Questions:
1) In what science fiction series do we see a breed of human-types alter themselves by using spice, or melange?
- Dune
- Animorphs
- Star Wars
- Foundation
2) The two nuclear processes used to get energy are fusion and fission.
- Which one involves the splitting of a heavy nucleus into lighter ones?
- Which one involves the bonding of two light nuclei (at extremely high temperatures) to form a heavier one?
3) What is prescience?
4) Of the 60,000 UFO sightings in '99 alone most of them have turned out to be:
- proven to be true fact.
- spoofs and people trying to get media attention.
- the result of too many hours staring at your computer screen.
5) At how many meters per second does light travel?
6) How close to you is the nearest laser?
- the nearest weapon’s laboratory
- the nearest doctor’s office
- within three feet
7) Someone has recently built a 20 ft. long robot centipede with extremely sharp teeth, flame-thrower arms, and a gasoline sprayer.
8) Generally speaking, humanoid is not the best shape for a droid. However, C-3PO proves an exception to this. Why?
9) In which science fiction series do we find the aliens who fly around in saucers and take people away for medical experiments?
- Dune
- Animorphs
- Star Wars
- Foundation
10) In Asimov’s Foundation series, interplanetary travel disproves Einstein's special theory of relativity.
Answers (no cheating!):
1) a
2) First fission, then fusion
3) The ability to see the future
4) b
5) 299,792,458 meters per second
6) c
7) True
8) He is a diplomatic droid, and this means he'll be dealing with diplomats, which are mostly human or humanoid.
9) b
10) False
