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'Triplanetary' by E.E. Doc Smith. Quiz

Way back in the Dawn of History (well, science fiction history) were the lensmen, E.E. Doc Smith's daring law enforcers. In 'Triplanetary', we learn of the dawn of the conflict between Arisia and Eddore and their aeons long conflict.

A multiple-choice quiz by johnfair. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
johnfair

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
281,026

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

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Avg Score
17 / 25

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Question 1 of 25

1. Where did the first conflict between an Eddorian and an Arisian take place? Hint

When the Eddorians landed on Arisia.

In the depths of space.

When an Arisian landed on Eddore.

In a mental contact between the Eddorian Innermost Council and an Arisian student.

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Question 2 of 25

2. What was the outcome of this initial meeting between Arisia and Eddore? Hint

The Arisian Elders caused the Eddorians to forget the encounter.

The Eddorians inflicted a massive defeat on the Arisians.

The Arisians inflicted a massive defeat on the Eddorians.

Both sides destroyed each other.

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Question 3 of 25

3. The Eddorians plan to bring the galaxies under their control seems to be going well. Except on which planets? Hint

Earth, Rigel IV, Velantia III and Palain VII.

Earth, Alpha Centauri, Velantia III and Palain VII.

Trenco, Jupiter, Vegia, and Rigel IV,

Trenco, Jupiter, Mars and Eridan.

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Question 4 of 25

4. Which member of Eddore's Innermost Circle was tasked with destroying Earth's civilisation? Hint

Morton

Bluto

Gharlane

Channai

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Question 5 of 25

5. Which civilisation was flourishing when Eddore's representative first arrived? Hint

Atlantis

Rome

Egypt

Western Europe

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Question 6 of 25

6. What was the name of the Atlantean agent parachuted into Norheim? Hint

Phryges

Kolanides

Philips

Kinnexa

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Question 7 of 25

7. What plan did the two Atlantean agents devise to destroy the Norheim missile aimed at Atlantis? Hint

The agents would attempt to assassinate the Norheim leadership.

They knew they could do nothing to help Atlantis so escaped from Norheim.

They would steal a Norheim plane and crash it into the missile as it launched.

The agents didn't care about Atlantis and turned themselves in.

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Question 8 of 25

8. How was Atlantis destroyed? Hint

So many weapons landed on it that the continent was destroyed.

A Norheim missile exploded in the sea on a geological fault, sinking it with the resulting quakes and tsunami.

Atlantis was shunted into an alternative reality.

It is still out there. We just haven't found it yet.

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Question 9 of 25

9. Part relaxation, part serious consideration of the future, the Arisians undertake what mental task? Hint

Playing crosswords

Visualising the Cosmic All

Playing Fun Trivia quizzes

Counting the grains of sand on Arisian beaches

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Question 10 of 25

10. After Atlantis, which Terran civilisation became the Eddorians' main target? Hint

Egypt

Twentieth century America

Victorian England

Rome

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Question 11 of 25

11. After our short stop over in Rome, who's next in Eddore's efforts to destroy democracy? Hint

Western civilisation

Twenty first century China

Victorian Britain

the Triplanetary League

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Question 12 of 25

12. In this modern era part of the book, 'The World War', we first meet a family that would be pivotal to the rest of the series. What is the name of this family? Hint

Lacy

Samms

Kinnison

MacDonald

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Question 13 of 25

13. Where do we first meet Conway Costigan? Hint

On board the Interplanetary liner Hyperion

In a military cruiser

In a dockside bar

At home on earth

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Question 14 of 25

14. What alerts Costigan to the pirate attack? Hint

Someone takes a shot at Costigan.

His ship's detectors spot the pirates before they can attack.

The ship is attacked by a previously hidden pirate vessel.

His dance partner collapses from a gas attack just before he would.

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Question 15 of 25

15. What was Costigan's partner's first name? Hint

Clio

Clarissa

Jill

Camilla

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Question 16 of 25

16. Whose pirate force had attacked the liner? Hint

Daring Dave

Jolly Roger

Grey Roger

Blue Peter

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Question 17 of 25

17. After being captured by the pirates, Costigan and his fellow prisoners escape once more. Who captures them this time? Hint

A Nevian starship

The North Polar Jovians

The Triplanetary Patrol

Strange beings from Pluto

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Question 18 of 25

18. What was the name of Triplanetary's first faster than light ship? Hint

The Chicago

The Hyperion

The Silver Sliver

The Boise

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Question 19 of 25

19. Who else was on the alien ship with Costigan? Hint

Mentor of Arisia and Gharlane of Eddore

Clio Marsden and Virgil Samms

Clio Marsden and Captain Bradley

Bergenholm and Kinnison

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Question 20 of 25

20. Meanwhile, back on Earth, Samms is visited by a North American Senator, Morgan. With what does Samms threaten him? Hint

The contents of safe deposit box N469T414

Dealings with a Mr Clander of Mackenzie Power

The existence of a Miss Fi-Chi leBay

All of the above

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Question 21 of 25

21. After failing to escape from their captors, what happened to Costigan and his colleagues when they were returned to the aliens' home world? Hint

After scientific study, they were put on public show.

They were given a starship and returned home.

They were made free people of the planet.

They became dinner.

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Question 22 of 25

22. How did Costigan get them out of their imprisonment? Hint

He couldn't do anything. He just sat there seething.

He found a way of blowing up his prison.

He threatened to kill himself if they weren't released.

Under the guise of playing chemist, he devised a poison gas.

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Question 23 of 25

23. What was the symbol of the Triplanetary Service? Hint

The service had no special symbol

A lens

A golden meteor

A special tattoo

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Question 24 of 25

24. Which city was attacked by the second alien starship in search of iron? Hint

London

Pittsburgh

New York

Berlin

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Question 25 of 25

25. Which unwanted person did the Terran starship run into as it chased the alien raider home (by the name he was known to them)? Hint

Gharlane of Eddore

Grey Roger

The second-in-command of the Innermost Council of Eddore

Mentor of Arisia

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where did the first conflict between an Eddorian and an Arisian take place?

Answer: In a mental contact between the Eddorian Innermost Council and an Arisian student.

A young student from Arisia was exploring the galaxy by the power of mind when his presence was detected by the Eddorian council.

2. What was the outcome of this initial meeting between Arisia and Eddore?

Answer: The Arisian Elders caused the Eddorians to forget the encounter.

There are six more books in the series.

It took the combined powers of the Elders to make the Eddorians to forget; they would require lots of time to develop the required weapon to actually destroy them!

3. The Eddorians plan to bring the galaxies under their control seems to be going well. Except on which planets?

Answer: Earth, Rigel IV, Velantia III and Palain VII.

All the planets in the answers are found in the novels of E. E. 'Doc' Smith.

4. Which member of Eddore's Innermost Circle was tasked with destroying Earth's civilisation?

Answer: Gharlane

Only Gharlane is a character from E. E. 'Doc' Smith

5. Which civilisation was flourishing when Eddore's representative first arrived?

Answer: Atlantis

The mythical civilisation of Atlantis was the target of Eddore's ire.

6. What was the name of the Atlantean agent parachuted into Norheim?

Answer: Phryges

We meet Kinnexa later. Unfortunately, Kolanides has already been eliminated.

7. What plan did the two Atlantean agents devise to destroy the Norheim missile aimed at Atlantis?

Answer: They would steal a Norheim plane and crash it into the missile as it launched.

Neither Phryges or Kinnexa would shirk the ultimate sacrifice when called upon to make it.

8. How was Atlantis destroyed?

Answer: A Norheim missile exploded in the sea on a geological fault, sinking it with the resulting quakes and tsunami.

Atlantis being destroyed by earthquake is a common feature of the myths surrounding this ancient continent. E.E. Doc Smith's Atlantis is probably one of the higher tech versions.

9. Part relaxation, part serious consideration of the future, the Arisians undertake what mental task?

Answer: Visualising the Cosmic All

The Arisians believed that any truly competent mind was capable of deriving all that is to be known about the universe from only a few initial facts.
These stories were written well before chaos theory gained any popularity.

10. After Atlantis, which Terran civilisation became the Eddorians' main target?

Answer: Rome

Republican Rome attracted the ire of Eddore. Egyptian civilisation did not attract any attention from Eddore, probably because it was so stratified.

11. After our short stop over in Rome, who's next in Eddore's efforts to destroy democracy?

Answer: Western civilisation

We're into the twentieth century now and and it took three wars to knock Western civilisation down. E.E. Smith posited an all-out nuclear war in an unnamed year for the final stand.

12. In this modern era part of the book, 'The World War', we first meet a family that would be pivotal to the rest of the series. What is the name of this family?

Answer: Kinnison

During the centuries between the final war of the Western Century and the establishment of the next civilisation, no Kinnison married a girl with red-bronze-auburn hair and gold-flecked tawny eyes.

13. Where do we first meet Conway Costigan?

Answer: On board the Interplanetary liner Hyperion

Costigan doesn't really have a place he can call home.

14. What alerts Costigan to the pirate attack?

Answer: His dance partner collapses from a gas attack just before he would.

Costigan's partner was a slight girl and so was easily affected by the gas.

15. What was Costigan's partner's first name?

Answer: Clio

All the women above are to be found in the Lensverse.

16. Whose pirate force had attacked the liner?

Answer: Grey Roger

Grey Roger was alleged to be an adept of the North Polar Jovian mystics.

17. After being captured by the pirates, Costigan and his fellow prisoners escape once more. Who captures them this time?

Answer: A Nevian starship

The Nevians had arrived from well outside the Solar System in search of iron, which was very rare on their home world.

18. What was the name of Triplanetary's first faster than light ship?

Answer: The Boise

The Boise is the Triplanetary Service's test bed ship and had been deadly to work on.

19. Who else was on the alien ship with Costigan?

Answer: Clio Marsden and Captain Bradley

Costigan is deeply in love with the beautiful Clio, but he's an old fashioned hero and so doesn't take advantage of their situation.

20. Meanwhile, back on Earth, Samms is visited by a North American Senator, Morgan. With what does Samms threaten him?

Answer: The contents of safe deposit box N469T414

Although Samms mentions all of these people or things, it's the presence of the safe deposit box that lets him bluff out Morgan.

As Morgan is pushing to gain access to Triplanetary's files, Samms pushes back with the above tidbits.

21. After failing to escape from their captors, what happened to Costigan and his colleagues when they were returned to the aliens' home world?

Answer: After scientific study, they were put on public show.

The trio were studied extensively until they couldn't take it any longer then they were put on show in different cities. They were informed there was little chance of them returning home.

Ever!

22. How did Costigan get them out of their imprisonment?

Answer: Under the guise of playing chemist, he devised a poison gas.

E. E. 'Doc' Smith was a chemist as well as being a science fiction author so his hero had to know enough about the subject to get himself and his colleagues out of the hole they were in.

No real hero could just sit there regardless as to how hopeless the situation seemed.

23. What was the symbol of the Triplanetary Service?

Answer: A golden meteor

The members of the Service all had a golden meteor that also gave off a special signal when touched. Unfortunately, they were beginning to be copied...

24. Which city was attacked by the second alien starship in search of iron?

Answer: Pittsburgh

If you want iron, there are few better place than Pittsburgh I guess.

25. Which unwanted person did the Terran starship run into as it chased the alien raider home (by the name he was known to them)?

Answer: Grey Roger

The Boise finds Roger and the surviving members of his crew.

Grey Roger is an entity formed by Gharlane of Eddore, who is second in Council. However, the Terrans don't even suspect the presence of Eddore for centuries to come.

Source: Author johnfair

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