Q 01/05

Which two authors join Heinlein in science fiction's 'Big Three'?

A) H. G. Wells and Jules Verne

B) Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke

C) Ray Bradbury and Frank Herbert

D) Philip K. Dick and Poul Anderson

Answer · why

B) Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke

Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke complete the trio. Clarke joined Heinlein in 1969 as a guest commentator on CBS's live coverage of the Apollo 11 Moo...

Q 02/05

What nickname is Robert A. Heinlein often given?

A) The dean of science fiction writers

B) The father of the space opera

C) The last of the pulp kings

D) The prophet of the atomic age

Answer · why

A) The dean of science fiction writers

The dean of science fiction writers often ran ahead of the science: his 1940 story 'Blowups Happen' is set at an atomic power plant, five years before...

Q 03/05

In which Missouri town was Robert A. Heinlein born on July 7, 1907?

A) Independence

B) Joplin

C) Butler

D) Hannibal

Answer · why

C) Butler

Butler was his home for only a few months before the family moved to Kansas City, where he grew up. His widow Ginny later endowed the little town's pu...

Q 04/05

Which political machine helped Heinlein win his appointment to the US Naval Academy in 1925?

A) Tammany Hall

B) The Pendergast machine

C) The Daley machine

D) The Byrd Organization

Answer · why

B) The Pendergast machine

The Pendergast machine ran Kansas City, where he grew up, and later put Harry Truman in the US Senate. It wangled the Annapolis place after his year a...

Q 05/05

Aboard which new aircraft carrier did Heinlein serve in radio communications in 1931?

A) USS Saratoga

B) USS Yorktown

C) USS Lexington

D) USS Enterprise

Answer · why

C) USS Lexington

USS Lexington was then one of the largest aircraft carriers in the world. Her captain from June 1930, Ernest J. King, went on to be Chief of Naval Ope...