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'Red Dwarf' - Series 3 Trivia

'Red Dwarf' - Series 3 Trivia Quizzes

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1.
  'Red Dwarf' Series 3   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
The budget for the third series had not changed, but the outlook did! With a new permanent member of the cast and a gender change for the computer, this is Series 3.
Average, 15 Qns, ArleneRimmer, Jun 08 06
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  'Bodyswap' Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
A quiz about the episode from the third series of 'Red Dwarf', in which Rimmer and Lister... you've guessed it, swap bodies. Good luck!
Average, 15 Qns, emj23, Mar 21 04
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emj23
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  Bodyswap    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Rimmer and Lister switch bodies to get Lister healthy again. Boy what fun THAT's going be!
Easier, 10 Qns, valjoedg, Nov 18 11
Easier
valjoedg gold member
174 plays
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  Backwards    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Rimmer takes Kryten on a flying lesson on Starbug and they get sucked into a time hole. Lister and Cat go hunting for them. Together the crew are in a backwards 1993 Earth.
Average, 10 Qns, valjoedg, Nov 13 11
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217 plays
5.
  Timeslides    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Kryten discovers a phenomenon while developing photos. With this the guys consider changing history.
Average, 10 Qns, valjoedg, Nov 21 11
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valjoedg gold member
174 plays
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  Marooned    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Red Dwarf was approaching a black hole and for survival reasons the guys paired off in twos. Guess who got marooned together?
Average, 10 Qns, valjoedg, Nov 13 11
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valjoedg gold member
220 plays
7.
  The Last Day    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Kryten's replacement is on its way, giving Kryten very little time to get his affairs in order.
Average, 10 Qns, valjoedg, Nov 23 11
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valjoedg gold member
186 plays
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  Polymorph    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A creature that can shapeshift into anything living, dead or inanimate - what mischief will happen on the ship?
Average, 10 Qns, valjoedg, Nov 15 11
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190 plays
trivia question Quick Question
Who ran into Rimmer below deck and promptly started making fun of wardrobe?

From Quiz "Bodyswap"





'Red Dwarf' - Series 3 Trivia Questions

1. What was NOT included in Lister's breakfast that Kryten brought?

From Quiz
The Last Day

Answer: Sausage

Kryten brought Lister some breakfast while he was watching nude female boxing. Lister: "How many times have I told you? I hate all this master servant stuff. I'm me own man. I'll get me own breakfast." Kryten: "Very good sir. Goodbye waffles. Goodbye maple syrup. Goodbye fresh cream. So long fresh strawberries. Bon appétit bin."

2. Who was depressed for a moment in the beginning of the episode?

From Quiz Timeslides

Answer: Lister

It was the same boring day with the same boring games. Lister and Cat were playing table golf which Cat won.

3. Where was the auto destruct hooked up to?

From Quiz Bodyswap

Answer: Snack machine

One of the skutters went mad and rewired the ship which included the auto destruct sequence. Lister ordered a milkshake and a crispy bar only to have the auto destruct start.

4. What item did Kryten vacuum up to cause him to go a bit off?

From Quiz Polymorph

Answer: Penny

He attached the vacuum hose to his groinal socket and began vacuuming up his quarters. He then sucked up a penny.

5. What was approaching Red Dwarf quickly?

From Quiz Marooned

Answer: Black hole

Holly detected a black hole right in Red Dwarf's path. Cat and Kryten paired up while Rimmer and Lister paired up. Rimmer had his most prized possessions while Lister had his guitar much to Rimmer's annoyance.

6. Which television couple were Lister and Cat talking about?

From Quiz Backwards

Answer: Fred and Wilma Flintstone

In the opening scene between Lister and the Cat, they discuss whether "The Flintstones'" Wilma Flintstone is sexy or not. They briefly talk about Betty Rubble, but they begin talking about Wilma once again. They decide that they are insane for discussing cartoon couples since she would never leave Fred.

7. Who has put the ship in danger by rewiring everything on board wrongly?

From Quiz 'Bodyswap' Quiz

Answer: A skutter

One of the ship's service robots, or skutters, has gone mad and wired one of the vending machines up to a bomb that will destroy Red Dwarf if it is not shut down in time.

8. What happened to Lister's twin sons?

From Quiz 'Red Dwarf' Series 3

Answer: They were sent to live the parallel universe

We never see Jim and Bexley, but read that they are sent to be with Debs Lister; the same blurb at the beginning of 'Backwards' tells us that Holly has changed into a woman.

9. According to Rimmer who invented the Tension Sheet?

From Quiz Timeslides

Answer: Fred Holden

Rimmer went to school with Fred Holden, whom they nicknamed "Thickie". He invented the Tension Sheet and became a millionaire at 26. The Tension Sheet was a piece of bubble wrap painted red with the words "Tension Sheet" stamped on it.

10. With which Red Dwarf crewman did they do a mind swap with?

From Quiz Bodyswap

Answer: Carol Brown

They couldn't find Captain Hollister's holographic disc so they located Executive Officer Carol Brown's disc. Lister's mind was transferred to a small cassette and was accidentally dropped in a cup of coffee by Cat. The mind swap worked but the computer didn't recognize the voice and identity details.

11. What did Lister put on that suddenly started to shrink?

From Quiz Polymorph

Answer: Boxers

Polymorph turned into one of Lister's kebobs and after it sneezed Lister threw it across the room. Being scared out of his mind he put on his boxers to leave his room only to have them shrink to the size of a Ken doll's boxers. Kryten tossed the boxers onto Lister's bunk and the Polymorph turned into Lister's second worst fear, a large snake. Lastly it turned into large monster and sucked out Lister's fear.

12. How much money did Rimmer stash away in his trunk?

From Quiz Marooned

Answer: $24,000

Rimmer and Lister were packing up Starbug and Lister went through the trunk and found Rimmer's money which he guessed was $20,000. Rimmer corrected him, "$24,000." Lister was appalled that he had the nerve to ask Lister to borrow money from him to buy him a birthday present.

13. In learning how to fly Starbug, what did Kryten do to Rimmer?

From Quiz Backwards

Answer: Ejected him via his seat

Kryten: "I think there's something wrong with the gearbox. The thing is, I learned how to fly in Starbug 2. I'm not used to the controls on Starbug 1." Rimmer: "They're exactly the same." Kryten: "Yes. That's the problem."

14. What does Lister order from the vending machine that starts the ship's auto destruct sequence?

From Quiz 'Bodyswap' Quiz

Answer: A milkshake and a Crispy bar

He orders the food and the machine starts counting down to the explosion. The more lister tries to cancel the order, the faster the countdown goes.

15. After seeing a milestone for 'Nodnol', Lister believes he is in which country?

From Quiz 'Red Dwarf' Series 3

Answer: Bulgaria

'Nodnol' is 'London' in backwards talk; this is before they realise they are on a backwards earth in '3991'

16. Whose mind is patched into Lister in order to shut the bomb off?

From Quiz 'Bodyswap' Quiz

Answer: Executive Officer Carol Brown

Brown's was the first personality disk the crew could find that had security clearance. With Brown's mind operating Lister's body, they try to override the bomb sequence, but it doesn't work. The countdown reaches zero, and Lister's order comes out of the vending machine.

17. Who is said to be an evil person in this universe?

From Quiz 'Red Dwarf' Series 3

Answer: Santa Claus

He creeps down chimneys and steals the kids' favourite toys. (Adolf Hitler will bring people back to life and 'bog off back to Austria'!)

18. Lister: "How can you just lie back and accept it?" Kryten: "Oh, it's not the end for me, sir, it's just the beginning. I have served my human masters, now I can look forward to my reward in ______ ______."

From Quiz The Last Day

Answer: Silicon Heaven

Lister: "Silicon WHAT?" Kryten: "Surely you've heard of silicon heaven?" Scales, computers, television sets, VCRs and other devices would go here when they stopped working.

19. Rimmer: "I'll tell you something. Something I've never told anyone. When I was fifteen, I went to Macedonia on a school trip, to the site of ____________'s palace."

From Quiz Marooned

Answer: Alexander the Great & Alexander The Great

Rimmer: "And for the first time in my whole life, I felt ... I felt I was home. This place was where I belonged. Years later, I got friendly with a hypnotherapist - Donald - and told him about the Alexander the Great thing, and he said that he'd regress me back through my past lives. I was dubious, but I let him put me under. It turned out my instincts were absolutely correct. I had lived a past life in Macedonia. That palace was my home. Because, believe it or not, Lister, he told me that, in a past incarnation, I was Alexander the Great's chief eunuch."

20. Rimmer: "______ 871 selim. ______? What's ______?"

From Quiz Backwards

Answer: Nodnol

Rimmer and Kryten had crashed into a lake in a backwards world. The mile marker said: Nodnol 871 selim. Translation it said London 178 miles.

21. Who drops the disk with Lister's mind downloaded on it into his drink?

From Quiz 'Bodyswap' Quiz

Answer: Cat & the cat

Kryten says "Take care of that. It's Lister's mind." Cat promptly drops it into his cup of tea.

22. According to Holly, how many black holes are on the horizon?

From Quiz 'Red Dwarf' Series 3

Answer: 5

Holly has made a mistake - she has seen grit on the screen. After all, space is black, and black hole are black - so how are you supposed to see them?

23. Kryten: "If there was no silicon heaven where do all the ______ go?"

From Quiz The Last Day

Answer: Calculators

Lister, Cat and Rimmer didn't believe that there was Silicon Heaven despite Kryten's firm beliefs in Silicon Heaven. Kryten didn't believe that there was a human heaven.

24. They went into a Hitler photograph and stole his briefcase back to Starbug. What was NOT in the note that was in the briefcase?

From Quiz Timeslides

Answer: Hire a maid

It was in Hitler's diary which Kryten translated. Then they found a suspicious package.

25. Who ran into Rimmer below deck and promptly started making fun of wardrobe?

From Quiz Bodyswap

Answer: Cat

Just after the mind swap between him and Lister, Rimmer was in Lister's body but dressed in his preferred uniform. Cat couldn't believe he (Lister) wanted to look like that Rimmer. Lister (Rimmer) hurt his junk and said he was that Rimmer.

26. Having sucked out Lister's fear, Polymorph then sucked out what?

From Quiz Polymorph

Answer: Cat's vanity

Believing he was talking to a lady, Cat lost his vanity and Kryten lost his guilt. Cat got dressed like a hobo and Kryten gave everyone lip.

27. What wooden figures did Rimmer have in his trunk?

From Quiz Marooned

Answer: Napoleon's soldiers

Rimmer: "They've been in our family for years. They're priceless replicas of Napoleon's Armee de Nord." They were in the Japanese camphor wood chest that was Rimmer's fathers and had Rimmer's possessions in it.

28. In the café, what item was the lady patron eating?

From Quiz Backwards

Answer: Eclair

The lady was given a cup of coffee, which in a backwards world she took out spoonfuls of sugar. She then ate an éclair in reverse, gross.

29. Why doesn't the bomb go off?

From Quiz 'Bodyswap' Quiz

Answer: There is no bomb

Holly reveals that they have no bomb on board, she got rid of it because she didn't think it was necessary.

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