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Heretics of Dune Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz on Frank Herbert's 'Heretics of Dune', the fifth 'Dune' novel.

A multiple-choice quiz by kraytkiller. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
kraytkiller

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
252,705

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
12 / 20

Plays
401

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 186 (16/20), Guest 191 (14/20), Guest 95 (11/20).

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Question 1 of 20

1. What was the name of the God those returned from the Scattering worshipped? Hint

Dur

Torr

Lurr

Nor

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Question 2 of 20

2. How many Idaho gholas did the Bene Tleilax supply to the Bene Gesserit before the one whose memory was restored by Miles Teg? Hint

Fifteen

Seven

Eleven

Three

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Question 3 of 20

3. What was the name of the ghola Duncan Idaho's first chief instructor at Gammu? Hint

Iella Wessiri

Luran Geasa

Irin Fossyr

Rima Borealis

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Question 4 of 20

4. What was the full name of Mother Superior Taraza? Hint

Asante Mohaim Taraza

Aurra Mabel Taraza

Anni Morobe Taraza

Alma Mavis Taraza

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Question 5 of 20

5. Who changed the name of Giedi Prime to Gammu? Hint

Jessica

Gurney Halleck

Thufir Hawat

Leto Atreides II

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Question 6 of 20

6. Who was the ghola Duncan Idaho's second chief instructor at Gammu? Hint

Lucilla

Bellonda

Tamalane

Schwangyu

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Question 7 of 20

7. What was the name of the archaeologist who excavated Dar-es-Balat? Hint

Saguro Autem

Hadi Benotto

Parin Dodt

Tsui Choi

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Question 8 of 20

8. Which planet did Miles Teg retire to? Hint

Gallinore

Andioya

Lernaeus

Dzelluria

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Question 9 of 20

9. How many Standard Years old was Miles Teg when Taraza recruited him for the ghola project on Gammu? Hint

396

296

369

269

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Question 10 of 20

10. What was the name of Dimela's husband? Hint

Gilad

Iblis

Firus

Koth

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Question 11 of 20

11. What was the name of Miles Teg's father? Hint

Jovan

Mattino

Krasov

Loschy

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Question 12 of 20

12. What was the Tleilaxu term for their ultimate revenge? Hint

Ghufran

Bodal

Kehl

Lashkar

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Question 13 of 20

13. In which month of the old calendar was Sheena's eighth birthday? Hint

Ogost

Igat

Mhai

Dgun

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Question 14 of 20

14. Where was the Hedley Tuek's bench from, the one claimed to have once been used by Muad'Dib? Hint

Sietch Tabr

Sareer Sietch

False Sietch

Windgap Sietch

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Question 15 of 20

15. What was the name of the messenger that told Tamalane of Sheeana's supposedly pre-emptory command to bring back a pair of manacled prisoners? Hint

Duros

Kersos

Kipuna

Dravvad

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Question 16 of 20

16. On what planet did the Tireg nearly engage in a battle? Hint

Dan

Junction

Tleilax

Andioya

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Question 17 of 20

17. How long in Standard Years was a local Gammu year? Hint

1.8 SY

1.3 SY

2.6 SY

0.9 SY

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Question 18 of 20

18. Who restored and preserved the painting 'Cottages at Cordeville' that hung in Taraza's room? Hint

Marcus Agen

Martin Buro

Morgan Kolar

Michael Tsui

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Question 19 of 20

19. What was the name of the aide of Sheeana who was in Tuek's private service? Hint

Baanu

Baldik

Bonadan

Belluria

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Question 20 of 20

20. What was the name of one of the Tleilaxu envoys Tuek met on Rakis? Hint

Yal Phaath

Ledden Pook

Tesar Sebatyne

Malik Carr

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the name of the God those returned from the Scattering worshipped?

Answer: Dur

The name Dur was a shortened form of Guldur, which was one of many names given to the God-Emperor Leto II. A soldier Miles Teg captured on Gammu called on the Great God Dur to enrich his captors if they returned him to the Honored Matres.

2. How many Idaho gholas did the Bene Tleilax supply to the Bene Gesserit before the one whose memory was restored by Miles Teg?

Answer: Eleven

The Bene Tleilax assassinated most of the gholas of Duncan Idaho that they had sent to the Bene Gesserit so that they could control the timing of the order's plan.

3. What was the name of the ghola Duncan Idaho's first chief instructor at Gammu?

Answer: Luran Geasa

Luran Geasa was a failed Reverend Mother younger than Schwangyu who was the ghola Duncan Idaho's chief instructor when he was aged eight and first learned he was a ghola.

4. What was the full name of Mother Superior Taraza?

Answer: Alma Mavis Taraza

Taraza was the Mother Superior of the Bene Tleilax at the time of the discovery of Sheena - a girl that could control sandworms - on Rakis, and was killed on planet.

5. Who changed the name of Giedi Prime to Gammu?

Answer: Gurney Halleck

Giedi Prime, the home planet of House Harkonnen, was the homeworld of both Duncan Idaho and Miles Teg's lieutenant Patrin, as well as probably the site of the earliest known no-chamber.

6. Who was the ghola Duncan Idaho's second chief instructor at Gammu?

Answer: Tamalane

Tamalane took over Duncan Idaho's teaching after the departure of Luran Geasa, while Schwangyu had been commander of Gammu Keep during the time of both of these instructors.

7. What was the name of the archaeologist who excavated Dar-es-Balat?

Answer: Hadi Benotto

Hadi Benotto was the archaeologist who excavated the no-chamber constructed by Leto Atreides II at Dar-es-Balat but the reports were suppressed by the Rakian priesthood.

8. Which planet did Miles Teg retire to?

Answer: Lernaeus

Miles Teg lived on Lernaeus, after retiring as the Supreme Bashar of the Bene Gesserit, with his eldest daughter, in the house where he had grown up as a child.

9. How many Standard Years old was Miles Teg when Taraza recruited him for the ghola project on Gammu?

Answer: 296

The Mentat Bashar Miles Teg was recruited by Taraza to restore the memory of the ghola Duncan Idaho, due to his similarity to Leto Atreides I.

10. What was the name of Dimela's husband?

Answer: Firus

Dimela was the eldest daughter of the Mentat Bashar Miles Teg and it was to her and her husband Firus that Teg left his home on Lernaeus when he departed for Gammu.

11. What was the name of Miles Teg's father?

Answer: Loschy

Loschy Teg was a functionary in CHOAM who married the Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother Janet Roxbrough and he was the father of the Mentat Bashar Miles Teg.

12. What was the Tleilaxu term for their ultimate revenge?

Answer: Bodal

Tylwyth Waff often felt that he was on lashkar - a war party seeking Bodal - when he left the inner worlds of the Bene Tleilax, and it was Bodal that was the first thing reaffirmed in ghufran of kehl.

13. In which month of the old calendar was Sheena's eighth birthday?

Answer: Igat

It was in the month of her eighth birthday that a sandworm of Rakis entered Sheena's village, attracted by spice blow, and killed all of the inhabitants except her.

14. Where was the Hedley Tuek's bench from, the one claimed to have once been used by Muad'Dib?

Answer: Windgap Sietch

The stone bench, one leg bearing a carving of an Atreides hawk, was recovered from Windgap sietch and relocated to the Hall of Small Convocations where Tuek met with his priests.

15. What was the name of the messenger that told Tamalane of Sheeana's supposedly pre-emptory command to bring back a pair of manacled prisoners?

Answer: Kipuna

The command was actually a frustrated cry for the sandworm to bring back the family they had taken from her, though this command by Sheeana was thought by some to refer to a passing ornithopter which held the two prisoners moments later.

16. On what planet did the Tireg nearly engage in a battle?

Answer: Andioya

The attendant who guided Miles Teg from his lighter to meet Taraza onboard the Ixian ship that held her had been a Tireg commander at Andioya.

17. How long in Standard Years was a local Gammu year?

Answer: 2.6 SY

Gammu - formerly known in Harkonnen days as Giedi Prime - had a day of 31.27 standard hours and a local year more than twice a Standard Year in length.

18. Who restored and preserved the painting 'Cottages at Cordeville' that hung in Taraza's room?

Answer: Martin Buro

'Cottages at Cordeville' by Vincent Van Gogh was restored by the Ixian Martin Buro, and the painting was also adorned with a sense projector which was developped from the technology that produced the Ixian Probe.

19. What was the name of the aide of Sheeana who was in Tuek's private service?

Answer: Baldik

Baldik was a young priest who sometimes conversed with Sheeana, Cania and Kipuna. He was likely killed along with Kipuna in the attempted assassination of Sheeana before she was taken into the care of the Bene Gesserit.

20. What was the name of one of the Tleilaxu envoys Tuek met on Rakis?

Answer: Ledden Pook

Tuek had a strong dislike of the Tleilaxu that he had met - including Waff, Ledden Pook and Wose - that unexpectedly carried on in the face dancer that impersonated him.

Source: Author kraytkiller

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