Team-requested round topic!
1) L. Ron Hubbard’s book Dianetics laid the foundations for what religion he went on to create?
2) Before writing the post-apocalyptic novel Riddley Walker, Russell Hoban wrote several childrens books about Frances, who was what kind of animal?
3) Which of these authors had the highest-grossing movie, adjusted for inflation, adapted from one of his novels: Arthur C. Clarke, Michael Crichton, Philip K. Dick, or H.G. Wells?
4) Which of these words was coined by Isaac Asimov in 1941: android, doohickey, positron, or robotics?
5) What novel, sometimes called the first science fiction novel, did Mary Shelley write in an effort to scare the bejeezus out of Lord Byron?
6) In the movie Back to the Future Part III, Doc Brown and Clara share the same favorite author. Who is he?
7) Ray Bradbury has appeared in one television commercial, a funny take on “the food of the future.” What food was it?
8) In Back to School, what author does Rodney Dangerfield’s character hire to write a paper on his own novels?
9) Aldous Huxley took the title of Brave New World from what Shakespeare play?
10) What competitive reality show takes its name from a phrase in one of George Orwell’s novels?
Average score, out of 16 teams: 5.81.
1) Scientology
2) a badger
3) Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park)
4) robotics
5) Frankenstein
6) Jules Verne
7) prunes (Sunsweet pitted prunes, to be specific)
8) Kurt Vonnegut
9) The Tempest
10) Big Brother
Round 5 at the Old Pequliar on February 6, 2007.
