Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books Quiz

1. Who wrote 'Dune'?

1. Arthur C. Clarke
2. Frank Herbert
3. Isaac Asimov
4. Ray Bradbury

2. In George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four', what is the name of the ruling party's surveillance slogan?

1. All three are slogans of the Party
2. Big Brother is Watching You
3. Ignorance is Strength
4. War is Peace

3. Which author wrote 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'?

1. Douglas Adams
2. Neil Gaiman
3. Terry Pratchett
4. Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

4. What is the answer to 'life, the universe, and everything' in 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'?

1. 22
2. 42
3. 52
4. None — no answer is given

5. Which novel by Margaret Atwood depicts a totalitarian theocracy that enslaves women as 'Handmaids'?

1. Oryx and Crake
2. The Blind Assassin
3. The Handmaid's Tale
4. The Penelopiad

6. Who wrote 'Foundation', a science fiction series about the fall of a galactic empire?

1. Arthur C. Clarke
2. Isaac Asimov
3. Robert A. Heinlein
4. Ursula K. Le Guin

7. In Tolkien's mythology, what is the name of the dark lord who created the One Ring?

1. Balrog
2. Morgoth
3. Saruman
4. Sauron

8. Which author wrote 'The Left Hand of Darkness', a landmark of feminist science fiction?

1. Joanna Russ
2. Marion Zimmer Bradley
3. Octavia Butler
4. Ursula K. Le Guin

9. What is the name of the whale-shaped spacecraft in 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'?

1. Bistromath
2. Heart of Gold
3. The Sperm Whale
4. The Vogon Constructor Fleet

10. Which novel by Aldous Huxley depicts a future where happiness is enforced through pleasure and a drug called Soma?

1. Ape and Essence
2. Brave New World
3. Island
4. Point Counter Point

11. In 'A Song of Ice and Fire' by George R.R. Martin, what is the name of the family motto of House Stark?

1. Fire and Blood
2. Hear Me Roar
3. We Do Not Sow
4. Winter is Coming

12. Which author wrote 'Kindred', a time-travel novel exploring slavery in antebellum America?

1. Alice Walker
2. Octavia Butler
3. Toni Morrison
4. Zora Neale Hurston

13. What is the name of the computer in Arthur C. Clarke's '2001: A Space Odyssey'?

1. ARIA
2. GLaDOS
3. HAL 9000
4. VIKI

14. Which fantasy series by Robert Jordan begins with 'The Eye of the World'?

1. Malazan Book of the Fallen
2. The Stormlight Archive
3. The Sword of Truth
4. The Wheel of Time

15. In Ray Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451', what is the temperature at which paper burns — giving the novel its title?

1. 233°C
2. 314°C
3. 451°F
4. 666°F

16. Which author created the Discworld series of comedic fantasy novels?

1. Douglas Adams
2. Neil Gaiman
3. Terry Pratchett
4. Tom Holt

17. What is the name of the rabbit protagonist in Richard Adams' 'Watership Down'?

1. Bigwig
2. Fiver
3. General Woundwort
4. Hazel

18. Which science fiction author coined the term 'cyberspace' in the novel 'Neuromancer'?

1. Bruce Sterling
2. Neal Stephenson
3. Philip K. Dick
4. William Gibson

19. In 'The Name of the Wind' by Patrick Rothfuss, what is the name of the university where Kvothe studies?

1. Hogwarts
2. The Arcanum
3. The Citadel
4. The University

20. Which dystopian novel by Suzanne Collins features children forced to fight to the death in an annual televised event?

1. Divergent
2. The Giver
3. The Hunger Games
4. The Maze Runner