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Test Your Geekdom
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1) This 1991 film, which has very little to do with quiet young sheep, revolves greatly around a humanitarian psychiatrist and his efforts to help a young FBI agent solve a serial killer case.

What was the name of the film?

The silence of the Lambs
What was the name of psychiatrist?

Dr. Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter
What was the name of the actor who played him?

Anthony Hopkins

2) The actor in the above case also starred in a 1999 film adaptation of a Shakespeare play, where he plays the lead character and hosts his Emperor for a feast where he displays his baking skills.

What was the shared name of the play, film, and character?

Titus Andronicus
Who played him?

Anthony Hopkins, again
What was the ‘item’ that he baked?

A Pie, containing the emperor's brothers

3) This barber, who first appeared in the 1846-47 serial “The String of Pearls: A Romance” was rather well known for the especially close shaves he gave some of his clients before passing them along to his friend, Mrs. Lovett, another innovative baker.

What was the name of the barber?

Sweeney Todd

4) This 1973 Film set in a Dystopian Future famously ends with the character Thorn screaming to crowds about a product, “_______ ________ is people!”

What is the name of the product and film?

Soylent Green
Who played Thorn?

Charleton Heston
What was the name of the 1966 book that inspired the film?

Make Room! Make Room!

5) This Classic 1961 Sci-Fi Novel revolves around a Martian who founds a religion by routinely telling people “Thou Art God” and regularly referring to dead people as food.

Name of the novel?

A Stranger in a Strange Land
Name of the author?

Robert A. Heinlein
Name of the aforementioned character?

Valentine Michael Smith

6) In this H.G Wells’ classic, the main character travels to a distant land where he meets two races of people, one who live above ground and one beneath, who have formed a surprisingly symbiotic relationship.

What was the name of the book?

The Time Machine
What was the name of the people who lived above ground?

The Eloi
What was the name of the people who lived under ground?

The Morlocks

7) In the final book of this fantasy classic, the former White Wizard when asked about the fate of Lotho says, "Buried him, I hope; though Worm has been very hungry lately."

What was the name of the book series?

Lord of the Ring, Return of the King, or Book VI: The End of the Third Age, any are acceptable
The Author?

J.R.R. Tolkien
The name of the former White Wizard?

Saruman
The name of the so-called ‘Worm’?

Grima 'Wormtongue', who snaps and kills Saruman right after the remark

8) This 2002 TV series by Joss Whedon featured a human faction that was described by one of the characters as, "If they take the ship, they'll rape us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skins into their clothing – and if we're very, very lucky, they'll do it in that order."

What was the name of the group?

The Reavers
Name of the show?

Firefly
Name of the spaceship most of the series took place on?

Serenity
Name of the Movie that followed the series?

Also Serenity

Previous Quizzes
Vol I: Quotes
Vol II: The Sequel
Vol III: Openers
Vol IV: Name That Toon
Vol V: The Sincerest Form of Flattery
Vol VI: Big Dumb Objects
Vol VII: Apocalypse How
Vol VIII: Time Loop
Vol IX: You Bet Your Life
Vol X: Parodies
Vol XI: Zombie Apocalypse
... and the Scif-FI Circle Quiz
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
- Albert Einstein

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Test Your Geekdom, Vol XII: Humanitarians - 24/11/2012 11:18:27 AM 858 Views
Answers - 24/11/2012 11:30:25 AM 609 Views
Oh, this one seems easier. Let's see. - 24/11/2012 12:31:35 PM 658 Views
Re: your answer to 7 (b) – his first name was Clive. - 24/11/2012 06:19:33 PM 559 Views
Really? Where did what I said come from, then? - 24/11/2012 09:22:10 PM 576 Views
Christopher Tolkien? *NM* - 24/11/2012 10:17:30 PM 294 Views
Possible, I guess. Oh well. *NM* - 24/11/2012 10:29:04 PM 244 Views
17/24 - 24/11/2012 04:39:26 PM 509 Views
Well, to be fair, it was NOT - 24/11/2012 06:03:18 PM 648 Views
Well to be fair, that was a typo. *NM* - 24/11/2012 06:24:36 PM 276 Views
One that amused me far more than it should have. - 24/11/2012 10:52:33 PM 618 Views
16/24 - 24/11/2012 04:49:35 PM 670 Views
14/24. Didn't remember who Lotho was so guessed the wrong series. - 24/11/2012 06:15:18 PM 585 Views
13 - 24/11/2012 10:51:12 PM 517 Views
I missed these! I got 20. - 27/11/2012 10:13:46 AM 615 Views

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