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'Red Dwarf' Series 5 Trivia Quiz

Writers Rob Grant and Doug Naylor took over the directing of the series when Ed Bye left, and the result was a comedy sci-fi with more emphasis on the sci-fi than before. How well do you know the storylines?

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

Author
ArleneRimmer

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
92,104

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
11 / 15

Plays
2603

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 15

1. What was the name of the computer generated hologramatic ship? Hint

Enlightenment

Enterprise

Holoship

Esperanto

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Question 2 of 15

2. Who or what is Nirvanah? Hint

an officer on the holoship

the computer on the holoship

the captain on the holoship

the parrot on the holoship

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Question 3 of 15

3. Kryten performs a mind-patch on Rimmer using two superior brains. Whose were they? Hint

Hollister and Petersen

Smith and Jones

Heideger and Quayle

Buchan and McQueen

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Question 4 of 15

4. Lister was reading a comic book while the crew were on board Starbug. On which book was it based? Hint

The Pop-up Kama Sutra

Shakespere's Timon of Athens

Virgil's Aeneid

Kevin Keegan's Football - It's a funny old game

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Question 5 of 15

5. Complete this statement: 'Your judge shall be ______ ' Hint

your mother

yourself

the Judge Advocate

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Question 6 of 15

6. Part of Kryten's body involuntarily jiggles when he is lying. Which part? Hint

his left foot

his left hand

his right hand

his right foot

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Question 7 of 15

7. How does Lister spell the name of a certain spider on the computer screen? Hint

tarantula

taransular

tarantshalar

taranshula

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Question 8 of 15

8. What do the frogs say? Hint

'help me'

'smeg head'

'bone head'

'useless'

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Question 9 of 15

9. What is the Unspeakable One made of? Hint

Rimmer's ego

Rimmer's self loathing

Rimmer's mother

Rimmer's father

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Question 10 of 15

10. What was the name of the hologramatic doctor? Hint

Dr Hortensia Lanstrom

Dr Hephzibah Lanstrom

Dr Hermione Lanstrom

Dr Hildegarde Lanstrom

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Question 11 of 15

11. What is the name of Rimmer's right-hand penguin? Hint

Mister Flubble

Mister Flobble

Mister Flibble

Mister Flabble

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Question 12 of 15

12. What were the odds of Red Dwarf blowing up? Hint

1 in 1,000

1 in 10

1 in 1

1 in 100

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Question 13 of 15

13. Which of the following was one of the films in the 'lows' movie collection? Hint

'Revenge of the Killer Bikini Vampire Girls'

'Revenge of the Mutant Splat Gore Monster'

'Revenge of the Chameleonic Lifeform'

'Revenge of the Purple Mutated Insect'

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Question 14 of 15

14. What score did the crew get on the AR game, 'Red Dwarf'? Hint

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Question 15 of 15

15. Who did the Cat turn into? Hint

Duane Dibbley

Sebastian Doyle

Jake Bullet

Billy Doyle

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the name of the computer generated hologramatic ship?

Answer: Enlightenment

Rimmer was able to eat, drink and touch on board the Enlightenment, and was desperate to join the crew. The problem was that he had to prove himself worthy by undertaking a battle of intellect with an existing crew member!

2. Who or what is Nirvanah?

Answer: an officer on the holoship

She fell for Rimmer and taught him the value of love. This character was played by Jane Horricks, a much loved and versatile actress.

3. Kryten performs a mind-patch on Rimmer using two superior brains. Whose were they?

Answer: Buchan and McQueen

As Kryten said, after the mind patch Rimmer was operating on a completely different level to them now. To him they were the intellectual equivalent of domestic science teachers.

4. Lister was reading a comic book while the crew were on board Starbug. On which book was it based?

Answer: Virgil's Aeneid

This lead to a discussion on 'the epic tale of Agamemnon's pursuit of Helen of Troy - the most classic work by the greatest Latin poet who ever put quill to parchment!' 'Yeah - it's the comic book version.'

5. Complete this statement: 'Your judge shall be ______ '

Answer: yourself

Rimmer and the Cat were both aquitted. Lister and Kryten were not quite so fortunate and were sentenced to being erased from existence.

6. Part of Kryten's body involuntarily jiggles when he is lying. Which part?

Answer: his right foot

Trying to convince himself that he was not afraid of death, Kryten's entire body was shaking uncontrollably in less than a minute!

7. How does Lister spell the name of a certain spider on the computer screen?

Answer: taranshula

Lister thought Kryten's hand (which was sent back to Red Dwarf to fetch help) was a tarantula with 'an eye the size of a meatball setting up home in his joy department'). Ever helpful, Cat suggested that he buys a potion from Gandalf the master wizard.

8. What do the frogs say?

Answer: 'useless'

We hear the frogs as the reluctant search party is traveling through the Swamp of Dispair. Lister actually says, 'Is it me, or are those frogs saying "useless"?'

9. What is the Unspeakable One made of?

Answer: Rimmer's self loathing

The Unspeakable One was defeated when the crew refused to leave him to his fate, thus inflating Rimmer's self worth. Starbug finally escaped the moon as the crew convinced Rimmer that he was a valued member of the team, even though they did not mean what they said.

10. What was the name of the hologramatic doctor?

Answer: Dr Hildegarde Lanstrom

Landstrom had developed amazing powers of telepathy, telekinesis, and hex vision due to having caught a mutated holo-virus. She passed this virus onto Rimmer.

11. What is the name of Rimmer's right-hand penguin?

Answer: Mister Flibble

Having caught the holo-virus from Dr Lanstrom, Rimmer also had hex vision which he operated through Mr Flibble, a penguin hand puppet.

12. What were the odds of Red Dwarf blowing up?

Answer: 1 in 1

Lister probably wanted to suggest one in a million or another large number, but the ship blew up as he said the word 'in', so finished his sentence lamely with the word 'one'.

13. Which of the following was one of the films in the 'lows' movie collection?

Answer: 'Revenge of the Mutant Splat Gore Monster'

Also included was 'Die Screaming with Sharp Things in your Head', and the CD's 'Hammond Heaven', 'Karaoke Krazy' and 'Peter Perfect Plays Tuneful Tunes for Elderly Ladies'. As Kryten said, 'Everything that's designed to sicken the soul and shrivel the spirit.'

14. What score did the crew get on the AR game, 'Red Dwarf'?

Answer: 4%

Andy, the AR attendant, said that they must have been playing like puddings! And he was probably right.

15. Who did the Cat turn into?

Answer: Duane Dibbley

Duane Dibbley reappeared in subsequent episodes, much to the delight of the fans. Kryten became Jake Bullet, Lister was Sebastian Doyle, and Rimmer was his less successful half-brother, Billy.

Source: Author ArleneRimmer

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