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