Q 01/05

Which action series made Richard Dean Anderson a star before he played Jack O'Neill on Stargate SG-1?

A) Magnum, P.I.

B) MacGyver

C) Knight Rider

D) Airwolf

Answer · why

B) MacGyver

MacGyver had left Anderson carrying a show alone, so he asked for Stargate SG-1 to be an ensemble with more room for comedy.

Q 02/05

Which actor played Colonel Jack O'Neil in the 1994 Stargate film before Stargate SG-1 recast the role?

A) Kevin Costner

B) Patrick Swayze

C) Kurt Russell

D) Dennis Quaid

Answer · why

C) Kurt Russell

Kurt Russell played the colonel as a stern, by-the-book soldier, and the film spelled the surname with a single L.

Q 03/05

Stargate SG-1 houses Stargate Command inside which real military complex near Colorado Springs?

A) The Air Force Academy

B) Fort Carson

C) Cheyenne Mountain

D) Peterson Field

Answer · why

C) Cheyenne Mountain

Cheyenne Mountain got so many visitor questions that staff labelled a storage room of brooms and detergent "Stargate Command".

Q 04/05

In and around which Canadian city was Stargate SG-1 filmed throughout its ten-season run?

A) Vancouver

B) Toronto

C) Quebec City

D) Montreal

Answer · why

A) Vancouver

Vancouver landmarks often doubled for alien worlds: the campus of Simon Fraser University became the capital of the advanced Tollan.

Q 05/05

Which sport do O'Neill and Teal'c play through the gate in Stargate SG-1's time-loop episode Window of Opportunity?

A) Baseball

B) Tennis

C) Hockey

D) Golf

Answer · why

D) Golf

Golf was played with a real ball: plans to add it by computer, to protect the $100,000 gate prop, were overturned.