The Cultural Revolution
When did the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution start, and what were the two sides in the cultural revolution at the start of the Three Body Problem?
1966 (Cixin 9); the revolutionaries & counterrevolutionaries (Cixin 9)
Where does Ye Wenjie decide to work to redeem herself from her ideological ‘errors’ in order to avoid several years in prison?
Radar Peak/Red Coast Base (Cixin 45)
In how many years will the Trisolaran Fleet arrive in our solar system?
In 450 years (Cixin 314)
What is the name of the ship that acts as the headquarters of the ETO and is known as the Second Red Coast Base?
Judgement Day (Cixin 313-314)
How many dimensions exists?
Eleven Dimensions (Cixin 329)
What happened to the fourth Red Guard who Ye was unable to find after she returned from political rehabilitation and came to Tsinghua University?
She drowned in the Yellow River trying to save a few sheep caught in a flood (Cixin 302)
What event marked the beginning of the “Reform and Opening Up” policy when Deng Xiaoping became the Chinese leader?
The Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh CPC Central Committee (Cixin 298)
Who used his resources to prove that Trisolaris and Trisolaran civilization really exist?
Mike Evans (Cixin 312)
Who or what made up the members of the Earth-Trisolaris Organization/ETO?
Spiritual nobles, the highly educated, and the elites of the political and financial spheres (Cixin 317)
How many dimensions are at the macro scale?
Four dimensions (Cixin 329)
How many of the former Red Guards showed up whenever Ye Wenjie invited them to talk with her?
Three Red Guards (Cixin 300)
What is the name of the daughter that Ye has with Weining at Red Coast Base?
Yang Dong (Cixin 292-293)
Which fundamental group at the ETO had given up hope on the human race and were willing to be taken over by Trisolarans?
The Adventists
What are the two factions of the ETO and what do they support?
The first faction is the Adventist group, whose members support the ending of the human race (Cixin 318). The second faction is the Redemptionist group, whose members treated Trisolarans as gods (Cixin 319).
What highly controversial book did Bai Mulin give to Wenjei to read which later resulted in her capture and near punishment and changed how she views the world for the rest of her life?
Silent Spring by Rachael Carson (Cixin 26-27)
What was the name of the Guard who delivered the final whip to Ye’s father who Ye was unable to find after she returned to Tsinghua University?
Tang Hongjing (Cixin 302)
Who does Ye Wenjie kill by cutting off their climbing rope while trying to fix an issue Ye caused, and which one was she married to?
Base Commissar Lei Zhicheng, and Base Engineer Yang Weining (husband) (Cixin 283-287)
Who or what received the first message from earth and responded with a warning?
The listener at listening post 1379 (Cixin 348-349)
What was the purpose of the game called Three Body?
To attract younger ETO members from lower classes such as the middle and lower classes (Cixin 319)
Who wrote the most representive explanation to explain why so many theoretical physicists who often had contact with the Frontiers of Science committed suicide within two months, a name which stands out to Ding Yi as he reads through the list of suicides?
Yang Dong (Cixin 60)
What is the name for the common enemies of the Cultural Revolution?
“Monsters and Demons” (Cixin 12)
What is the maximum transmission power of the antenna at Red Coast Base?
Twenty-Five megawatts (Cixin 169)
What is the big problem with Trisolaris?
They could get consumed by one of three suns at any moment (Cixin 356)
What group worships Trisolarans like idols?
The Redemptionists (Cixin 320)
What message flashed in the eyes of everyone in the Battle Command Center as a result of sophons threading their retina?
You're Bugs! (Cixin 383)