Thirty questions about the original, 1970’s version of Battlestar Galactica. It had a short run, but its impact on Science Fiction television was indelible. How many questions can you get correct?
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The Dorky Round
One
How many Battlestars were there?
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Twelve. One for each of the colonies
Two
What was the name of Boxey’s dagget?
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Muffit
Three
The show debuted in what year?
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Nineteen-Seventy-Eight
Four
What Battlestar joined the Galactica for two episodes?
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The Battlestar Pegasus
Five
The humans’ fighter ships were called what?
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Colonial Vipers
Six
Starbuck excelled at playing what card game?
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Pyramid
Seven
What was the name of the full contact ball game played by the crew of Galactica?
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Triad
Eight
Who played Commander Adama?
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Lorne Greene
Nine
Who played the rakish Starbuck?
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Dirk Benedict
Ten
Who was second-in-command of the Galactica?
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Colonel Tigh
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The Geeky Round
One
Who played the treasonous Count Baltar?
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John Colicos
Two
Glen A Larson put elements of what religion into the show?
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Mormonism
Three
Battlestar Galactica was followed up by what series?
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Galactica 1980
Four
What famous actor and dancer had a guest role as Captain Dmitri?
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Fred Astaire
Five
What actor portrayed the Pegasus’ Commander Cain?
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Lloyd Bridges
Six
Also a biblical unit of measure, what was the primary currency of the Twelve Colonies?
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A cubit
Seven
What character was initially supposed to die in the pilot?
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Jane Seymour’s character, Serina. Test audiences didn’t like it, so it was changed that she would die in the second episode.
Eight
Herbert Jefferson Jr played which Viper pilot?
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Lieutenant Boomer
Nine
What Wizard of Oz actor guest starred as Vector in the episode, "Greetings from Earth"?
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Ray Bolger, He was the Scarecrow in the 1939 Wizard of Oz
Ten
Who composed the theme music for the show?
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Stu Phillips. That music would be reused in the reboot as the Colonial Anthem.
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The Nerdy Round
One
Who voiced the Imperious Leader?
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Patrick Macnee
Two
How many episodes of the original Battlestar Galactica were there?
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Twenty-One
Three
In the episode, Hand of God, what real-life television broadcast was seen?
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The Apollo 11 Moon landing
Four
The “Rag-tag fleet” consisted of how many ships?
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Two-hundred-twenty
Five
Battlestar Galactica aired on what network?
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It and Galactica 80 aired on ABC
Six
Which actor also wrote novels based on the series and also wrote and produced a trailer for Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming?
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Richard Hatch, who played Apollo
Seven
What actor and musician played Apollo’s brother, Zac?
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Rick Springfield. His character died in the Cylon attack on Caprica.
Eight
What was the name of Ed Begley Jr’s character?
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Flight Sergeant Greenbean. No, I’m not making that up.
Nine
What was the title of the final episode of Battlestar Galactica?
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The Hand of God
Ten
Galactica 1980 went out with what episode?
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The Return of Starbuck. It was arguably the only good episode of the series.
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