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1. Georges Méliès' 1902 'Le Voyage Dans la Lune' (A Trip to the Moon) is generally recognized as the first science fiction film. It depicts an astronomer's dream in which a group of men are shot in a space capsule from a giant cannon to the Moon, battle with Moon men, and then return safely to the Earth. On whose novel or novels did Méliès base his film?
2. Orson Welles caused a panic when he presented a radio play based on H.G. Wells' 'The War of the Worlds'. In the book (and the radio play and later motion picture, for that matter) what is it that finally defeats the alien invaders?
3. This philosopher envisioned a world in which the working class would control the means of production and governments would eventually become unnecessary.
4. This architect proposed building a mile high skyscraper in Chicago.
5. This self taught architect and engineer designed a house made of lightweight materials that was supposed to be delivered to the home site by dirigible. Hint: It was called the 4D Dymaxion House.
6. In the original 1968 version of "Planet of the Apes", what landmark does Charlton Heston's character Taylor discover in the final scene?
7. Here's another Chuck Heston nugget. In the movie 'Soylent Green', the year is 2022, New York has reached a population of 40 million, food is in very short supply, and our man Charleton is a homicide detective. Most of the population survives on 'synthetic' foods supplied by the Soylent corporation. He makes a startling discovery, that Soylent Green is made from ...?
8. In the movie 'Blade Runner', Harrison Ford's character, Deckard, is a bounty hunter for the police. He specializes in going after androids who have gotten out of control. What are these very human robots called?
9. What is the name of the all-powerful computer network of the future in the 'Terminator' movies?
10. How many years did Adolf Hitler say his Reich would last?
11. This movie tells the tale of a neurotic New Yorker who is frozen and then thawed out in the future.
12. On the original 'Star Trek' television series, what material is the source of a starship's power?
13. This author penned '1984', a story of the future in which all personal liberties have been extinguished and the all-seeing 'Big Brother' controls all aspects of life.
14. This author wrote the hauntingly fascinating 'Martian Chronicles'.
15. In '2001, A Space Odyssey', what object do they find that finally provides proof that man is not alone in the universe?
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