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

O'Bannon had already written the 1988 film Alien Nation and created seaQuest DSV before Farscape.

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

Two regular characters, Rygel and Pilot, were entirely Henson Creature Shop 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Farscape was originally made for which Australian broadcaster?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

That is why almost the whole cast, apart from Ben Browder, came from Australia and New Zealand.

Q 04/05

On which US cable network did Farscape premiere in March 1999?

A) USA

B) The WB

C) Sci-Fi

D) UPN

Answer · why

C) Sci-Fi

It launched as part of the SciFi Friday block, though its later scheduling became notoriously erratic.

Q 05/05

In what year did Farscape premiere?

A) 1999

B) 2000

C) 2001

D) 2002

Answer · why

A) 1999

Its fourth and final season wrapped in March 2003, almost exactly four years later.