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Quiz about Galactic Patrol by E E Doc Smith
Quiz about Galactic Patrol by E E Doc Smith

'Galactic Patrol' by E. E. 'Doc' Smith Quiz


In 'Galactic Patrol' the battle between Civilisation and Boskone is beginning to go in Boskone's favour. But aeons old plans are coming to fruition. See what you know of the early career of Kimball Kinnison!

A multiple-choice quiz by johnfair. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
johnfair
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
285,538
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
17 / 25
Plays
177
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Question 1 of 25
1. Where did Kinnison graduate as a Lensman? Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. Who was the commandant of the Lensmen trainees? Hint


Question 3 of 25
3. What was the name of Kinnison's first command? Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. What was the main weapon of this vessel? Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. For what purpose was the ship built? Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. Why didn't Kinnison call the results of their survey work back to Prime Base? Hint


Question 7 of 25
7. How did Kinnison intend to get the information back to the Patrol? Hint


Question 8 of 25
8. The senior officers went out in pairs. Who shared Kinnison's lifeboat? Hint


Question 9 of 25
9. Where was Kinnison's ship when she blew up? Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. What happened when the patrol ship blew up? Hint


Question 11 of 25
11. Were the two patrolmen able to get aboard the pirate vessel?


Question 12 of 25
12. From whom do we hear, soon after the patrolmen had boarded the ship? Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. In which Galactic Survey had the planetary system the two patrolmen escaped into been surveyed? Hint


Question 14 of 25
14. What happened to Kinnison on the first inhabited planet they landed on? Hint


Question 15 of 25
15. What was unusual about the patrolmen's rescuer? Hint


Question 16 of 25
16. The Patrolmen's rescuer was called Worsel and this wasn't his native planet either. What was his purpose in coming to this planet? Hint


Question 17 of 25
17. Where did our trio go after beating the Overlords? Hint


Question 18 of 25
18. Who is Noshabkeming? Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. How many of the Britannia's lifeboats were contacted by Kinnison on Velantia? Hint


Question 20 of 25
20. The surviving patrolmen help the Velantians take some pirate ships. What happened to the ship Kinnison and the rest of his men crewed? Hint


Question 21 of 25
21. On which planet was the first patrol base Kinnison and his friends touched down at? Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. _____ of _____ was the chief lensman of Trenco's patrol base. Who is he? Hint


Question 23 of 25
23. When asked if he would go to Arisia, what was Gildersteen's response? Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. Did Kinnison's ship make it back to Earth?


Question 25 of 25
25. Did Kinnison's adventure have a successful long term effect?



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Where did Kinnison graduate as a Lensman?

Answer: Wentworth Hall.

All the Terran Lensmen went through Wentworth Hall.

Some of you may recognise Miskatonic U from another mythos altogether!
2. Who was the commandant of the Lensmen trainees?

Answer: Commandant von Hohendorff.

No more Samms in these chronicles (though we may get a descendant or so...).
3. What was the name of Kinnison's first command?

Answer: The Britannia.

The Britannia was such a radically new design that Kinnison's lack of command experience was of little importance.
4. What was the main weapon of this vessel?

Answer: The Q-Gun.

The Q-gun was a mixture of force-fields and, horror of horrors, an actual physical shell! She carried practically no other weapons, however.
5. For what purpose was the ship built?

Answer: As a super-pirate hunter.

The sole purpose of the Britannia's existence was to capture one of the new style pirate vessels and study its systems.
6. Why didn't Kinnison call the results of their survey work back to Prime Base?

Answer: The Pirates were jamming the sub-ether.

The pirates were as aware as the patrol was over the importance of the captured ship's technology.
7. How did Kinnison intend to get the information back to the Patrol?

Answer: He split the crew up and sent them out in the lifeboats.

Kinnison knew that the Britannia had suffered too much damage to make it to any patrol base, never mind all the way back to Terra.

Any patrol man being captured by the pirates knew it was a short cut to death.
8. The senior officers went out in pairs. Who shared Kinnison's lifeboat?

Answer: van Buskirk.

The quartermaster had managed to arrange for Kinnison to share his boat with van Buskirk.
9. Where was Kinnison's ship when she blew up?

Answer: About a hundred miles from Kinnison's lifeboat.

Britannia was being controlled by a director-by-chance, and chance put her almost right on top of Kinnison's lifeboat.
10. What happened when the patrol ship blew up?

Answer: A pirate ship was caught up in the explosion.

The pirate ship was so close that she was hit by bits of the destroyed vessel.
11. Were the two patrolmen able to get aboard the pirate vessel?

Answer: Yes

Not everyone had been killed by the collision, but that had to be rectified soon after they boarded.
12. From whom do we hear, soon after the patrolmen had boarded the ship?

Answer: Helmuth speaking for Boskone.

But who Helmuth was, or even where his base was remained unknown.
13. In which Galactic Survey had the planetary system the two patrolmen escaped into been surveyed?

Answer: The Third.

The survey had noted the presence of inhabitable planets, but nothing about what was on them!
14. What happened to Kinnison on the first inhabited planet they landed on?

Answer: He was attacked by some really horrible beasties.

Both Kinnison and van Buskirk had to fight to the limits of their prodigious abilities to survive the catlets. As the Duke of Wellington once said; 'A damn close run thing!'
15. What was unusual about the patrolmen's rescuer?

Answer: He was completely telepathic.

Their rescuer was a being called Worsel and as well as only being able to communicate telepathically, he's a flying snake!
16. The Patrolmen's rescuer was called Worsel and this wasn't his native planet either. What was his purpose in coming to this planet?

Answer: To find out as much as possible about the Overlords of Delgon before dying.

Worsel had come to Delgon in order to study the Overlords but he had little expectation in succeeding in freeing his people from the mental slavery they suffered.
17. Where did our trio go after beating the Overlords?

Answer: The chief airfield on Velantia.

Kinnison needed to build some defences against the oncoming pirates and he also wanted to rescue as many of his people as possible from the Britannia's lifeboats.
18. Who is Noshabkeming?

Answer: A deity of the Valerian Dutch.

The Valerian Dutch went to the high gravity world to follow the diamonds found there.
19. How many of the Britannia's lifeboats were contacted by Kinnison on Velantia?

Answer: 8

Kinnison only managed to contact eight of the lifeboats, and two of those were in danger from pirate ships.
20. The surviving patrolmen help the Velantians take some pirate ships. What happened to the ship Kinnison and the rest of his men crewed?

Answer: The pirate crew had sabotaged the Bergenholm.

The Bergenholm suddenly gave out and though they were able to jury rig repairs, it was constantly breaking down from then on, until it was replaced.
21. On which planet was the first patrol base Kinnison and his friends touched down at?

Answer: Trenco.

Trenco was the closest base their broken Bergenholm could get them - Earth and Prime Base was just too far.
22. _____ of _____ was the chief lensman of Trenco's patrol base. Who is he?

Answer: Tregonsee, Rigel.

We'll be seeing more of Tregonsee later in the series.
23. When asked if he would go to Arisia, what was Gildersteen's response?

Answer: That there was no way he'd take a ship there.

Arisia remained a planet of ill repute to the general population. Gildersteen had been there before and been warned never to show his face near there ever again!
24. Did Kinnison's ship make it back to Earth?

Answer: Yes

He was fighting virtually all the way back from Trenco to Prime Base, whose weapons would only reach out fifty miles.
25. Did Kinnison's adventure have a successful long term effect?

Answer: No

While his discovery of the Boskonian technology, thereby stopping Boskone taking out Civilisation and appearing to give Civilisation an advantage, this success proved transient.
Source: Author johnfair

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