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Darwin did not make this trip.
Can You Master This Unique Sci-Fi Trivia Challenge?
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The forum thread features a creative trivia game centered around sci-fi and fantasy themes, where participants pose questions and provide clues that are not easily searchable. The game encourages players to guess answers based on obscure hints related to various media, including movies, books, and television series. Discussions include references to iconic works such as "Doctor Who," "Star Trek," and "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." Participants share insights about the connections between characters and plot points, often leading to deeper conversations about the themes and implications of the works mentioned. The game also allows for additional clues if initial guesses are unsuccessful, fostering an engaging and collaborative atmosphere. Notably, the thread highlights the importance of creativity in crafting clues that challenge participants while maintaining a focus on well-known sci-fi and fantasy narratives.
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Janus said:
The Voyage of the Space Beagle
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Ivan Seeking said:
Oh I loved that book... I actually read it IN a library (in a corner of the stacks) when I was a kid. *wistful*
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Ivan Seeking said:
Yes. and I didn't even get to use my second clue:
"It's not about Snoopy traveling to the Moon"
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On this planet [name required], if you use the toilet, you get a receipt. Why?
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Ivan Seeking said:
Because if you don't the balance will be taken OUT OF YOU, surgically. Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Douglas Adams, Baruch Dayan Emet.
Oh the name... I haven't read the book in a while, so I remember the sound from the radio show... Bethsilameen? Betsilamine?
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Yes! [is the name right? I'm not even sure] The planet was suffering from erosion resulting from space tourism, so the mass intake and return for each visitor were closely monitored. You hope to excrete as much as you eat or you go under the knife.
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Ivan Seeking said:
Ahhh, that was a GOOD one.
Ok...
Here's the hint, in reference to a "character" in a book.
Silence in the coldest season.
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Ivan Seeking said:
It's "Bethselamin" to be exact.
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Frame Dragger said:
Another clue?
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Ivan Seeking said:
Sure...
Silence in the coldest season
Namesake of Ogden
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Taking a longshot that I can't decipher your second clue: Rand al'Thor; Winter's Heart?
Otherwise, I'm stumped.
Otherwise, I'm stumped.
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Ivan Seeking said:
A WoT reference! I love you for thinking of it, but no.
The answer: Wintermute... the AI from Neuromancer by William Gibson, created by the man Ogden Wintermute.
I'll cede the next round to you, for the WoT reference (RIP Mr. Rigley/Jordan).
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Heh, I was truly grasping at straws.
What sci-fi movie has a basis that was arguably first suggested by a famous 16th/17th century Philosopher?
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Ivan Seeking said:
Would the movie be Cube? The prisoners were able to excape using a Cartesian coordinate system, invented by René Descartes.
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You are sooooooo close.
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I'll go with the "Matrix", based on Descartes' argument that you cannot trust your perceptions, as an evil demon might be controlling your every experience. This evolved into the whole "How can I know that I'm not just a brain hooked up in a lab being fed sensations by some scientist." idea.
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Janus said:
That's the one.
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If you need it, you can find it in Suffolk county.
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Janus said:
Hmmmm... swinging blindly now... "The Forgotten" (the movie, not the tv series)? That, or Needful Things... but that's in Maine. I'm stumped!
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Ivan Seeking said:
If I was using an ICBM to make my guess I would of hit it.
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Argentum Vulpes said:If I was using an ICBM to make my guess I would of hit it.
You were very close! Just Google [descartes sci-fi movie]. Matrix is mentioned on the first page.
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True Ivan, it's just the math link made a bit more sense to me so that was the tree I was barking up.
Would it be http://www.iconsf.org/" held at Stony Brook University, in Stony Brook, New York. Which is in Suffolk County, New York.
Janus said:
Would it be http://www.iconsf.org/" held at Stony Brook University, in Stony Brook, New York. Which is in Suffolk County, New York.
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New clue:
Be sure to bring plenty of singles.
Be sure to bring plenty of singles.
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Hmm, no new guesses. so here's two more:
When you get there, you might find out that it is Punday night.
The author can spin a fine tale.
When you get there, you might find out that it is Punday night.
The author can spin a fine tale.
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Janus said:
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon?
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Correct! Callahan's place, a creation of Spider Robinson and along the tradition of A. C. Clarke's "White Hart".
Drinks are a dollar. (50 cents actually, but you only get your change if, upon finishing your drink, you don't exercise your option of making a toast and throwing the glass into the fireplace.)
It is a place where the odd and wonderful can, and often does, happen. Like the time the fellow betted everyone in the bar that his dog could talk. Ventriloquism turned out to be the trick, only it was the guy that was mute and the dog that threw his voice. (Mutation had given him the intelligence, and surgery the ability to talk.)
Drinks are a dollar. (50 cents actually, but you only get your change if, upon finishing your drink, you don't exercise your option of making a toast and throwing the glass into the fireplace.)
It is a place where the odd and wonderful can, and often does, happen. Like the time the fellow betted everyone in the bar that his dog could talk. Ventriloquism turned out to be the trick, only it was the guy that was mute and the dog that threw his voice. (Mutation had given him the intelligence, and surgery the ability to talk.)
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It is the city of eternal darkness.
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Janus said:
Ooooo, nice!
Of course it wasn't the much later philosopher, Baudrillard. He said that if it were based on his own writings, then it was based on a misreading of them. Also, worth repeating, that if the matrix was to make a film, “The Matrix” would be the sort of film it would make.
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MotoH said:
Would it be The city of Ember? A book series by Jeanne DuPrau. It was also made into a movie I believe.
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