The Corflu Glitter Trivia Open Challenge Online Edition
Fans following Corflu online are invited to show their memory for fannish trivia in the Corflu Glitter Trivia Challenge. The quiz consists of 20 short-answer questions. Page 2 has 20 correspondingly numbered blanks for your answers. You may send only the numbered answers if they wish. All entries must be received by 12 noon PDT on Saturday. Send your answers to JoHn Hardin ([email protected]. Put “Trivia” in the subject line. In case of ties, the first entry received will be the winner.
Section One: Nicknames Over the course of fanhistory, a number of fans acquired colorful nicknames. This group of questions asks you to give the name of the person with that nickname.
1. The Stormy Petrel 2. The Sage of Wiltshire 3. Eph-less El 4. Squirrel 5. Tripoli
Fanzines are, obviously, very important to Corflu. The next group of questions refers to them.
6. Jon White took over a popular fanzine and renamed it “Riverside Quarterly.” What was the original name and who edited it?
7. What fanzine was known as “The Beacon of Fandom”?
8. Lee Hoffman is best-known for Quandry and Science Fiction Five-Yearly. She did two other genzines. One was Fanhistory . What was the other one?
9. “Who Killed Science Fiction?” was the annish of what fanzine?
10. In what fanzine did the original version of Sam Moskowitz’s “The Immortal Storm” appear?
The final 10 questions don’t fit into one neat category. Some fans may find them a little harder than the first 10.
11. Some well-known LASFSars entered the 1962 ChiCon III masquerade as a group. What costume did Diane Crayne wear?
12. Four very well-known fans were born in Poplar Bluff, MO. Joyce Katz is one and Ray Fisher, with whom she co-chaired the 1969 St. Louiscon, is a second. Who are the other two?
13. What is Bob Tucker’s first name?
14. Felice Rolfe, co-editor of Niekas and a prominent BArea fan in the 1960’s and 1970’s, had a high school sweetheart who eventu- ally found his way to fandom as a member of the Fanoclasts. Who was he?
15. The final issue of Fanhistory consisted primarily of a new issue of what fanzine?
16. What famous big name fan is the alleged author of Immoral Motel, a porno novel said to be based on LASFS.
17. An early 1950’s New York group for science fiction pros earned some notoriety for its sexual experimentation. What was that group’s name?
18. A pair of cousins have won (separate) TAFF elections. Who are they?
19. Mike Glyer’s File 770 is named for the legendary party room at what worldcon?
20. Who inaugurated the McCarthy-like “Crusade to Clean Up Fandom” in the 1950’s?
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