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Conan

  1. What does the E stand for in Robert E. Howard's name? Ervin

  2. What was Robert Enders Allen's real name? (Howard rewrote Allen's story, "The Last Ride.") Chandler Whipple

  3. Who published volume one of Amra? George Heap

  4. Howard was born in (a) Cross Plains, (b) Peaster, (c) New Orleans, or (d) Brownsville

  5. Which of the following did not like the Conan stories? H.P. Lovecraft, L. Sprague de Camp, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert Bloch, J.R.R. Tolkien

  6. What was the identity of the apparation in "Delenda Est"? Hannibal

  7. According to Howard, not Marvel Comics, who was Zukala? A pre-historic pagan god, the disposer of souls

  8. Did Howard ever attempt to write a play? Yes.

  9. What city does "The Shadow of Doom" take place in? Austin, TX

  10. What were the original titles of the stories de Camp rewote for Tales of Conan? "The Blood-Stained God"/"The Curse of the Blood-Stained God" - "Hawks Over Shem"/"Hawks Over Egypt" - "The Road of Eagles"/The Road of Eagles - "The Flame Knife"/"Three-Bladed Doom

  11. Who did Delcardes want to marry in the Kull story, "The Cat and the Skull" (a.k.a. "Delcardes' Cat")? Kulra Thoom

  12. According to Howard's letters, at least one Cimmerian roamed the Hyborian world before Conan. Who? Conan's grandfather

  13. Name an Earthman who goes to Almuric. Esau Cairn

  14. Who are the antagonists in the story, "The Little People"? The Picts

  15. In what century does "The People of the Black Coast" take place? The 20th Century

  16. Can the Kull and Conan stories be considered part of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos? Yes, if you want to stretch a point

  17. Where and when did the Conan vignette that begins "Know O prince..." first appear? Weird Tales, December 1932 (as a prologue to "The Phoenix on the Sword")

  18. Who or what saves the protagonist in "Dermod's Bane"? The ghost of his sister, Moira Kirowan

  19. In Howard's unedited draft of "The Tower of the Elephant" does he say in what city the story takes place? No.

  20. What was the name of Howard's high school newspaper? The Tattler

  21. What were the orginal titles of the stories Farnsworth Wright retitled prior to their publication in Weird Tales? "Shadows in the Moonlight"/"Iron Shadows in the Moon" - "Shadows in Zamboula"/"The Man-Eaters of Zamboula" - "The Slithering Shadow"/"Xuthal of the Dusk" - "Red Shadows"/"Solomon Kane" - "Jewels of Gwahlur"/"Teeth of Gwahlur" - "The Grisley Horror"/"Moon of Zembabwei"

  22. Are there any major differences in the published versions of the poem, "Cimmeria"? Yes, the last stanza is usually missing.

  23. Lin Carter has completed stories in how many Howard series? Three -- Conan, Kull, James Allison's Incarnations

  24. What was Tevis Clyde Smith's part in the collaborative effort "Red Blades of Black Cathay"? He did the historical research.

  25. Did Robert E. Howard ever ride in a boat? Yes.

  26. In "The Haunter of the Ring" whose ring was it originally? Thoth Amon

  27. What does Conan do to the Frost-Giant's sons? He kills them (of course)

  28. According to Howard, where does "The Hall of the Dead" occur? In the foothills of Zamora.

  29. Two Conan stories have action taking place in Nemedia. What are they? "The God in the Bowl" and The Hour of the Dragon

SCORING: If you missed more than one, you don't know shit!

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