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     Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.210.209.169 |
I just posted a quiz on Facebook. As not everyone is on FB, I also thought I'd adapt it to fit here. Answers on a postcard to the usual address... Question 1 In HG Wells' The War of the Worlds, what is the name of the ship that battles with the Martians? Question 2 Arthur Sarsfield Ward was otherwise known as...? Question 3 Which of these was not written by H P Lovecraft? 1. The Thing in the Moonlight 2. The Haunter of the Dark 3. The Horror in the Museum 4. The Haunter of the Ring 5. The Rats in the Walls Question 4 Who was Robert Aickman's grandfather? Question 5 Douglas Clegg's fictional haunted house is...? Question 6 Who wrote 'Stranger in a Strange Land'? Question 7 What is the name of the central character in Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'? Question 8 Which of these was not written by John Wyndham? 1. Night of the Triffids 2. The Midwich Cuckoos 3. The Kraken Wakes 4. The Chrysalids 5. Trouble With Lichen Question 9 Which of these is not a character from a Stephen King novel? 1. Victor Pascow 2. The Gunfighter 3. Colonel Abraham Kurtz 4. Jack Sawyer 5. Paul Sheldon Question 10 'Quoth the Raven, Nevermore' is the epitaph of which writer? Question 11 Which of these is not a character in a Ramsey Campbell novel? 1. Tubby Thackeray 2. Jack Orchard 3. Charlotte Nolan 4. William Halloway 5. Clare Frayn Question 12 What is the opening line from Ray Bradbury's 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' ? 1. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. 2. The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed. 3. The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. 4. The seller of lightning rods arrived just ahead of the storm. 5. It was a pleasure to burn. Question 13 What novel has the central character Stephen Huxley? Question 14 All of these writers sadly died young, but which one was the youngest when he died? 1. H P Lovecraft 2. Charles Beaumont 3. Karl Edward Wagner 4. Robert E Howard 5. Edgar Allan Poe Question 15 Which writers are responsible for these works? - Fevre Dream, The Tooth Fairy, Swan Song, The Girl Next Door. Question 16 Which of these characters does not appear in JRR Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' books? 1. Meriadoc Brandybuck 2. Tom Bombadil 3. Theoden 4. Reepicheep 5. Denethor Question 17 Which story by Clive Barker served as inspiration for the film 'Candyman' (1992) ? Question 18 Which of these stories was not written by Richard Matheson? 1. The Monsters are Due on Maple Street 2. Third from the Sun 3. Little Girl Lost 4. Born of Man and Woman 5. Prey Question 19 Which author wrote 'Rendezvous with Rama'? Question 20 Which of these was not written by Harlan Ellison? 1. "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman 2. I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream 3. The Whimper of Whipped Dogs 4. The Man Who Murdered Tomorrow 5. The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World Question 21 Which of these characters does not appear in Bram Stoker's novel, 'Dracula'? 1. Dr John Seward 2. Jonathan Harper 3. Lucy Westenra 4. Quincey Morris 5. Renfield Question 22 Which of these stories was written by Thomas Ligotti? 1. The Shadow at the Bottom of the Well 2. The Other Eye of Polyphemus 3. At Midnight, in the Month of June 4. Dr Lochrian's Asylum 5. The Panic Hand Question 23 Who wrote 'Nine Horrors and a Dream'? Question 24 'The Hegemony Consul sat on the balcony of his ebony spaceship and played Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp Minor on an ancient but well-maintained Steinway while great, green, saurian things surged and bellowed in the swamps below" is the opening line to which novel? Question 25 Which of these books did not win a Bram Stoker award for Best Novel? 1. lost boy lost girl by Peter Straub 2. The Lost by Jack Ketchum 3. Bag of Bones by Stephen King 4. Boy's Life by Robert R McCammon 5. The Night Class by Tom Piccirilli Question 26 Which of these was not written by Algernon Blackwood? 1. The Wendigo 2. The Listener 3. The Damned 4. The Doll 5. The Rocker Question 27 Which authors are responsible for these pieces of fiction? - 'Back for Christmas', 'The Speciality of the House', 'Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper' and 'The Lottery' Question 28 Which of these was not written by HG Wells? 1. The Time Machine 2. The Island of Dr Moreau 3. The Shape of Things to Come 4. The Invisible Man 5. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Question 29 Where was S T Joshi born? Question 30 "Cold as the February wind, the full moon blazed over the fields. Anne Norton heard the wind ruffle the wheat a moment before it plucked at her naked body." What is the story? | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 212.121.214.11 |
I only get 15 points on that. Anything else would be guesswork. | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.209.108.219 |
Mr Bestwick only got 2 wrong! Clever clogs. |