Fandom Quiz
Try out this Fandom quiz to test your knowledge. Fandom trivia explores the subcultures that form when people bond over a shared interest, from stories and characters to teams, artists, and games.
15 questions
~3 min to finish
Easy to hard difficulty
460 pts max score
Question 1 · Easy · 10 pts
What medium can build fandoms around its characters and stories?
Question 2 · Medium · 20 pts
In Hugo Awards history, what fan-created publication category got its own Best award?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
Which Holmes story is the one that sends the detective over the Reichenbach Falls?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
What term is commonly used for fandom centered on film, television, books, and similar storytelling media?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
Name the science-fiction fanzine whose first issue appeared in 1930.?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
Which fandom is credited with organizing some of the earliest fan-run conventions of the 20th century?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
What does "Worldcon" stand for in full?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
Founded in 1962, what group was inspired partly by science-fiction fandom?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
The Comic Market catalog is closely tied to what Japanese term for fan-made works?
Question 10 · Hard · 40 pts
The phrase "slash fiction" originally grew out of fan stories pairing which two Star Trek characters?
Question 11 · Hard · 40 pts
In fandom shorthand, what pairing does "K/S" refer to?
Question 12 · Hard · 40 pts
The Baker Street Irregulars are dedicated to the study of which fictional detective?
Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts
People in a fandom are brought together by enthusiasm for what?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
A common feeling among people in a fandom is what?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
Besides time, people in fandom often devote significant what to their interest?