34719 Intermediate Trivia Questions
34719 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What is the title of the Philip K. Dick short story adapted into the film 'Total Recall'?
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We Can Remember It for You Wholesale
What is the name of the Martian in Robert A. Heinlein's 'Stranger in a Strange Land'?
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Valentine Michael Smith
What is the name of the spaceship in Arthur C. Clarke's '2001: A Space Odyssey'?
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Discovery One
Who wrote 'The Dispossessed'?
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Ursula K. Le Guin
Who wrote the novel 'A Canticle for Leibowitz'?
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Walter M. Miller Jr.
Which novel by Philip K. Dick was adapted into the film 'Blade Runner'?
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
What is the name of the planet in Stanislaw Lem's 'Solaris'?
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Solaris
Which author coined the term 'cyberspace'?
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William Gibson
What is the name of the order of monks in Walter M. Miller Jr.'s 'A Canticle for Leibowitz'?
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Albertian Order of Leibowitz
What are the fearsome creatures in Dan Simmons's 'Hyperion' called?
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The Shrike
What is the name of the alien species in 'The Forever War'?
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Taurans
In what novel by Ursula K. Le Guin does the ansible first appear?
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Rocannon's World
What is the name of the barber who accompanies the priest in Don Quixote?
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Maese Nicolás
Which character tricks Don Quixote into believing Dulcinea is enchanted?
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Sancho Panza
What is the name of the bachelor who disguises as a knight to bring Don Quixote home?
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Samson Carrasco
What is the real name of the woman Don Quixote calls Dulcinea?
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Aldonza Lorenzo
What pseudonym was used by the author of a spurious second part of Don Quixote?
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Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda
Which author wrote the 'Cadfael' series of historical mysteries?
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Ellis Peters
Which author wrote the 'Mary Russell' series?
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Laurie R. King
Which author wrote the 'Phryne Fisher' series?
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Kerry Greenwood
Which author wrote the 'Ruth Galloway' series?
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Elly Griffiths
Which author wrote the 'Slough House' series?
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Mick Herron
Which author wrote the 'Flavia de Luce' series?
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Alan Bradley
What is the name of the first 'Lord Peter Wimsey' novel?
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Whose Body?
Which author wrote the 'Mrs. Pollifax' series?
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Dorothy Gilman
Which novel by Dashiell Hammett introduced Sam Spade?
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The Maltese Falcon
Which mystery writer used the pseudonym 'Mary Westmacott'?
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Agatha Christie
Which author created the detective Mike Hammer?
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Mickey Spillane
What is the name of the detective in Ngaio Marsh's novels?
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Roderick Alleyn
What is the pseudonym used by J.K. Rowling for the Cormoran Strike series?
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Robert Galbraith
Which author wrote 'The Westing Game'?
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Ellen Raskin
Which author wrote 'The Daughter of Time'?
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Josephine Tey
What is the name of the detective in the 'Inspector Rebus' series?
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John Rebus
Which author wrote 'The Long Goodbye'?
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Raymond Chandler
Which author created the 'Kurt Wallander' series?
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Henning Mankell
Which novel by Edgar Allan Poe is considered the first detective story?
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Which author wrote 'The Postman Always Rings Twice'?
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James M. Cain
Which author wrote 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'?
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Patricia Highsmith