How Sci-Fi Savvy Are You? Take the Robert Heinlein Trivia Now!
1.
On Robert Heinlein's universe, what is the name of the cat who can walk through walls?
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Pixel
2.
What planet is Robert Heinlein's Valentine Michael Smith from?
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Mars
3.
In Robert Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land", what does Jubal Harshaw's first name mean?
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Ram's Horn
4.
What Robert Heinlein character said "Moderation is for monks"?
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Lazarus Long
5.
In "Methuselah's Children", what is the name given by the short-lived people to the long-lifers?
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Methuselahs
6.
In Robert Heinlein's books, "TANSTAAFL" stands for "There ain't no such thing as a" what?
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Free Lunch
7.
What famous Robert Heinlein song mentions stranger in a strange land?
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We Didn't Start The Fire
8.
In the popular song, We Didn't Start the Fire, by Billy Joel, a verse mentions which Heinlein book?
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Stranger In A Strange Land
9.
Which Robert Heinlein book is on the U.S. Marine Corps Commandant's list of suggested reading?
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Starship Troopers
10.
What was the name of the cat that M.J. Long woke up with in Heinlein's book "To Sail Beyond the Sunset"?
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Pixel
11.
What name did Robert A. Heinlein give the sentient computer in "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress"?
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Mycroft Holmes
12.
In "Farmer in the Sky" by Robert Heinlein, which one of Jupiter's moons did Bill and family out migrate to?
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Ganymede
13.
In "The Number of the Beast", where did they stay overnight and receive Gay's bathrooms?
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Oz
14.
In "Methusaleh's Children", what is the name of the starship stolen by Lazarus Long?
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New Frontiers
15.
In "Time Enough For Love", what is the name of Minerva's sister?
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Pallas Athene
16.
What is the name of the space-habitat that Dr. Richard Ames lives in in "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls"?
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Golden Rule
17.
Why is Andrew Slipstick Libby so special?
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He's A Mathematical Genius
18.
What theory says that every literary work that has any kind of redeeming value is in actuality a different world in another universe?
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World As Myth
19.
Hazel Stone and Roger Stone together work on a series called "The Scourge of the Spaceways" - who is the hero of the series?
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John Sperling
20.
In Robert Heinlein's "The Rolling Stones", who is the villain in Roger Stone's video serial?
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The Galactic Overlord
21.
In the book "Friday", where is Friday's S-group located?
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New Zealand
22.
What relation does the man with the cane have to Friday?
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He's Her Boss
23.
Who is Nehemiah Scudder, in Robert Heinlein's short novel "If This Goes On-"?
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A Religious Dictator
24.
In the book "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls" by Robert Heinlein, what color is Pixel?
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Orange
25.
What is an ephermal?
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A Short-Lived Person
26.
In "Glory Road", who is asked to be a hero?
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E.C. Gordon
27.
Whose dying wish is to be on the moon in the short story "Requiem"?
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D.D. Harriman
28.
Which character from Heinlein's "Starship Troopers" had a sex change before hitting the big screen?
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Flores
29.
In Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land", what covers Ben Caxton's living room floor?
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Grass
30.
In "Methuselah's Children", what happens to Mary Sperling?
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She Becomes One Of The Little People
31.
The book "Sixth Column" by Robert Heinlein was first published under what title?
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Take Back Your Government
32.
In "The Rolling Stones" by Robert Heinlein, what animal is round, furry and emits a buzzing noise?
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Flat Cat
33.
Who killed Shultz in "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls"?
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Gwen Novak
34.
Who wrote the poem appearing at the beginning of the short story "Requiem"?
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Robert Louis Stevenson
35.
In Heinlein's "Farmer in the Sky", what thing does Bill get declared as a cultural item?
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An Accordion
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