This document contains a quiz on science fiction, fantasy and horror works across different mediums. It is divided into 3 rounds with questions on topics like books, films, authors etc. Participants are asked to identify titles, authors, connect works and provide other details to score points. An additional "lottery round" involves identifying sci-fi and fantasy classics from their minimalist cover art representations. The quiz is intended to be an engaging test of participants' knowledge of speculative fiction works.

1. A fun quiz on all things sci-fi, fantasy, horror
across books, comics, movies, music & more
TO BOLDLY G0 XX31

2. ROUND 1:
GENERALLY
RANDOM

3. Q1. This well-loved fantasy series was originally
supposed to be a trilogy – titled Garion,
Ce'Nedra, and Kal Torak after its characters –
but ended up a five-book series. With a lot of
chess motif, the final titles of the books (at
Lester Del Rey's insistence) all combine a chess
term with a fantasy term. Name the author and the
series for 2 points.

4. Q2. Staying with chess, connect the video – a
trailer for one of the finest sci-fi films ever
made – to The Queen’s Gambit. 1 answer for 2
points.

5. Q3. Excerpt from an essay by a famous author.
What term? And which “science fiction”-hating
writer?

6. Q4. This award-winning 1962 bestseller (still in
print) featured these illustrations amidst the
prose to illustrate the idea of travelling
through space and time using what is in the book
basically an interstellar shortcut (alluded to in
the title), a 5th dimensional bridge between two
points in time & space. Name the book. Also name
the marvel-ous shortcut you’d be familiar with in
another universe.

7. Q5. Earlier this week, the SFWA (Science Fiction
and Fantasy Writers of America) named the person
you see below as the 37th _____ ______ Grand
Master for her contributions to science fiction
and fantasy. This honour – presented annually to
not more one living writer of SF/F – was named
after the founder of the SFWA after his death in
2002. Name the latest Grand Master and the person
it's named after.

8. ANSWERS
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9. Q1. This well-loved fantasy series was originally
supposed to be a trilogy – titled Garion,
Ce'Nedra, and Kal Torak after its characters –
but ended up a five-book series. With a lot of
chess motif, the final titles of the books (at
Lester Del Rey's insistence) all combine a chess
term with a fantasy term. Name the author and the
series for 2 points.

10. - The Belgariad
- David Eddings

11. Q2. Staying with chess, connect the video – a
trailer for one of the finest sci-fi films ever
made – to The Queen’s Gambit. 1 answer for 2
points.

12. - Walter Tevis

13. Q3. Excerpt from an essay by a famous author.
What term? And which “science fiction”-hating
writer?

14. - Ustopia
- Margaret Atwood

15. Q4. This award-winning 1962 bestseller (still in
print) featured these illustrations amidst the
prose to illustrate the idea of travelling
through space and time using what is in the book
basically an interstellar shortcut (alluded to in
the title), a 5th dimensional bridge between two
points in time & space. Name the book. Also name
the marvel-ous shortcut you’d be familiar with in
another universe.

16. - A Wrinkle in Time
- Tesseract

17. Q5. Earlier this week, the SFWA (Science Fiction
and Fantasy Writers of America) named the person
you see below as the 37th _____ ______ Grand
Master for her contributions to science fiction
and fantasy. This honour – presented annually to
not more one living writer of SF/F – was named
after the founder of the SFWA after his death in
2002. Name the latest Grand Master and the person
it's named after.

18. - Nalo Hopkinson (also the youngest GM so far at
60 years; beating out Joe Haldeman & Connie
Willis who were 66 when they became DK GM)
- Damon Knight

19. ROUND 2:
Tintin
with a
twist

20. Q1. Simple. Tribute to what?

21. Q2. By illustrator Murray Groat who mashed up
Tintin and which other author?

22. Q3. A series by Sumit Kumar (of Itch You Can’t
Scracth & Naxalbari fame). What name did he give
his Chacha + Tintin mash-up?

23. Q4. Artist & creator Dan Hipp pays tribute to
three movies by way of Tintin. Name them. 3
points.

24. Q5. Destination?

25. ANSWERS
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26. Q1. Simple. Tribute to what?

27. - Beatles – Abbey Road

28. Q2. By illustrator Murray Groat who mashed up
Tintin and which other author?

29. - HP Lovecraft

30. Q3. A series by Sumit Kumar (of Itch You Can’t
Scracth & Naxalbari fame). What name did he give
his Chacha + Tintin mash-up?

31. - Chinchin

32. Q4. Artist & creator Dan Hipp pays tribute to
three movies by way of Tintin. Name them. 3
points.

33. - Alien
- Tron
- Iron Man

34. Q5. Destination?

35. - Sri Lanka
By Sachi Ediriweera

36. ROUND 3:
Not-so-Cryptic
Clues

37. 1. Serendipitous writer keeps a divine date (2)
2. Tintin character writes about Stupendous Man’s
teacher (2)
3. Kings of snakes has a famous star for a sibling (2)
4. Present Buddha’s sumer adventure (2)
5. Alien writer’s favourite dessert? (2)

38. ANSWERS
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39. 1. Serendipitous writer keeps a divine date (2)
Arthur C. Clarke (Serendip = SL) / Rendezvous with
Rama
2. Tintin character writes about Stupendous Man’s
teacher (2)
(Tade) Thompson / Wormwood Trilogy (pliss to read!
starting with Rosewater)
3. Kings of snakes has a famous star for a sibling (2)
Nagraj / Super Commando Dhruv (pole star etc)
4. Present Buddha’s sumer adventure (2)
Gautam (Bhatia) / The Wall
5. Alien writer’s favourite dessert? (2)
Satyajit Ray / Falooda Feluda

40. LOTTERY ROUND
• The "Ultimate Geek Selection” series of
minimalist renditions of SF/F/H books by
French designer & comics artist Nicolas
Beaujouan
• 23 in all
• 1 point for every correct identification of
book.
• +2 bonus on getting 5 correct
• +5 bonus on getting 10 correct
• +7 bonus on getting 20 correct
• +10 bonus on getting ALL 23 correct
• 33 POINTS to be made

41. 1954
1
1965 1954* 1897 1968 1984 1988 1983*
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1936
9
2012*
10
1977
11
1932*
12
1818
13
1963
14
1979*
15
1968
16
1991*
17
2006
18
1949
19
1950
20
1897
21
1884
22
1912
23
1. Will Smith has acted in adaptations of two
2. One is a modern zombie classic.
3. Six are horror (yes, zombies are horror!)
4. One shares its name with a Crichton novel
5. One is a ‘trilogy’
6. #10 is co-authored by Pterry
7. One is a long wait
8. One is a book that came after the film
9. One is a ‘geometry’ classic
10. The famous year has an uneven distribution
Track: Escape from Budapest
Artist: Quixotic
Album: Flamingo Drive-In

42. ANSWERS
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44. THANK YOU FOR COMING! HOPE YOU HAD FUN.
– TG Shenoy (@theBekku)