Stargate SG-1
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50 free Stargate SG-1 trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Stargate SG-1 took a single feature film and turned it into ten seasons of television, following a small military team that steps through an alien portal to explore other worlds. Its blend of mythology, dry humor and loyal characters built one of the most devoted audiences in science fiction. This quiz covers the whole run: Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, Daniel Jackson and Teal'c, the allies and enemies they meet, the episodes fans rewatch most, and the storylines of the first season. It also digs into behind-the-scenes stories about casting, filming and the people who made the series. The questions suit longtime fans and newer viewers alike. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so a wrong guess still teaches something about the show.
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Q 01Which action series made Richard Dean Anderson a star before he played Jack O'Neill on Stargate SG-1?
MacGyver
MacGyver had left Anderson carrying a show alone, so he asked for Stargate SG-1 to be an ensemble with more room for comedy.
Q 02Which actor played Colonel Jack O'Neil in the 1994 Stargate film before Stargate SG-1 recast the role?
Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell played the colonel as a stern, by-the-book soldier, and the film spelled the surname with a single L.
Q 03Stargate SG-1 houses Stargate Command inside which real military complex near Colorado Springs?
Cheyenne Mountain
Cheyenne Mountain got so many visitor questions that staff labelled a storage room of brooms and detergent "Stargate Command".
Q 04In and around which Canadian city was Stargate SG-1 filmed throughout its ten-season run?
Vancouver
Vancouver landmarks often doubled for alien worlds: the campus of Simon Fraser University became the capital of the advanced Tollan.
Q 05Which sport do O'Neill and Teal'c play through the gate in Stargate SG-1's time-loop episode Window of Opportunity?
Golf
Golf was played with a real ball: plans to add it by computer, to protect the $100,000 gate prop, were overturned.
Q 06Jack O'Neill of Stargate SG-1 keeps mentioning which animated series, a real-life favorite of Richard Dean Anderson?
The Simpsons
The Simpsons is Anderson's own favorite series, and he took the role only once O'Neill was promised more comic leeway than in the film.
Q 07In the Stargate SG-1 episode Solitudes, O'Neill and Carter seem stranded on an ice planet but are really where?
Antarctica
Antarctica held a second gate that caught the misdirected wormhole, and the outdoor scenes were shot on the Pemberton Icefield.
Q 08Christopher Judge, who played Teal'c on Stargate SG-1, later voiced which hero of the 2018 game God of War?
Kratos
Kratos is voiced by Judge in God of War and its sequel Ragnarök. Before acting, he played college football at Oregon on a scholarship.
Q 09Which classic film do Stargate SG-1's writers reference so often that the 200th episode restages it with the team?
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz jokes began in Jonathan Glassner's first-season scripts and spread once Richard Dean Anderson started ad-libbing his own.
Q 10Which American cable channel premiered Stargate SG-1 and aired its first five seasons before Sci Fi took over?
Showtime
Showtime ordered 44 episodes before filming began, then let the series go because syndicated reruns no longer drew new subscribers.
Q 11Which director of the 1994 film Stargate co-wrote it with Dean Devlin, inspiring the series Stargate SG-1?
Roland Emmerich
Roland Emmerich and Devlin were upset that MGM chose a series over film sequels and refused to talk to the show's creators.
Q 12Which spin-off series began airing alongside the eighth season of Stargate SG-1 and ran for five seasons?
Atlantis
Stargate Atlantis was first planned as a replacement for the parent show, but the two ended up running side by side for three seasons.
Q 13Samantha Carter of Stargate SG-1 is an Air Force officer with a doctorate in which scientific field?
Theoretical astrophysics
Q 21In the Stargate SG-1 pilot, what does Jack O'Neill send through the gate to check that Daniel Jackson is alive?
A box of tissues
A box of tissues came straight back with a request for more, proving Jackson was alive just as General Hammond planned to send a bomb.
Q 22Which major, given command of SG-2, is taken over by a Goa'uld at the end of the Stargate SG-1 pilot?
Charles Kawalsky
Charles Kawalsky was played by John Diehl in the film, but Diehl turned down the series and Jay Acovone took over the part.
Q 23Which Jaffa master, 133 years old when introduced on Stargate SG-1, taught Teal'c to doubt the Goa'uld?
Bra'tac
Theoretical astrophysics is Carter's doctorate, though she also logged over 100 hours in enemy airspace during the Gulf War.
Q 14Which Asgard, Supreme Commander of the fleet, first appears on Stargate SG-1 as a hologram on the planet Cimmeria?
Thor
Thor is voiced by Michael Shanks, the actor behind Daniel Jackson, and the puppet usually sits because it cannot stand or walk.
Q 15Which race does Stargate SG-1 reveal as the original builders of the gate network, millions of years ago?
The Ancients
The Ancients built the gates and then rose to a higher plane of existence, pledging not to interfere with other species.
Q 16Ben Browder and Claudia Black joined Stargate SG-1 after starring together in which other science fiction series?
Farscape
Farscape gets its own affectionate spoof in the 200th episode, complete with that show's habit of inventing swear words.
Q 17Michael Shanks won the role of Daniel Jackson on Stargate SG-1 with a perfect imitation of which film actor?
James Spader
James Spader played Jackson in the film, and Shanks even copied his hairstyle before cutting it short for the Season 2 finale.
Q 18Teal'c of Stargate SG-1 is a Jaffa warrior and former First Prime from which planet?
Chulak
Chulak was filmed for the pilot in wind and rain so harsh that the first day's footage was scratched and mostly unusable.
Q 19On which alien world has Daniel Jackson been living in secret when the Stargate SG-1 pilot begins?
Abydos
Abydos is where the film's mission went, and O'Neill had falsely reported that Jackson died there along with its people.
Q 20What is the title of the two-hour Stargate SG-1 pilot, first shown as a television movie in July 1997?
Children of the Gods
Children of the Gods had a budget of $7.5 million and was later split into two parts for repeats and syndication.
Bra'tac held the post of First Prime before Teal'c did, and surviving long enough to retire from it is a noted rarity.
Q 24Which peace-loving race restores the team to life after a failed ambush in the first season of Stargate SG-1?
The Nox
The Nox can bring back the dead and live for hundreds of years, yet they regard humanity as young, with much still to learn.
Q 25Which senator, played by Ronny Cox, briefly shuts down the gate program for budget reasons on Stargate SG-1?
Robert Kinsey
Robert Kinsey first appears in the season 1 episode Politics and later rises to vice president while still scheming against the team.
Q 26Which Stargate Command doctor is killed by a staff weapon blast in the Stargate SG-1 two-parter Heroes?
Janet Fraiser
Janet Fraiser was killed off because the producers believed season seven would be the last and wanted a regular's death to mark it.
Q 27Which alien scientist from the planet Langara fills Daniel Jackson's place on the team in Stargate SG-1 season 6?
Jonas Quinn
Jonas Quinn was played by Corin Nemec, whom casting agents first met by chance in the courtyard of MGM's Santa Monica offices.
Q 28Which lieutenant colonel, played by Ben Browder, becomes the new team leader in Stargate SG-1 season 9?
Cameron Mitchell
Cameron Mitchell spends his first episodes coaxing the old team back together, and the producers had met Browder at fan conventions.
Q 29Which veteran actor joined Stargate SG-1 in season 9 as General Hank Landry, the new head of Stargate Command?
Beau Bridges
Beau Bridges was approached directly by the producers, and Landry turns out to be the estranged father of the base's new doctor.
Q 30Which con artist, played by Claudia Black, becomes a full member of the team in Stargate SG-1's final season?
Vala Mal Doran
Vala Mal Doran began as a single guest appearance, but Black's chemistry with Michael Shanks won her a longer arc and then a regular place.