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Sci-Fi Spaceships Trivia Quiz

Ten questions about Sci-Fi spaceships from literature, the big screen, and the small screen. For an added challenge, the title of the book/movie/TV show is omitted.

A multiple-choice quiz by wilhelm33. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
wilhelm33

Time
6 mins

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Multiple Choice

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245,692

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. In the literary version of the story, this nuclear-powered spaceship is equipped with "wings" to dissipate the engines' heat. These wings are absent in the movie version of the spaceship. What outer planet-bound spaceship is this? Hint

Discovery One

Challenger One

Columbia One

Endeavor One

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Question 2 of 10

2. Part spaceship and part interdimensional gateway, this vessel was built out of a hollowed-out asteroid. It was launched centuries after the nuclear war known as the "Death". What did its creators call it? Hint

Voyager

Rama

Thistledown

Long Shot

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Question 3 of 10

3. This spaceship is named after an American infantryman who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for saving his platoon in the Pacific Theater of World War II. The ship transported heavily armored Mobile Infantrymen into combat during the "Bug War". What is its name? Hint

Lucian Adams

Rodger Young

Floyd Bennett

William Dean

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Question 4 of 10

4. This ship was named after the valley where a decisive battle of the "Unification War" was fought. The name is somewhat ironic given its crew's inability to achieve it. Which ship is this? Hint

Peace

Tranquility

Harmony

Serenity

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Question 5 of 10

5. Crewed by a mutant cyclops, a pizza delivery boy who had been frozen for a thousand years, and an alcohol fueled robot, this dark-matter powered spaceship delivers packages throughout the galaxy to fund its owner's mad experiments. Hint

Planet Express Ship

Hypertransport Ship

Stellar Delivery Ship

Cash Cow

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Question 6 of 10

6. This enormous ship was hauling millions of tons of raw ore and refining it when it came across an alien distress signal. The vastness of the ship provides the perfect setting for its unwelcome guest to decimate the crew. What ill-fated vessel is this? Hint

Leviathan

Nosferatu

Nostromo

Nostradamus

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Question 7 of 10

7. The first ship of the "NX-class", the NX-01, provides the name for the television series. What was the name of the NX-01's sister ship, the NX-02? Hint

Columbia

Challenger

Enterprise

Endeavor

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Question 8 of 10

8. Equipped with a "Quantum II" hyperdrive, this ship traveled to the center of the galaxy and discovered that a chain reaction at the galaxy's core had produced a radiation wave that would reach "Known Space" within 20,000 years. What spaceship is this? Hint

Liar

Long Shot

Voyager

Pioneer

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Question 9 of 10

9. Originally a standard YT-1300 light freighter, this ship changed hands several times, often as payment for a gambling debt. Over the years the ship received multiple upgrades including bolstered shields, illegal military-grade weapons, and a unique hyperdrive. Which ship is this? Hint

Millennium Falcon

Iron Vulture

Ebon Hawk

Tyderium

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Question 10 of 10

10. The first true starship with this name launched in 2151. Subsequent ships with the name launched in 2245, 2286, 2293, 2363, and 2372. Other starships also bore the name, although their launch dates aren't explicitly stated. Which illustrious ship name is this? Hint

Yorktown

Excelsior

Enterprise

Constitution

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Discovery One

The spaceship "Discovery One" as originally presented in Arthur C. Clarke's novel "2001: A Space Odyssey" is based on real science and engineering; thus "Discovery" is described as having wing-mounted radiators. The director of the film version, Stanley Kubrick, thought audiences might believe that a winged "Discovery" was intended to fly through an atmosphere.

Answer: Thistledown

In Greg Bear's novel "Eon", the "Thistledown" is nicknamed "The Potato" by the Soviets and "The Stone" by the Americans after it travels back in time to a pre-"Death" Earth. The conflict begun between the two powers over who would control the "Thistledown" ironically results in the "Death" under different circumstances than those that inspired the creation of the "Thistledown" in the first place.

Answer: Rodger Young

Robert Heinlein's novel "Starship Troopers" contains a brief description of the actions that earned Rodger Young the Medal of Honor. The other three incorrect answers are actual Medal of Honor recipients from various wars.

4. This ship was named after the valley where a decisive battle of the "Unification War" was fought. The name is somewhat ironic given its crew's inability to achieve it. Which ship is this?

Answer: Serenity

The crew of the "Serenity" is pursued by Alliance warships, ruthless criminals, government assassins, and the cannibalistic Reavers throughout Joss Whedon's television program "Firefly" and the movie "Serenity", which follows the show chronologically. Both the captain and the first mate of the ship are veterans of the "Battle of Serenity Valley".

Answer: Planet Express Ship

Matt Groening's and David X. Cohen's animated program "Futurama" was both a satire of and an homage to science fiction TV, movies, and literature. Many of the ship's sound effects, most notably that of the automated doors, were lifted directly from the original "Star Trek".

In the episode, "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" all but two members of the cast of the original "Star Trek" make a guest appearance.

Answer: Nostromo

The "Nostromo" of Ridley Scott's movie "Alien" is named after the novel of the same name by Joseph Conrad. For fans of classic sci-fi movies, several plot elements of "Alien" are nearly identical to those in the 1958 movie "It! The Terror from Beyond Space".

7. The first ship of the "NX-class", the NX-01, provides the name for the television series. What was the name of the NX-01's sister ship, the NX-02?

Answer: Columbia

On "Star Trek: Enterprise" the NX-02 is named "Columbia" in memory of the lost Space Shuttle Columbia. It is interesting to note that the Space Shuttle prototype (which was not capable of space flight) was named "Enterprise" while the second Space Shuttle (the first that could fly into space) was the "Columbia".

Answer: Long Shot

Larry Niven's novel "Ringworld" introduces the "Long Shot" as a spherical ship 1000 meters in diameter whose prototype engine filled so much space that there was hardly any room for a pilot. The ship was designed by "Pierson's Puppeteers", aliens so cowardly that only a Puppeteer considered to be insane would dare fly it.

The trip to the galactic core was actually performed by a human volunteer.

Answer: Millennium Falcon

Joss Whedon credits George Lucas' "Millennium Falcon" and its owner, Han Solo, from the "Star Wars" movies as being the primary inspiration for the ship seen in Whedon's TV show "Firefly" and its owner, Malcolm Reynolds.

Answer: Enterprise

Gene Roddenberry's "Star Trek" first introduced the starship "Enterprise", NCC-1701. Subsequent television programs and movies have shown eight different "Enterprises" on both the big and small screens (NX-01, NCC-1701, NCC-1701-A, NCC-1701-B, NCC-1701-C, NCC-1701-D, NCC-1701-E, and NCC-1701-J). Ships named "Enterprise" served intermittently from the mid 22nd century to at least the 26th century.

Source: Author wilhelm33

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