Science fiction and fantasy

Author Quiz

How much do you know about the authors who bring the many worlds of science fiction and fantasy to life?

1. Who was the first author to win three successive Hugo awards for Best Novel, and the first to win for all novels in a trilogy, for the Broken Earth series?

Octavia Butler
Randall Munroe
N. K. Jemisin

2. When was H G Wells born?

1856
1866
1876

3. When did Tolkien die?

1973
1985
1991

4. Where was Mervyn Peake born?

Australia
Malaysia
China

5. During which year did George Orwell write 1984?

1945
1948
1951

6. Where was C S Lewis, author of the Narnia series, a professor of Medieval and Rennaissance English?

Skegness
Cambridge
Durham

7. Which of these books did John Wyndham write?

The Day of the Triffids; The Kraken Wakes; The Chrysalids; The Midwich Cuckoos
The Day of the Triffids; The Silver Locusts; The Martians; The Midwich Cuckoos
The Day of the Triffids; The Kraken Wakes; Next Stop the Stars; The Silent Invaders

8. What has Terry Pratchett cultivated as a hobby?

Bonsai trees
Carnivorous plants
An affected swagger

9. How old was Christopher Paolini when his novel Eragon was published?

15
18
81

10. What nationality is Trudi Canavan?

Australian
British
Canadian

11. Before becoming a writer, Elizabeth Moon worked in the military. What was her position and highest rank?

Lieutenant in the Green Berets
Ist Lieutenant in the US Marine Corps
Captain in the US Marine Corps

12. Which of these writers was held prisoner in Germany during the Second World War?

Arthur C Clarke
Kurt Vonnegut
Philip K Dick