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Quiz about Nowhere Man
Quiz about Nowhere Man

Nowhere Man Trivia Quiz


"He's a real nowhere man, sitting in his nowhere land"... So goes the song, but how many of these men, and lands, from some weird and wonderful "nowhere worlds" of science fiction do you know?

A multiple-choice quiz by Rowena8482. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Rowena8482
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
328,898
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
252
Question 1 of 10
1. Dane Thorson is an orphan, and after graduating from the Academy he goes to The Pool to be assigned to his first ship. This vital, machine made decision, will set the course of his entire life as a spacer, and cannot be appealed or overturned. In the series of books by Andre Norton, which ship is Dane assigned to as junior cargo officer? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. In "Dauntless" (2006) we meet a man who has been awakened from a century long cryogenic sleep to "save the world". He is the last hope for the Alliance of humankind against the marauding Syndic Fleet. Who is this legendary hero? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. A dead man, and his dead wife, and their daughter who isn't (either dead or their daughter), are sent to colonise a planet that doesn't exist, in a place that isn't there, in secret, and then their luggage gets lost... and then the aliens intent on wiping them out arrive... John Scalzi twists a plot like a pretzel in his "The Last Colony"(2007), but who is the patriarch of the family in question? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. "Hammer's Slammers" are one of the roughest, toughest troops of mercenaries ever to slash and burn their way across a page. Can you remember the first name of their Colonel, for whom the troop is named? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Roger Ramius Sergei Chiang MacClintock is marooned on a nasty, humid, jungle planet on the very edge of civilised space, with only his battalion of "Bronze Barbarian" bodyguards, a few servants, and his personal chef to save him as they "March Upcountry" to the spaceport. Which planet is it? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. In the trilogy by John G. Hemry, Sergeant Ethan Stark is charged with keeping the Moon safely out of "enemy hands". Which of these is NOT one of the titles in the "Ethan Stark" series? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. When the Earth's first contact with an alien race consists of missiles launched from Ganymede, mankind's only hope is a single ship, armed with obsolete weaponry, and crewed by orphans. If they fail, humanity will be wiped out...
Who is the hero of the "Orphanage" series by Robert Buettner?
Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In the "Clone" series by Stephen L. Kent, who is the "Rogue Clone"? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. The first book in this series by Graham Sharp Paul was published in 2007, and is called "The Battle at the Moons of Hell". It tells how 'our hero' must infiltrate enemy territory and rescue the hijacked passengers and crew of the space liner Mumtaz, including his own mother and sister. Who is this hero? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. In the alternative history series by David Drake and Eric Flint, who is the Byzantine General who must lead the forces of Earth against the invading Malwa? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Dane Thorson is an orphan, and after graduating from the Academy he goes to The Pool to be assigned to his first ship. This vital, machine made decision, will set the course of his entire life as a spacer, and cannot be appealed or overturned. In the series of books by Andre Norton, which ship is Dane assigned to as junior cargo officer?

Answer: Solar Queen

When Dane is assigned to a Free Trader he is at first bitterly disappointed, but comes to realise he has at last "come home" and found the family he has always lacked.
The first book about Dane and his compatriots aboard the Solar Queen was "Sargasso of Space", first published in 1955 under the name Andrew North.
2. In "Dauntless" (2006) we meet a man who has been awakened from a century long cryogenic sleep to "save the world". He is the last hope for the Alliance of humankind against the marauding Syndic Fleet. Who is this legendary hero?

Answer: John 'Black Jack' Geary

"Dauntless", by Jack Campbell, is the first of the "Lost Fleet" series. By the sixth book, "Victorious", published in 2010, Black Jack has been promoted to Admiral, and is still leading the fight against the Syndic. Jack Campbell is a pen name used by John G. Hemry who writes the "Ethan Stark" novels.
Lt.Col DuBois is Johnny Rico's History and Moral Philosophy teacher in "Starship Troopers" by Robert A. Heinlein. (1959)
Willie Mandella is the protagonist of "The Forever War" (1974) by Joe Haldeman.
Horatio H. Gamp is my own invention.
3. A dead man, and his dead wife, and their daughter who isn't (either dead or their daughter), are sent to colonise a planet that doesn't exist, in a place that isn't there, in secret, and then their luggage gets lost... and then the aliens intent on wiping them out arrive... John Scalzi twists a plot like a pretzel in his "The Last Colony"(2007), but who is the patriarch of the family in question?

Answer: John Perry

John Perry (cloned and made young again, then recloned to make him 'not green skinned'), his second wife Jane (cloned body of his first wife Kathy, new person), and their adopted daughter Zoe, lead the colonists who gradually come to realise they are being used as political pawns by the Earth Colonial Defence Force in the battle for "real estate" in space. We first met John Perry, and Jane Sagan as she then was, in "Old Man's War" (2005), and Zoe in "The Ghost Brigades" (2006) and "Zoe's Tale" (2008).
4. "Hammer's Slammers" are one of the roughest, toughest troops of mercenaries ever to slash and burn their way across a page. Can you remember the first name of their Colonel, for whom the troop is named?

Answer: Alois

More like a short story collection or a chapbook than a novel, "Hammer's Slammers" was originally published in 1979. The ninth volume of the series, "Paying the Piper", was published in 2002.
Author David Drake tells us, in the foreword to one of the omnibus editions, that he drew on his own experiences as a veteran of the Vietnam War to make these book extremely gory, with realistic violence on practically every page.
5. Roger Ramius Sergei Chiang MacClintock is marooned on a nasty, humid, jungle planet on the very edge of civilised space, with only his battalion of "Bronze Barbarian" bodyguards, a few servants, and his personal chef to save him as they "March Upcountry" to the spaceport. Which planet is it?

Answer: Marduk

Bravo Company of Bronze Battalion of The Empress' Own Regiment were sent to accompany Prince Roger or "the Royal brat" on a routine visit to represent his mother, the Empress, at an awards ceremony. Their ship is sabotaged and they end up marooned on Marduk.
"March Upcountry", first published in 2001, is the first of the "Empire of Man" series all about Prince Roger, by John Ringo and David Weber.
6. In the trilogy by John G. Hemry, Sergeant Ethan Stark is charged with keeping the Moon safely out of "enemy hands". Which of these is NOT one of the titles in the "Ethan Stark" series?

Answer: Stark's Choice

The first of the books, "Stark's War" was first published in 2000. John G. Hemry also writes the "Lost Fleet" series under the name Jack Campbell.
7. When the Earth's first contact with an alien race consists of missiles launched from Ganymede, mankind's only hope is a single ship, armed with obsolete weaponry, and crewed by orphans. If they fail, humanity will be wiped out... Who is the hero of the "Orphanage" series by Robert Buettner?

Answer: Jason Wander

The first book in the series, "Orphanage" was first published in 2004, and we meet Jason as a terrified 18 year old "volunteer".
By the second volume "Orphan's Destiny" (2005), the 25 year old Jason is now General Wander.
8. In the "Clone" series by Stephen L. Kent, who is the "Rogue Clone"?

Answer: Wayson Harris

PFC Wayson Harris is a Marine clone trooper, and has always been loyal to his makers and masters. When he discovers that his 'model' of clone is being phased out, via slaughtering them in cold blood, he goes AWOL and begins to fight back.
The first book in the series, "The Clone Republic" was first published in 2006. These books are not to be confused with the various "Star Wars" "Clone Wars" books.
9. The first book in this series by Graham Sharp Paul was published in 2007, and is called "The Battle at the Moons of Hell". It tells how 'our hero' must infiltrate enemy territory and rescue the hijacked passengers and crew of the space liner Mumtaz, including his own mother and sister. Who is this hero?

Answer: Michael Helfort

Junior Lieutenant Michael Helfort has a scout ship and a devoted crew, and must rescue the Mumtaz personnel from being forced to work in the moon mines of the planet Hell.
The fourth book in the "Helfort's War" series, "The Battle for Committment Planet", was published in 2010.
10. In the alternative history series by David Drake and Eric Flint, who is the Byzantine General who must lead the forces of Earth against the invading Malwa?

Answer: Belisarius

The first book in the "Belisarius" series was "An Oblique Approach", first published in 1998. The sixth and final volume, "The Dance of Time" was published in 2006.
David Drake is also well known for his "Hammer's Slammers" series, and Eric Flint also writes the "Assiti Shards" alternate history books.
Source: Author Rowena8482

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