Q 01/05

Who conceived Farscape?

A) J. Michael Straczynski

B) Rockne S. O'Bannon

C) Joss Whedon

D) Ronald D. Moore

Answer · why

B) Rockne S. O'Bannon

Rockne S. O'Bannon created Farscape, first pitching the idea in the early 1990s; he had earlier written the 1988 science-fiction film Alien Nation.

Q 02/05

Which puppetry studio co-produced Farscape and built its aliens?

A) Industrial Light & Magic

B) Stan Winston Studio

C) Weta Workshop

D) The Jim Henson Company

Answer · why

D) The Jim Henson Company

The Jim Henson Company co-produced Farscape and its Creature Shop built the aliens; two regulars, Rygel and Pilot, were entirely animatronic puppets.

Q 03/05

Farscape was originally made for which Australian broadcaster?

A) ABC

B) Nine Network

C) Seven Network

D) SBS

Answer · why

B) Nine Network

Farscape was made for Australia's Nine Network and shot in Sydney, which is why almost the whole cast apart from Ben Browder came from Australia and N...

Q 04/05

On which US cable network did Farscape premiere?

A) USA

B) The WB

C) Sci-Fi

D) UPN

Answer · why

C) Sci-Fi

Farscape premiered on the Sci-Fi Channel as part of its Friday-night line-up, though the channel's later scheduling of the show became notoriously err...

Q 05/05

In what year did Farscape premiere?

A) 1999

B) 2000

C) 2001

D) 2002

Answer · why

A) 1999

Farscape premiered in 1999 and ran four seasons; the final regular episode aired in March 2003, almost exactly four years later.