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| Questions will be posted daily. The answers will be posted one week later. The first correct answer will be posted below. Please provide the name under which you wish to be credited. I'm also looking for a couple of answers myself. | ||
| February 15: Where would you read about the superhero The Turtle? | |
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The Wild Cards series edited by George R.R. Martin |
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| February 14: What mystery writer created Inspector Bencolin of the Paris police? | |
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John Dickson Carr |
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| February 13: Why does every spaceship have a Native American crew member in Mars 5 by Hugh Douglas Brown? | |
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So they can use sign language if they run into aliens. No, I didn't make that up. |
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| February 12: Who is the last named character to die in Dune by Frank Herbert? | |
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Feyd Rautha |
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| February 11: What was the title of Arthur C. Clarke's only non-science fiction novel? | |
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Glide Path |
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| February 10: How many named characters are killed in Stephen King's Duma Key? Don't count the ones who died before the current story begins. | |
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Seven |
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| February 9: What novel by Daniel F. Galouye was made into a movie? | |
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Simulacron 3 as The Thirteenth Floor |
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| February 8: Fred Pohl collaborated with C.M. Kornbluth for several novels that were not science fiction. Two of them were listed under their real names. What pseudonym was used for Valerie? | |
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Jordan Park |
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| February 7: In what science fiction novel is Dracula a visitor from the future? | |
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Dracula Unbound by Brian W. Aldiss |
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| February 6: What Jack Vance mystery novel was adapted as an episode of Thriller? | |
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Man in a Cage |
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| February 5: Under what name does fantasy writer Sarah A. Hoyt write mystery novels? | |
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Sarah D'Almeida |
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| February 4: Michael Shepard was the penname used for one novel by what well known thriller writer? | |
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Robert Ludlum |
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| February 3: One of Poul Anderson's novels was made into a movie. Which one was it? | |
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The High Crusade |
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| February 2: What was the last Robert Ludlum novel actually written by Robert Ludlum? | |
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The Sigma Protocol |
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| February 1: What is the name of the people ruled by the Wicked Witch of the West? | |
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Winkies |
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| January 31: What was the original title of The Quiller Memorandum by Adam Hall? | |
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The Berlin Memorandum |
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| January 30: During what war does The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle take place? | |
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The Hundred Years War |
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| January 29: Who played the Lone Wolf in the television series? | |
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Louis Heyward |
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| January 28: Who played the detective in the Thin Man television series? | |
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Peter Lawford |
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| January 27: What was the first novel about a cowboy? | |
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The Virginian by Owen Wister (although some Dime Novels might technically also be about cowboys) |
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| January 26: The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne is a sequel to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. It's also the sequel to another Verne novel? Which one? | |
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In Search of the Castaways |
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| January 25: Why did Jules Verne walk with a limp during the last few years of his life? | |
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He was shot by his nephew |
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| January 24: How does the primary protagonist in Treasure of the Sierra Madre die? | |
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Beheaded by bandits |
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| January 23: What Henry Treece novel deals with an attempt to assassinate Boudicca? | |
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The Pagan Queen aka Red Queen, White Queen |
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| January 22: How long was Ben Gunn marooned on Skeleton Island? | |
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3 Years |
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| January 21: What family owned the Admiral Benbow Inn in Treasure Island? | |
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Hawkins |
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| January 20: What is the name of Tom Sawyer's half-brother? | |
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Sid |
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| January 19: How many characters at the dinner party in H.G. Wells' The Time Machine are identified by name? | |
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One |
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She was his landlord's wife |
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| January 17: When was the last cavalry charge by the United States Army? | |
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During Pershing's expedition against Pancho Villa |
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| January 16: In what classic SF series do people live in sietches? | |
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Dune by Frank Herbert |
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| January 15: What does Dr. Manette due in prison to occupy his time in A Tale of Two Cities? | |
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Makes shoes |
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| January 14: How many characters named Robinson appear in Swiss Family Robinson? | |
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None |
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| January 13: How many people are shipwrecked in Swiss Family Robinson? | |
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6 originally, 2 more later |
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| January 12: What bestselling author was an intelligence agent whose cover was blown by Kim Philby? | |
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John Le Carre |
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| January 10: What was the title of the first Shadow novel? | |
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The Living Shadow |
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| January 9: What British building did Anarchists unsuccessfully attempt to blow up in 1894? | |
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Greenwich Observatory |
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| January 8: What Alfred Hitchcock movie is based on a novel by Joseph Conrad? | |
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Sabotage is based on The Secret Agent |
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| January 7: What is the name of the ship on which The Sea Wolf by Jack London takes place? | |
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????? |
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| January 6: Why was the main character from Rafael Sabatini's The Sea Hawk left out of the 1940 movie? | |
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Because the movie was not based on the book |
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| January 5: In the movie The Searchers, the first name of John Wayne's character was Ethan. That was a change from his name in the original novel, which was....? | |
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Amos |
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| January 4: What is the only mystery by P.D. James where the crime is not solved by Adam Dalgliesh? | |
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Unsuitable Job for a Woman |
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January 3: What mystery writer has a recurring character named Philip Dryden? |
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Jim Kelly |
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| January 2: In what television series was someone capable of sucking all of the oxygen out of the air? | |
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Heroes |
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| January 1: Who was the first fictional hero to have a secret identity? | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel |
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