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