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'Red Dwarf' - The Whole Deal Trivia Quiz

How much do you love 'Red Dwarf'? Here are some general to specific knowledge questions spanning most of the series.

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

Author
MellieWellie

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
91,477

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
18 / 25

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4221

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Question 1 of 25

1. What size is the stick that Rimmer wanted to clean the chicken soup machine? Hint

a 14B

a 14G

a 14F

a 14E

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Question 2 of 25

2. Complete. "Lister is that a cigarette you're smoking?"
"No, it's a ________". Hint

turkey

cigarette

chicken

cigar

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Question 3 of 25

3. Who is the woman Rimmer wrote poetry about in his diary? Hint

Ingrid the Polythene Pal

Yvonne McGruder

Carole McAuley

Lise Yates

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Question 4 of 25

4. How does the Cat do his laundry? Hint

washes it

throws them in the airlock

he doesn't - too many outfits

licks it

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Question 5 of 25

5. What was the name of Lister's ex-girlfriend that he 'lent' to Rimmer? (Thanks For The Memory, series 2, episode 3). Hint

Rachel

Yvonne McGruder

Lise Yates

Carole McAuley

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Question 6 of 25

6. The boys threw a deathday party for Rimmer.

True

False

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Question 7 of 25

7. Who is the 'man' who fancies himself a kind of 'grim reaper'? Hint

the Inquisitor

the Reaper

the Eradicator

the Indicator

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Question 8 of 25

8. The Cat gets hit over the head with a shovel by a deranged android in 'Justice'.

True

False

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Question 9 of 25

9. What does the android repeat when trying to hurt Lister inside the Justice Zone? Hint

system error

oh dear

does not compute

problem

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Question 10 of 25

10. What is in Lister's icebox in 'Legion'? Hint

sugar puff sandwiches

sneakers

chicken vindaloo

boxing gloves

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Question 11 of 25

11. "I say that we should get out there and ________." Hint

eat it

kill it

twat it

beat it

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Question 12 of 25

12. What is the Cat's favourite food in the first series? Hint

shiny things

crispies and milk

milk

biscuits

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Question 13 of 25

13. What is the name of Rimmer's imaginary aliens in 'Waiting For God'? Hint

Zorlaks

Qargaks

Quagaars

Aliens

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Question 14 of 25

14. What was NOT a characteristic of Lister's laundry basket at the end of the month, according to the Cat on the Rimmer Psi-Moon in 'Terrorform'? Hint

unbearable stench

squelchy underfoot

strange honking noises

strange animal noises

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Question 15 of 25

15. Which classic film is parodied in the episode 'Camille'?

Answer: (one word - think Bogart)

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Question 16 of 25

16. From the machine, Lister orders two things. One is a chicken vindaloo, and the other is a milkshake. What flavour is the milkshake?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 17 of 25

17. In 'Confidence and Paranoia', who smashed the medical unit? Hint

Confidence

the Cat

Paranoia

Lister

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Question 18 of 25

18. Who is the one woman Rimmer 'had it off with' (when he was alive, that is)?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 19 of 25

19. What affliction affects Kryten's Spare Head 3? Hint

voice degeneration

brain deadness

droid rot

head rot

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Question 20 of 25

20. In 'Marooned', Lister says he would eat the dog food last if there was nothing else to eat.

True

False

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Question 21 of 25

21. What did Hollister want to do with Frankenstein? Hint

keep her for himself

toss her out the airlock

use her for breeding purposes

cut her up for testing

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Question 22 of 25

22. Which screen goddess did Lister make a kit droid of for Kryten in 'The Last Day'?

Answer: (both names please)

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Question 23 of 25

23. In the episode 'DNA', the Cat turns Lister into a chicken by accident, and then Kryten turns him into a hamster in an attempt to turn him back into a human.

True

False

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Question 24 of 25

24. What nasty affliction does Lister have at the beginning of 'Justice'?

Answer: (big head.)

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Question 25 of 25

25. What is Talkie Toaster's chirpy greeting? Hint

Howdy Doody

Howdy Doodly Doo

Howdy Doodly Doodly Doo

Howdy Dude

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What size is the stick that Rimmer wanted to clean the chicken soup machine?

Answer: a 14B

Rimmer asks for a 14B, but Lister gives him a 14F. Lister says they look the same to him, and after much ranting Rimmer ends up using the 14F anyway.

2. Complete. "Lister is that a cigarette you're smoking?" "No, it's a ________".

Answer: chicken

Rimmer then writes him up on report for 'the second time in as many minutes'.

3. Who is the woman Rimmer wrote poetry about in his diary?

Answer: Carole McAuley

Ingrid is his lifelong blow-up girlfriend, Lise Yates was Lister's girlfriend (see 'Thanks for the Memory'), and Yvonne McGruder was the one woman Rimmer went to bed with.

4. How does the Cat do his laundry?

Answer: licks it

"Do you have to do that now? It's revolting."

5. What was the name of Lister's ex-girlfriend that he 'lent' to Rimmer? (Thanks For The Memory, series 2, episode 3).

Answer: Lise Yates

"You're not gonna believe this. But I once went out with a girl called Lise Yates." Rimmer's only sexual experience was with Yvonne McGruder, he used to write love letters to Carole McAuley, and Rachel is the name of his 'blow-up friend' in episode 4, series 3.

6. The boys threw a deathday party for Rimmer.

Answer: True

They did indeed throw a deathday party for Rimmer - and Lister baked him a cake in the shape of a spanner, "because he was a technician".

7. Who is the 'man' who fancies himself a kind of 'grim reaper'?

Answer: the Inquisitor

The Inquisitor found people who he believed wasted their lives, and replaced them with an alternate version of themselves who never had the chance to live.

8. The Cat gets hit over the head with a shovel by a deranged android in 'Justice'.

Answer: False

Due to the Justice Zone, the Cat hitting the android with a shovel caused him to feel the pain.

9. What does the android repeat when trying to hurt Lister inside the Justice Zone?

Answer: does not compute

The android has no knowledge of the Justice Zone, but Lister does and keeps handing him things to hit him with.

10. What is in Lister's icebox in 'Legion'?

Answer: sneakers

The sugar puff sandwiches are there on the table, but the boxing gloves are in Rimmer's room. "And a spare pair of sneakers in the icebox. Faultless."

11. "I say that we should get out there and ________."

Answer: twat it

From the first 'Polymorph' episode. This is just after Lister has regained consciousness from when the Polymorph 'ate' his fear.

12. What is the Cat's favourite food in the first series?

Answer: crispies and milk

He laps it up, after complaining that "You monkeys eat off the floor?" when Lister places it there as he used to for Frankenstein.

13. What is the name of Rimmer's imaginary aliens in 'Waiting For God'?

Answer: Quagaars

Rimmer believes them to be aliens, but it was only a Red Dwarf garbage pod that they picked up floating in space.

14. What was NOT a characteristic of Lister's laundry basket at the end of the month, according to the Cat on the Rimmer Psi-Moon in 'Terrorform'?

Answer: strange honking noises

Rimmer is taken prisoner inside his own mind and ends up being stripped, oiled, manacled, licked, chained, taunted and humiliated.

15. Which classic film is parodied in the episode 'Camille'?

Answer: Casablanca

Includes such classic lines as 'the start of a beautiful friendship' among others.

16. From the machine, Lister orders two things. One is a chicken vindaloo, and the other is a milkshake. What flavour is the milkshake?

Answer: beer

"I'll have a.. chicken vindaloo. And a milkshake." "What flavour milkshake?" "Erm, beer."

17. In 'Confidence and Paranoia', who smashed the medical unit?

Answer: Confidence

"I did it for you, King. So we could be together."

18. Who is the one woman Rimmer 'had it off with' (when he was alive, that is)?

Answer: Yvonne McGruder

"She'd been hit on the head by a winch, she had concussion" (ad verbatim from episode 4, series 1, 'Confidence and Paranoia'). Rimmer also technically had a fling or two (and a kid or two) with her in 'Better Than Life'. He also had a fling or two with Nirvanah Crane in the episode 'Holoship' when he was dead.

19. What affliction affects Kryten's Spare Head 3?

Answer: droid rot

In the episode 'DNA' we see Robert Llewellyn without all his make-up when Kryten becomes human.

20. In 'Marooned', Lister says he would eat the dog food last if there was nothing else to eat.

Answer: False

When Rimmer tells him that there is also a pot noodle, Lister says 'Well, it is obvious which will be eaten last. I can't stand Pot Noodle.' He ends up eating the dog food under the watchful eye of a revolted Rimmer.

21. What did Hollister want to do with Frankenstein?

Answer: cut her up for testing

Lister refuses to give her up, and he is locked in stasis for 18 months. This becomes 3 million years, and everyone is dead due to a radiation leak.

22. Which screen goddess did Lister make a kit droid of for Kryten in 'The Last Day'?

Answer: Marilyn Monroe

It's a kit droid that Lister's mate bought on Calisto.

23. In the episode 'DNA', the Cat turns Lister into a chicken by accident, and then Kryten turns him into a hamster in an attempt to turn him back into a human.

Answer: True

The Cat first turned him into a chicken, then Kryten turns him into a hamster. Later Lister's mutton vindaloo is turned into a mutton-vindaloo-beast as a result of a test of Holly's prowess with the DNA machine. He is consequently turned into 'superhuman man plus' which is actually a very small version of Robocop.

24. What nasty affliction does Lister have at the beginning of 'Justice'?

Answer: space mumps

Then it explodes all over Lister and the Cat.

25. What is Talkie Toaster's chirpy greeting?

Answer: Howdy Doodly Doo

"Howdy Doodly Doo, I'm Talkie."

Source: Author MellieWellie

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