Orphans of the Sky Trivia Quiz

Answer: 2119

The Proxima Centauri Expedition was sponsored by the Jordan Foundation, and was a massive colony ship designed to spend several generations en route to a new world suitable for colonisation.

Answer: Huff

'Huff' is the scariest thing the survivors know - he is the Devil, the bogeyman, and the thing that goes bump in the night to them. Over the years, as the story of the mutiny has become garbled, he has metamorphosed into an all powerful symbol of Evil.

Answer: Basic Modern Physics

Hugh is baffled by the Laws of Motion in the book, and his mentor explains patiently that they cover the relationships between young people of the opposite sex and their behaviour during 'mating rituals' aboard the ship.

Answer: Centaurus

The religious beliefs of the crew say that when "their long trip" is over they will reach "their Heavenly Home, Far Centaurus."

Answer: Vanguard

The Vanguard and her lost crew get a mention in another Heinlein book, "To Sail Beyond the Sunset," when Justin mentions over dinner that the ship has been found with no survivors. The lifeboat was missing, however, and by backtracking along the course of the ship, the planet where Hugh and his group land is found. Thus we know that Hugh et al. do make a go of things and have children on their new home world.

Answer: One for all and all for one!

Very few books remain up in the weightless levels of the ship, as hardly any of the Muties can read. Joe-Jim is exceptional in that he loves reading and is highly intelligent. He does not distinguish between fact and fiction in the books he reads, he has no concept of fiction and thinks every book is true.

He is very impressed by "The Three Musketeers" as they embody all the virtues needed to survive in Joe-Jim's world.

Answer: Thermodynamics Lab

'Knifemaker' is vital for the survival of all the Muties and her person and home are sacrosanct. Nobody may draw a weapon or shed blood there.
Knifemaker is outraged when Joe-Jim asks her to make him long knives (swords) as she wants to carry on making knives by the ritualised methods handed down the generations from Maker to Maker.

Answer: Phineas Narby

Hugh needs help to man all the stations necessary to start the engines and fly the Ship under control again. Phineas Narby pretends to go along with his plans in order to gain the Captaincy for himself, then betrays Hugh and his friends forcing them to flee in the lifeboat.

Answer: She doesn't have one

Hugh's first or senior wife is a widow called Chloe. His second wife, a young maiden who he "chose because she made him feel funny" does not have a name because Hugh is too busy to "get around to naming her."

Answer: 7

The seven who make it off the Ship are Hugh, Ertz, Alan, and their 4 wives. (2 of Hugh's and one each for Ertz and Alan.)
As we know, they found a settlement which flourishes long enough to be found many years later, as reported in the 'news' in "To Sail Beyond the Sunset."