Science Fiction Trivia

Besides being and astronaut and a mechanical engineer, Andy Weir’s hero in The Martian, Mark Watney is also a what?

Which 1968 TV show is set in 1983 and involves a mysterious planet where everything is twelve times larger than on Earth

Which author invented the word “robot?”

In the Pacific Rim franchise, the giant monsters that emerge from “the breach” are called:

Which of the following novels DOES NOT have apocalyptic subject matter?

This title cyborg was bought by the police department and was given a new body after being nearly killed by a gang:

Which superhero is famous for saying, “You’re making me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.”?

There are seven pilgrims in Dan Simmon’s novel, Hyperion. Which is not one of their professions?

Set in the year 2517, what space drama TV series follows the adventures of the renegade crew of the spaceship Serenity?

In Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, possessing which of these grants you the highest status?

In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, why do the Vogons want to destroy Earth?

Which Star Trek parody, starring Tim Allen & Sigourney Weaver, features cute aliens that transform into green monsters?

Who starred as Dr. Moreau in the 1932 film of Island of Lost Souls? 

Which Mad Max film came out in 1981?

What color is Yoda’s light saber in Revenge of the Sith?

What is the name of the computer that kills much of the crew in 2001: A Space Odyssey?

Who says “Carousel is a lie! There is no renewal!” in the movie Logan’s Run?

Which of the following Avengers from the comics is not the first Avengers movie?

What is Sulu’s primary position on the U.S.S. Enterprise?

This 1951 sci-fi film involved an alien creature in Antarctica: 

How does the virus kill its victims in Michael Crichton’s Andromeda Strain?

What was the title of the movie starring characters from Looney Tunes and basketball superstar Michael Jordan?

How many different colors/lantern corps are there in the Green Lantern DC universe?

What book & film involves the "Glade", a tall puzzle structure with monsters, and finding an escape?

What is the phrase Jedi use to wish an individual or group good luck?

In what movie does a dead tribble help save Captain Kirk’s Life?

This Edgar Allan Poe story is alluded to and heavily drawn from in The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury:

In what year did the Avengers make their comic book debut?

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, the creature demands what of Victor Frankenstein?

How many hearts does the Doctor have on Doctor Who?

How did Finnick Odair die in Mockingjay, the novel?

What is the name of the alien race that tries to take over Earth in Star Trek: First Contact?

Who was the director of Close Encounters of the Third Kind? 

Who is Data’s brother in Star Trek?

A huge alien spacecraft the size of cities threatens to destroy the world in this film: 

Of these science fiction authors, who was not the editor of a science fiction magazine?

“Klaatu barada nikto” is a famous line from an alien movie with a warning for mankind. What movie is it from?

This 1997 film featuring Ethan Hawke bombed at the box office but was praised for its engagement with bioethics:

What is Eleven’s real name in Stranger Things?

What movie by J.J. Abrams came out in 2008 featuring handheld footage and something attacking New York City?

What is the name of Han Solo’s ship? 

In the 1960 movie The Time Machine, what does George send back in time to impress his party guests? 

In Back to the Future Part II, Marty pretended to be his own son in order to confront this cyborg, a relative of Biff.

What vibranium weapon does Captain America use? 

Who is the main female protagonist in the Alien franchise?

“Danger, Will Robinson” is a warning that became a catchphrase for the robot on which sci-fi series of the mid 1960s

Aldous Huxley’s futuristic story, Brave New World, takes place in 2450 A.F. What does “A.F.” stand for?

In Flight of the Navigator, a boy was transported eight years into the future by this robot, who was also a spaceship: 

Which planet is Mr. Spock of Star Trek from?

What movie features a virtual world, “agents”, and a command to “follow the white rabbit”? 

Played by Malcolm McDowell, what does Alex call his gang of thugs in A Clockwork Orange?

What character did Christopher Reeve play in the movie of the same name? 

What is Spider-man’s real name? 

What are the annual awards recognizing the best works of sci-fi or fantasy published in the United States called?

In which 1990 sci-fi movie did we see Fred Ward and Kevin Bacon being terrorized by gigantic, hungry worms?

In which film do the aliens’ heads explode when they hear Slim Whitman’s “Indian Love Call”?

Who directed the 1987 movie Spaceballs? 

In the 1984 film Gremlins, what are the mogwai rules that must never be broken?

In which way do the Overlords of Arthur C. Clarke’s Childhood’s End NOT interfere with human affairs?

In H. G. Well’s classic novel, The War of the Worlds, Earth is invaded by inhabitants of which planet?

The 1982 film Blade Runner takes place in a dystopian future. What year is it in the movie? 

What is Kevin Flynn's (Jeff Bridges) job in Tron?

Which of the following movies introduces us to cute, green, three-eyed aliens from Pizza Planet?

What words did Ash have to say correctly to safely remove the Necronomicon in Army of Darkness?

Which 1968 film featuring Charlton Heston shows you a planet occupied by a completely different type of primate?

Which ABC Family show is about a mysterious boy found in the woods, who must learn the secrets of his past & his powers?

In Transformers: The Movie (80s animated film) this planet, which ate other planets, transformed into the largest robot

Who is believed to be the first person ever born with the mutant gene in X-Men?

In William Gibson’s novel, Neuromancer, there is an artificial intelligence named Neuromancer and another one called….

A novel about a dystopian society that the inhabitants might describe as “ungood”

Which Star Trek captain has an artificial heart?

Who wrote The Invisible Man (1897)?

Which of these was not used as a weapon in the Stark Trek the original series?

Which of these is NOT a Universal creature film?

What is the HBO show featuring life like androids in different theme parks starring Evan Rachel Wood and Jeffrey Wright?

What movie is the line “Clever girl” from?

Which movie was also written and directed by James Gunn (known for Brightburn + Guardians of the Galaxy)

“I always get the shakes before a drop,” is the opening line to which novel?

What movie starts off where it is announced that the youngest person on Earth, aged 18, has died?

In Larry Niven’s, Ringworld, why is Teela Brown invited on the Ringworld expedition?

Who is the actress best known for playing Sarah Connor in the Terminator franchise?

Which actor played the 10^th Doctor in the infamous Doctor Who series?

What sci-fi film was the top-grossing film on the 1980s?

Who sells Ultron Vibranium and instantly makes $1.285 billion in Avengers: Age of Ultron?

Which 1865 novel by Jules Verne tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club?

Robert A. Heinlein coined which widely-used piece of sci-fi slang in Stranger in Strange Land?

By what other name is the X-Men’s plane, the X-Jet, also known as?

What campy 1968 film stars Jane Fonda as a woman who is sent to another galaxy to find a missing scientist?

What was the name of the army Ender Wiggin led in the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card?

In which Star Wars movie were Ewoks introduced? 

Which film was one of the first sci-fi films to be taken seriously by critics and movie-goers alike?

In Farscape, John Crichton names a droid that kept him company in an abandoned ship. Which classic piece influenced him?

What metal alloy was fused to Wolverine’s skeleton?

Tom Cruise was in this 2002 film about the PreCrime division of D.C.’s PD and has 3 precogs to prevent + stop murders:

Who was Godzilla’s first enemy?

Which of the following films does not derive from the writings of Philip K. Dick?

Predator aliens from the Predator franchise have what color blood?

Who is the actress that plays Dana Scully in X-Files?

Who is the bumbling and nervous yet striking looking droid from the Star Wars franchise?

Which of these Battlestar Galactica Reboot characters was NOT a Cylon?