Sci-Fi, but Not in Space Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ballybran

"The Crystal Singer" is the first book in Anne McCaffrey's trilogy about Killashandra Ree and the Heptite Guild, and was first published in 1982. The sequels "Killashandra" and "Crystal Line" followed in 1985 and 1992 respectively.

Answer: Shef

"The Hammer and the Cross" was first published in 1993, and begins when Shef is just a child, with a brutal Viking invasion of his village. By the third book "One King's Way" (1996), Shef has left his Kingdom in the hands of Albert and ends up fulfilling a much greater destiny when he is crucified by Bruno, the leader of the Nights Templar. "One King's Way" was written in collaboration with John Holm.

Answer: This Time of Darkness

Axel was originally Michael, and lived with his parents, in a farming community on the surface. They supplied food to the massive underground city where Amy, and those like her, live in total ignorance that there is any other way to be. He ends up trapped inside the city by accident, and is so traumatised he has given up all thought of ever going home; then he takes a chance and trusts Amy.
"This Time of Darkness" was first published in 1980.

Answer: The Twelve Days of Christmas

All together now "Fiiiiivvvveeee Goooolllllldddd Ringsssss" :-D In the end, it is the words of an ancient, almost forgotten "folk song" that provide the key to using the Rings, shutting down Master Systems, and letting mankind make their own destiny once more.
The first book of the four, "Lords of the Middle Dark", was first published in 1986.

Answer: Alvin Miller

"Seventh Son" is the first book of the "Alvin Maker" series, and was first published in 1987. The series is by Orson Scott Card, who has won both Hugo and Nebula awards for his work over the years.

Answer: Planet of the Apes

Pierre Boulle also wrote "Bridge on the River Kwai" (1954), which he based on his own experiences as a prisoner of war in the 1940s.
The first film version of "Planet of the Apes" starred Charlton Heston, and was made in 1968. A remake starring Mark Wahlberg and Helena Bonham Carter was directed by Tim Burton in 2001.

Answer: Kenya

Koriba is a Witch Doctor figure who insists that everyone in the colony must follow a traditional Kenyan tribal way of life. The colony is left more or less alone by the authorities until the day Koriba decides that tradition includes the murder of a breech-born baby...
"Kirinyaga" by Mike Resnick, was first published as a novel in 1991, and brought together several shorter stories he had written previously.

Answer: Mohole Mystery

Hugh Walters novels were incredibly popular in the 1960s and 1970s when they were first published. Sadly, in spite of still appearing on many "best loved" and "recommended reading" lists of children's books, they are all out of print and hard to find, commanding very high prices when they are offered for sale.
Others in the series include "Mission to Mercury" (1965), "First Contact?" (1971), and "Journey to Jupiter" (1965). "The Mohole Mystery", also called "The Mohole Menace", was first published in 1968.

Answer: Nuclear power station

This is the third book in a trilogy, the first two being "Plague 99" (also "Plague") and "Come Lucky April" (also "After the Plague"), published in 1989 and 1992 respectively. Three teenagers are left alone in London when plague sweeps round the world, and the books tell the story of them, their descendants, and the communities they end up with.

Answer: Municipal Darwinism

The smaller towns and villages are prey to the bigger towns and cities, in Reeve's almost Hogarthian world of a dystopian future where the natural resources are almost gone. The first book of the series is "Mortal Engines", first published in 2001, and the sixth volume, "A Web of Air" came out in 2010.