Q 01/05

Who created Firefly?

A) Joss Whedon

B) J. J. Abrams

C) Ronald D. Moore

D) Tim Minear

Answer · why

A) Joss Whedon

Whedon got the idea after reading The Killer Angels, a novel about the Battle of Gettysburg, and set the show in the year 2517.

Q 02/05

Firefly is set in which year?

A) 2217

B) 2517

C) 2817

D) 3017

Answer · why

B) 2517

Humanity has left Earth for a new star system where Mandarin Chinese is a common second language.

Q 03/05

How many episodes of Firefly were produced?

A) 11

B) 13

C) 14

D) 22

Answer · why

C) 14

Fox aired only 11 of them before cancelling the show in December 2002.

Q 04/05

Which episode did Fox broadcast first, in place of the intended two-hour pilot?

A) Bushwhacked

B) Shindig

C) Out of Gas

D) The Train Job

Answer · why

D) The Train Job

The real pilot, 'Serenity', was rejected by the network and ended up airing last, on 20 December 2002.

Q 05/05

Which three episodes never aired during Firefly's original Fox run?

A) Trash, The Message and Heart of Gold

B) Safe, Ariel and War Stories

C) Shindig, Jaynestown and Out of Gas

D) Bushwhacked, Trash and Objects in Space

Answer · why

A) Trash, The Message and Heart of Gold

'Objects in Space' was the last new episode Fox showed, on 13 December 2002.