Q 01/05

Who created the original 1978 Battlestar Galactica?

A) Gene Roddenberry

B) Ronald D. Moore

C) Glen A. Larson

D) Irwin Allen

Answer · why

C) Glen A. Larson

A Latter-day Saint, he wove Mormon ideas into the show: a council of twelve, a lost thirteenth tribe and a planet called Kobol, an anagram of Kolob.

Q 02/05

Which Bonanza star led the cast of the 1978 series as Commander Adama?

A) Lorne Greene

B) Michael Landon

C) Dan Blocker

D) Pernell Roberts

Answer · why

A) Lorne Greene

Richard Hatch played Apollo and Dirk Benedict played Starbuck; Hatch returned to the reimagined series as the terrorist-turned-politician Tom Zarek.

Q 03/05

In June 1978, which studio sued Universal claiming Battlestar Galactica had stolen 34 ideas from Star Wars?

A) 20th Century Fox

B) Paramount Pictures

C) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

D) Columbia Pictures

Answer · why

A) 20th Century Fox

Universal countersued, claiming Star Wars had itself borrowed from its 1972 film Silent Running and the Buck Rogers serials.

Q 04/05

After how many episodes was the original series cancelled due to high costs and falling ratings?

A) 24

B) 13

C) 48

D) 66

Answer · why

A) 24

ABC tried a cheaper follow-up, Galactica 1980, which lasted ten episodes; Richard Hatch turned down a script for it.

Q 05/05

In the 1978 series, who created the Cylons?

A) An extinct reptilian species

B) Humans on the Twelve Colonies

C) Insectoid aliens from Kobol

D) Beings of pure energy

Answer · why

A) An extinct reptilian species

The reimagined series flipped this: its Cylons are humanity's own creation, which is the whole point of the show.