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Average 'Red Dwarf' Series 1 Quiz | 15 Questions | Television

Red Dwarf - the huge rust bucket in space - but how much do you know about the Boyz from the Dwarf?

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

Author
ArleneRimmer

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
92,023

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
11 / 15

Plays
4819

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 82 (10/15), Guest 31 (8/15), Guest 170 (13/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Who is the first person to *speak* in the very first episode? Hint

Holly

Rimmer

Lister

Todhunter

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Question 2 of 15

2. What is the name of Lister's pet cat? Hint

Snowball

Tiddles

Frankenstein

Kochanski

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Question 3 of 15

3. Lister had a dream - of setting up a farm with his girlfriend and cat - but where? Hint

Frankfurt

Fushall

Fiji

France

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Question 4 of 15

4. What are the names of Lister's robot goldfish? Hint

Lennon and McCartney

Morecambe and Wise

Jim and Bexley

Homer and Marge

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Question 5 of 15

5. When Holly calls Lister to the drive room, Lister says, 'Come in ___
___ your time is up' How does he refer to himself? Hint

Number 196

Number 169

Number 69

Number 96

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Question 6 of 15

6. Rimmer experienced a few problems with his projected hologramatic image and has a tussle with someone else's arm. Whose arm? Hint

Selby

Petersen

Todhunter

Chen

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Question 7 of 15

7. One of the most frequent guest stars makes his/her first appearence in the second episode ('Future Echoes') of the first series. Who is this? Hint

C P Grogan

Paul Bradley

Mark Williams

Tony Hawks

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Question 8 of 15

8. A pod is brought on board Red Dwarf and Rimmer is certain that it is from aliens. What does he name this alien race? Hint

Quagaar

Largaar

Keegaar

Moogaar

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Question 9 of 15

9. What is in the pod? Hint

garbage

nothing

a dead alien

post (mail)

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Question 10 of 15

10. What was Lister doing when he contracted the mutated flu virus? Hint

exploring the cargo decks

checking out the Cat City

checking out Kochanski's dream recorder

exploring a moon on his space bike

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Question 11 of 15

11. Confidence takes something that belongs to Lister because 'The King' had actually touched it. What did he take? Hint

underpants

a cigarette butt

a guitar string

an empty lager can

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Question 12 of 15

12. What were Rimmer's dying words? Hint

It was Lister's fault

Gazpacho soup

I didn't do it

Whoops

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Question 13 of 15

13. How does Lister decide which of the two hologramatic Rimmers will remain on board? Hint

One Two Three Four Five Once I Caught A Fish Alive

Eenie Meanie Miney Mo

Ippy Dippy My Space Shippy

One Potato Two Potato Three Potato Four

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Question 14 of 15

14. Who has the last word in the last episode of the first series? Hint

Lister

Rimmer

Cat

Holly

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Question 15 of 15

15. In February 1998 a special evening was broadcast on BBC2 to celebrate which birthday of Red Dwarf's first broadcast? Hint

tenth

fifth

fifteenth

twentieth

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who is the first person to *speak* in the very first episode?

Answer: Rimmer

Although Lister is the first to make a sound (he sings), Rimmer is the first to speak.

2. What is the name of Lister's pet cat?

Answer: Frankenstein

... and she was pregnant - the mother of the cat race. Cat called her 'The Holy Mother'.

3. Lister had a dream - of setting up a farm with his girlfriend and cat - but where?

Answer: Fiji

His dream was of a farm on Fiji, but the cat race had corrupted the name to 'Fushall' over the past three million years.

4. What are the names of Lister's robot goldfish?

Answer: Lennon and McCartney

When Lister fiddled with one of them with a screwdriver and then tossed it back into the water, it started swimming around. 'And they said you was a waste of money!'

5. When Holly calls Lister to the drive room, Lister says, 'Come in ___ ___ your time is up' How does he refer to himself?

Answer: Number 169

In Britain some years ago holiday makers would hire row boats on lakes; the owners would call 'Come in Number -, your time is up' through a loud speaker at the end of the hire time (the number being that of the boat). The saying is still used as a reference to 'your time is up' in parts of the UK, and Lister thought he was about to die - that his time was up.

6. Rimmer experienced a few problems with his projected hologramatic image and has a tussle with someone else's arm. Whose arm?

Answer: Petersen

The spelling of this name changed from Peterson to Petersen in later episodes - I have chosen the latter spelling as Petersen was Danish, not English.

7. One of the most frequent guest stars makes his/her first appearence in the second episode ('Future Echoes') of the first series. Who is this?

Answer: Tony Hawks

Tony Hawks, stand-up comedian, played many parts as a voice (ie, dispensing machines, suitcases) and also played Caligula in 'Meltdown', the host in 'Better Than Life' and the compere in 'Backwards'.

8. A pod is brought on board Red Dwarf and Rimmer is certain that it is from aliens. What does he name this alien race?

Answer: Quagaar

In 'Balance of Power' Rimmer is dictating an exam answer about quasars - very possibly he has this in mind when he christens the alien race!

9. What is in the pod?

Answer: garbage

'It's a garbage pod! It's a smegging garbage pod!'

10. What was Lister doing when he contracted the mutated flu virus?

Answer: checking out Kochanski's dream recorder

The Officers' quarters had not yet been decontaminated; it was on Rimmer's to-do list and had not been done.

11. Confidence takes something that belongs to Lister because 'The King' had actually touched it. What did he take?

Answer: a cigarette butt

'The King's kissing lips' had touched it.

12. What were Rimmer's dying words?

Answer: Gazpacho soup

Rimmer had sent gazpacho soup back to be heated when he was dining with the captain, and felt it destroyed his chances of advancement.

13. How does Lister decide which of the two hologramatic Rimmers will remain on board?

Answer: Ippy Dippy My Space Shippy

The actual ditty went as follows:
'Ippy dippy my space shippy,
On a course so true,
Past Neptune and Pluto's moon,
The one I choose is YOU'.

14. Who has the last word in the last episode of the first series?

Answer: Lister

Rimmer has just told the story of how his special evening at the Captain's table had gone wrong. Lister could't resist the pun in response to Rimmer's next remark, even though he promised never to mention Gazpacho Soup again. The last word was 'Souper'.

15. In February 1998 a special evening was broadcast on BBC2 to celebrate which birthday of Red Dwarf's first broadcast?

Answer: tenth

The first episode ('The End') was transmitted on 15th February 1988. On the Tenth Anniversary evening the animated '2' symbol of BBC2 was given a new makeover, heralding the way for other fun trailers for different programme evenings - in this case the '2' was to meet / fall in love / get married / have children with a Skutter as the evening progressed.

Source: Author ArleneRimmer

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