Starman Trivia Quiz

Answer: Janeway

Kathryn Janeway was captain of USS Voyager. She was played by Kate Mulgrew in "Star Trek: Voyager" between 1995 and 2001.
Janeway was born in Indiana, but came from a space travelling family - her father was a Vice Admiral. Initially a scientist, she was given command of the USS Voyager. A person of strict morals, Janeway was a tough upholder of star fleet principles.
After "Voyager" finished, Janeway was to reappear, promoted, in the film "Star Trek: Nemesis" (2002). The character was also reprised in several Star Trek novels.
The wrong answers were also captains of the main ship in various Star Trek outings.

Answer: Anastasia

Dan Dare was a pioneering space pilot in the British boys' comic "The Eagle". (Hence the red herring in the question.)
The stories, "Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future" ran from 1950 to 1967. "The Eagle" was to be relaunched for a short time from 1982 to 1994. More periodic Dan Dare stories were to follow in succeeding years.

Answer: Moon

Wallace and Gromit were clay animation characters that first appeared in 1990.
Their adventures were made into a series of television shows of varying running times.
Wallace was an eccentric and very scatty dog owner whose imagination often ran wild.
That imagination could only be tempered by his long-suffering canine companion, Gromit. In truth, Gromit was the brains of the duo.
In "A Grand Day Out" the cheese-loving duo took a trip to the moon to find out if it really was made of cheese.

Answer: Earth Alliance

In the times of "Babylon 5", Earth and its off-planet colonies had an alliance. Nice though an alliance of nations sounds, it was a dictatorial, militaristic entity.
"Babylon 5" ran for five seasons from 1994. It was a space station where many races could come together in harmony (usually) to trade. That allowed the show to introduce many different characters and races from throughout the universe. How they learnt to co-exist was a running theme.

Answer: Steve Austin

"The Six Million Dollar Man" was a US TV show that first aired in 1973. Five seasons in all were broadcast and a TV move was also made.
Lee Majors starred as Austin, an astronaut who was badly injured in a test flight accident. Medical interventions with robotic parts give him super strength and vision. He was then put to work for a secretive government agency as a spy.

Answer: Klingon

From the very conception of "Star Trek", the Klingons were to be the antagonists to the United Federation of Planets.
As the TV shows and movies progressed, at times they were at war with the Federation, and at other times they were allied.
The Klingons were seen as a totalitarian and brutal race, and one that had its specific code of honour.

Answer: Ice Warriors

The Ice Warriors were encountered by three of the Doctors over the years. They were deadly aggressors, although at one time they renounced violence.
The Ice Warriors wore armour that resembled crocodile hide and had sonic weapons in their wrists.
The Doctors who encountered them were Patrick Troughton (Second Doctor), Jon Pertwee (Third Doctor) and David Tennant (Tenth Doctor).

Answer: Rogers

"Buck Rogers In The 25th Century" ran for two seasons between 1979 and 1981.
The character was, though, much older. Buck Rogers first appeared in fiction in 1928 and was the subject of comic strip, radio and television.
Gil Gerard played the new adventurer who found it difficult to readjust to a universe that had changed.

Answer: Kashyyyk

Wookiees first appeared in "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope". (1977). They were a very intelligent species that came from a forested home world.
The most prominent was Chewbacca, who became a loyal friend to Han Solo.

Answer: James Kirk

James (T) Kirk was the starship captain we saw on screen when "Star Trek" was first broadcast in 1966. An earlier pilot episode of the show had been rejected by NBC. That had featured a different captain, Christopher Pike.
Kirk was played by William Shatner between 1966 and 1969. The character was born in Iowa, but brought up on a space colony, before attending the Starship Academy. He was the youngest ever captain and was given command of the USS Enterprise for that "five-year mission" that has gone down in television history.
What is now known as "Star Trek: The Original Series" set the foundation stone for the franchise. The strong characters who were established - Kirk, Spock, Scott, 'Bones' - created a strong resonance for viewers.
Although new shows came along with new starship captains, Kirk was to return from time to time through many of the TV and movie versions.