Q 01/05

Which 1812 novel inspired the original Lost in Space?

A) The Swiss Family Robinson

B) Robinson Crusoe

C) Gulliver's Travels

D) Treasure Island

Answer · why

A) The Swiss Family Robinson

A 1962 Gold Key comic called Space Family Robinson got there first, and legal wrangling let it add 'Lost in Space' as a subtitle.

Q 02/05

Which producer, later nicknamed the 'Master of Disaster', created the original series?

A) Gene Roddenberry

B) Rod Serling

C) Irwin Allen

D) Sherwood Schwartz

Answer · why

C) Irwin Allen

He went on to make The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno, and recycled monster suits between Lost in Space and Voyage to the Bottom of the S...

Q 03/05

On which network did the original series air from 1965 to 1968?

A) NBC

B) CBS

C) ABC

D) Syndication

Answer · why

B) CBS

It ran 84 episodes over three seasons; the first was in black and white apart from a few minutes of colour at the end of episode 29.

Q 04/05

What is the name of the Robinsons' saucer-shaped spacecraft?

A) Gemini 12

B) Jupiter 2

C) Resolute

D) Proteus

Answer · why

B) Jupiter 2

Its two-deck interior was the most expensive TV set of its day at $350,000, which helped get the show cancelled.

Q 05/05

Which star system is the Robinsons' intended destination?

A) Alpha Centauri

B) Sirius B

C) Proxima b

D) Tau Ceti

Answer · why

A) Alpha Centauri

The planned trip was five and a half years with the crew in suspended animation; the 2018 reboot keeps the same destination.