Q 01/05

Star Trek: Voyager was the first series to air on which new network in January 1995?

A) The WB

B) Fox

C) UPN

D) Syfy

Answer · why

C) UPN

Paramount commissioned the show partly to launch the network, and it ran there for all 172 episodes until May 2001.

Q 02/05

Voyager is stranded in which quadrant of the galaxy?

A) Gamma

B) Delta

C) Beta

D) Alpha

Answer · why

B) Delta

It is on the far side of the Milky Way, and the crew's goal for seven seasons is simply to get back to the Alpha Quadrant.

Q 03/05

Roughly how far from Earth is Voyager when the Caretaker's wave strands it?

A) 40,000 light-years

B) 55,000 light-years

C) 70,000 light-years

D) 85,000 light-years

Answer · why

C) 70,000 light-years

At maximum warp that works out to about 75 years, which the crew whittles down with wormholes, Borg tech and one very helpful admiral.

Q 04/05

How long is the journey home projected to take when the ship sets off?

A) 30 years

B) 50 years

C) 75 years

D) 100 years

Answer · why

C) 75 years

Janeway strands them deliberately, destroying the Caretaker's array so the Kazon can't use it against the Ocampa.

Q 05/05

Which actress plays Captain Kathryn Janeway?

A) Nana Visitor

B) Roxann Dawson

C) Susan Gibney

D) Kate Mulgrew

Answer · why

D) Kate Mulgrew

She was already on the shortlist when the original choice walked, and it was she who suggested the first name Kathryn.