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Star Wars, Star Trek, Galactica, Oh My! This trivia challenge is based on Sci-Fi! Ages 12 & up.
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1
What metal alloy was fused to Wolverine’s skeleton?
Unobtanium
Adamantium
Steel
Vibranium
2
What is the name of Han Solo’s ship?
Millennium Falcon
Gauntlet Fighter
Star Speeder
Death Star
3
What movie is the line “Clever girl” from?
The 5th Element
Jurassic World
Jurassic Park
Aliens
4
What is the name of the computer that kills much of the crew in
2001: A Space Odyssey
?
HAL
DAN
GYE
BOB
5
In H. G. Well’s classic novel,
The War of the Worlds
, Earth is invaded by inhabitants of which planet?
Jupiter
Mercury
Venus
Mars
6
In the Pacific Rim franchise, the giant monsters that emerge from “the breach” are called:
Aliens
Kaiju
Jaegers
Mechs
7
Which
Star Trek
parody, starring Tim Allen & Sigourney Weaver, features cute aliens that transform into green monsters?
Galaxy Quest
Quark
Mars Attacks
Alien
8
What color is Yoda’s light saber in
Revenge of the Sith
?
Red
Green
Blue
Purple
9
A huge alien spacecraft the size of cities threatens to destroy the world in this film:
Alien
Independence Day
Transformers
Mars Attacks
10
There are seven pilgrims in Dan Simmon’s novel,
Hyperion
. Which is not one of their professions?
Poet
Government consulate
Con artist
Philosopher
11
In which Star Wars movie were Ewoks introduced?
A New Hope
The Phantom Menace
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
12
Who is the actress that plays Dana Scully in
X-Files
?
Gillian Anderson
Marsha Hollinsworth
Linda Hamilton
Melisa Duchovny
13
In William Gibson’s novel,
Neuromancer
, there is an artificial intelligence named Neuromancer and another one called….
Johnny
Razorgirl
Corto
Wintermute
14
Which of the following novels
DOES NOT
have apocalyptic subject matter?
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Alas Babylon by Pat Frank
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller Jr.
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
15
In Philip K. Dick’s novel
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
, possessing which of these grants you the highest status?
Live animals
Empathy
A Feed
Android animals
16
How did Finnick Odair die in
Mockingjay,
the novel?
Shot by Katniss
Bombs
Decapitated by lizard mutts
Executed by President Snow
17
Aldous Huxley’s futuristic story,
Brave New World
, takes place in 2450 A.F. What does “A.F.” stand for?
After Flood
Avant Fall
After Flood
After Ford
18
In Mary Shelley’s
Frankenstein
;
or, The Modern Prometheus
, the creature demands what of Victor Frankenstein?
A companion/mate
The knowledge to reanimate corpses
A boat, provisions, money, and a gun
Help dying
19
Who is the bumbling and nervous yet striking looking droid from the Star Wars franchise?
R2D2
Rover
WALL-E
C3PO
20
“I always get the shakes before a drop,” is the opening line to which novel?
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
21
In
Back to the Future Part II
, Marty pretended to be his own son in order to confront this cyborg, a relative of Biff.
Griff
Biff Jr.
Ziff
Cliff
22
Which of these was not used as a weapon in the Stark Trek the original series?
Phaser
Disruptor
Photon Torpedo
Sonic Screwdriver
23
Who is Data’s brother in
Star Trek
?
Borg
Dorn
Grok
Lore
24
What words did Ash have to say correctly to safely remove the Necronomicon in
Army of Darkness
?
“This is my booomstick.”
“Cthulu barama victus.”
“Nectar. Nickel. Noodle.”
“Klaatu verata nikto.”
25
This 1951 sci-fi film involved an alien creature in Antarctica:
The Blob
Swamp Thing
The Thing From Another World
Pod People
26
What is Spider-man’s real name?
Clark Kent
Bruce Wayne
Tony Stark
Peter Parker
27
What movie features a virtual world, “agents”, and a command to “follow the white rabbit”?
Vertigo
Mulholland Drive
The Matrix
Men in Black
28
In the 1984 film
Gremlins
, what are the mogwai rules that must never be broken?
Don’t let it out after dark + don't get it wet + don't read to it
Don’t pet it or name it
Don’t let it watch movies and don’t bring it to work with you
Don’t show it bright light, don’t get it wet, and don’t feed it after 12 AM
29
In which film do the aliens’ heads explode when they hear Slim Whitman’s “Indian Love Call”?
Beware! The Blob
Dune
Independence Day
Mars Attacks
30
In which way do the Overlords of Arthur C. Clarke’s
Childhood’s End
NOT
interfere with human affairs?
Intervening with apartheid in South Africa
Outlawing bullfighting in Spain
Causing the extinction of all insect species
Ending the space race
31
What is Sulu’s primary position on the U.S.S. Enterprise?
Science Officer
Navigator
Chief Engineer
Helmsman
32
How does the virus kill its victims in Michael Crichton’s
Andromeda Strain
?
It causes the victim’s immune system to attack red blood cells
It doesn’t kill its victims, only makes them crazy
It crystallizes the victim’s blood
It eats the victim’s blood vessels
33
In the 1960 movie
The Time Machine
, what does George send back in time to impress his party guests?
A model of himself in a smaller time machine
A cigar
His dog
A book
34
Which 1968 film featuring Charlton Heston shows you a planet occupied by a completely different type of primate?
Rise of the Monkeys
Forbidden Planet
Planet of the Apes
Monkey Island
35
What vibranium weapon does Captain America use?
Crossbow
Hammer
Arm
Shield
36
Who starred as Dr. Moreau in the 1932 film of
Island of Lost Souls
?
Marlon Brando
Charles Laughton
Burt Lancaster
Christopher Reeve
37
This 1997 film featuring Ethan Hawke bombed at the box office but was praised for its engagement with bioethics:
Gattaca
Jurassic Park
The Core
Chain Reaction
38
What was the name of the army Ender Wiggin led in the novel
Ender’s Game
by Orson Scott Card?
Dragon Army
Scorpion Army
Rabbit Army
Rat Army
39
Which of the following movies introduces us to cute, green, three-eyed aliens from Pizza Planet?
Gremlins
Home
Ugly Dolls
Toy Story
40
Which of these Battlestar Galactica Reboot characters was
NOT
a Cylon?
Samuel Anders
Saul Tigh
Gauis Baltar
Galen Tyrol
41
In
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams, why do the Vogons want to destroy Earth?
They want to move into Earth’s spot in the solar system
Earth is their biggest intergalactic competitor
They want to create a “hyperspace bypass” and Earth is in the way
Earth’s atmosphere is poisonous to the Vogons.
42
What character did Christopher Reeve play in the movie of the same name?
Captain America
Batman
Superman
Spiderman
43
“Klaatu barada nikto” is a famous line from an alien movie with a warning for mankind. What movie is it from?
Mars Attacks
The Blob
Independence Day
The Day The Earth Stood Still
44
This title cyborg was bought by the police department and was given a new body after being nearly killed by a gang:
The Terminator
Ultraman
Timecop
RoboCop
45
Which actor played the 10
th
Doctor in the infamous
Doctor Who
series?
Christopher Eccleston
Peter Capaldi
David Tenant
Matt Smith
46
Set in the year 2517, what space drama TV series follows the adventures of the renegade crew of the spaceship Serenity?
Firefly
Babylon 5
V
Andromeda
47
What sci-fi film was the top-grossing film on the 1980s?
E.T.
Weird Science
Jurassic Park
Back to the Future
48
Which of the following films does not derive from the writings of Philip K. Dick?
12 Monkeys
Total Recall
A Scanner Darkly
Minority Report
49
How many different colors/lantern corps are there in the Green Lantern DC universe?
4
8
9
6
50
What is the HBO show featuring life like androids in different theme parks starring Evan Rachel Wood and Jeffrey Wright?
Silicon Valley
Game of Thrones
Westworld
Black Mirror
51
In T
ransformers: The Movie
(80s animated film) this planet, which ate other planets, transformed into the largest robot
Omega Supreme
Ultra Magnus
Unicron
Megatron
52
How many hearts does the Doctor have on
Doctor Who
?
3
4
1
2
53
Who is the actress best known for playing Sarah Connor in the Terminator franchise?
Linda Hamilton
Willa Taylor
Lena Headey
Emilia Clarke
54
Who is believed to be the first person ever born with the mutant gene in X-Men?
Professor X
Apocalypse
Magneto
Wolverine
55
Which 1968 TV show is set in 1983 and involves a mysterious planet where everything is twelve times larger than on Earth
Lost in Space
Land of the Giants
Spindrift
Planet of the Apes
56
Who was Godzilla’s first enemy?
Dogora
Battra
Angilas
Mothra
57
By what other name is the X-Men’s plane, the X-Jet, also known as?
Thunderjet
Blackbird
Raven
Lucy
58
In
Farscape
, John Crichton names a droid that kept him company in an abandoned ship. Which classic piece influenced him?
Night on Bald Mountain
Ride of the Valkyries
Carmen
1812 Overture
59
In
Flight of the Navigator
, a boy was transported eight years into the future by this robot, who was also a spaceship:
Glaxiplon
Saucerion
Navigator
Trimaxion
60
Which ABC Family show is about a mysterious boy found in the woods, who must learn the secrets of his past & his powers?
The Fosters
Switched at Birth
Kyle XY
Shadowhunters
61
What was the title of the movie starring characters from Looney Tunes and basketball superstar Michael Jordan?
Space Invaders
Space Jam
Spaceballs
Looney Tunes Live
62
Of these science fiction authors, who was not the editor of a science fiction magazine?
Frederick Pohl
Edgar Rice Burroughs
John W. Campbell
Ben Bova
63
Who wrote
The Invisible Man
(1897)
?
Robert Lewis Stevenson
Mark Twain
Robert Heinlein
H. G. Wells
64
Who says “Carousel is a lie! There is no renewal!” in the movie
Logan’s Run
?
Jessica 6
Logan 5
Doc
Francis 7
65
Predator aliens from the Predator franchise have what color blood?
Black blood
Red blood like humans
Luminescent blue blood
Luminescent green blood
66
Which Mad Max film came out in 1981?
Beyond the Thunderdome
The Road Warrior
Mad Max
Fury Road
67
What movie by J.J. Abrams came out in 2008 featuring handheld footage and something attacking New York City?
Blair Witch Project
Super 8
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Cloverfield
68
Who is the main female protagonist in the Alien franchise?
Newt
Elizabeth Shaw
Ellen Ripley
Ridley Scott
69
In what movie does a dead tribble help save Captain Kirk’s Life?
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek Generations
Star Trek: Into Darkness
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
70
This Edgar Allan Poe story is alluded to and heavily drawn from in
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury:
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Masque of the Red Death
The Cask of Amontillado
71
Which superhero is famous for saying, “You’re making me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.”?
Iron Man
Wolverine
Hulk
Captain Planet
72
What campy 1968 film stars Jane Fonda as a woman who is sent to another galaxy to find a missing scientist?
Life Force
Flash Gordon
Barbarella
Re-Animator
73
What movie starts off where it is announced that the youngest person on Earth, aged 18, has died?
Children of Men
Signs
28 Days Later
Artificial Intelligence
74
What book & film involves the "Glade", a tall puzzle structure with monsters, and finding an escape?
Divergent
The Hunger Games
The 5th Wave
Maze Runner
75
Which
Star Trek
captain has an artificial heart?
Kathryn Janeway
Benjamin Sisko
Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Archer
76
The 1982 film
Blade Runner
takes place in a dystopian future. What year is it in the movie?
2075
2019
2049
2020
77
What are the annual awards recognizing the best works of sci-fi or fantasy published in the United States called?
The Pulitzer Prize
The Edgar Awards
The Will Eisner Awards
The Nebula Awards
78
“Danger, Will Robinson” is a warning that became a catchphrase for the robot on which sci-fi series of the mid 1960s
Meet the Robinsons
Battlestar Galactica
Star Trek
Lost in Space
79
Played by Malcolm McDowell, what does Alex call his gang of thugs in
A Clockwork Orange
?
Banshees
Yarbles
Doodles
Droogs
80
What is the phrase Jedi use to wish an individual or group good luck?
“Live long and prosper.”
“May the odds be ever in your favor.”
“May the Force be with you.”
“Do…or do not. There is no try.”
81
Which of the following Avengers from the comics is not the first Avengers movie?
Captain America
Hawkeye
Wasp
Black Widow
82
Tom Cruise was in this 2002 film about the PreCrime division of D.C.’s PD and has 3 precogs to prevent + stop murders:
Mission Impossible
Minority Report
Oblivion
Edge of Tomorrow
83
Which movie was also written and directed by James Gunn (known for
Brightburn
+
Guardians of the Galaxy
)
Slither
The Thing
The Faculty
The Deadly Spawn
84
A novel about a dystopian society that the inhabitants might describe as “ungood”
Feed by M.T. Anderson
1984 by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
85
Which of these is
NOT
a Universal creature film?
Creature of Destruction
The Creature Walks Among Us
Revenge of the Creature
Creature from the Black Lagoon
86
Which 1865 novel by Jules Verne tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club?
From the Earth to the Moon
Journey to the Center of the Earth
The Mysterious Island
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
87
Who directed the 1987 movie
Spaceballs
?
Steven Spielberg
Stanley Kubrick
J. J. Abrams
Mel Brooks
88
What is Eleven’s real name in
Stranger Things
?
Jane
Julie
Barbara
Max
89
In Larry Niven’s,
Ringworld
, why is Teela Brown invited on the Ringworld expedition?
She’s inherently lucky
She’s a computer genius
She’s tiny
She’s an expert codebreaker/linguist
90
Which author invented the word “robot?”
John W. Campbell
Karel Capek
Isaac Asimov
H.G. Wells
91
Who sells Ultron Vibranium and instantly makes $1.285 billion in
Avengers: Age of Ultron
?
Tony Stark
Bruce Banner
Diana Prince
Ulysses Klaue
92
In which 1990 sci-fi movie did we see Fred Ward and Kevin Bacon being terrorized by gigantic, hungry worms?
Slither
Tremors
Feast
What Waits Below
93
Besides being and astronaut and a mechanical engineer, Andy Weir’s hero in
The Martian
, Mark Watney is also a what?
Lawyer
Social worker
Botanist
Computer hacker
94
In what year did the Avengers make their comic book debut?
1955
1971
1984
1963
95
Who was the director of
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
?
Chris Columbus
Steven Spielberg
Martin Scorsese
J. J. Abrams
96
What is Kevin Flynn's (Jeff Bridges) job in
Tron
?
Artist
Software engineer
Dad
Computer salesman
97
Which film was one of the first sci-fi films to be taken seriously by critics and movie-goers alike?
2001: A Space Odyssey
Mission to Mars
Plan 9 From Outer Space
E.T.
98
Robert A. Heinlein coined which widely-used piece of sci-fi slang in
Stranger in Strange Land
?
Decker
Corpsicle
Grok
Frak
99
Which planet is Mr. Spock of
Star Trek
from?
Voltron
Vulcan
Earth
Genesis
100
What is the name of the alien race that tries to take over Earth in
Star Trek: First Contact
?
Voltron
The Borg
Vulcans
Klingons