?

520- What books comprise the tetralogy "the age of unreason", by the same Greg Keyes?

521- What book won the Locus award for the best SF novel in 2004?

522- What book won the Locus award for the best fantasy novel in 2004?

523- What tale won the Locus award for the best short story in 2004?
(It was written by a comic-book writer).

524- What was Ernest Hemingway's first book?

525- What animal plays a prominent role in the following stories?
- The murders in the rue Morgue, by E. A. Poe
- Riki-Tikki-Tavi, by R. Kipling
- Watership Down, by R. Adams
- White Fang, by J. London (fractions are allowed!)
- Toilers of the sea, by V. Hugo


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[Karl J. Barnes]

525- What animal plays a prominent role in the following stories?
- The murders in the rue Morgue, by E. A. Poe - An Ape
- Riki-Tikki-Tavi, by R. Kipling -Mongoose
- Watership Down, by R. Adams-Rabbits
- White Fang, by J. London (fractions are allowed!) Half wolf/half dog
- Toilers of the sea, by V. Hugo -Whales?

[Karl J. Barnes]

521. Ilium- Dan Simmons

522. Paladin of Souls- Lois McMasters Bujold

523. "Closing Time" Neil Gaimen

[Karl J. Barnes]

516. The Serpentwar trilogy

[Kirayoshi]

519- What is the title of the fantasy series written by Greg Keyes, apparently in the tradition of "A song of ice and fire"?

Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone

520- What books comprise the tetralogy "the age of unreason", by the same Greg Keyes?

Newton's Cannon
Calculus of Angels
Empire of Unreason
Shadows of God

[Shem the Penman]

499. It's been a while since I read The Ship of Ishtar, but ... Kenton?

518. D. C. Fontana?

[Karl J. Barnes]

513. Red Sonja?

[Slam_Bradley]

525- What animal plays a prominent role in the following stories?
- The murders in the rue Morgue, by E. A. Poe - An Ape



More precisely an Orang-utan.

[Karl J. Barnes]

More precisely an Orang-utan.

Well, yes. I knew that, I just figured that saying ape would be the same. Yeah, the Killer Orangutan of Rouge Rue is the more precise answer, I didn't think that he wanted it that precise......and I have just come to the conclusion that I am blathering about nothing....sorry.

[Scott Beeler]

495- The 1989 book "The Republic of Fear" is about...
(a) North Korea
(b) Iran
(c) Iraq
(d) Pakistan
(e) Chechnya

Iraq.

496- Name at least one book written by...
(a) General Tommy Franks

_American Soldier_.

497- What phrase precedes the colon in all of these titles:
dadadada da dadadada : Celebrating the Human-Animal Bond in Life and Death
dadadada da dadadada : The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil
dadadada da dadadada : The Shaping of India's New Foreign Policy
dadadada da dadadada : Ronald Reagan and US Policy in the Middle East (Us Foreign Policy and Conflict in the Islamic World)
dadadada da dadadada : Reflections from a Fact-Finding Delegation to Southern Africa, 1987

hint: it has to do with Roman history.

"Crossing the Rubicon"

513- In what comic-book did we eventually hear of Zothique, the imaginary continent created by Clark Ashton Smith?

At a guess, "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"?

515- What happened to Earth's animals (including us humans) in Poul Anderson's Brain wave?

After Earth drifted into a part of the universe in which physical laws work differently, they got reeeeeal smart.

524- What was Ernest Hemingway's first book?

I had thought it was _The Sun Also Rises_, but I checked before writing this and it seems that's from 1926 and _Three Stories and Ten Poems_ is earliest, from 1923.

[Roquefort Raider]

525- What animal plays a prominent role in the following stories?
- The murders in the rue Morgue, by E. A. Poe - An Ape
- Riki-Tikki-Tavi, by R. Kipling -Mongoose
- Watership Down, by R. Adams-Rabbits
- White Fang, by J. London (fractions are allowed!) Half wolf/half dog
- Toilers of the sea, by V. Hugo -Whales?
Everything but the whales is right! (Although White Fang is techhnically 3/4 wolf, being the pup of a half-dog half-wolf mom and a full wolf dad).

521. Ilium- Dan Simmons
Yep! I just bought it and can't wait to read it. Why, oh why do we have to work??? Oh, right... so we can afford to buy books.

522. Paladin of Souls- Lois McMasters Bujold
523. "Closing Time" Neil Gaimen
516. The Serpentwar trilogy
Three more good answers.

513. Red Sonja?
Nope!
519- What is the title of the fantasy series written by Greg Keyes, apparently in the tradition of "A song of ice and fire"?

Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone
Another thing that I'd like to read. So many books, so little time...

520- What books comprise the tetralogy "the age of unreason", by the same Greg Keyes?

Newton's Cannon
Calculus of Angels
Empire of Unreason
Shadows of God
That series I read, and it was great!
499. It's been a while since I read The Ship of Ishtar, but ... Kenton?
Wow! What a memory! John Kenton it is. (I would NEVER have remembered it myself if I hadn't picked up the book from the shelf. And even then it didn't ring any bell).

518. D. C. Fontana?
The lady herself!
495- The 1989 book "The Republic of Fear" is about...
(a) North Korea
(b) Iran
(c) Iraq
(d) Pakistan
(e) Chechnya

Iraq.


Correct! I hoped the date would throw people off.

496- Name at least one book written by...
(a) General Tommy Franks
_American Soldier_.
Also right.

497- What phrase precedes the colon in all of these titles:
dadadada da dadadada : Celebrating the Human-Animal Bond in Life and Death
dadadada da dadadada : The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil
dadadada da dadadada : The Shaping of India's New Foreign Policy
dadadada da dadadada : Ronald Reagan and US Policy in the Middle East (Us Foreign Policy and Conflict in the Islamic World)
dadadada da dadadada : Reflections from a Fact-Finding Delegation to Southern Africa, 1987
hint: it has to do with Roman history.

"Crossing the Rubicon"
...the Rubicon where he's said to have uttered his famous "Alea jacta est"!

513- In what comic-book did we eventually hear of Zothique, the imaginary continent created by Clark Ashton Smith?

At a guess, "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"?
I wouldn't insist on Zothique not being mentioned in the travel guide of LoEG, but I'm pretty sure they don't talk about it in the comic per se. I have another comic in mind.

515- What happened to Earth's animals (including us humans) in Poul Anderson's Brain wave?

After Earth drifted into a part of the universe in which physical laws work differently, they got reeeeeal smart.
An intriguing premise, and I liked how the hero's marriage suffered when his wife realized he had married her for another reason than for her brains!

524- What was Ernest Hemingway's first book?

I had thought it was _The Sun Also Rises_, but I checked before writing this and it seems that's from 1926 and _Three Stories and Ten Poems_ is earliest, from 1923.
I would have said "a farewell to arms" myself. It is indeed Three stories and ten poems.


463- In Ben Bova's Jupiter, what is the name of the ship that goes into the giant planet's atmosphere? Hint: it's a name that was mentioned recently.

465- Who are the two omniscient beings who discuss about the life of Francis Cornish, in Roberston Davies' What bred in the bone? Zadkiel is one.

492- For one point each, please connect the appropriate writers and works.
Siderius nuncius * Novum organum

Francis Bacon * Robert Boyle * Galileo Galilei * Lord Kelvin

493- According to what we learned in David Eddings' fantasy novels, what is it in essence that birds say with all their chirping? (It has to do with trees).

503- In Zelazny's "My name is legion", what common appliance is used as a torture instrument?

513- In what comic-book did we eventually hear of Zothique, the imaginary continent created by Clark Ashton Smith?

516- Apart from the original Riftwar trilogy, what other series did Raymond E. Feist set in his world of Midkemia? (We already have the Krondor's sons, the Serpentwar saga and the empire trilogy. There's at least one more).

525- What animal plays a prominent role in the following stories?
- Toilers of the sea, by V. Hugo

526- What is the Zamzam well, according to muslim tradition?

527- Just who are these people, and where do we read about them?
(a) Zosima
(b) Jezebel
(c) Richard Cypher
(d) Quincy Morris
(e) Captain Walton


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[Karl J. Barnes]

527. b) The Bible or she is the wife of Elijah Bailey from Issac Asimov's Caves of Steel

[traxler]

526 The Zamzam well is in Mecca, near the Ka-bah, or black meteorite .
In legend I think it was used by Abraham.

But wells in pre-muslim mythology are usually associated with female deities, for both their lunar and regenerative aspects.

[Michael P]

(c) Richard Cypher - The Seeker of Truth, from Goodkind's Sword of Truth series. Later takes the name Richard Rahl, which I always thought was weird. "Yeah, I loved my foster dad, but I'll take the name of the SOB who killed him since it means I get to be king."

[Sir Tim Drake]

527. d. Quincy Morris is the American companion of Harker and Van Helsing in Dracula.

[Sir Tim Drake]

527. a. The priest in The Brothers Karamazov.

[Bright-Raven]

513- In what comic-book did we eventually hear of Zothique, the imaginary continent created by Clark Ashton Smith?

Guessing CONAN THE BARBARIAN or RED SONJA.

525- What animal plays a prominent role in the following stories?
- Toilers of the sea, by V. Hugo

Fish? (I mean, the protagonist is fisherman, afterall)

526- What is the Zamzam well, according to muslim tradition?

A shrine located in Mecca which is the holiest shrine in the Muslim tradition. It is possibly the equivalent of the "Fountain of Youth", as it is a well of "life giving" water, said to be able to sate all hunger and thirst and to have the ability to heal those who drink from it.

[Bright-Raven]

516- Apart from the original Riftwar trilogy, what other series did Raymond E. Feist set in his world of Midkemia? (We already have the Krondor's sons, the Serpentwar saga and the empire trilogy. There's at least one more).

The Kelewan Trilogy? Or are you referring to that as the Empire Trilogy?

The "sons" thing you're talking about is the Riftwar Legacy. You already mentioned the Serpent Wars... there is no other Trilogy or series. There are two other books, called Prince of the the Blood, and The King's Buccaneer, respectively, but they are not part of a series.

[Roquefort Raider]

527. b) The Bible or she is the wife of Elijah Bailey from Issac Asimov's Caves of Steel

IsaAc!!! It drove the good doctor batty when he saw that typo. ;) 526 The Zamzam well is in Mecca, near the Ka-bah, or black meteorite .
In legend I think it was used by Abraham.

But wells in pre-muslim mythology are usually associated with female deities, for both their lunar and regenerative aspects.

Close enough, It is indeed near Mecca, and was caused to appear by the angel Gabriel under the order of God to succor Hagar and Ishmael who were very thirsty. It is interesting that you'd mention the association between female deities and wells (something from the golden bough, perhaps?) since in this case it is Hagar, and not Abraham who is the main character.(c) Richard Cypher - The Seeker of Truth, from Goodkind's Sword of Truth series. Later takes the name Richard Rahl, which I always thought was weird. "Yeah, I loved my foster dad, but I'll take the name of the SOB who killed him since it means I get to be king."
Rahl weird, if ya'll ask me!527. d. Quincy Morris is the American companion of Harker and Van Helsing in Dracula.
I'll deep-six that danged vampyre varmint!

527. a. The priest in The Brothers Karamazov.
Da, tovarich.513- In what comic-book did we eventually hear of Zothique, the imaginary continent created by Clark Ashton Smith?

Guessing CONAN THE BARBARIAN or RED SONJA.
Close, but no.

525- What animal plays a prominent role in the following stories?
- Toilers of the sea, by V. Hugo

Fish? (I mean, the protagonist is fisherman, afterall)
No, the fisherman doesn't do much fishing in there (he's repairing an engine).

526- What is the Zamzam well, according to muslim tradition?

A shrine located in Mecca which is the holiest shrine in the Muslim tradition. It is possibly the equivalent of the "Fountain of Youth", as it is a well of "life giving" water, said to be able to sate all hunger and thirst and to have the ability to heal those who drink from it.
I gotta get one of these!

Since this answer is more complete than traxler's and doesn't build on is, I'll grant it too.

516- Apart from the original Riftwar trilogy, what other series did Raymond E. Feist set in his world of Midkemia? (We already have the Krondor's sons, the Serpentwar saga and the empire trilogy. There's at least one more).

The Kelewan Trilogy? Or are you referring to that as the Empire Trilogy?

The "sons" thing you're talking about is the Riftwar Legacy. You already mentioned the Serpent Wars... there is no other Trilogy or series. There are two other books, called Prince of the the Blood, and The King's Buccaneer, respectively, but they are not part of a series.

They don't have to be trilogies.

Here is what we have:
The Riftwar Saga
1. Magician (1982)
2. Silverthorn (1985)
3. A Darkness at Sethanon (1985)

The empire trilogy
1. Daughter of the Empire (1987)
2. Servant of the Empire (1989)
3. Mistress of the Empire (1989)


The serpentwar saga
1. Shadow of a Dark Queen (1994)
2. Rise of a Merchant Prince (1995)
3. Rage of a Demon King (1995)
4. Shards of a Broken Crown (1998)

As for Prince of Blood and the King's buccaneer, they're the ones forming the "Krondor's sons" series (at least as classified by Wikipedia, whatever that's worth).

The series I'm still looking for is set in Midkemia, but at a much later date than the serpentwar.


463- In Ben Bova's Jupiter, what is the name of the ship that goes into the giant planet's atmosphere? Hint: it's a name that was mentioned recently.

465- Who are the two omniscient beings who discuss about the life of Francis Cornish, in Roberston Davies' What bred in the bone? Zadkiel is one.

492- For one point each, please connect the appropriate writers and works.
Siderius nuncius * Novum organum

Francis Bacon * Robert Boyle * Galileo Galilei * Lord Kelvin

493- According to what we learned in David Eddings' fantasy novels, what is it in essence that birds say with all their chirping? (It has to do with trees).

503- In Zelazny's "My name is legion", what common appliance is used as a torture instrument?

513- In what comic-book did we eventually hear of Zothique, the imaginary continent created by Clark Ashton Smith? It was written by Roy Thomas.

516- Apart from the original Riftwar trilogy, what other series did Raymond E. Feist set in his world of Midkemia? (We already have the Krondor's sons, the Serpentwar saga and the empire trilogy. There's at least one more).

525- What animal plays a prominent role in the following stories?
- Toilers of the sea, by V. Hugo

527- Just who are these people, and where do we read about them?
(e) Captain Walton

528- Who is the central character of the following stories?
Too Many Have Lived
They Can Only Hang You Once
The Khandi Tooth Caper (actually a radio play)

529- Why did Edmond Dantès pick the pseudonym of "Monte-Crsito" instead of Dick, Tom, Harry or even de la Rochefoucault?

530- Who murdered the following characters?
a) Almalik, king of Cartada
b) Doctor Yueh
c) Agamemnon, king of Mycenae
d) Cleon I, galactic emperor
e) Emily Inglethorpe
f) Rotath, sorcerer of Lemuria
g) Professor Urky McVarish

531- For the Sherlock Holmes experts out there: in what unusual place does the detective keep his tobacco, according to the story "the Musgrave ritual"?

532-In 1941, The Maltese falcon was adapted for the silver screen with Humphrey Bogart assuming the role of Sam Spade. How many times before had that novel been adapted as a movie?



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[Slam_Bradley]

513- In what comic-book did we eventually hear of Zothique, the imaginary continent created by Clark Ashton Smith? It was written by Roy Thomas.

Kull?


532-In 1941, The Maltese falcon was adapted for the silver screen with Humphrey Bogart assuming the role of Sam Spade. How many times before had that novel been adapted as a movie?


Twice. Once as The Maltese Falcon and once as "Satan Met a Lady."

[Karl J. Barnes]

530. d) Thongor written by Lin carter

[Bright-Raven]

530- Who murdered the following characters?

[b]b) Doctor Yueh

Vladimir Harkonnen

c) Agamemnon, king of Mycenae

Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus

e) Emily Inglethorpe

Alfred Inglethorpe

f) Rotath, sorcerer of Lemuria

Kull of Atlantis

[Bright-Raven]

532-In 1941, The Maltese falcon was adapted for the silver screen with Humphrey Bogart assuming the role of Sam Spade. How many times before had that novel been adapted as a movie?

As far as I know, once.

[traxler]

529. Monte-Cristo is the little island near Elba (and it exists) where the treasure was hidden. It was there that he built his hide-out, and so bought the title from the Duke of Tuscany.

[traxler]

Quote:
Originally Posted by traxler
526 The Zamzam well is in Mecca, near the Ka-bah, or black meteorite .
In legend I think it was used by Abraham.

But wells in pre-muslim mythology are usually associated with female deities, for both their lunar and regenerative aspects.

Close enough, It is indeed near Mecca, and was caused to appear by the angel Gabriel under the order of God to succor Hagar and Ishmael who were very thirsty. It is interesting that you'd mention the association between female deities and wells (something from the golden bough, perhaps?) since in this case it is Hagar, and not Abraham who is the main character.
Quote:


Note also that Gabriel is the lunar archangel, while Michael is the solar.

[traxler]

530 C He was murdered (sacrificed) by his wife, Clytamenestra (sp?) at the end of the Trojan war. In the late myths this was because he had sacrificed their daughter, but in religious practice the king ruled only for a limited period, was ritually murdered and the Queen, the true ruler, then took a new husband.

[Shem the Penman]

531. In the toe of a Persian slipper (on his mantelpiece, I believe).

[Kirayoshi]

532-In 1941, The Maltese falcon was adapted for the silver screen with Humphrey Bogart assuming the role of Sam Spade. How many times before had that novel been adapted as a movie?

Twice, actually. Once in 1931, with Ricardo Cortez(who?) as Sam Spade, and again in 1936, under the title "Satan Met a Lady". In "Satan" the Black Bird was replaced by a trumpet filled with jewels and the Mary Astor role was played by Bette Davis.

[Roquefort Raider]

513- In what comic-book did we eventually hear of Zothique, the imaginary continent created by Clark Ashton Smith? It was written by Roy Thomas.

Kull?

No, but you're close.

532-In 1941, The Maltese falcon was adapted for the silver screen with Humphrey Bogart assuming the role of Sam Spade. How many times before had that novel been adapted as a movie?

Twice. Once as The Maltese Falcon and once as "Satan Met a Lady."

Good call!530. d) Thongor written by Lin carter
No, I'm pretty sure Thongor never went to Trantor.

530- Who murdered the following characters?

b) Doctor Yueh

Vladimir Harkonnen
He organized it, but didn't do it himself.

c) Agamemnon, king of Mycenae

Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus
She set it up and he struck. What a family. Aegisthus had also killed Atreus.

e) Emily Inglethorpe

Alfred Inglethorpe
What a rotten husband!

f) Rotath, sorcerer of Lemuria

Kull of Atlantis
Yes!

529. Monte-Cristo is the little island near Elba (and it exists) where the treasure was hidden. It was there that he built his hide-out, and so bought the title from the Duke of Tuscany.
Money rules!

531. In the toe of a Persian slipper (on his mantelpiece, I believe).

I... am... FLABBERGASTED!!!

463- In Ben Bova's Jupiter, what is the name of the ship that goes into the giant planet's atmosphere? Hint: it's a name that was mentioned recently.

The Zheng He

465- Who are the two omniscient beings who discuss about the life of Francis Cornish, in Roberston Davies' What bred in the bone? Zadkiel is one.

Maimas is the other

492- For one point each, please connect the appropriate writers and works.
Siderius nuncius was written by Galileo
Novum organum was written by Francis Bacon

493- According to what we learned in David Eddings' fantasy novels, what is it in essence that birds say with all their chirping? (It has to do with trees).

503- In Zelazny's "My name is legion", what common appliance is used as a torture instrument?

513- In what comic-book did we eventually hear of Zothique, the imaginary continent created by Clark Ashton Smith? It was written by Roy Thomas.

516- Apart from the original Riftwar trilogy, what other series did Raymond E. Feist set in his world of Midkemia? (We already have

The Riftwar Saga
1. Magician (1982)
2. Silverthorn (1985)
3. A Darkness at Sethanon (1985)

The empire trilogy
1. Daughter of the Empire (1987)
2. Servant of the Empire (1989)
3. Mistress of the Empire (1989)

The serpentwar saga
1. Shadow of a Dark Queen (1994)
2. Rise of a Merchant Prince (1995)
3. Rage of a Demon King (1995)
4. Shards of a Broken Crown (1998)

the "Krondor's sons" series

- King's buccaneer
- Prince of blood

there's at least one more series set in Midkemia!

525- What animal plays a prominent role in the following stories?
- Toilers of the sea, by V. Hugo

527- Just who are these people, and where do we read about them?
(e) Captain Walton

528- Who is the central character of the following stories?
Too Many Have Lived
They Can Only Hang You Once
The Khandi Tooth Caper (actually a radio play)

530- Who murdered the following characters?
a) Almalik, king of Cartada
b) Doctor Yueh
d) Cleon I, galactic emperor
g) Professor Urky McVarish


533- What actor or actress wrote the following titles?
(a) Me : Stories of My Life
(b) Out on a limb
(c) the best awful
(d) In the Bleak Midwinter
(e) Buck Alice and the Actor Robot

534- Please complete the titles of these books by Dr. Seuss
(a) The cat in the (.....)
(b) Bartholomew and the (.....)
(c) If I Ran the (.....)
(d) Green Eggs and (.....)
(e) There's a Wocket in My (.....)
(f) Hunches in (.....)
(g) Oh, the Places You'll (.....)
(h) Daisy - Head (.....)
(i) Hooray for (.....) Day!
(j) My Many Colored (.....)

535- From which plays by Shakespeare are the following excerpts taken?

(a) Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors,
My very noble and approved good masters,
That I have ta'en away this old man's daughter,
It is most true; true, I have married her:
The very head and front of my offending
Hath this extent, no more.

(b) His legs bestrid the ocean: his rear'd arm
Crested the world: his voice was propertied
As all the tuned spheres, and that to friends;
But when he meant to quail and shake the orb,
He was as rattling thunder.

(c) Sir, I love you more than words can wield the matter;
Dearer than eye-sight, space, and liberty;
Beyond what can be valued, rich or rare;
No less than life, with grace, health, beauty, honour;
As much as child e'er loved, or father found;
A love that makes breath poor, and speech unable;
Beyond all manner of so much I love you.

(d) Good sister, wrong me not, nor wrong yourself,
To make a bondmaid and a slave of me;
That I disdain: but for these other gawds,
Unbind my hands, I'll pull them off myself,
Yea, all my raiment, to my petticoat;
Or what you will command me will I do,
So well I know my duty to my elders.

536- How was SF writer William Fitzgerald Jenkins better known as?


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[Puma]

493- According to what we learned in David Eddings' fantasy novels, what is it in essence that birds say with all their chirping? (It has to do with trees).

my tree, mine, mine

or words to that effect

[Puma]

534- Please complete the titles of these books by Dr. Seuss
(a) The cat in the (.....) hat
(b) Bartholomew and the (.....)ooblek
(c) If I Ran the (.....)Zoo
(d) Green Eggs and (.....)Ham
(e) There's a Wocket in My (.....)Pocket
(f) Hunches in (.....)Bunches
(g) Oh, the Places You'll (.....) Go
(h) Daisy - Head (.....)Mayzie
(i) Hooray for (.....) Day! Diffendoofer
(j) My Many Colored (.....) days

[Karl J. Barnes]

535. a) The Taming of the Shrew?

[Karl J. Barnes]

536.Murray Leinster

[Michael P]

535- From which plays by Shakespeare are the following excerpts taken?

(c) King Lear

[Karl J. Barnes]

535 b) The Tempest ?

[Bright-Raven]

528- Who is the central character of the following stories?
Too Many Have Lived
They Can Only Hang You Once
The Khandi Tooth Caper (actually a radio play)

Sam Spade

[Bright-Raven]

533- What actor or actress wrote the following titles?
(a) Me : Stories of My Life

Katherine Hepburn

(b) Out on a limb

Shirley McClaine

(c) the best awful

Carrie Fisher

(d) In the Bleak Midwinter

Joan Collins?

(e) Buck Alice and the Actor Robot

Walter Koenig

[Roquefort Raider]

493- According to what we learned in David Eddings' fantasy novels, what is it in essence that birds say with all their chirping? (It has to do with trees).

my tree, mine, mine

or words to that effect

You're right!

534- Please complete the titles of these books by Dr. Seuss
(a) The cat in the (.....) hat
(b) Bartholomew and the (.....)ooblek
(c) If I Ran the (.....)Zoo
(d) Green Eggs and (.....)Ham
(e) There's a Wocket in My (.....)Pocket
(f) Hunches in (.....)Bunches
(g) Oh, the Places You'll (.....) Go
(h) Daisy - Head (.....)Mayzie
(i) Hooray for (.....) Day! Diffendoofer
(j) My Many Colored (.....) days

That's a whole bunch of points
To lift them all would hurt my joints
But add them all to the tally,
Yeah, that I can do certainly
535. a) The Taming of the Shrew?
It's in there somewhere, but not in position (a).

536.Murray Leinster
Yes indeed!

535 b) The Tempest ?
No, not the tempest.

535- From which plays by Shakespeare are the following excerpts taken?

(c) King Lear
Thou art correctst.

528- Who is the central character of the following stories?
Too Many Have Lived
They Can Only Hang You Once
The Khandi Tooth Caper (actually a radio play)

Sam Spade
The private of privates.

533- What actor or actress wrote the following titles?
(a) Me : Stories of My Life
Katherine Hepburn
Yep.

(b) Out on a limb
Shirley McClaine
Which of her lives would she tell us about in an autobio, I wonder?

(c) the best awful
Carrie Fisher
An apt description of some Star Wars prequels.

(d) In the Bleak Midwinter
Joan Collins?
Ah, no.

(e) Buck Alice and the Actor Robot
Walter Koenig
Mr. Checkov himself.

503- In Zelazny's "My name is legion", what common appliance is used as a torture instrument?

513- In what comic-book did we eventually hear of Zothique, the imaginary continent created by Clark Ashton Smith? It was written by Roy Thomas.

516- Apart from the original Riftwar trilogy, what other series did Raymond E. Feist set in his world of Midkemia? (We already have The Riftwar Saga,
The empire trilogy, The serpentwar saga, the "Krondor's sons" series (King's buccaneer and Prince of blood) and there's at least one more series set in Midkemia!

525- What animal plays a prominent role in the following stories?
- Toilers of the sea, by V. Hugo

527- Just who are these people, and where do we read about them?
(e) Captain Walton

530- Who murdered the following characters?
a) Almalik, king of Cartada
b) Doctor Yueh
d) Cleon I, galactic emperor
g) Professor Urky McVarish

533- What actor or actress wrote the following titles?
(d) In the Bleak Midwinter

535- From which plays by Shakespeare are the following excerpts taken?

(a) Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors,
My very noble and approved good masters,
That I have ta'en away this old man's daughter,
It is most true; true, I have married her:
The very head and front of my offending
Hath this extent, no more.

(b) His legs bestrid the ocean: his rear'd arm
Crested the world: his voice was propertied
As all the tuned spheres, and that to friends;
But when he meant to quail and shake the orb,
He was as rattling thunder.

(d) Good sister, wrong me not, nor wrong yourself,
To make a bondmaid and a slave of me;
That I disdain: but for these other gawds,
Unbind my hands, I'll pull them off myself,
Yea, all my raiment, to my petticoat;
Or what you will command me will I do,
So well I know my duty to my elders.


537- What book (title and author) inspired or contributed to the development of the following comic-books?
(a) Marvel's Killraven
(b) DC's Arak, son of Thunder
(c) Marvel's The Eternals
(d) DC's Superman series
(e) Marvel's Logan's run

538- What is found on the crest of
(a) House Frey
(b) House Lannister
(c) House Mountjoy
(d) House Tyrell
(e) House Baratheon?

539- Harry Potteresque in its premise, this DC series from the 70s also had a young boy with magical connections abused by his uncle, aunts and grossly fat cousins. He, too, had to live under the stairs (in the basement, in fact). What is the name of the boy, and of the series?

540- Although he maintained a prolific correspondance with many writers, Robert E. Howard met only one of his Weird Tales colleagues. Who was that?


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[Michael P]

[QUOTE=Roquefort Raider]
535- From which plays by Shakespeare are the following excerpts taken?

(d) This one's Taming of the Shrew.

537-
(d) Philip Wylie's Gladiator


538- What is found on the crest of
(b) A lion
(e) A stag

539- Stanley, of Stanley and his Monster.

[Bright-Raven]

527- Just who are these people, and where do we read about them?
(e) Captain Walton

Captain of ship chasing Frankenstein's monster to Arctic Circle, in FRANKENSTEIN.

535- From which plays by Shakespeare are the following excerpts taken?

A) Othello

B) Antony & Cleopatra

[Bright-Raven]

537- What book (title and author) inspired or contributed to the development of the following comic-books?

(a) Marvel's Killraven

War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells

(b) DC's Arak, son of Thunder

Conan The Barbarian / Robert Howard?

(e) Marvel's Logan's Run

Presumably the novel Logan's Run by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson

[Rob Allen]

537(c) - Chariots of the Gods by Erich von Daniken

[Roquefort Raider]

535- From which plays by Shakespeare are the following excerpts taken?
(d) This one's Taming of the Shrew.
Forsooth.

537-
(d) Philip Wylie's Gladiator
Also adapted (straight) in a Marvel mag. But was it Unknown worlds of science-fiction, or Marvel Preview?

538- What is found on the crest of
(b) A lion
(e) A stag

Both right.

539- Stanley, of Stanley and his Monster.
That was a humor series... Was Stanley really an abused child???527- Just who are these people, and where do we read about them?
(e) Captain Walton
Captain of ship chasing Frankenstein's monster to Arctic Circle, in FRANKENSTEIN.
Congratulations! Not the most obvious of characters.

535- From which plays by Shakespeare are the following excerpts taken?
A) Othello
B) Antony & Cleopatra
Right both times.

537- What book (title and author) inspired or contributed to the development of the following comic-books?
(a) Marvel's Killraven
War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells
Correct.

(b) DC's Arak, son of Thunder
Conan The Barbarian / Robert Howard?
Not quite; a more serious book had a bigger influence on the series. It was even mentionned in a lettercol early on.

(e) Marvel's Logan's Run
Presumably the novel Logan's Run by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson
You presume right. The comic was itself adapted from the movie, which of course strayed far away from the book.



537(c) - Chariots of the Gods by Erich von Daniken

Trust a Classic Comics Board veteran to know that one!!!

503- In Zelazny's "My name is legion", what common appliance is used as a torture instrument?
A shower. With hot water only.

513- In what comic-book did we eventually hear of Zothique, the imaginary continent created by Clark Ashton Smith? It was written by Roy Thomas.
Conan the savage #10, the final issue.

516- Apart from the original Riftwar trilogy, what other series did Raymond E. Feist set in his world of Midkemia? (We already have The Riftwar Saga,
The empire trilogy, The serpentwar saga, the "Krondor's sons" series (King's buccaneer and Prince of blood) and there's at least one more series set in Midkemia!

525- What animal plays a prominent role in the following stories?
- Toilers of the sea, by V. Hugo

530- Who murdered the following characters?
a) Almalik, king of Cartada
b) Doctor Yueh
d) Cleon I, galactic emperor
g) Professor Urky McVarish

533- What actor or actress wrote the following titles?
(d) In the Bleak Midwinter

537- What book (title and author) inspired or contributed to the development of the following comic-books?
(b) DC's Arak, son of Thunder

538- What is found on the crest of
(a) House Frey
(c) House Mountjoy
(d) House Tyrell

539- Harry Potteresque in its premise, this DC series from the 70s also had a young boy with magical connections abused by his uncle, aunts and grossly fat cousins. He, too, had to live under the stairs (in the basement, in fact). What is the name of the boy, and of the series?

540- Although he maintained a prolific correspondance with many writers, Robert E. Howard met only one of his Weird Tales colleagues. Who was that?

541- What is the country of origin of the following writers?
(a) J.R.R. Tolkien
(b) Mary Renault
(c) Anne Perry
(d) Omar Khayyam
(e) Federico Garcia Lorca
(f) Pablo Neruda (Ricardo Eliecer Neftal Reyes Basualto)
(g) Guy Gabriel Kay
(h) Samuel Beckett
(i) H. G. Wells
(j) Kahlil Gibran
(k) Jack Kerouac
(l) Greg Bear
(m) Spider Robinson
(n) Andre Norton
(o) George Sand

542- What is the Pournelle chart, conceived by SF writer and essayist Jerry Pournelle?

543- Gossip time! Among these famous individual, which one did not have the privilege of maintaining romantic relations with writer George Sand?

Alfred de Musset
Victor Hugo
Franz Liszt
Frédéric Chopin

544- The world's longest-running musical and the longest-running show of any kind in the United Stateswas a 1960 musical titled "the Fantasticks". It was adapted from the play "the romancers", written by a fellow made famous by another romantic play. What would be the title of the latter?


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[Karl J. Barnes]

541- What is the country of origin of the following writers?
(a) J.R.R. Tolkien -England
(b) Mary Renault
(c) Anne Perry
(d) Omar Khayyam -Saudi Arabia?
(e) Federico Garcia Lorca
(f) Pablo Neruda (Ricardo Eliecer Neftal Reyes Basualto)
(g) Guy Gabriel Kay
(h) Samuel Beckett
(i) H. G. Wells -England
(j) Kahlil Gibran
(k) Jack Kerouac -USA
(l) Greg Bear
(m) Spider Robinson
(n) Andre Norton -USA
(o) George Sand -France


543- Gossip time! Among these famous individual, which one did not have the privilege of maintaining romantic relations with writer George Sand?

Alfred de Musset

[Karl J. Barnes]

530. b) Mentat Piotor?

[Karl J. Barnes]

538- What is found on the crest of
(a) House Frey-Two Towers/Castle
(c) House Mountjoy
(d) House Tyrell-A Rose



540- Although he maintained a prolific correspondance with many writers, Robert E. Howard met only one of his Weird Tales colleagues. Who was that?

H.P Lovecraft?

[Karl J. Barnes]

Question: Ben did I get 536 right or not?

[Michael P]

541- What is the country of origin of the following writers?
(d) It no longer exists, but I believe it was in the vicinity of modern-day India.
(h) Ireland (but he wrote mostly in French)

[Bright-Raven]

541- What is the country of origin of the following writers?
(a) J.R.R. Tolkien
(b) Mary Renault
(c) Anne Perry
(d) Omar Khayyam
(e) Federico Garcia Lorca
(f) Pablo Neruda (Ricardo Eliecer Neftal Reyes Basualto)
(g) Guy Gabriel Kay
(h) Samuel Beckett
(i) H. G. Wells
(j) Kahlil Gibran
(k) Jack Kerouac
(l) Greg Bear
(m) Spider Robinson
(n) Andre Norton
(o) George Sand

a) South Africa.
b) England.
c) England.
d) Khorassan.
e) Granada.
f) Chile.
g) Canada. (and it's Gavriel, not Gabriel)
h) Ireland.
i) England.
j) Bsharri. (now northern Lebanon)
k) United States.
l) United States.
m) United States (born in NYC) but claims himself as Canadian.
n) United States.
o) France.

542- What is the Pournelle chart, conceived by SF writer and essayist Jerry Pournelle?

A 2 dimensional construct used to identify the base concepts of politicial ideologies within individuals, dealing with how much you simply believe in the State, and how much you think they function rationally. (Which makes one question how anyone would even remotely find themselves anywhere on the chart at all, but I digress.)

[Bright-Raven]

543- Gossip time! Among these famous individual, which one did not have the privilege of maintaining romantic relations with writer George Sand?

Victor Hugo

544- The world's longest-running musical and the longest-running show of any kind in the United States was a 1960 musical titled "the Fantasticks". It was adapted from the play "the romancers", written by a fellow made famous by another romantic play. What would be the title of the latter?

Hm... technically Edmond's Cyrano de Bergerac is dramatic poetry, not a play, but that's probably what he is most famously known for. If not that, then it'd have to be The Princess Faraway.

[Roquefort Raider]

541- What is the country of origin of the following writers?
(i) H. G. Wells -England
(k) Jack Kerouac -USA
(n) Andre Norton -USA
(o) George Sand -France

These four are right!

530. b) Mentat Piotor?
Pieter DeVries, yep.

538- What is found on the crest of
(a) House Frey-Two Towers/Castle
(d) House Tyrell-A Rose

Both correct.

540- Although he maintained a prolific correspondance with many writers, Robert E. Howard met only one of his Weird Tales colleagues. Who was that?

H.P Lovecraft?

That's what I would have thught once, given that they seemed to have great respect for each other. But they never actually met.

Question: Ben did I get 536 right or not?
Yes you did! See message #810.
541- What is the country of origin of the following writers?
(d) It no longer exists, but I believe it was in the vicinity of modern-day India.

Not far from it; but there is a modern country that carries the heritage of Khayyam's motherland (and kept the name until a few decades ago. In fact, some people who fled the country sometimes refer to it by its old name).

(h) Ireland (but he wrote mostly in French)
Good job!

541- What is the country of origin of the following writers?
(a) J.R.R. Tolkien
(b) Mary Renault
(c) Anne Perry
(d) Omar Khayyam
(e) Federico Garcia Lorca
(f) Pablo Neruda (Ricardo Eliecer Neftal Reyes Basualto)
(g) Guy Gabriel Kay
(h) Samuel Beckett
(i) H. G. Wells
(j) Kahlil Gibran
(k) Jack Kerouac
(l) Greg Bear
(m) Spider Robinson
(n) Andre Norton
(o) George Sand

a) South Africa. Check.
b) England. Check
c) England. Yep.
d) Khorassan. A province of Persia, now Iran. What precision!
e) Granada. Spain, then.
f) Chile. Yep!
g) Canada. (and it's Gavriel, not Gabriel) Oops, bad typo. But you're correct.
j) Bsharri. (now northern Lebanon) What erudtition, my friend!
l) United States. Yep.
m) United States (born in NYC) but claims himself as Canadian. And we'll keep him!

All your answers were actually right, but Priestvyrce was there first for a few of them.

542- What is the Pournelle chart, conceived by SF writer and essayist Jerry Pournelle?

A 2 dimensional construct used to identify the base concepts of politicial ideologies within individuals, dealing with how much you simply believe in the State, and how much you think they function rationally. (Which makes one question how anyone would even remotely find themselves anywhere on the chart at all, but I digress.)


Or of what use the chart may be at all, for that matter.

543- Gossip time! Among these famous individual, which one did not have the privilege of maintaining romantic relations with writer George Sand?

Victor Hugo

Correct.

544- The world's longest-running musical and the longest-running show of any kind in the United States was a 1960 musical titled "the Fantasticks". It was adapted from the play "the romancers", written by a fellow made famous by another romantic play. What would be the title of the latter?

Hm... technically Edmond's Cyrano de Bergerac is dramatic poetry, not a play, but that's probably what he is most famously known for. If not that, then it'd have to be The Princess Faraway.

Why wouldn't Cyrano be a play? It's certainly considered theater here in the French-speaking world. In fact, it's probably the best-known French language play of them all!



516- Apart from the original Riftwar trilogy, what other series did Raymond E. Feist set in his world of Midkemia? (We already have The Riftwar Saga,
The empire trilogy, The serpentwar saga, the "Krondor's sons" series (King's buccaneer and Prince of blood) and there's at least one more series set in Midkemia!
The conclave of shadows

525- What animal plays a prominent role in the following stories?
- Toilers of the sea, by V. Hugo
A huge octopus

530- Who murdered the following characters?
a) Almalik, king of Cartada
d) Cleon I, galactic emperor
g) Professor Urky McVarish

533- What actor or actress wrote the following titles?
(d) In the Bleak Midwinter

537- What book (title and author) inspired or contributed to the development of the following comic-books?
(b) DC's Arak, son of Thunder

538- What is found on the crest of
(c) House Mountjoy


539- Harry Potteresque in its premise, this DC series from the 70s also had a young boy with magical connections abused by his uncle, aunts and grossly fat cousins. He, too, had to live under the stairs (in the basement, in fact). What is the name of the boy, and of the series?

540- Although he maintained a prolific correspondance with many writers, Robert E. Howard met only one of his Weird Tales colleagues. Who was that?


545- Ancient Greece time! Who won the fight (if anyone did) between the following pairs of opponents?
(a) Diomedes and Aeneas
(b) Orestes (Agamemnon's son) and Neoptolemus (Achilles' son)
(c) Diomedes and Ares
(d) Ajax and Hector
(e) Patroclus and Sarpedon, king of Lycia
(f) Antilochus, son of Nestor and Memnon the Ethiopian

546- Ancient Greece time again... Who were the spouses of the following characters?
(One each would do if multiple choices present themselves, but one-night stands do not count).
(a) Odysseus
(b) Peleus, father of Achilles
(c) Andromaque (in Troy)
(d) Theseus
(e) Heracles

547- From time to time, writers like to use cute names like "neverwhere", "nowhen", "revetahw" and the like. What name of that type do you associate with the following authors?
(a) David Weber
(b) Neil Gaiman
(c) Fritz Leiber
(d) David Zindell
(e) Samuel Butler

548- Among these titles, one was NOT written by Immanuel Kant. Which one?
(a) Ethics and the metaphysical nature of Man
(b) Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals
(c) Perpetual Peace
(d) Universal Natural History and Theory of Heaven
(e) The Only Possible Ground of Proof for a Demonstration of God's Existence





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[Doodle Bob]

547 c Nehwon

[Karl J. Barnes]

547.b) Neverwhere

[Shem the Penman]

545 c. Diomedes beat Ares.

546 a. Penelope.
d. Andromeda.

547 e. Erehwon.

[Karl J. Barnes]

545. d) Hector beats Ajax

[Scott Beeler]

545- Ancient Greece time! Who won the fight (if anyone did) between the following pairs of opponents?
(a) Diomedes and Aeneas
(b) Orestes (Agamemnon's son) and Neoptolemus (Achilles' son)
(f) Antilochus, son of Nestor and Memnon the Ethiopian

(a) Diomedes would have won but some pesky gods came around and saved Aeneas at the last moment.
(b) Orestes
(f) Memnon

546- Ancient Greece time again... Who were the spouses of the following characters?
(One each would do if multiple choices present themselves, but one-night stands do not count).
(b) Peleus, father of Achilles
(c) Andromaque (in Troy)
(e) Heracles

(a) Thetis
(b) Hector
(c) Megara

547- From time to time, writers like to use cute names like "neverwhere", "nowhen", "revetahw" and the like. What name of that type do you associate with the following authors?
(d) David Zindell

_Neverness_

[Blueferret]

537- What book (title and author) inspired or contributed to the development of the following comic-books?
(b) DC's Arak, son of Thunder


Just a guess, but Beowulf?

[Blueferret]

530- Who murdered the following characters?

a) Almalik, king of Cartada

Ammar Khiaran

d) Cleon I, galactic emperor

The gardener, Gruber, shot him

[Blueferret]

539- Harry Potteresque in its premise, this DC series from the 70s also had a young boy with magical connections abused by his uncle, aunts and grossly fat cousins. He, too, had to live under the stairs (in the basement, in fact). What is the name of the boy, and of the series?


Klarion, the Witch Boy?

[Roquefort Raider]

547 c Nehwon
Stomping grounds of Fahfrd and the Grey Mouser.
547.b) Neverwhere
Below the streets of London, yes.
545 c. Diomedes beat Ares.
Diomedes was quite the bruiser.

545. d) Hector beats Ajax
Nobody beats Ajax!!! Except Wolverine.

546 a. Penelope.
And if a lady ever deserved the name of spinster, it is her.

d. Andromeda.
I think the Ethiopian princess was Perseus' wife, not Theseus.

547 e. Erehwon.
The anti-utopia. Or the original dystopia. Or the birth-place of tapioca.
545- Ancient Greece time! Who won the fight (if anyone did) between the following pairs of opponents?
(a) Diomedes would have won but some pesky gods came around and saved Aeneas at the last moment.
A good and complete answer, but let's face it... Our man Aeneas was down.

(b) Orestes
So much for Neoptolemus, whose dad could beat any of OUR dads.

(f) Memnon
He could have been a contender against Hector for the title of best warrior on Troy's side.

546- Ancient Greece time again... Who were the spouses of the following characters?
(One each would do if multiple choices present themselves, but one-night stands do not count).
(b) Peleus, father of Achilles
(c) Andromaque (in Troy)
(e) Heracles

(a) Thetis
Peleus-Thetis, check.

(b) Hector
Hector-Andromaque, check.

(c) Megara
Heracles-Megara, check.

547- From time to time, writers like to use cute names like "neverwhere", "nowhen", "revetahw" and the like. What name of that type do you associate with the following authors?
(d) David Zindell
_Neverness_
I am surprised that that novel is not mentionned or reprinted more often. I thought it was quite good.
537- What book (title and author) inspired or contributed to the development of the following comic-books?
(b) DC's Arak, son of Thunder
Just a guess, but Beowulf?
Unfortunately, no. At least not in a big way.

530- Who murdered the following characters?

a) Almalik, king of Cartada

Ammar Khiaran
Ammar ibn Khairan, yes. Quite a character.

d) Cleon I, galactic emperor

The gardener, Gruber, shot him
Still, the poor old man was not evil.

539- Harry Potteresque in its premise, this DC series from the 70s also had a young boy with magical connections abused by his uncle, aunts and grossly fat cousins. He, too, had to live under the stairs (in the basement, in fact). What is the name of the boy, and of the series?

Klarion, the Witch Boy?
I don't think that kid would have tolerated being abused by his aunt, uncle and cousins.


530- Who murdered the following characters?
g) Professor Urky McVarish

533- What actor or actress wrote the following titles?
(d) In the Bleak Midwinter

537- What book (title and author) inspired or contributed to the development of the following comic-books?
(b) DC's Arak, son of Thunder

538- What is found on the crest of
(c) House Mountjoy

539- Harry Potteresque in its premise, this DC series from the 70s also had a young boy with magical connections abused by his uncle, aunts and grossly fat cousins. He, too, had to live under the stairs (in the basement, in fact). What is the name of the boy, and of the series? hint: Kirby.

540- Although he maintained a prolific correspondance with many writers, Robert E. Howard met only one of his Weird Tales colleagues. Who was that?

545- Ancient Greece time! Who won the fight (if anyone did) between the following pairs of opponents?
(d) Ajax and Hector
(e) Patroclus and Sarpedon, king of Lycia

546- Ancient Greece time again... Who were the spouses of the following characters?
(One each would do if multiple choices present themselves, but one-night stands do not count).
(d) Theseus

547- From time to time, writers like to use cute names like "neverwhere", "nowhen", "revetahw" and the like. What name of that type do you associate with the following authors?
(a) David Weber

548- Among these titles, one was NOT written by Immanuel Kant. Which one?
(a) Ethics and the metaphysical nature of Man
(b) Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals
(c) Perpetual Peace
(d) Universal Natural History and Theory of Heaven
(e) The Only Possible Ground of Proof for a Demonstration of God's Existence

549- This is the opening of what novel?

"We sailed from Peru, where we had continued by the space of one whole year, for China and Japan, by the South Sea, taking with us victuals for twelve months; and had good winds from the east, though soft and weak, for five months' space and more. But then the wind came about, and settled in the west for many days, so as we could make little or no way, and were sometimes in purpose to turn back. But then again there arose strong and great winds from the south, with a point east; which carried us up, for all that we could do, toward the north: by which time our victuals failed us, though we had made good spare of them. So that finding ourselves, in the midst of the greatest wilderness of waters in the world, without victual, we gave ourselves for lost men, and prepared for death. Yet we did lift up our hearts and voices to God above, who showeth His wonders in the deep; beseeching Him of His mercy that as in the beginning He discovered the face of the deep, and brought forth dry land, so He would now discover land to us, that we might not perish"

550- What is the name of the White Crow's fat lover in Mary Gentle's Rats and gargoyles, The Architecture of Desire and Left to His Own Devices?

551- What are the first two titles of what will be the Bartimaeus trilogy, by Jonathan Stroud?


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[Karl J. Barnes]

533. d) Ethan Hawke?

[Sir Tim Drake]

545- Ancient Greece time! Who won the fight (if anyone did) between the following pairs of opponents?
(e) Patroclus and Sarpedon, king of Lycia

Patroclus won

546- Ancient Greece time again... Who were the spouses of the following characters?
(One each would do if multiple choices present themselves, but one-night stands do not count).
(d) Theseus

Ariadne among others

548- Among these titles, one was NOT written by Immanuel Kant. Which one?
(a) Ethics and the metaphysical nature of Man

It's either that or choice D.

[Kirayoshi]

549- This is the opening of what novel?

The New Atlantis by Francis Bacon.

[CaptMagellan]

"550- What is the name of the White Crow's fat lover in Mary Gentle's Rats and gargoyles, The Architecture of Desire and Left to His Own Devices?"

I have no idea, but that question is glossollolia right? If I read all of Grant Morrison's "The Invisibles" in one sitting, down 3 shots of Mezcal, take some mushrooms, and repeat the above question as a mantra over and over again I'll eventually see the face of all creation won't I? ;)

[Scott Beeler]

"550- What is the name of the White Crow's fat lover in Mary Gentle's Rats and gargoyles, The Architecture of Desire and Left to His Own Devices?"

I have no idea, but that question is glossollolia right? If I read all of Grant Morrison's "The Invisibles" in one sitting, down 3 shots of Mezcal, take some mushrooms, and repeat the above question as a mantra over and over again I'll eventually see the face of all creation won't I? ;)

Heh. No, real question. And the answer would be Casaubon. Though I've only read _Rats and Gargoyles_ of those three.

Also:
551- What are the first two titles of what will be the Bartimaeus trilogy, by Jonathan Stroud?

_The Amulet of Samarkand_ and _The Golem's Eye_. The third supposedly to be _Ptolemy's Gate_. Haven't read them but have heard very good things about them.

[Rob Allen]

540. Clark Ashton Smith?

[Roquefort Raider]

533. d) Ethan Hawke?
No, but it was indeed an actor and not an actress.


545- Ancient Greece time! Who won the fight (if anyone did) between the following pairs of opponents?
(e) Patroclus and Sarpedon, king of Lycia

Patroclus won.

Go, Patroclus, go!!!

546- Ancient Greece time again... Who were the spouses of the following characters?
(One each would do if multiple choices present themselves, but one-night stands do not count).
(d) Theseus

Ariadne among others

Mmmh... The drama of the poor girl is that Theseus did not marry her but dumped her like yesterday's news! (It was also the source of the feud between Joe Theseus and Bacchus in Eddie Campbell's brilliant comic-book series about the god of the wine).

548- Among these titles, one was NOT written by Immanuel Kant. Which one?
(a) Ethics and the metaphysical nature of Man

It's either that or choice D.

Darn! And here I thought I had come up with a suitably Kantian fake title!

549- This is the opening of what novel?

The New Atlantis by Francis Bacon.

Good call!

"550- What is the name of the White Crow's fat lover in Mary Gentle's Rats and gargoyles, The Architecture of Desire and Left to His Own Devices?"

I have no idea, but that question is glossollolia right? If I read all of Grant Morrison's "The Invisibles" in one sitting, down 3 shots of Mezcal, take some mushrooms, and repeat the above question as a mantra over and over again I'll eventually see the face of all creation won't I?

Yes, but only if you focus your eyes half an inch behind the text.

Heh. No, real question. And the answer would be Casaubon. Though I've only read _Rats and Gargoyles_ of those three.


Ditto here, actually.

Also:
551- What are the first two titles of what will be the Bartimaeus trilogy, by Jonathan Stroud?

_The Amulet of Samarkand_ and _The Golem's Eye_. The third supposedly to be _Ptolemy's Gate_. Haven't read them but have heard very good things about them.

Thanks for providing the third title too!
540. Clark Ashton Smith?
You're on the right track, but not quite there yet.


530- Who murdered the following characters?
g) Professor Urky McVarish

533- What actor or actress wrote the following titles?
(d) In the Bleak Midwinter

537- What book (title and author) inspired or contributed to the development of the following comic-books?
(b) DC's Arak, son of Thunder

538- What is found on the crest of
(c) House Mountjoy

539- Harry Potteresque in its premise, this DC series from the 70s also had a young boy with magical connections abused by his uncle, aunts and grossly fat cousins. He, too, had to live under the stairs (in the basement, in fact). What is the name of the boy, and of the series? hint: Kirby.

540- Although he maintained a prolific correspondance with many writers, Robert E. Howard met only one of his Weird Tales colleagues. Who was that?
(Not Lovecraft, not Clark Ashton Smith).

545- Ancient Greece time! Who won the fight (if anyone did) between the following pairs of opponents?
(d) Ajax and Hector

546- Ancient Greece time again... Who were the spouses of the following characters?
(One each would do if multiple choices present themselves, but one-night stands do not count).
(d) Theseus

547- From time to time, writers like to use cute names like "neverwhere", "nowhen", "revetahw" and the like. What name of that type do you associate with the following authors?
(a) David Weber

552- Drugs!
(a) What drug does the count of Monte-Cristo wax poetic about for something like three full pages?

(b) What is the dilution used by Sherlock Holmes when he injects morphine?

(c) What is the unfortunate side effect of the wine that Elric guzzles by the barrel, although it has apparently no effect on him?

(d) What kind of drug does Dr. Fu Manchu most notably indulge in?

(e) What book was this excerpt taken from? "We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls."

557- What is striking about the skin color of the following characters?
(a) Grand admiral Thrawn
(b) the count of Monte-Cristo
(c) Doc Savage
(d) Oona, the dreamthief's daughter

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[Shem the Penman]

552 b: A seven-percent solution.

552 e: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

557 c: Doc's skin is a deep, almost metallic bronze.
d: Um, she's an albino?

[Doodle Bob]

557 b: wasn't he extremely pale?

[Slam_Bradley]

539- Harry Potteresque in its premise, this DC series from the 70s also had a young boy with magical connections abused by his uncle, aunts and grossly fat cousins. He, too, had to live under the stairs (in the basement, in fact). What is the name of the boy, and of the series? hint: Kirby.

Sandman?

552- Drugs!

(d) What kind of drug does Dr. Fu Manchu most notably indulge in?

Opium

[Michael P]

557- What is striking about the skin color of the following characters?
(a) It's blue.

[Roquefort Raider]

552 b: A seven-percent solution.
Correct!

552 e: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
True!

557 c: Doc's skin is a deep, almost metallic bronze.
d: Um, she's an albino?
Both right.

557 b: wasn't he extremely pale?
Yes, from spending 15 years in a gaol.
539- Harry Potteresque in its premise, this DC series from the 70s also had a young boy with magical connections abused by his uncle, aunts and grossly fat cousins. He, too, had to live under the stairs (in the basement, in fact). What is the name of the boy, and of the series? hint: Kirby.

Sandman?

Congrats!

552- Drugs!

(d) What kind of drug does Dr. Fu Manchu most notably indulge in?

Opium

Stereotypical, but there we are.

557- What is striking about the skin color of the following characters?
(a) It's blue.
Just as these characters are!


530- Who murdered the following characters?
g) Professor Urky McVarish

533- What actor or actress wrote the following titles?
(d) In the Bleak Midwinter

537- What book (title and author) inspired or contributed to the development of the following comic-books?
(b) DC's Arak, son of Thunder

538- What is found on the crest of
(c) House Mountjoy

540- Although he maintained a prolific correspondance with many writers, Robert E. Howard met only one of his Weird Tales colleagues. Who was that?
(Not Lovecraft, not Clark Ashton Smith).

545- Ancient Greece time! Who won the fight (if anyone did) between the following pairs of opponents?
(d) Ajax and Hector

546- Ancient Greece time again... Who were the spouses of the following characters?
(One each would do if multiple choices present themselves, but one-night stands do not count).
(d) Theseus

547- From time to time, writers like to use cute names like "neverwhere", "nowhen", "revetahw" and the like. What name of that type do you associate with the following authors?
(a) David Weber

552- Drugs!
(a) What drug does the count of Monte-Cristo wax poetic about for something like three full pages?

(c) What is the unfortunate side effect of the yellow wine that Elric guzzles by the barrel, although it has apparently no effect on him?

558- Who was born first, Perseus or Herakles?

559- What famous literary character makes a cameo in the play Cyrano de Bergerac?

560- What writer created the following vampires?
(a) Carmilla
(b) Lord Ruthven
(c) Varney
(d) Louis de Pointe du Lac
(e) the whole bunch from Jerusalem's lot



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[Karl J. Barnes]

560- What writer created the following vampires?
(a) Carmilla -J. Sheridan Le Fanu
(b) Lord Ruthven
(c) Varney-James Malcolm Rymer
(d) Louis de Pointe du Lac - Anne Rice?
(e) the whole bunch from Jerusalem's lot

[Doodle Bob]

560 e Stephen King

[Karl J. Barnes]

559. D'Artanian(sp?)

[Karl J. Barnes]

558. Perseus?

[Karl J. Barnes]

533 d)Kenneth Branagh

[Roquefort Raider]

560- What writer created the following vampires?
(a) Carmilla -J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Right-o!

(c) Varney-James Malcolm Rymer
That is correct!

(d) Louis de Pointe du Lac - Anne Rice?
Yes, he's the vampire being interviewed.


559. D'Artanian(sp?)
Right again, right after the duel in the theater.

558. Perseus?
Yes, Perseus begat Electryon who begat Alcmena who begat Heracles.

533 d)Kenneth Branagh
Excellent!!! I was going to remove that question today! Well done indeed!

560 e Stephen King
Correct, in the novel "Salem's lot" (which is actually a contraction of "Jerusalem's lot").

530- Who murdered the following characters?
g) Professor Urky McVarish
the defrocked monk John Parlabane, in Robertson Davies' "the fallen angels".

537- What book (title and author) inspired or contributed to the development of the following comic-books?
(b) DC's Arak, son of Thunder
Bullfinch's mythology

538- What is found on the crest of
(c) House Mountjoy

540- Although he maintained a prolific correspondance with many writers, Robert E. Howard met only one of his Weird Tales colleagues. Who was that?
(Not Lovecraft, not Clark Ashton Smith).

545- Ancient Greece time! Who won the fight (if anyone did) between the following pairs of opponents?
(d) Ajax and Hector

546- Ancient Greece time again... Who were the spouses of the following characters?
(One each would do if multiple choices present themselves, but one-night stands do not count).
(d) Theseus

547- From time to time, writers like to use cute names like "neverwhere", "nowhen", "revetahw" and the like. What name of that type do you associate with the following authors?
(a) David Weber

552- Drugs!
(a) What drug does the count of Monte-Cristo wax poetic about for something like three full pages?

(c) What is the unfortunate side effect of the yellow wine that Elric guzzles by the barrel, although it has apparently no effect on him?

560- What writer created the following vampires?
(b) Lord Ruthven (and for an extra point, who was he based on)?


561- Among the novels by Mary Renault that focus on Alexander the great, one follows him from his victory over Darius all the way to his death. What is the title of the novel, and from the point of view of which character is it narrated? (the character in question had a cameo in the Oliver Stone movie).

562- By what other name is James Bolivar (or "Slippery Jim") DiGriz known?

563- What cultural (i hesitate to say "ethnic") group does Taras Bulba belong to?

564- What Federation starship did Diane Carey create and used as the focus of a few of her recent star trek novels?

565- Who is the hero of the Edgar Rice Burroughs stories collected under the "Beyond the farthest star" title?

566- What novel does Humphrey Van Weydon star in?


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[Shem the Penman]

562. The Stainless Steel Rat.

563. A Cossack?

[Puma]

545- Ancient Greece time! Who won the fight (if anyone did) between the following pairs of opponents?
(d) Ajax and Hector

neither. at the end they gave gifts to each other

566- What novel does Humphrey Van Weydon star in?
Sea Wolf

[Karl J. Barnes]

560 b)John Polidori and he was based on Lord Byron.

[Karl J. Barnes]

565. Tangar, pretty close to Tarzan and anther barbaric hero on a different planet/dimension Thongor by Lin Carter.

[Puma]

546- Ancient Greece time again... Who were the spouses of the following characters?
(One each would do if multiple choices present themselves, but one-night stands do not count).
(d) Theseus

wedded Phaedra

dallied with Ariadne and Helen (and many more)

[traxler]

552. Opium?

[Michael P]

(c) House Mountjoy - There is no House Mountjoy, but House Greyjoy has an octopus.

564- What Federation starship did Diane Carey create and used as the focus of a few of her recent star trek novels? - The Challenger. Unfortunately, that one didn't explode, taking the lives of the crew with it.

[Karl J. Barnes]

(c) House Mountjoy - There is no House Mountjoy, but House Greyjoy has an octopus.



Yeah, I couldn't find Mountjoy in any of my books, but I thought the Greyjoy's is a Kraken, not an octopus.

[Roquefort Raider]

562. The Stainless Steel Rat.

563. A Cossack?
Right both times! Two points for you!


545- Ancient Greece time! Who won the fight (if anyone did) between the following pairs of opponents?
(d) Ajax and Hector
neither. at the end they gave gifts to each other
Correct! These guys had class. Ajax just took himself a little too seriously (as his later demise showed).

566- What novel does Humphrey Van Weydon star in?
Sea Wolf
Well done!

546- Ancient Greece time again... Who were the spouses of the following characters?
(One each would do if multiple choices present themselves, but one-night stands do not count).
(d) Theseus

wedded Phaedra

dallied with Ariadne and Helen (and many more)
You're right! Some say that Helen was quite underage when Theseus abducted her, but these ancient tales have many versions. Poor Helen... always being abducted...


560 b)John Polidori and he was based on Lord Byron.
Two points!

565. Tangar, pretty close to Tarzan and another barbaric hero on a different planet/dimension Thongor by Lin Carter.
You know, when I saw "beyond the farthest star" advertised as "E.R. Burroughs' science-fiction novel", I expected... well, sci-fi. But it's another fantasy. (The same thing happened to R. E. Howard's Almuric).
552. Opium?
No, I wouldn't use the same drug twice.

Er... I mean I wouldn't use the same drug as answers to multiple questions. Yeah, that's it.

(c) House Mountjoy - There is no House Mountjoy, but House Greyjoy has an octopus.
D-OH! You're right, of course. Greyjoy, not Mountjoy. I'll give you TWO points for setting me straight. And another two points to priestvyrce for precising the exact nature of our octopod.

564- What Federation starship did Diane Carey create and used as the focus of a few of her recent star trek novels?
- The Challenger. Unfortunately, that one didn't explode, taking the lives of the crew with it.
That bad, eh?


540- Although he maintained a prolific correspondance with many writers, Robert E. Howard met only one of his Weird Tales colleagues. Who was that?
(Not Lovecraft, not Clark Ashton Smith).
E. Hoffman Price. By a funny coincidence, the lady who wrote an autobiographical account of her friendship with Howard was also called Price.

547- From time to time, writers like to use cute names like "neverwhere", "nowhen", "revetahw" and the like. What name of that type do you associate with the following authors?
(a) David Weber

552- Drugs!
(a) What drug does the count of Monte-Cristo wax poetic about for something like three full pages?

(c) What is the unfortunate side effect of the yellow wine that Elric guzzles, although it has apparently no effect on him?

561- Among the novels by Mary Renault that focus on Alexander the great, one follows him from his victory over Darius all the way to his death. What is the title of the novel, and from the point of view of which character is it narrated? (the character in question had a cameo in the Oliver Stone movie).


567- Please name two of the five main surviving sources from which we learned the story of Alexander the great.

568- What writer described his work on his famous creation as "churning out reams and reams of sellable crap"?

569- What do you call a king on Barsoom?

570- What is the name of Doc Savage's younger cousin, a lady who can't be
persuaded to leave the dangerous stuff to the guys?


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