Q 01/05

Before it was published as a book in 1965, Dune appeared as two serials in which magazine?

A) Galaxy

B) Analog

C) If

D) Fantastic

Answer · why

B) Analog

Analog ran Dune as two serials between December 1963 and May 1965, but the sequel went to a rival: Dune Messiah was serialized in Galaxy in 1969.

Q 02/05

What are the sandstorms of Arrakis called, with winds that can reach 700 kilometres per hour?

A) Coriolis storms

B) Sirocco storms

C) Haboob storms

D) Shai storms

Answer · why

A) Coriolis storms

Coriolis storms draw their force from the planet's own rotation, which amplifies winds across the open flatlands; Paul times his final attack for one ...

Q 03/05

What title is given to the Guild Navigators who pilot ships through folded space?

A) Steersmen

B) Helmsmen

C) Pathfinders

D) Wayfarers

Answer · why

A) Steersmen

Steersmen is the Guild title: Edric in Dune Messiah is a Guild Steersman, a Navigator so saturated with melange that he floats in a tank of spice gas ...

Q 04/05

By what name do the Fremen reverently refer to the giant sandworms of Arrakis?

A) Lisan al-Gaib

B) Kwisatz Haderach

C) Sayyadina

D) Shai-Hulud

Answer · why

D) Shai-Hulud

Shai-Hulud, the 'Old Man of the Desert', is sacred to the Fremen, yet they ride the worms: maker hooks pry open a scale so the worm rolls it skyward a...

Q 05/05

What is the dangerous test a Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother uses to determine a subject's humanity called?

A) Truthsense

B) Spice Agony

C) Prana-Bindu

D) Gom Jabbar

Answer · why

D) Gom Jabbar

Gom Jabbar is the poison needle held at the neck while the hand burns in a box of pain: pull away, as a trapped animal would, and the needle strikes.