The place Arthur and the gang are headed at the end of the novel.
Where is The Restaurant at the End of the Universe?
100
The name of the aliens.
What is a Heptapod?
100
Another way to refer to Science Fiction?
What is the "What if?" genre?
100
The period of international and geopolitical turmoil that spanned from the mid-1940s to the mid-1990s.
What is the Cold War?
100
Mr Poole's first name.
Who is Richard?
200
A whale makes tries to make friends with this on it's brief but meaningful fall towards a planet.
What is the ground?
200
The main symbol that is evident throughout the film.
What is a circle?
200
The person who wrote an early Science Fiction text, Frankenstein.
Who is Mary Shelley?
200
The cities that were struck with a world-changing weapon, that began the Cold War.
Where are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
200
The name of a Member of Parliament who's eligibility to serve in office is currently under question.
(200 for each correct answer)
Who is Matt Canavan/Barnaby Joyce/Nick Xenaphon/Scott Ludlam/Fiona Nash/Larissa Waters/Malcolm Roberts.
300
The contextual element most clearly represented in this novel.
What is the Cold War?
300
The "elastic band" that is pulled back to engage and excite the audience.
What is tension/What is suspense?
300
The umbrella genre that encompasses alternate history, fantasy, science fiction, and some others.
What is Speculative Fiction?
300
The name of a 1950s video for children teaching them how to respond in the event of a Nuclear attack.
What is "Duck and Cover"?
300
The name given to numbering political candidates in order of who you agree with most.
What is Preferential Voting?
400
The name of the "person" Arthur meets on Magrathea.
Who is Slartibartfast?
400
The name of the director of Arrival.
Who is Denis Villeneuve?
400
A subgenre of Science Fiction that focuses on the repercussions of climate change.
What is Climate Fiction.
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
The telescope that is currently looking for Earth-like planets in our solar system that may sustain life.
What is the Kepler telescope?
400
The highest scaling subject in the HSC.
What is Mathematics Extension 2?
500
The literary movement describing texts that reflected on the meaninglessness of language, and our inability to construct reality in our interactions. A response to Modernism.
What is Postmodernism?
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! (Double points)
The short story which this film is based upon.
What is Story of Your Life?
500
The two principles that underpin the Science Fiction genre.
What is cognitive estrangement and extrapolation?
500
The name of the an important piece of information that is the key to deciphering most unknown languages.
What is a Rosetta Stone?
500
The English Head Teacher's name.
(Bonus 500 for first name)