10 free Red Dwarf trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Red Dwarf is the longest-running sci-fi comedy series in British television history—and it's still going strong. But knowing the show's premise is different from actually living in the heads of its characters. Can you prove you're a true Deep Space Diner regular?
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Q 01Which actor portrays Dave Lister, the last known human, in the science fiction comedy series Red Dwarf?
Craig Charles
Craig Charles plays Dave Lister, a third-class technician who is the last human alive, marooned three million years into the future.
Q 02Who plays the snobbish, pedantic, and self-centered hologram Arnold Rimmer in the TV series Red Dwarf?
Chris Barrie
Chris Barrie is known for his role as Arnold Rimmer, a second-class technician who exists as a hologram for most of the series.
Q 03Which actor plays 'Cat', the humanoid evolved from a domestic feline, in Red Dwarf?
Danny John-Jules
Danny John-Jules portrays The Cat, a vain and aloof humanoid who is a descendant of Dave Lister's pet cat.
Q 04Kryten, the series 4000 mechanoid, was rescued by the Red Dwarf crew from which crashed spaceship?
Nova 5
Kryten was found still dutifully serving the long-dead female crew of the crash; David Ross played him in that one-off before Robert Llewellyn took over from Series III.
Q 05How long was Dave Lister kept in stasis aboard the Red Dwarf before he was revived?
Three million years
Lister was placed in suspended animation for bringing an unquarantined cat on board, and awoke three million years later to find himself the last human.
Q 06Who are the co-creators of the British science fiction comedy series Red Dwarf?
Rob Grant and Doug Naylor
Red Dwarf was created by the writing partnership of Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, who also wrote the first six series together.
Q 07What is the name of the ship's computer on the Red Dwarf?
Holly
Holly is the ship's senile but highly intelligent computer, portrayed by Norman Lovett and Hattie Hayridge at different points in the series.
Q 08What is Dave Lister's favourite meal, a recurring running joke throughout the series?
Chicken Vindaloo
Dave Lister has a well-known love for Indian food, particularly chicken vindaloo, and often expresses a desire to open a hot dog and doughnut diner on Fiji.
Q 09Which of these is one of the green, insect-like shuttlecraft carried aboard the Red Dwarf?
Starbug
Starbug is one of the smaller, insect-like shuttlecraft used by the crew for missions away from the main ship, often becoming their primary vessel.
Q 10What was Kristine Kochanski's job on the Red Dwarf before the radiation leak?
Navigation Officer
Kristine Kochanski was the first console officer in the navigation chamber on board the Red Dwarf, and Dave Lister's unrequited love interest.