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Better Than Life Trivia Quiz

The guys receive mail, and in it is a video game that they all play. But, it doesn't go according to plan.

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

Author
valjoedg

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
343,001

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
193

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. How did the mail come to Red Dwarf? Hint

2nd Class Post

Express Mail

Priority Mail

Air Mail

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was Holly's first move in his chess game? Hint

Knight to queen

No move

Pawn to bishop

Queen to bishop

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Question 3 of 10

3. Lister owed $8,500 to Outland Revenue.

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. Lister: "Rear Admiral Lieutenant General Rimmer."
Rimmer: "That's from my ______."

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Rimmer's father was denied entry into the Space Corps because he was how much too short? Hint

1 foot

1 inch

1 centimeter

1 book

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Question 6 of 10

6. Where did the "Better Than Life" game sell out first? Hint

New Caney

New York

New Tokyo

New Jersey

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Question 7 of 10

7. Rimmer imagined a Lamborghini on the beach in the game.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. Rimmer: "What? This isn't my fantasy?"
______: (Leans into frame, grinning) "No, it's MINE!"

Answer: (1 or 2 words)

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Question 9 of 10

9. How many girlfriends did Cat have in his fantasy? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who broke Rimmer's thumbs? Hint

Dave Lister

Holly

Cat

Outland Revenue agent

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How did the mail come to Red Dwarf?

Answer: 2nd Class Post

Holly: "It's been tracking us since we left Earth. Now we've turned round, it's caught up."
Lister: "Do you mean it's taken three million years?"
Holly: "Yeah. Just about average for second class post."

2. What was Holly's first move in his chess game?

Answer: No move

Gordon aboard the Scott Fitzgerald made the first move; pawn to king 4. Holly didn't make a move.

3. Lister owed $8,500 to Outland Revenue.

Answer: False

No, Rimmer owed $8,500, but was gleefully happy when he thought it was Lister's tab. Then, he was afraid even though it's 3 billion years from Earth they would find him.

4. Lister: "Rear Admiral Lieutenant General Rimmer." Rimmer: "That's from my ______."

Answer: Mother

Along with his bill from Outland Revenue, he received a letter from his mother to inform him that his father was dead. Along with his bill from Outland Revenue, he received a letter from his mother to inform him that his father was dead.

5. Rimmer's father was denied entry into the Space Corps because he was how much too short?

Answer: 1 inch

Rimmer: "He always wanted to join the Space Corps, be an officer, but they wouldn't take him because he was an inch below regulation height. 1 inch. I had 3 brothers. When we were young he bought a traction machine so that he could stretch us. By the time my brother Frank was 11, he was 6ft 5. Every morning, he'd measure us. If we hadn't grown, back on the rack."

6. Where did the "Better Than Life" game sell out first?

Answer: New Tokyo

According to Groovy Channel 27 tape that was in the mail pod, rubber nuclear weapons had to be used against crowds in New Tokyo.

7. Rimmer imagined a Lamborghini on the beach in the game.

Answer: False

He first imagined a Reliant Robin, then he materialized a Jaguar E-type. Lister and Cat went away on a Harley-Davidson.

8. Rimmer: "What? This isn't my fantasy?" ______: (Leans into frame, grinning) "No, it's MINE!"

Answer: The Cat

All Rimmer ever wanted from his father was for him to be proud of him but Cat interrupted his fantasy.

9. How many girlfriends did Cat have in his fantasy?

Answer: 2

He was dating Marilyn Monroe and a mermaid. The mermaid was woman on the top half and the bottom half was a woman's legs.

10. Who broke Rimmer's thumbs?

Answer: Outland Revenue agent

The Outland Revenue agent asked for either $18,000 or Rimmer's thumbs. Rimmer's mind rebelled against him having fun in the game, much to everyone's annoyance. At the end, they were buried up to their chins, faces smeared with jam and were about to be eaten by killer ants.

Source: Author valjoedg

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