John Scalzi Trivia

1. When the story begins, John and Jane are farming peacefully on the planet Huckleberry. What is John's "day job"?

From Quiz The Last Colony

Answer: Village Ombudsman

After their time in the army, told in "Old Man's War" (2005), John and Jane retire to Huckleberry to raise their adopted daughter Zoe, and keep their farm. John fills the role of Village Ombudsman, adjudicating minor squabbles and domestic legal matters for the villagers, and Jane is the Constable - sort of a sheriff and general "keeper of the peace".

From Quiz Old Man's War

Answer: Visits his wife's grave to say goodbye before he leaves Earth

Once an enlistee leaves Earth for training and induction into the Colonial Defence Force they can never return. When they join up they become 'officially dead' and get 72 hours to put their affairs in order before departure. John and his wife Kathy originally intended to join up together but she died some years earlier and he decides to go alone.

From Quiz The Last Colony

Answer: General Rybicki

Jane and John are not particularly pleased when General Rybicki arrives, as they are quite happy with their new peaceful lives as farmers. They also sense there is more to the colony proposals than meets the eye, and worry about what else may be going on. In the end though, they agree to take the job and move to Roanoke to lead the new colony.

From Quiz Old Man's War

Answer: Ghost

Whereas most recruit's new bodies are made using their own DNA, anyone who has died in the ten years between giving their sample (when they fill in an 'intention to enlist' form) and enlistment has their DNA used to make bodies for the soldiers of the Ghost Brigades.

From Quiz The Last Colony

Answer: Hickory and Dickory

Zoe's biological father, Charles Boutin, is a hero to the Obin people, and Zoe is regarded with almost religious awe and adoration by them. As part of a treaty between the Obin and Humanity, two representatives of the Obin are allowed to live with Zoe and share their life with her with the rest of their race. As a tiny child, Zoe named them Hickory and Dickory, as their Obin names were impossible for her to say.

From Quiz Old Man's War

Answer: Green skin

The new bodies have green skin as they have a chlorophyll molecule genetically engineered into them to use available light as a food/energy source. They are also stronger, faster, and generally improved over a 'normal' human body. Not only are the recruits young again, they are much fitter and stronger than they ever were before, and spend three days partying to prove it to themselves!

From Quiz The Last Colony

Answer: Savitri

Savitri and John have an excellent working relationship on Huckleberry - they exchange insults and banter on the surface, but underneath they understand and respect each other deeply. When John and Jane are offered the posts as colonial leaders, they can choose their own staff so Jane offers Savitri the post of secretary and she comes along with them to the new world.

From Quiz Old Man's War

Answer: Willie Wheelie

When the recruits assemble for basic training, Master Sergeant Ruiz finds a reason to hate all of them except John. It turns out that during his career as an adman, John had invented 'Willie Wheelie' and his slogan "Sometimes you just gotta hit the road". Willie Wheelie was Ruiz's favourite character, and he opened up enough to tell John how he was inspired not to kill himself at a low point in his life, when he saw a billboard of the character and slogan as he waited for a "bus to throw himself under".

From Quiz The Last Colony

Answer: Ferdinand Magellan

The original plan was that the Ferdinand Magellan would transport the colonists and all their equipment and supplies to their new planet, before returning to Phoenix. When the captain and crew realise they are stranded and will not be allowed to leave, there are angry scenes, especially when it becomes clear they have been set up by the CDF, and there was never any chance they would be permitted to return home.

From Quiz Old Man's War

Answer: BrainPal

The BrainPals speak to their owners, download any information they need straight into their head, communicate with each other as necessary, and can be speech or thought controlled. They can also be used as entertainment consoles storing music, books, TV shows, and photographs.

From Quiz The Last Colony

Answer: They are Mennonites

Once the colonists arrive on Roanoke, the CDF's scheme begins to become slightly clearer to them. In order to hide from the forces seeking to annihilate the colony, they cannot use any modern technology at all, as it is all wireless, and would leak signals that could be detected from space. The Mennonites have always used the absolute minimum technology for their needs, so can cope, and teach the other colonists how to manage when it is not available.

From Quiz Old Man's War

Answer: Modesto

The loss of the planet Coral and its colony is a devastating blow to the Colonial Defense Force. John Perry is the only survivor not just of the Modesto's personnel, but of the entire battle. His life is only saved by his genetically modified new body and the advanced technology available to the medical team after his rescue.

From Quiz The Last Colony

Answer: A flag pin in his lapel

Kranjic came to the colony because he suspected the CDF were up to something, and had visions of winning prizes and becoming more famous if he got the scoop and the inside story. When the colonists have to turn off all their wireless devices to avoid detection by the enemies who want to destroy them, he keeps a small recorder sewn into his underwear and a lapel pin shaped like the Umbrian flag hidden. Luckily, John is onto him and finds and removes them before they can give away the colony's position.

From Quiz Old Man's War

Answer: Single combat to the death

The Consu agree to allow up to five questions, one for each of the human soldiers who can defeat a Consu warrior in single combat to the death. In the event, the Humans win four of the five contests.

From Quiz The Last Colony

Answer: Enzo

Hickory and Dickory are not impressed when Zoe spends a lot less time with them after she meets and falls in love with Enzo. They "have a word" with John and offer to "remove" him, but fortunately John is able to persuade them that this is not necessary. Zoe and all their friends are heartbroken when Enzo is one of the people killed when a rocket scores a direct hit on their shelter, during a sneak attack.

From Quiz Old Man's War

Answer: Jane Sagan

Jane is a member of the mysterious Ghost Brigades. It turns out that her body was made using the DNA from Kathy, John's wife. All the Ghost Brigade soldiers are given ordinary first names, and surnames of famous scientists, at random, when they are 'awakened' in their laboratory constructed bodies.

From Quiz The Last Colony

Answer: She gets pregnant

Because Jane was cloned from Kathy's DNA as a member of the "Ghost Brigades" for the CDF Special Forces, she has never known what it is to be an ordinary non-enhanced human. She came close during her time on Huckleberry, but unbeknown to her and John, she still had an inactive BrainPal in her head. After they fight off the enemy and save Roanoke Colony, this is completely deactivated and her body is treated with nanobots to make her as human as is possible. Her humanity is confirmed when she gets pregnant with John's child.

From Quiz Old Man's War

Answer: In the infirmary of the original colony buildings

John finds it by accident when he brings a wounded Jane to the infirmary to try and treat her head injury. He ends up as the hero of the hour by finding the mission target and saving the life of his commanding officer.

From Quiz Old Man's War

Answer: Phoenix

Humans living on Earth have almost no idea of what the CDF does out in space. All they know is that recruits are somehow "made young again", then after a ten year term of service, can become colonists themselves. They are never allowed back to Earth, and there is no communication with Earth once they leave.

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