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'Balance of Power' Trivia Quiz

A short quiz about the 'Red Dwarf' episode in which Lister tries to pass an exam in order to outrank Rimmer.

A multiple-choice quiz by emj23. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
emj23

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
209,602

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1005

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the first item on the food inventory being read out by Rimmer? Hint

Dehydrated ice-cream

Irradiated haggis

Rehydratable chickens

Homogenised puddings

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Question 2 of 10

2. How many cigarettes does Rimmer say he owes Lister? Hint

4 and 3/4

4 and 1/2

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these people is NOT suggested as someone Lister would prefer to Rimmer? Hint

Chen

Hermann Goering

Petersen

Selby

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Question 4 of 10

4. What item does Rimmer throw across the dance floor? Hint

Handbag

Smoke machine

Drink

Packet of crisps

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Question 5 of 10

5. What does Lister attempt to qualify as in order to be Rimmer's superior? Hint

First technician

Navigation officer

Chef

Flight Lieutenant

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Question 6 of 10

6. Why does the Cat want the ship's stock of cigarettes? Hint

He wants to take up smoking

He likes the way they smell

He wants to bribe Lister

He likes shiny objects

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Question 7 of 10

7. How many plates of fish does Cat order from the vending machine? Hint

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Question 8 of 10

8. To which song is Lister shown listening and singing along? Hint

Lunar City Seven

Clementine

Baby I Want Your Love Thang

Can't Stand Still

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Question 9 of 10

9. Lister tells Rimmer that when he's an officer, he will have to surrender Kochanski's hologram disc. Complete Rimmer's reply: 'And on that day Lister, Satan will be...'?

Answer: (Three Words, Hell freezing over?)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Lister passes his exam and from this episode onwards, he is Rimmer's superior.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the first item on the food inventory being read out by Rimmer?

Answer: Rehydratable chickens

Lister is incredibly bored because Rimmer is forcing him to go through the ship's inventory. This consists of Rimmer reading out each item and Lister saying 'check'.

2. How many cigarettes does Rimmer say he owes Lister?

Answer: 4 and 3/4

Lister receives one cigarette from the ship's stock for every day he obeys Rimmer's orders. Rimmer deducts a quarter of a cigarette because Lister had spoken to him in 'a variety of silly voices'.

3. Which of these people is NOT suggested as someone Lister would prefer to Rimmer?

Answer: Selby

'Hermann Goering would be better than Rimmer. Okay, he was a drug crazed transvestite but at least we could have gone dancing!'

4. What item does Rimmer throw across the dance floor?

Answer: Handbag

He is trying to get across the disco to find Lister. Kochanski and her friend are dancing and are in his way. He picks up her handbag and throws across the room to make her move.

5. What does Lister attempt to qualify as in order to be Rimmer's superior?

Answer: Chef

Lister doesn't want to be a chef, but it's a higher rank than Rimmer. He wants to outrank Rimmer so that he can spend an evening with Kochanski's hologram.

6. Why does the Cat want the ship's stock of cigarettes?

Answer: He likes shiny objects

He claims that they are his because he found them. Rimmer had hidden them from Lister. To make Cat return them to their hiding place, he shows Cat how to operate the vending machines so he can eat as much as he likes.

7. How many plates of fish does Cat order from the vending machine?

Answer: 6

After Rimmer has shown Cat how he can get as much fish as he likes, Cat goes overboard on it and orders six plates of trout a la creme.

8. To which song is Lister shown listening and singing along?

Answer: Can't Stand Still

Apparently it's a song by Rasta Billy Skank, whose music can cause nervous disorders.

9. Lister tells Rimmer that when he's an officer, he will have to surrender Kochanski's hologram disc. Complete Rimmer's reply: 'And on that day Lister, Satan will be...'?

Answer: skating to work

I love that quote. In order to stop Lister taking the exam, Rimmer changes his physical appearance to that of Kochanski, but Lister realises it's still Rimmer inside the hologram. He is disgusted.

10. Lister passes his exam and from this episode onwards, he is Rimmer's superior.

Answer: False

He pretends to have passed it, but in Holly's monologue at the start of the next episode we discover he was lying to annoy Rimmer. Thank you for playing.

Source: Author emj23

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