Tough Sci-Fi/Fantasy Literature Quiz

Answer: Prana-Bindu

OK, if you've read the books this one should not have been too hard. Paul is the Kwisatz Haderach, which translates to "Shortening of the Way", and Bene Tlielax is the training planet of the Mentats.

The Prana-Bindu consists of such mind-bending exercises as sitting perfectly still and moving one, and only one, muscle at a time.

Answer: They all are

And it finishes with 4) A-burzum ishi krimpatul.

The complete translation of which is:
"One Ring to rule them all,
One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all,
And in the Darkness bind them."

Answer: Chula Rrit

The Rrit family of Kzin are the ruling group on the Kzinti Homeworld. Nessus makes this claim in a crowded restaurant where he hopes to be overheard by a group of Kzin who are having dinner. He is attempting to recruit "Speaker-to-Animals" for his expedition to the Ringworld.

Answer: Lenin

I couldn't resist throwing in the Red Dwarf just for a laugh.

Admiral Khuzkov is well known throughout the Second Empire of Man as the man who burned an entire planet, Isstvan, to a cinder rather than allow it continue its rebellion against the Empire.

Answer: Whitlaw

An interesting class that teaches people why to fight in a war, in a future where America is still chaffing under a group of agreements similar to those laid on Germany after WWI, and the planet Earth is being invaded by giant purple "Worms" that eat humans. Not a series of books for the fainthearted.

Answer: Takhisis

Also known as the Queen of Darkness, Takhisis comes down from her celestial home to once again try to take over the world of Krynn, using the "Evil" dragons, and the mutated young of the good dragons (called Draconians after their transformation) to fight against the humans, elves, and dwarves.

Answer: Colonel Richard Baslim

As a member of the Terran Hegemony "Exotic Corps", Colonel Baslim was severely injured in a rescue of a shipload of Free Traders from a group of Slavers. Crippled for life, Baslim comes up with the idea of infiltrating the Sargon's homeworld of Jubbalpore from the bottom, as a beggar, to try and learn how the Slave Trade works in order to make it easier for the Patrol to stop.

While there he purchases a small boy named Thorby and makes him a free man.

Answer: Takis

The "Wildcard" virus is so named because no two people are ever affected by it the same way. Ninty-nine out of a hundred people infected by it die, usually very horribly. The other one percent get changed, becoming "Aces" (persons with super-human abilities like flight), "Dueces" (people who are changed, but it some meaningless way, like one man who can change the color of his skin at will), or "Jokers" (hideously deformed people, often coupled with severe mental derangement).

Answer: Petra Arkanian

After he was assigned to Salamander army, under Bonzo Madrid, Ender accidentally made friends with the one female in that Army. In turn she became one of his greatest co-commanders in the war against the Buggers, until he pushed her too hard, and she snapped.

Answer: Mort

Death, desiring to take some time off, hires young Mort to be his apprentice after nobody else would chose him.

Answer: The Bishop

The Bishop was so called because at every one of his crime scenes he would leave behind a business card with a picture of a Bishop (as in the Chess piece, not as in a Church member). After DeGriz realized his mistake in getting arrested, he engineered his escape, and sought the advice of this master criminal.

Answer: Luba Luft

In the book that inspired the movie "Blade Runner", Rick Deckard is a married Bounty Hunter assigned to hunt down and retire six Nexus-6 class androids that have come to Earth illegally. After retiring the wonderful singing android Luba Luft, Deckard begins to question his place as a Bounty Hunter, and whether destroying the androids is really best for humanity.

Answer: Rebel Star

Moments after dropping out of Hyperspace, the "Rebel Star" collides with debris from the massive space battle that had taken place over the planet Coruscant. The "Antares Six" is the second frigate of the group, which stays behind to search for survivors.

The "Tantive IV" is Leia's ship from Episode IV, "A New Hope", and the "Century Hawk" does not exist (at least in any of the books I've read so far).

Answer: Trelane

Yes, the infamous "Squire of Gothos" returns, and behold, he is a Q! Not very surprising when you think of Trelane's behavior, and utter misunderstanding of human nature, much like Q himself.

Answer: It never says

Ah ha, did you get caught? Unlike the movie, the book states quite clearly that while Rico and Ibanez were friends, they were not romantically involved. Of course the book also leaves you with the impression, without out-right saying it, that Dizzy Flores was a man.