Q 01/05

Red Dwarf was created by which writing duo?

A) Ben Elton and Richard Curtis

B) Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais

C) Rob Grant and Doug Naylor

D) Galton and Simpson

Answer · why

C) Rob Grant and Doug Naylor

They wrote the first six series together; Grant left in 1995 and Naylor carried on with new co-writers.

Q 02/05

How long was Dave Lister in suspended animation before waking as the last human alive?

A) Three million years

B) Three thousand years

C) Three hundred years

D) Thirty million years

Answer · why

A) Three million years

Holly kept him in stasis until the radiation from the leak that killed the crew had died down.

Q 03/05

Why was Lister in stasis when the radiation leak killed everyone else aboard?

A) He had volunteered for a sleep experiment

B) He was being treated for a virus

C) He had been caught stealing supplies

D) As punishment for smuggling a cat on board

Answer · why

D) As punishment for smuggling a cat on board

The cat, Frankenstein, was pregnant and safely sealed in the cargo hold, which is where the Cat's whole species came from.

Q 04/05

What was the name of Lister's smuggled pregnant cat?

A) Dracula

B) Frankenstein

C) Nosferatu

D) Godzilla

Answer · why

B) Frankenstein

The Cat learned about her at school as 'the holy mother'; her descendants evolved into a race of humanoid felines.

Q 05/05

What is Arnold Rimmer's middle name?

A) Jeremiah

B) Judas

C) Justin

D) Jasper

Answer · why

B) Judas

Fitting for a man his crewmates despise; he is a hologram for most of the series, marked by the H on his forehead.