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1. The Misfits sang about young people who were not from Earth. Where were these otherworldly teenagers from?
2. In the Pixies' song "Dancing the Manta Ray," what is "chasing you"?
3. On David Bowie's classic album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars," how many songs have the word "Star" in the title? (This is not counting any b-sides, reissues or such, just the original album.)
4. The Human League recorded some early material under different names. What was one of them?
5. What "electro" musician, known for his gloomy tales of a world dominated by robotics, released the song "Space Rock" in 2006?
6. Vocalist Anne Clark stepped onto the alternative scene in the 1980s. She has often written about visions of a "dystopia" or nightmarish world, the opposite of a "utopia." What song, which appears on Clark's album "Word Processing," is a harrowing story of self-destruction?
7. The soundtrack to which film included, in one musical piece, the noise of a spaceship opening fire?
8. What artist released an album entitled "Replicas," based loosely on the plotline of "Blade Runner"?
9. The German group Kraftwerk were highly influential in early electronic music. They were among the first to play non-acoustic instruments, and their songs directly addressed the rise of technology. In one song, the group imagined themselves as literal components of a machine-based society. What was the title?
10. What classic science fiction movie's soundtrack included a musical piece entitled "1990s Theme," even though the film was released in 1982?
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