Galaxy Quest Trivia
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56 free Galaxy Quest trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Sep 2026.
55 free Galaxy Quest trivia questions with answers. Galaxy Quest is the rare parody that its target learned to love: a Star Trek send-up that Star Trek fans voted the seventh-best Star Trek film. This quiz covers the whole thing, from the washed-up cast of the NSEA Protector and the Thermians who mistook their reruns for historical documents, to the beryllium sphere, the chompers and the Omega 13. It also digs into how the film got made: the original Captain Starshine script, the director who quit over Tim Allen's casting, the actors who turned it down, Sigourney Weaver's wig, the R rating that had to be cut down, the Utah state park that played an alien planet, and the Hugo and Nebula awards it took home. Roughly a third of the questions are easy warm-ups for anyone who has seen it once; the rest reward people who own the documentary. Every answer has been checked against Wikipedia and the sources it cites, and each explanation adds one more thing worth knowing. Never give up, never surrender.
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Q 01Who directed Galaxy Quest?
Dean Parisot
Dean Parisot was the producer's man from the start, but the studio first hired a better-known director and turned to Parisot only after that director quit.
Q 02What was the title of David Howard's original spec script that became Galaxy Quest?
Captain Starshine
Captain Starshine was David Howard's spec script; the producer bought it for its premise and had Robert Gordon write a brand-new screenplay from the concept.
Q 03Which director left Galaxy Quest in pre-production over the studio's choice of lead actor?
Harold Ramis
Harold Ramis couldn't see the studio's choice as the commander and quit, but after watching the finished film he told the producer how wrong he'd been.
Q 04Which actor did the original director want for the lead role of Jason Nesmith?
Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin was the original director's pick, but the studio wanted a different star for the lead, and that director left the film before shooting began.
Q 05Along with Steve Martin, which star was considered for Jason Nesmith before the lead was cast?
Kevin Kline
Kevin Kline was considered, and some accounts call him the original director's first choice, but that director left over the lead casting before filming.
Q 06Which hair color did Sigourney Weaver wear as Gwen DeMarco in Galaxy Quest?
Blonde
Blonde came from a wig Weaver loved so much that she sometimes wore it home to her hotel at the end of a day's shooting.
Q 07Which actor, hoping for a more serious dramatic career, initially considered declining his Galaxy Quest role?
Sam Rockwell
Sam Rockwell nearly passed on Guy Fleegman, worried a comic sidekick part would hurt his serious acting prospects; he took it, and Guy's redshirt panic became the film's running gag.
Q 08Which actor originally auditioned for the role of Guy Fleegman before ending up as Fred Kwan?
Tony Shalhoub
Tony Shalhoub read for Guy but was offered Fred Kwan, whom he and the director modeled loosely on David Carradine's spaced-out persona in TV's Kung Fu.
Q 09Which actor offered up the Thermians' distinctive voice at the end of his audition read?
Enrico Colantoni
Enrico Colantoni, cast as Thermian leader Mathesar, came up with that voice, and it became the model for every Thermian actor who followed.
Q 10Galaxy Quest's alien planet scenes were shot at Goblin Valley State Park in which US state?
Utah
Utah's Goblin Valley State Park played the alien planet because its knobbly sandstone formations already look like another world.
Q 11Which famous modernist Los Angeles residence stood in for Jason Nesmith's home?
Stahl House
The Stahl House, Case Study House #22 in the Hollywood Hills, stood in for Nesmith's home; Pierre Koenig's 1960 glass house is among the most photographed residences in America.
Q 12Which Los Angeles venue hosted Galaxy Quest's fan-convention scenes?
Hollywood Palladium
The Hollywood Palladium on Sunset Boulevard hosts the convention where the cast signs autographs for a price and the Thermians first ask Jason for help.
Q 13Why is Gwen DeMarco's top suddenly ripped for the later part of Galaxy Quest?
Its explaining scene was cut
Q 21Which filmmaker praised Jason's confession scene on the one day he visited the Galaxy Quest set?
Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg praised it, and the lead, who came from comedy, said playing that dramatic moment straight fought every instinct he had to get a laugh.
Q 22Galaxy Quest won Best Dramatic Presentation at which science-fiction prize?
Hugo
Galaxy Quest won the 2000 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, beating The Matrix, The Sixth Sense, The Iron Giant and Being John Malkovich.
Q 23Galaxy Quest won Best Script from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, a prize called the what?
Nebula
The Nebula Award is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America; Galaxy Quest's screenplay, by David Howard and Robert Gordon, won the Nebula for Best Script.
Its explaining scene was cut: Gwen tries to seduce the alien villains, a sequence removed as the studio pushed for a family-friendly rating.
Q 14Which studio chief phoned Galaxy Quest's director to apologize for how the film had been advertised?
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Jeffrey Katzenberg called in its second week: instead of dropping off like most films, Galaxy Quest's weekend takings were holding up, and he admitted they'd botched the ads.
Q 15Which studio distributed Galaxy Quest?
DreamWorks Pictures
DreamWorks Pictures didn't know what to make of the finished film, and the producer says its ad campaign never did the movie justice.
Q 16Galaxy Quest's lead passed on which Robin Williams film?
Bicentennial Man
Bicentennial Man went ahead without him and flopped, earning $87.4 million worldwide against a budget of $90-100 million.
Q 17Which honor, cut from Alexander Dane's backstory, do the credits still show?
A knighthood
A knighthood was scripted for Dane, but his actor felt it would ring hollow for the character, so it was cut, yet the end credits still bill him as 'Sir'.
Q 18Guy Fleegman's actor modeled his coward partly on Bill Paxton's role in which film?
Aliens
Aliens gave him the template of a soldier who is truly terrified; to get properly jittery, the actor also drank cups of coffee before his scenes.
Q 19Which company created Galaxy Quest's visual effects?
Industrial Light & Magic
Industrial Light & Magic created Galaxy Quest's visual effects, including the starship battles and digital creature work, while Stan Winston Studio handled the practical creatures and makeup.
Q 20What did Galaxy Quest's official promotional website pretend to be?
A superfan's homemade site
A superfan's homemade site, credited to a fictional webmaster and full of fake episode guides, kept up the pretense that the Galaxy Quest TV show had really existed.
Q 24Which Thermian idolizes Alexander Dane and dies in his arms?
Quellek
Quellek, played by Patrick Breen, dodges capture by copying Dane's Mak'tar 'stealth haze', and he is later shot as the crew retakes the ship.
Q 25Which Galaxy Quest cast member won the Saturn Award for Best Actor?
Tim Allen
Tim Allen won the Saturn Award for Best Actor for Galaxy Quest; his Jason Nesmith is a thinly veiled riff on William Shatner's Kirk-era ego and later humility.
Q 26Which official Star Trek film did 2013 convention fans rank last, below Galaxy Quest?
Into Darkness
Into Darkness came last, though critics had mostly praised it and audiences polled by CinemaScore gave it an A.
Q 27Which Star Trek actor called Galaxy Quest 'a chillingly realistic documentary'?
George Takei
George Takei, the original series' Sulu, meant it as praise: he said he recognized every detail, and that true Star Trek fans will save the day when aliens kidnap us.
Q 28Which Star Trek actor avoided Galaxy Quest, fearing it mocked Trek, then loved its tribute to fans?
Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart, TNG's Picard, laughed louder than anyone once he saw it, and was moved that the ship is saved by fans who understand how it works.
Q 29Which playwright-director named Galaxy Quest one of only four 'perfect' films?
David Mamet
David Mamet, in his book Bambi vs. Godzilla, called Galaxy Quest a perfect film, listing it alongside The Godfather, A Place in the Sun and Dodsworth.
Q 30In 2015, which streaming company took on development of a Galaxy Quest TV series?
Amazon
Amazon's series was reportedly close to production when Alan Rickman's death in January 2016 dealt it a major blow.