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'Firefly' - 'The Train Job' Trivia Quiz

Questions about the 'Firefly' episode, 'The Train Job'.

A multiple-choice quiz by a_morris. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
a_morris

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
218,211

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
2098

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who gave Mal a note in the bar? Hint

a bar maid

a belly dancer

a man in a uniform

the bartender

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Question 2 of 10

2. What game were Mal, Zoe and Jayne playing in the bar? Hint

Chinese Checkers

Pool

Poker

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Question 3 of 10

3. When Mal got thrown out the window, did the glass break?

Yes

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who offered them a job? Hint

Monty

Badger

Patience

Niska

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Question 5 of 10

5. Space monkeys got loose in the engine room.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. What does Inara keep secret from Mal? Hint

she doesn't like him barging into her shuttle

she thinks his work isn't respectable

he has an "odor"

she prays for him

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Question 7 of 10

7. What did Simon say was his reason for doping Jayne? Hint

Jayne threatened to beat Wash

Jayne was shot in the leg

Simon didn't feel comfortable with him in command

Simon didn't like Jayne

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Question 8 of 10

8. What would have to occur for Mal to give his share of the money to Zoe? Hint

if he said he'd pull the job for free

if he felt guilty

if he got caught

if he were dead

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Question 9 of 10

9. Why does Mal say he returns the medicine? Hint

the townsfolk need it more

they are not thieves

he had a choice

he didn't have a choice

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Question 10 of 10

10. How many of Niska's men does Mal kick into Serenity's engines? Hint

None

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who gave Mal a note in the bar?

Answer: a belly dancer

A belly dancer dances across the room until she reaches Mal's table where she slips a note into his hand.

2. What game were Mal, Zoe and Jayne playing in the bar?

Answer: Chinese Checkers

Mal made a "bold move" which enabled Zoe to move her last piece into place.

3. When Mal got thrown out the window, did the glass break?

Answer: No

The window was not made of glass but a forcefield that disappears and then reforms as he goes through.

4. Who offered them a job?

Answer: Niska

Badger gave them the job in 'Serenity, Part I'. Patience later bought the foodstuffs from that heist. Monty is a smuggler who fought with Mal and Zoe in the war.

5. Space monkeys got loose in the engine room.

Answer: False

Mal suggested that space monkeys had made a mess in the engine room but Kaylee explains she had to "rewire the grav thrust because somebody won't replace that crappy compression coil."

6. What does Inara keep secret from Mal?

Answer: she prays for him

From 'The Train Job':
Inara: "What did I say to you about barging in to my shuttle?"
Mal: "That it was manly and impulsive?"
Inara: "Yes, precisely, only the exact phrase I used was 'don't.'"

7. What did Simon say was his reason for doping Jayne?

Answer: Simon didn't feel comfortable with him in command

Jayne threatened to beat Wash with "the chain of command" when Wash refused to go to the rendezvous point without Zoe.

8. What would have to occur for Mal to give his share of the money to Zoe?

Answer: if he were dead

Mal said he would pull this job for free but would only give his share to Zoe if he were dead.

9. Why does Mal say he returns the medicine?

Answer: he didn't have a choice

Mal's a uniquely honorable thief. He returns the medicine and Niska's money.

10. How many of Niska's men does Mal kick into Serenity's engines?

Answer: 1

Crow is the only one Mal kicks into the engines. The second man Mal tells his speech to agrees heartily with him.

Source: Author a_morris

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