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Mars: Science & Fiction

A Martian Quiz combining both Science and Science Fiction.

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  • Question of

    To the nearest hour, how long is a Sol (Martian day)?

    • 15
    • 20
    • 25
  • Question of

    What earthly creature do H.G. Well’s Martians most closely resemble?

    • Monkeys
    • Octopuses
    • Praying Mantises
  • Question of

    What film is based on Philip K. Dick’s 1966 short story ‘We Can Remember It for You Wholesale’?

    • Mission to Mars
    • Red Planet
    • Total Recall
  • Question of

    Oxides of what metal give Mars it’s distinctive red shade?

    • Iron
    • Lithium
    • Zinc
  • Question of

    Sam Parkhill sells what product on the Red Planet, in the Ray Bradbury Martian Chronicle?

    • Bagels
    • Burgers
    • Hot Dogs
  • Question of

    Name the Soviet space probe, the first to soft-land on Mars, that transmitted to Earth for less than two minutes in 1971?

    • Viking I
    • Peace II
    • Mars III
  • Question of

    After operating for almost an earth year on the Martian surface what is thought to have finally put the Chinese built  Zhurong rover out of action?

    • Extreme Cold
    • A Meteorite
    • Sandstorms
  • Question of

    Who plays US President James Dale in Mars Attacks!?

    • Jack Nicholson
    • Pierce Brosnan
    • Val Kilmer
  • Question of

    What name is given to the study of Mars’ geography?

    • Areography
    • Marography
    • Schiapography
  • Question of

    One for SF uber-geeks to end on: the tale ‘A Martian Odyssey’, by which author, is considered the first story to feature Martians that are neither monsters nor human-like, but ‘truly alien’?

    • Percival Lowell
    • Ray Bradbury
    • Stanley G. Weinbaum

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