Science Fiction Books
Mentioned in a Beatles song.
Numbers in sports.
Famous Celebrities of the Past
"R"iting
100

This Book tells the story of what happens when Duke Leto Atredies family is forced onto a desert world that had huge indigenous sand worms. 

What is Dune

100

It's the tallest building in Paris. 

What is the Eiffle Tower?

100

In baseball, three of these and the batter is out. 

What are strikes?

100

This dog has starred in seven different t.v. series. 

Who is Lassie?

100

He pretty much told his girlfriend that he'd change his last name to something other than Montegue in order to be with her.

Who is Romeo?

200

This dystopian novel by George Orwell details a world where everything you think and do is controlled by "the party" and Big Brother is always watching you.

What is 1984?

200

A small horse

A pony.

200

In tennis the number of points you have scored in a game if you are down "30 - Love"

What is zero. 

200

He was famous for escaping from bad situations, like straight jackets and water traps (or both). 

Who was Harry Houdini?

200

This famous castaway was the title character of a hugely popular novel written by Daniel Defoe. 

Who is Robinson Crusoe?

300

A modern classic about an astronaut stranded alone on Mars and trying to figure out how to survive until a rescue can be arranged. 

What is The Martian?

300

He wrote "Moonlight Sonata" and his Fifth Symphony is considered one of the greatest musical works of all time. 

Who is Beethoven?

300

12,000 feet is the estimate for the longest anyone ever hit one of these. They did it in Antarctica. 

What is a golf ball.

300

He was known as "The Man in Black." That was even the name of one of his hit songs. 

Who is Johnny Cash?

300

The final book in the "Lord of the Rings" series. 

What is the "Return of the King?"


400

Teenager Mary Shelly wrote this tale of grave robbing and reanimating the parts with electricity in what is now considered the first science fiction novel.

What is Frankenstein?

400

This mollusk that might squirt cephalopod ink at you. 

What is an octopus?

400

If your horse "showed" in a traditional horse race he came in this place. 

What is third?

400

He was known as Cassius Clay when he won Gold in boxing at the Olympics. When he turned pro he changed his name to this. 

Who is Muhammed Ali?

400

This poem by Edgar Allen Poe features a bird who repeats the word "nevermore."

What is "The Raven?"

500

Douglas Adams wrote this comedy space adventure about a ship powered by an "Impossibility Drive" and featuring a depressed robot among other absurdities. 

What is the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

500

It's the branch of the UK's parliament made up of Nobel men and women. 

What is the House of Lords?

500

In basketball, it is 15 feet from the basket.

What is free throw line?

500

She was Harriet the Spy and and Buffy the Vampire Slayer's little sister, Dawn.

Who is Michelle Trachtenberg?

500

Washington Irving wrote this tale about a man who fell asleep for forty years. 

What is Rip van Winkle.