Jali's Popular Sci-Fi Feud [Closed]

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  1. Isaac Asimov
  2. Star Wars
  3. Superman
  4. Tom Swift
  5. Dune
  6. Doctor Who
  7. Robot (Lost in Space)
  8. William Shatner
  9. ???
  10. Ringworld
42
  1. Arthur C Cl–nah, I’m just kidding; Isaac Asimov.
  2. Star Wars
  3. Luke Skywalker.
  4. Harry Potter (I know it’s not sci-fi, but I couldn’t think of anything. Some points might be better than none.)
  5. Foundation Trilogy.
  6. Battlestar Gallactica.
  7. Hymie
  8. William Shatner
  9. 1920s Style Death Ray
  10. Trantor.
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I tried to answer this earlier, and ended up with a list full of fantasy and completely obscure (and thus scoreless) answers. Here’s my second shot.

  1. Robert Heinlen

  2. Star Wars

  3. Superman

  4. A Wrinkle in Time

  5. Miles Vorkosigan

  6. Firefly

  7. R2-D2

  8. William Shatner

  9. Grok

  10. Tatooine

  11. I’m not sure if that counts as children’s or not. I’m torn between that and the Pern/Harper Hall books.

  12. Robot, droid, whatever.

  13. If Patrick Stewart beats William Shatner, I’ll just scream.

  14. Second choice: Gorram.

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  1. Asimov
  2. Star Wars
  3. Superman
  4. A Wrinkle in Time
  5. Dune
  6. Star Trek
  7. R2-D2
  8. William Shatner
  9. Grok
  10. Tatooine
45
  1. Robert Heinlin
  2. Star Wars
  3. Superman
  4. Ender’s game
  5. Foundation
  6. Startrek
  7. Robbie
    8.William Shatner
  8. Shazbot
  9. Barsoom
46
  1. Isaac Asimov
  2. Star Wars
  3. Darth Vader
  4. The Tripod trilogy (by John Christopher)
  5. The Robots / Foundation books by Isaac Asimov
  6. Star Trek
  7. R2-D2
  8. Leonard Nimoy (Spock)
  9. grok
  10. Arrakis (Dune)

(I assume Sci Fi is separate from “Fantasy” works such as Tolkien?)

47
  1. Isaac Asimov
  2. Star Trek
  3. Superman
  4. Harry Potter
  5. LOTR
  6. Star Trek
  7. Robot (Lost in Space)
  8. William Shatner
  9. 1920’s style death ray
  10. Endor
48
  1. Issac Asimov
  2. Star Wars
  3. Superman
  4. Tom Swift
  5. Dune
  6. Star Trek
  7. Bender
  8. Ahnold
  9. Death ray
  10. Krypton
49
  1. Isaac Asimov
  2. Star Trek
  3. Superman
  4. Lucky Starr*
  5. Dune
  6. The Sarah Connor Chronicles
  7. Daneel Olivaw**
  8. William Shatner
  9. [random decade]-style Death Ray
  10. Arrakis
*I hereby declare I will be the only person to get this answer because I'm actually reading one of the books right now and can't think of any other series.

**Continuing with the Asimov theme...
50
  1. Asimov
  2. Star Wars
  3. Superman
  4. His Dark Materials
  5. Dune
  6. Star Trek
  7. Robbie
  8. Shatner
  9. Grok
  10. Ringworld
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  1. Ray Bradbury
  2. Star Wars
  3. Superman
  4. A Wrinkle in Time
  5. Foundation
  6. Star Trek
  7. Data
  8. William Shatner
  9. Grok
  10. Dune
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astorian makes 47.

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Yo, brujaja! Clean up on aisle 25!

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Ok - time’s up!

Please take it easy on me if I made any scoring errors. I don’t read much sci-fi, and I don’t know book series, or characters, or worlds. Just let me know, and I’ll make corrections. Also, if you said Robby or Robbie, regardless of where he was from, it was lumped together as Robby.

The answers:

1. Isaac Asimov 32

  1. Robert Heinlein 10
  2. Ray Bradbury 3
  3. Abraham Merrit 1
  4. Jules Verne 1

2. Star Wars 37
2. Star Trek 8
2. Alien(s) 1
2. Harry Potter 1

3. Superman 39
3. Darth Vader 2
3. Luke Skywalker 1
3. Paul Atreides 1
3. Paul Muadib 1
3. Spock 1
3. Wolverine 1
3. Yoda 1

4. A Wrinkle in Time 13
4. Harry Potter 6
4. The Chronicles of Narnia 4
4. Tom Swift 4
4. Danny Dunn 3
4. Animorphs 2
4. Doctor Who 2
4. His Dark Materials 2
4. ??? 1
4. Artemis Fowl 1
4. crap, I only read fantasy as a kid 1
4. Discworld 1
4. Ender’s game 1
4. Golden Compass 1
4. Heinlein’s Boy Scout novels 1
4. L’Engle’s Time Quartet 1
4. Lucky Starr* 1
4. star wars novels 1
4. The Tripod trilogy (by John Christopher) 1

5. Dune 21
5. Asimov’s Foundation 10
5. Wheel of Time 4
5. Honor Harrington 3
5. The Lord of the Rings 3
5. Culture (Banks) 1
5. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 1
5. Miles Vorkosigan 1
5. Ringworld 1
5. Star Trek 1
5. The Thrawn Trilogy 1

6. Star Trek 33
6. Doctor Who 4
6. Battlestar Galactica 3
6. Firefly 2
6. The Twilight Zone 2
6. Space 1999 1
6. The Outer Limits 1
6. The Sarah Connor Chronicles 1

7. R2-D2 12 TIE
7. Robby 12 TIE
7. Data 5
7. Robot (Lost in Space) 4
7. Bender 3
7. C-3PO 3
7. Gort 2
7. Daneel Olivaw** 1
7. Hal 1
7. Hymie 1
7. I, Robot 1
7. Marvin 1
7. Terminator 1

8. William Shatner 27
8. Leonard Nimoy 7
8. Mark Hamill 4
8. Arnold Schwarzenegger 2
8. Patrick Stewart 2
8. Sigourney Weaver 2
8. Brent Spiner 1
8. Carrie Fisher 1
8. James Doohan 1

9. Grok 13
9. 1920’s Style Death Ray 12
9. frak 6
9. the Force 3
9. Engage 2
9. shazbat 2
9. ??? 1
9. Dalek 1
9. Hyperspace 1
9. Panda! 1
9. Qadgop 1
9. red shirt 1
9. Shiny 1
9. Steampunk 1
9. the 1

10. Tatooine 11
10. Arrakis (Dune) 9
10. Ringworld 8
10. Vulcan 5
10. Alderaan 2
10. Barsoom 1
10. Cardassius 1
10. Discworld 1
10. Endor 1
10. Gallifrey 1
10. Krypton 1
10. Mars 1
10. Pern 1
10. Romulus 1
10. Star Wars universe 1 - too vague
10. Trantor 1
10. Unobtainium 1

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And the winner is ~drumroll~ Glory! Woo-hoo! :: flings confetti :: You got all ten top answers, for a score of 506.38. Way to go!!!

Thanks everyone, and thank you Jali for a fun game. (I don’t think (s)he made it to his own game. :()

Next game will be Monday morning.

**1. Glory 506.38 **
2. 42fish 480.85
3. MHaye 478.72
4. want2know 476.60
4. Larry Borgia 476.60
6. Scarlett67 461.70
7. Dolores Reborn 419.15
7. swampbear 419.15
9. astorian 402.13
10. Qwisp 395.74
10. Eleanor of Aquitaine 395.74
12. adam yax 389.36
13. MsWhatsit 387.23
14. Sternvogel 385.11
15. Wargamer 378.72
16. Thudlow Boink 376.60
17. Fretful Porpentine 374.47
17. WVmom 374.47
17. RealityChuck 374.47
20. anyrose 372.34
21. brujaja 368.09
22. Busy Scissors 361.70
22. adhemar 361.70
24. Amp 357.45
25. Miller 353.19
26. Kat 348.94
26. Maus Magill 348.94
28. tdn 348.94
29. bibliophage 340.43
29. Little Nemo 340.43
31. El_Kabong 336.17
32. 3acresandatruck 334.04
33. silenus 331.91
34. robardin 329.79
35. OtakuLoki 323.40
35. Baker 323.40
37. SpazCat 314.89
38. brownie55 310.64
39. tarragon918 300.00
40. Attack from the 3rd dimension 291.49
40. winterhawk11 291.49
42. Justin_Bailey 274.47
43. Justin Credible 272.34
44. Asimovian 270.21
45. This’ll Do 265.96
46. WormTheRed 229.79
47. Harmonious Discord 76.60

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4. A Wrinkle in Time 13
4. L’Engle’s Time Quartet 1

I’m pretty sure these should count as equivalent.

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Wow, 4th! A personal best! ::does Feud dance::

BTW, under #3, Paul Atreides and Paul Mu’adib are the same person.

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So, where does the word “grok” come from? And what does it mean?

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Grok

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Yes! Still in the top ten! I have returned!