On Jul 13, 2005, at 8:15 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
Travis Edmunds wrote:
http://encarta.msn.com/quiz_168/Are_You_a_Science-Fiction_Scholar.html
Everybody knows that Klingons are crabby and that Jedis use the Force.
But how much do you really know about science fiction? Take a tour
through science-fiction history and see how you measure up.
***
-Twavis "You got 7/11 correct" Edmunds
Oh, man.
Should I be ashamed or proud?
11/11....
I felt that my 8/11 (involving some wild [and, as it turns out,
incorrect] guessing about H. G. Wells' name, slight cheating about fear,
the mind killer [I saw Steve's mention of the Bene Gesserit] and a
failed attempt to get it wrong with the Princess of Helium) was
respectable both from a "SF street cred" standpoint (barely passing, but
passing nonetheless) and a "still has a life" standpoint (11/11 is just
sad).
Then minus about 100 "still has a life" points for thinking that there
is even a difference between having a life and being an SF fan.
I found it excusable that I failed to recognize that Deep Thought was
from HHGG because they failed to name the answer completely:
it is not the "Ultimate Answer," but the "Ultimate Answer to Life, the
Universe, and Everything," but I suppose that would have been just
giving it away.
Dave
Life? Don't talk to me about life. Maru
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