# How Many Sci Fi Sounds Can You Recognize? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sci-fi-sounds-can-you-recognize/430898 "2007-12-22T03:24:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sci-fi-sounds-can-you-recognize/430898/1 "2007-12-22T03:24:45Z")
[I got a 100, thanks to some lucky guesses.](http://www.shegoddess.com/q/sf/index.aspx) There’s a couple of “gimmie’s” in it, but some of them you really have to know your obscure stuff to get. (Or guess right, like I did.) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sci-fi-sounds-can-you-recognize/430898/2 "2007-12-22T03:31:52Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] [I got a 100, thanks to some lucky guesses.](http://www.shegoddess.com/q/sf/index.aspx) [/QUOTE] Smartass. I got 86. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sci-fi-sounds-can-you-recognize/430898/3 "2007-12-22T03:37:03Z")
1. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sci-fi-sounds-can-you-recognize/430898/4 "2007-12-22T03:40:59Z")
1. And I didn’t appreciate it telling me “You’re an extreme sci-fi geek! You’re probably wearing your very own homemade TRON costume right now!” It’s not a TRON costume. It’s Cary Fisher’s metallic bikini from _Return of the Jedi_, thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sci-fi-sounds-can-you-recognize/430898/5 "2007-12-22T03:43:55Z")
1. But I am not a sci-fi fan, so that’s much better than I expected. I think I made some good guesses based solely on the apparent age of the sound clip. I’m sure I’ve never heard most of those first-hand. Never mind Carrie Fisher’s bikini. I’m partial to Jane Fonda’s outfit in _Barbarella._ ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sci-fi-sounds-can-you-recognize/430898/6 "2007-12-22T03:55:28Z")
How can you tell which one you missed? My husband got 92 points just by listening, without even seeing the title possibilities. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sci-fi-sounds-can-you-recognize/430898/7 "2007-12-22T03:58:00Z")
[QUOTE=Ferret Herder] How can you tell which one you missed? My husband got 92 points just by listening, without even seeing the title possibilities. [/QUOTE] It flashed up RIGHT or WRONG in teeny little bitty sneaky letters after each answer. stupid test… ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sci-fi-sounds-can-you-recognize/430898/8 "2007-12-22T03:59:14Z")
93, which seems strange if others are reporting 92. I suspect a rounding error. Question 11 has an error:Majel Barrett as the voice of the ship’s computer was a fixture of _Star Trek: The Next Generation_, not _Star Trek_, and even if she did the voice on some original-series episodes, the “personnel locator” function wasn’t introduced until the later series ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sci-fi-sounds-can-you-recognize/430898/9 "2007-12-22T04:01:05Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] It flashed up RIGHT or WRONG in teeny little bitty sneaky letters after each answer. [/QUOTE] Ah, ok - he got #13 wrong, the one about the very different time reference. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sci-fi-sounds-can-you-recognize/430898/10 "2007-12-22T04:14:23Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] 93, which seems strange if others are reporting 92. I suspect a rounding error. Question 11 has an error:Majel Barrett as the voice of the ship’s computer was a fixture of _Star Trek: The Next Generation_, not _Star Trek_, and even if she did the voice on some original-series episodes, the “personnel locator” function wasn’t introduced until the later series [/QUOTE] No. She was always the voice of Federation starships, even in the original _Trek_. That said, it was obviously a later series due to the lifelike tone of voice. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sci-fi-sounds-can-you-recognize/430898/11 "2007-12-22T04:22:46Z")
100; no hesitation. ---
**Author:** ![coffinjumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@coffinjumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffinjumper)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sci-fi-sounds-can-you-recognize/430898/12 "2007-12-22T04:38:13Z")
1. At least I’m not alone in being a complete geek. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sci-fi-sounds-can-you-recognize/430898/13 "2007-12-22T04:37:24Z")
Eh. 85. There are a couple of the older films I never saw. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sci-fi-sounds-can-you-recognize/430898/14 "2007-12-22T04:54:50Z")
1. Fun quiz. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sci-fi-sounds-can-you-recognize/430898/15 "2007-12-22T05:05:19Z")
[QUOTE=Oslo Ostragoth] 86. Fun quiz. [/QUOTE] My pal! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sci-fi-sounds-can-you-recognize/430898/16 "2007-12-22T05:07:23Z")
[QUOTE=coffinjumper] 100. At least I’m not alone in being a complete geek. [/QUOTE] You and me three ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sci-fi-sounds-can-you-recognize/430898/17 "2007-12-22T05:12:23Z")
Umm, 42. I don’t think I’ve seen any of those movies/shows. Except for a few episodes of Star Trek. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sci-fi-sounds-can-you-recognize/430898/18 "2007-12-22T06:09:22Z")
[QUOTE=chaoticbear] Umm, 42. I don’t think I’ve seen any of those movies/shows. Except for a few episodes of Star Trek. [/QUOTE] D00d! You got the _perfect_ score! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sci-fi-sounds-can-you-recognize/430898/19 "2007-12-22T06:47:40Z")
1. I didn’t recognize the self-destruct warning. ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sci-fi-sounds-can-you-recognize/430898/20 "2007-12-22T07:55:42Z")
1. The right/wrong thing flashed by too quickly for me to be able to tell you which I missed. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sci-fi-sounds-can-you-recognize/430898.md?page=2)