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) The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

Answer · why

B) Analog

Analog, edited by John W. Campbell, ran the two Dune serials between December 1963 and May 1965; Herbert expanded them into the novel published later ...

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

The planet's own rotation amplifies the winds across the open flatlands, which is why the storms are so lethal to anyone caught outside.

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) Sand King

B) Desert Leviathan

C) Great Maw

D) Shai-Hulud

Answer · why

D) Shai-Hulud

The indigenous Fremen of Arrakis revere the colossal sandworms as Shai-Hulud, often translating the term as "Old Man of the Desert" or "Old Father Ete...

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

The needle is tipped with meta-cyanide; the test asks whether a person can override animal instinct and endure pain rather than pull away.