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?
Silence of the Lambs.
What was the name of psychiatrist?
Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
What was the name of the actor who played him?
Sir 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?
What, Sir Anthony Hopkins again? Since you said above he plays the lead character... otherwise, wouldn't know.
What was the ‘item’ that he baked?
I don't recall the details, but it has something to do with human meat.
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?
Somebody famous, but I can't recall who, damnit. I'll guess Clint Eastwood just for the hell of it.
What was the name of the 1966 book that inspired the film?
Don't know.
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?
Stranger in a Strange Land.
Name of the author?
Robert Heinlein.
Name of the aforementioned character?
Some three part name, one of which is Valentine. I think. And last name 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?
What was the name of the people who lived above ground?
What was the name of the people who lived under ground?
No idea on any of these.
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?
The Chronicles of Narnia?
The Author?
Christopher Lewis, then.
The name of the former White Wizard?
The name of the so-called ‘Worm’?
No idea.
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?
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?
Serenity.
*looks at the answers* Well now, that's embarrassing. The "worm" completely threw me off as I was thinking of a real worm/dragon. Clearly a reread is in order.
Still, thirteen and a half (for the brother pie) and two thirds (for the SiaSL character), I guess that makes fourteen and a sixth (
), at least I got more than half for possibly the first time on these quizzes. And there were a bunch more I could/should have known.
Test Your Geekdom, Vol XII: Humanitarians
- 24/11/2012 11:18:27 AM
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Oh, this one seems easier. Let's see.
- 24/11/2012 12:31:35 PM
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Re: your answer to 7 (b) – his first name was Clive.
- 24/11/2012 06:19:33 PM
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Really? Where did what I said come from, then?
- 24/11/2012 09:22:10 PM
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21/24; you may need to start proofing these things against QotMs and QuickPolls.
- 24/11/2012 02:30:37 PM
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17/24
- 24/11/2012 04:39:26 PM
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Well, to be fair, it was NOT
- 24/11/2012 06:03:18 PM
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14/24. Didn't remember who Lotho was so guessed the wrong series.
- 24/11/2012 06:15:18 PM
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13
- 24/11/2012 10:51:12 PM
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Och, shoite. Slip of the brain.
- 25/11/2012 12:00:27 AM
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Hate when that happens; authors should be legally barred from use of similar (non-parody) titles. 
- 25/11/2012 12:05:11 AM
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