Starship Troopers - Quiz
Starship Troopers
  • 1. Who directed the movie 'Starship Troopers'?
A) James Cameron
B) Paul Verhoeven
C) Michael Bay
D) Steven Spielberg
  • 2. What is the homeworld of the Arachnids in 'Starship Troopers'?
A) Tatooine
B) Klendathu
C) Hyrule
D) Gallifrey
  • 3. What unit does the main character, Johnny Rico, join in the movie?
A) Mobile Infantry
B) Sky Marshal's Guard
C) Orbital Drop Troopers
D) Tanker Division
  • 4. What is the special ability of the Arachnid Brain Bug in 'Starship Troopers'?
A) Camouflage
B) Telepathy
C) Super Strength
D) Flight
  • 5. Who plays the character Johnny Rico in the movie adaptation of 'Starship Troopers'?
A) Casper Van Dien
B) Jake Busey
C) Neil Patrick Harris
D) Michael Ironside
  • 6. What is the slogan of the Federation in 'Starship Troopers'?
A) Strength in Unity
B) Victory Awaits
C) Freedom Through Discipline
D) Service Guarantees Citizenship
  • 7. What is the name of Johnny Rico's high school in the movie 'Starship Troopers'?
A) Moscow Prep
B) Buenos Aires High
C) San Francisco Academy
D) Beijing Institute
  • 8. Which country does Johnny Rico's parents come from in 'Starship Troopers'?
A) Japan
B) Argentina
C) United States
D) France
  • 9. Who is the author of 'Starship Troopers'?
A) Robert A. Heinlein
B) Isaac Asimov
C) Philip K. Dick
D) Arthur C. Clarke
  • 10. In what year was 'Starship Troopers' first published as a book?
A) 1960
B) 1961
C) 1959
D) 1958
  • 11. Under which government do humans live in 'Starship Troopers'?
A) The United Federation of Planets
B) The Galactic Empire
C) The Interstellar Alliance
D) The Terran Federation
  • 12. Who is the main character of 'Starship Troopers'?
A) Juan Carlos
B) Juan 'Johnny' Rico
C) Rico Rodriguez
D) Johnnie Walker
  • 13. What alien species are humans at war with in 'Starship Troopers'?
A) Klingons
B) Arachnids or Bugs
C) Martians
D) Zygons
  • 14. What award did 'Starship Troopers' win in 1960?
A) Nebula Award for Best Novel
B) Hugo Award for Best Novel
C) Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
D) Locus Award for Best Novel
  • 15. What societal issue does 'Starship Troopers' explore through classroom discussions?
A) Space exploration
B) Time travel
C) Suffrage and civic virtue
D) Alien diplomacy
  • 16. What aspect of the novel was controversial and likened to propaganda?
A) Exploration of time travel
B) Depiction of space travel
C) Description of alien technology
D) Intentional glorification of the military
  • 17. What concept did 'Starship Troopers' popularize in science fiction?
A) Powered armor
B) Mind control
C) Teleportation devices
D) Time machines
  • 18. How did critics describe Heinlein's depiction of gender in 'Starship Troopers'?
A) It was considered groundbreaking
B) It was ignored
C) It was universally praised
D) It has been questioned
  • 19. Which novel is described as a reaction to 'Starship Troopers'?
A) Neuromancer by William Gibson
B) The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
C) Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
D) Dune by Frank Herbert
  • 20. What societal critique is present in 'Starship Troopers'?
A) Criticism of space exploration
B) Criticism of 1950s US society for lack of discipline
C) Criticism of technological advancements
D) Criticism of environmental policies
  • 21. What was Robert Heinlein's stance during the Cold War era?
A) He supported communist ideologies
B) He endorsed the anti-communist sentiment
C) He was neutral and avoided political themes
D) He advocated for nuclear disarmament
  • 22. How many years did Robert Heinlein serve in the US Navy?
A) Seven years
B) Five years
C) Three years
D) Ten years
  • 23. Which publishing house initially rejected Starship Troopers?
A) Ballantine Books
B) G. P. Putnam's Sons
C) Scribner
D) The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
  • 24. Who purchased the manuscript of Starship Troopers and approved revisions?
A) Robert Heinlein
B) An editor at Scribner
C) Virginia Heinlein
D) Peter Israel
  • 25. Under what title was Starship Troopers first published as a serial?
A) The Mobile Infantry
B) The Troopers' Tale
C) Starship Soldier
D) The Bug Hunt
  • 26. Which organization did Heinlein and his wife create to support the US nuclear testing program?
A) The Nuclear Test Support Group
B) The Heinlein Advocacy Group
C) The American Defense League
D) The Patrick Henry League
  • 27. What technology do the 'Pseudo-Arachnids' possess?
A) Spaceships
B) Teleportation devices
C) Mind control devices
D) Time machines
  • 28. What type of travel exists in the future depicted in 'Starship Troopers'?
A) Faster-than-light travel
B) Teleportation
C) Time travel
D) Underwater travel
  • 29. What is the name of the drive used for faster-than-light travel?
A) Hyperdrive
B) Warp drive
C) Quantum drive
D) Cherenkov drive
  • 30. How long does it take to travel from Sol to Capella using the Cherenkov drive?
A) Six months
B) One year
C) Two weeks
D) Under six weeks
  • 31. What is the name of the transport ship Rico serves on at the beginning of the novel?
A) Rodger Young
B) Klendathu
C) Arthur Currie
D) Valley Forge
  • 32. What is the name of Rico's platoon?
A) The Roughnecks
B) The Rough Crew
C) Rasczak's Roughnecks
D) The Rough Riders
  • 33. What event prompts Rico to decide to join the Federal Service?
A) Jean Dubois' letter
B) His father's encouragement
C) His best friend Carl's decision
D) Carmen Ibañez intends to enlist
  • 34. Where does Rico receive his initial military training?
A) Camp Arthur Currie
B) Camp Buenos Aires
C) Camp Vancouver
D) Camp Klendathu
  • 35. Who is Rico's drill instructor at Camp Arthur Currie?
A) Lieutenant Rasczak
B) Sergeant Jelal
C) Captain Blackstone
D) Sergeant Charles Zim
  • 36. What happens to Rico's mother during the Arachnid attack?
A) She is killed
B) She is rescued
C) She enlists in the military
D) She is injured
  • 37. Who leads the Roughnecks after Lieutenant Rasczak's death?
A) Sergeant Zim
B) Captain Blackstone
C) Sergeant Jelal
D) Lieutenant Carmen
  • 38. Who suggests Rico go to officer training school?
A) Sergeant Jelal
B) Jean Dubois
C) A comrade in the Roughnecks
D) Captain Blackstone
  • 39. What rank is Rico commissioned to during his final test at Officer Candidate School?
A) Temporary sergeant
B) Temporary third lieutenant
C) Temporary second lieutenant
D) Temporary captain
  • 40. What is the name of the operation Rico participates in as a temporary third lieutenant?
A) Operation Klendathu
B) Operation Arthur Currie
C) Operation Royalty
D) Operation Buenos Aires
  • 41. Who is Rico's company commander during Operation Royalty?
A) Sergeant Zim
B) Sergeant Jelal
C) Lieutenant Rasczak
D) Captain Blackstone
  • 42. What rank does Rico hold at the end of the novel?
A) Captain
B) Second lieutenant
C) First lieutenant
D) Major
  • 43. What is the new name of Rico's platoon at the end of the novel?
A) Blackstone's Roughnecks
B) Rasczak's Roughnecks
C) Rico's Roughnecks
D) Jelal's Roughnecks
  • 44. Who is Rico's platoon sergeant at the end of the novel?
A) Sergeant Zim
B) Rico's father
C) Sergeant Jelal
D) Captain Blackstone
  • 45. What does Heinlein suggest is necessary for resolving some conflicts in 'Starship Troopers'?
A) Diplomacy and negotiation.
B) Economic sanctions.
C) Violence can be an effective method.
D) Cultural exchange.
  • 46. What narrative is Rico's transformation likened to by scholar H. Bruce Franklin?
A) A common narrative within military-themed stories
B) A narrative of political intrigue
C) A narrative of economic development
D) A narrative of peaceful resolution
  • 47. What is the nature of the training Rico undergoes?
A) Academic study
B) Gentle guidance
C) Calculated sadism
D) Artistic expression
  • 48. What concept is related to the coming-of-age theme in 'Starship Troopers'?
A) The American frontier
B) The Enlightenment
C) The Industrial Revolution
D) The Renaissance
  • 49. Who is Rico's teacher for History and Moral Philosophy in 'Starship Troopers'?
A) Major Zim.
B) Lieutenant Grimes.
C) Dubois.
D) Captain Dizzy.
  • 50. What form of punishment does Dubois praise in 'Starship Troopers'?
A) Probation.
B) Fines.
C) Community service.
D) Corporal punishment.
  • 51. What type of learning does 'Starship Troopers' favor?
A) Self-study.
B) Online courses.
C) Traditional schooling.
D) Learning 'on the spot'.
  • 52. What genre label has been applied to 'Starship Troopers' due to its scientific arguments?
A) Fantasy.
B) Hard science fiction.
C) Soft science fiction.
D) Historical fiction.
  • 53. In which year did Starship Troopers win the Hugo Award for Best Novel?
A) 1960
B) 1959
C) 1961
D) 1958
  • 54. Who described Starship Troopers as Heinlein's last 'straight' science fiction?
A) Jo Walton
B) Floyd C. Gale
C) Ken MacLeod
D) Michael Moorcock
  • 55. Into how many languages had Starship Troopers been translated by 1980?
A) Ten
B) Eleven
C) Fifteen
D) Twenty
  • 56. Who praised Starship Troopers as 'military SF done extremely well'?
A) Jo Walton
B) Floyd C. Gale
C) Ken MacLeod
D) Michael Moorcock
  • 57. What did George Slusser describe Starship Troopers as in 1986?
A) The ultimately convincing space-war epic
B) A juvenile book
C) A Victorian children's book
D) A political manifesto
  • 58. How did Jeffrey Cass describe the setting of 'Starship Troopers'?
A) Unremittingly grim fascism
B) A libertarian paradise
C) A democratic utopia
D) A neutral political landscape
  • 59. What did Jasper Goss refer to 'Starship Troopers' as?
A) A socialist critique
B) Crypto-fascist
C) A pacifist narrative
D) A liberal manifesto
  • 60. What percentage of 'veterans' did Heinlein claim were not military personnel?
A) 50 percent
B) 75 percent
C) 100 percent
D) 95 percent
  • 61. How has Heinlein's militarism in 'Starship Troopers' been characterized?
A) More libertarian than fascist
B) Purely fascist
C) Completely pacifist
D) Indifferent to political ideologies
  • 62. Which author stated that Starship Troopers is the 'ancestral text of US science fiction militarism'?
A) Roger Beaumont
B) John Steakley
C) Darko Suvin
D) Ken MacLeod
  • 63. Which franchise has NOT employed powered armor technology similar to that in Starship Troopers?
A) Iron Man
B) Elysium
C) Halo
D) Edge of Tomorrow
  • 64. Which author compared the battle room in Ender's Game to Heinlein's prosthetic suits?
A) Beaumont
B) Haldeman
C) MacLeod
D) Suvin
  • 65. Which novel by Harry Harrison is described as a reaction to Starship Troopers?
A) Naked to the Stars
B) Bill, the Galactic Hero
C) The Forever War
D) Armor
  • 66. What was the original title of the film project before it became Starship Troopers?
A) Bug Hunt in Space
B) Bug Hunt at Outpost Nine
C) Bug Hunt in the Stars
D) Bug Hunt in the Galaxy
  • 67. Which element from the novel was notably absent in the 1997 film due to budget constraints?
A) Mechanized suits
B) Space battles
C) Alien creatures
D) Mobile Infantry
  • 68. What architectural style was referenced in the film?
A) Albert Speer-style
B) Art Deco
C) Modernist architecture
D) Gothic architecture
  • 69. What aspect of US policy did the film criticize?
A) Healthcare policy
B) Economic policy
C) Education policy
D) Jingoism
  • 70. How many sequels were released as straight-to-DVD films?
A) Four
B) Two
C) Five
D) Three
  • 71. Who announced plans for a remake of the film in December 2011?
A) George Lucas
B) Neal H. Moritz
C) Steven Spielberg
D) James Cameron
  • 72. When did the animated series 'Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles' first air?
A) June 2000
B) January 1999
C) April 1998
D) August 1999
  • 73. What is the Japanese title of the six-episode original video animation produced by Sunrise and Bandai Visual?
A) Arachnid Wars
B) Starship Troopers: The Animation
C) Uchū no Senshi
D) Mobile Infantry: The Japanese Series
  • 74. Who designed the mobile infantry power armor for the Japanese original video animation?
A) Kazutaka Miyatake
B) Tony Lee
C) Paul Verhoeven
D) Robert Heinlein
  • 75. Which company published the map-and-counter board wargame based on Starship Troopers in 1976?
A) Mongoose Publishing
B) Mythic Entertainment
C) Avalon Hill
D) Dark Horse Comics
  • 76. What type of game is 'Starship Troopers: Battlespace'?
A) Web-based interactive game
B) Role-playing game
C) Card game
D) Board game
  • 77. Which company released 'Starship Troopers: Invasion Mobile Infantry' in 2012?
A) Mongoose Publishing
B) Spectre Media
C) Mythic Entertainment
D) Offworld Industries
  • 78. What type of game is 'Starship Troopers: Extermination' released in 2023?
A) Puzzle game
B) Single-player RPG
C) Turn-based strategy game
D) Cooperative multiplayer FPS
  • 79. Which company developed 'Starship Troopers: Extermination'?
A) Mongoose Publishing
B) Spectre Media
C) Offworld Industries
D) Dark Horse Comics
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